He hired professional table tennis coaches from all over the world including Nigeria, Jamaica, former Yugoslavia, and others, to train Eric very early on.

In 1985, at the age of 9, Eric Owen’s father took him to Sweden to watch the World Championships where he witnessed for the first time elite level professional table tennis.

Owens was the only athlete in his 5 state region (around Texas) to qualify for the National Championships with a sub- 5:40 mile (running a 5:39 in the last race of the season).

Around the age of 16, Owens moved overseas to live and train full-time competing in professional leagues and tournaments in Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, China, Japan, and South Korea; he worked with renowned coaches and players, and competed at an elite international level.In 1996, Owens qualified as an alternate to the Olympic Team.

The next year, he qualified for his first US National Team and then went on to represent the US for the next decade at six (6) world championships and three (3) Pan-American Games and was one of the most successful table tennis players in American history.

Highlights of Owens' career and accolades include: At the age of 26, Eric decided to return to the US to pursue a college degree while continuing to compete in collegiate table tennis.

With a growing clientele and in his fourth year, he contacted Mimi Bosika, who has an MBA from Booth in entrepreneurship, to start a formal process of development of Delos Therapy.

The gym’s revenue dramatically increased and David Barton personally offered Delos Therapy to permanently occupy this River North clinic location.

At the end of his fourth year of medical school, Owens took a leave of absence for six weeks to focus on growing Delos Therapy’s business.

Through observational evidence and clinical work, Delos Therapy evangelizes that tight tissue cannot stretch or strengthen effectively if these fibers are fibrotic and immobile.

Delos’ therapy breaks up the fibrosis, restructuring the muscle to its original anatomical state, thus restoring normal function, elasticity, range of motion, and dramatic improvements in physical and athletic performance.

Owens considers this his life’s work and intends to conduct research to prove his theories and hopes to make a significant contribution to the field of pain and athletic performance and lay a foundation for further thought and study.