Runners Leg Pain Not Uncommon: Shin splints can be treated with these easy steps
As a chiropractic sports physician in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and Palm Springs, I see numerous sports injuries limp into my practice. Some are easy to treat, others are tricky. One such injury is shin splints. Shin splints can be difficult to resolve simply because athletes that develop them continue to take part […]
Innate Itelligence: Source Expressing Life
Innate is Source. Education is semi-source.The body is non-source. Were there no source, there would be no beginning. Innate being source is the beginning. Education must go to Source – Innate – to have its beginning. The body is merely the medium of expression of Source. ~ B.J. Palmer, Chiropractic Philosophy Science and Art. Vol. […]
Tennis Elbow: Pain Year Round for Some – Treating and Preventing Lateral Epicondylitis
In a perpetually sunny town like Los Angeles, people can play tennis year round. Many clients in my Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood chiropractic office do just that—they are rarely stopped by rain. But they can be stopped short in their enjoyment of tennis by a condition called tennis elbow. Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, […]
Golfer’s Elbow for Loving Daddies: How to Treat and Prevent Elbow Pain from Medial Epicondylitis
Are you a golfer? Maybe you have children, little ones that like to be carried? I have daughters, both love being carried by their papa; and although I am not a golfer, I have experienced the same pain many Tiger Woods-in-training have, at the inner elbow, otherwise known as golfer’s elbow. Golfer’s elbow is also […]
Health Origins: The Story of Life, Health and Chiropractic
We are a way for the universe to know itself. ~ Carl Sagan (Cosmos, 1980) I’ve been a practicing chiropractor in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood for over two decades. In that time I have found that there is a huge misconception about health in general, and chiropractic care specifically. For the most part […]
Breath of Fresh Air: Neck Pain Relief and Increased Energy from Abdominal Breathing
What kind of breather are you? Do you breathe from your abdomen or your chest? Don’t know? Take a look right now. Go in front of the mirror and take in a deep breath; observe how your body moves on inhalation. If your chest rises up, you’re a chest breather; if instead your belly protrudes […]
Cranial-Sacral Therapy: Receive Powerful Healing on the Deepest Levels
Twenty-five years ago, I had a neighbor who was a martial artist – a Tae Kwon Do champion. I told him that I had dabbled in Tai chi ch’üan a decade earlier and asked him if it was a legitimate fighting form. He said, “If you want to be able to kick somebody’s ass in […]
How Prolonged Sitting Leads to Low Back Pain: Causes and Solutions
I commute a lot by car. Over the last ten years, I have driven over one hundred thousand miles. When we throw in flying and train rides, you can imagine how much passenger sitting I have done. This can be hard on the body. As a result, I have had to experience pain, learn from […]
How Knee Pain is Surprisingly Often Caused by Foot Deformity
I’ve got flat feet; some call it fallen arches, but the most accurate term for my actual foot dysfunction is overpronation. Let me explain: While it is true that my arches collapse under the weight of my body when I step down on the ground, giving my feet a flat appearance, it is because of […]
Pain Free Scoliosis: How to Have Your Back Evaluated and Treated for Scoliosis
In a career spanning twenty-two years of practice and fifteen years typing away at the keyboard, I am shocked to realize that I have never written a piece on scoliosis. I know I know…scoliosis and chiropractic go together like bee stings and EpiPens, but alas, I have not found until now to write about it, […]