5th All African Track and Field Championships

Annaba, Algeria, Africa 1988

Venues: 1979 Dakar (SEN), 1982 Cairo (EGY), 1984 Rabat (MAR), 1985 Cairo (EGY), 1988 Annaba (ALG),

1989 Lagos (NGR),1990 Cairo (EGY), 1992 Belle Vue Mauricia (MRI), 1993 Durban (RSA), 1996 Yaoundé (CMR),

1998 Dakar (SEN),2000 Algiers (ALG), 2002 Tunis/Radès (TUN), 2004 Brazzaville (CGO)

News 1988 Courier Newspaper

Dr James Stoxen DC with Algerian doctors at the 5th All African Track and Field Championships, Annaba, Algeria, Africa 1988

DR James Stoxen, DC, chiropractor from Evergreen Park was a part of an expeditionary team sent to provide sports chiropractic services to the athletes of the 5th African Athletics Championships. Fully accredited as a member of the medical committee for the games, DR Stoxen saw athlete patients from 8 am until after midnight each of the days of the games.

Dr Stoxen treated athletes from over 30 countries including Senegal, Egypt, Maracco, Algeria, Nigeria, Congo, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Chad Congo, Ethiopia Gambia, Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nambia, Niger, Seychelles, Wierra Leone Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and others.

DR Stoxen was invited to participate, as a result of his work in sports chiropractic and in recognition of his attaining the pinnacle of credentials in his profession, "full member" in the International Federation of Sports Chiropractic. Athletes the world over have found benefits of a good going over by a chiropractor before their performances when, though they may already feel good, just to be sure that every part is functioning at its peak.