He now competes exclusively in natural bodybuilding competitions. He won the 1996 Forever Natural Championships, the 1996 United States Natural Championships, and his division at the 1996 Natural Universe.
Professional sports is dominated by medicine and the mechanistic model.
The vitalistic model, of which chiropractic is the main player, has only begun to scratch the surface. Still, there is a wave that is building in the ranks of professional athletes for chiropractic and alternative health care. Mark Letendre, the head athletic trainer for the San Francisco Giants of major league baseball, has incorporated chiropractic care into the Giants' system for 12 years now. He is a staunch supporter and believer in the power of chiropractic and in the power of the body to heal itself. Mark's first experience with chiropractic came in the late '80s when the Giants' then-shortstop Robby Thompson had a low back problem.