Lingering Low Back Pain – A “POP” Away From Relief
One of the most hindering feelings one can have is the restriction of persistent low back pain. Often felt as a stiff, almost locked-in place hip, which really isn’t the hip at all but the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) of the pelvis, the feeling that one just needs to “pop” things into place and they will […]
Probiotics
Healthy Gut, Healthy Body: Beyond Probiotics for Total Digestive Health by Dr. Nicolas Campos One month following the birth of my daughter, I found myself one evening experiencing acute abdominal pain. What started out as a mildly sharp ‘gas-like’ pain in my lower right abdominal quadrant had me bowled over, writhing in agony within one […]
Mind Over Matter 2: Mind Integral to Healing
Mind Over Matter 2: Mind Integral to Healing by Dr. Nicolas Campos Last article I described a treatment regimen to rehabilitate my friend and longtime chiropractic client, Mr. Beau Robb, following a severe motorcycle accident in May of last year. Mr. Robb was seeing me for one month with excellent results, and so after that […]
Mind Over Matter: A Modern-Day Rocky Bleier Story
Mind Over Matter: A Modern-Day Rocky Bleier Story by Dr. Nicolas Campos The Pittsburg Steelers of the 1970s had many greats of the National Football League (NFL). Who could forget players like Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Jack Lambert and Mean Joe Greene? But the Steelers player that has touched me the most is Rocky Bleier. […]
Foot Dysfunction
Foot Dysfunction: Overpronation and Oversupination Lead to Chronic Pain by Dr. Nicolas Campos As a sports chiropractor in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and West Hollywood I operate as problem solver for many people experiencing musculoskeletal pain. My approach as a sports doctor is to see how people move, because it is in dysfunctional movements that […]
Arthritis
Arthritis Pain Relief: Degenerative Joint Disease Doesn’t Have to Cripple You by Dr. Nicolas Campos Question: What affects 27 million people and is the leading cause of disability in the U.S? OK, OK, you saw it in the title…that’s right, arthritis! Osteoarthritis (OA) or degenerative joint disease (DJD) is a painful condition of joint inflammation, […]
Computer Neck Syndrome
Computer Neck Syndrome: Postural Causes of a Common Malady by Dr. Nicolas Campos Last month we discussed the connection between the neck and shoulders. I described exactly how long-standing, chronic neck pain could have shoulder and upper back origins, particularly from the trapezius and levator scapulae muscles. We discussed some fundamental musculoskeletal dysfunctions at the […]
Neck & Shoulder Pain Combo
Neck & Shoulder Pain Combo: Match Made in Hell by Dr. Nicolas Campos As the neck goes, so go the shoulders—an unfortunate reality, but one I see with many people coming into my Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood sports chiropractic office every day. The intimate nature of the neck and shoulders has to […]
Piriformis Syndrome
Piriformis Syndrome: A Real Pain in the Butt by Dr. Nicolas Campos Forgive me, but do you want to know what can be a real pain in the butt? Piriformis syndrome, that’s what. Quite a fair share of people suffering from piriformis syndrome comes in to my Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood chiropractic […]
Neck Pain Relief
Neck Pain Relief: Just a Chiropractic Adjustment Away by Dr. Nicolas Campos Ah summer, beaches, barbeque, warm weather…too bad in 2010 it’s soon to end. But one thing is for certain, clients at my Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood chiropractic clinic will not miss the high incidence of neck pain that seems to […]
