Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Plantar Fasciitis Part III
Every time your foot hits the ground, the plantar fasciitis is stretched. You can decrease this pressure by losing body weight, wearing shoes and slippers that support your arch. Some physicians recommend medicine, taping of the foot, and orthotics. Orthotics are prescription inserts that fit into your shoe. Orthotics tend to support and help control the foot and ankle region. If you have any questions please contact me.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Plantar Fasciitis Part II
As earlier discussed, improper foot movement can cause plantar fasciitis. If the foot flattens too much at the arch, the tissue may overstretch. In return, if the foot flattens too little, the fascia is too tight and causes pain.
A heel spur can also cause plantar fasciitis. This bone growth can be caused by a pull on the heel bone over time.
Symptoms of plantar fasciitis occur on the bottom of the foot, usually in the morning. Pain may decrease after walking briefly, but comes back with rest or over activity.Sunday, March 14, 2010
Plantar Fasciitis Part I
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Increase Your Energy on the Course
Friday, March 12, 2010
Dr. Bob's Chiropractic 101
To understand chiropractic, one must have a basic understanding about how the body functions. From the time you were born, your Inner Wisdom has known exactly how to keep you healthy and alive. It knows how fast your heart should beat, how often your lungs need to breathe, how to digest food and how to eliminate waste. There are millions of details controlled by your Inner Wisdom to keep this marvelous machine in prime functioning condition.
“… a kind of super intelligence exists in each of us, infinitely smarter and possessed of technical know-how far beyond our present understanding.” -Lewis Thomas, M.D.
Every living organism in our world possesses what chiropractors call Innate Intelligence. The body machine comes out of the “factory” fully able to function, as long as it has regular fuel and adequate maintenance. Innate Intelligence sends instructions to every organ and cell in your body through the nerve system housed by the vertebrae. However, unless your spinal vertebrae are correctly aligned, those instructions can’t be received and followed properly. The result is “Dis-ease” and dysfunction.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Dr. Bob wants to know... Are You Off Balance?
But My Feet Don’t Hurt
Your feet are the foundation of your entire skeleton. If they’re not supported properly, your body will form weaknesses in its skeletal structure. This results in pain and suffering. It’s like a building that will eventually have cracks in its walls if the foundation is not laid properly.
Most of the time, your feet aren’t the weakest point of your skeleton. They don’t hurt… but they will affect other parts of your body that do.
Excessive Foot Pronation and Flat Feet
When your feet strike hard surfaces, like the pavement or floor, they begin to flatten. This action causes the bones in your feet to become misaligned and leads to excessive foot pronation or flat feet. You’ll notice movement of your ankle and the flattening of your arch.
These conditions cause stress on your entire body, starting with your foot and moving up to your ankle, knee, hip joint, pelvis, spine and head. It can also result in a variety of health problems.
Orthotics help correct these problems.
Foot orthotics give you proper support and help restore the natural balance and alignment of your body.
Foot orthotics also help make your spinal adjustments more effective and longer-lasting.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
At My Clinic I Do One Thing And One Thing Only!
I help “turn on the body’s healing power!”
When I adjust you, POWER, LIFE and WISDOM
flows to every part of your body. This releases and increases LIFE, throughout your entire being.
“When I adjust you, you are instantly connected with your HIGHER SELF.”
I’m here to release the power, you already possess. Then your HIGHER SELF… does the rest.
Here’s something to (remember) about this office, which is unique to this office:
I don’t adjust you to “make YOU FEEL GOOD!”
I adjust you to “help make YOU BETTER.”
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Beginning of Golf Part III
Get excited! There is more to come!!
Monday, March 8, 2010
The Beginning of Golf Part II
Players initially made their own clubs from wood. The long-nosed wooden are the oldest known designed club. They stayed in use for more than 400 years.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
The Beginning of Golf Part I
Golf was later reinstated by the signing of the Treaty of Glasgow in 1501. Golf became socially correct in the early 1600s. Even then, the game of golf was reserved for the elite and frenzied, who had the money and leisure time to spend on it.
The Scots opened the first Golf Club in 1744, and it was called the Honorable Company of Gentleman Golfers. It was founded by William St. Claire in Leith, and later became the Company of Edinburgh Golfers.
The old courses consisted of 22 holes, 11 out and 11 back. Eventually golf courses were reduced to 18 holes.
The years 1900-1910 were the most prominent in the development of golfing equipment. In 1900 the handmade feather/leather golf was replaced by a rubber core ball. It was accepted and used by the English in 1902, at the British Open. Most golfers used the same ball for all 72 holes. Modern day golfers use about 7 balls per round.
Until next time! I hope I haven’t put anyone into cardiac arrest with this exciting information???
Friday, March 5, 2010
Golfers… Do What Doctors Do When They Get Back Pain and Sciatica! Golfers… Do What Doctors Do When They Get Back Pain and Sciatica! Part II
Over time repetitive rotation of the spine, as seen in golfing, can slowly break down the spinal discs. All forms of disc injury can eventually impinge on the nerves exiting the spine (“pinched nerve”) which can create numbness, tingling, burning or sharp pain down the arms or legs. Sharp pain originating from the back and “shooting” down the legs is often referred to as sciatica.
The Mayo Clinic, and John Hopkins Medical are using a thing called “ Spinal Decompression” with a success rate of about 90% over chronic back and neck pain.
How does Spinal Decompression work?
Spinal Decompression provides relief to severe back and neck pain sufferers by gently reducing the pressure within spinal discs. The bones of the spine are slowly and methodically separated using the state-of-the-art DYNA PRO Spinal Decompression Unit. As the vertebrae are separated, pressure is slowly reduced within the disc (intradiscal pressure) until a vacuum is formed. This vacuum “sucks” the gelatinous center of the disc back inside thereby reducing the disc bulge or disc herniation. Significant disc bulge reduction removes pressure off the spinal nerves and drastically reduces pain and disability. This “sucking” vacuum also pulls much-needed oxygen, nutrients and fluid into injured and degenerated discs allowing the healing to begin.
The treatment motion is computer controlled to provide gentle and painless decompression of the injured spinal discs. Advanced DYNA PRO decompression techniques separate slowly and cycle between brief moments of pulling and relaxing (oscillation). This reduces protective muscle spasm that contributed to the poor success rate of outdated “traction” techniques.
Spinal Decompression Can Treat The Following Conditions: *Sciatica * Neck Disc Bulge * Herniated Disc-Back * Herniated Disc-Neck * Pinched Nerve * Degenerative Disc Disease
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Golfers… Do What Doctors Do When They Get Back Pain and Sciatica! Part I
The golf swing consists of bending and twisting of the spine. These two motions can be very destructive to the spine.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Ten Important Golf Rules
2. Rule 3-2: You must hole out on each hole. If you don’t, you don’t have a score and are thus disqualified.
3. Rule 6-5: You are responsible for playing your own ball. Put an identification mark on it.
4. Rule 13: You must play the ball as it lies.
5. Rule 13-4: When your ball is in a hazard, you cannot touch the ground or water in the hazard with your club before impact.
6. Rule 16: You cannot improve the line of a putt before your stroke by repairing marks made by the spikes on player’s shoes.
7. Rule 24: Obstructions are anything artificial. Some are moveable so you can move them; some are not so then you have to drop within one club length of your nearest point of relief – no penalty.
8. Rule 26: If your ball is lost in a water hazard, you can drop another behind the hazard keeping the point where the ball last crossed the hazard between you and the hole – with a one-stroke penalty.
9. Rule 27: If you lose your ball anywhere else but in a hazard, return to where you hit your previous shot and hit another – with a one-stroke penalty.
10. Rule 28: If your ball is unplayable you have three options:
· Play from where you hit your last shot.
· Drop within two club lengths of where your ball is now, no closer to the hole.
· Keep the point where the ball is between you and the hole and drop a ball on that line. You can go back as far as you want.
In all cases, you are assessed a one-stroke penalty.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Life Extension and Golf Part II
I highly recommend that golfers keep their spine maintained by a golf trained Chiropractor. They can help you add strength to your shot, and keep you on the course.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Life Extension and Golf Part I
Friday, February 26, 2010
Increasing Clubhead Speed Part II
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Increasing Clubhead Speed Part I
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Important Elements of your Golf Swing
It is imperative that you strengthen your hips, legs, stomach and lower back prior to golfing. This will help insure that you have a stable basic stance when addressing the ball. It will also make your swing more powerful and accurate. This stance increases your body control throughout the different shots, terrains, etc. that you will encounter on the course.
I see a lot of golfers that have a rounded back when they are addressing the ball. This awkward position pulls all the powerful muscles out of their proper position, and predisposes them to a back injury. (Not to mention how it decreases your ability to load on your backswing.) With a straight upper back you will decrease the forces pressing on the discs in the spinal region. This posture may help keep you off of my Spinal Decompression Machine!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Golf Specific Exercise
Golf specific exercises are the exercises that mimic your swing. i.e. exercises that work your torso in a golf swing. They could be crunches, side bends, or twisting exercises.
Each exercise must engage the same muscle action or contraction used in your golf swing. The backswing would be more of a stretching exercise, where the downswing is a power contraction exercise.
In golf specific exercise, the key to success is to duplicate the golf swing as closely as possible. For example, a twisting of the torso as in your golf swing with a weighted club, would be very effective in building up your golf swing.
Friday, February 19, 2010
DMSO (Dimethyl Sulfoxide)
Athletes found DMSO to be effective when dispersed over injured body parts. It was quickly absorbed when applied.
The Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team was treated by Dr. Paul with DMSO. He found that an injury treated with DMSO responded in 28 days, compared to taking 42 days healing time for injuries not treated with DMSO.
DMSO can carry substances directly into the body. This can lead to toxic reactions when non medical grade DMSO is not used.
DMSO is best used in 70-90 percent sterile water, and applied about every 4-6 hours. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before using DMSO.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The Ten Commandments for Beginning Golf
2. Focus on what you are taught.
3. Don’t beat yourself up. Mistakes will happen.
4. Stay calm through the tough times.
5. Work on your weakest shots often.
6. Set up a time frame for what you would like to accomplish.
7. It will be important for you to set specific goals.
8. Be careful not to hit too many shots in one day. This happens at the range a lot. Keep all your shots at a quality level.
9. Keep an eye on your progress after each lesson.
10. Have Fun! This is a great game.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Backswing
The role of the backswing is to put you in a proper position to deliver a powerful downswing. When you pull the club away, the muscles become stretched. They will now contract more forcefully on the downswing.
When a club is pulled up and back during a backswing, it produces a pathway over which you can generate maximum club head speed. The length of this pathway is determined by your stomach and shoulder flexibility. The club will also be a factor.
Rotation and twisting type exercises will be very effective in building up your backswing. There are many good books out on this subject.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Golfers and Degenerative Disc Disease
Spinal decompression machines can create a negative vacuum that actually helps the disc repair itself. Most golfers can recall playing the game in pain. Spinal decompression can help turn back the hands of time, and keep you on the golf course.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Sciatica And Back Pain
Major causes of sciatica are: herniated discs, bulging discs, degenerative discs and bones out of place in the spine. Sciatica can also be caused by tumors, arthritis, muscle spasms, and pregnancy. Sciatica responds well to chiropractic adjustments, and spinal decompression.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
How Does Spinal Decompression Work? Part II of II
Spinal decompression can trick the body into relaxing. Regular pulling of the spine can trigger sensors in the muscles, and cause them to tighten up. Spinal decompression can bypass the muscle tightening response of the body. This is accomplished by gently pulling on the spine and relaxing the back over a period of time. The spine is able to reposition without tension, or putting itself into an emergency tighten down mode.
Monday, February 8, 2010
How Does Spinal Decompression Work? Part I of II
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Spinal Decompression and Spinal Stenosis
Thursday, February 4, 2010
What Is Plantar Fasciitis? Part III of III

Every time your foot hits the ground, the plantar fasciitis is stretched. You can decrease this pressure by losing body weight, wearing shoes and slippers that support your arch. Some physicians recommend medicine, taping of the foot, and orthotics. Orthotics are prescription inserts that fit into your shoe. Orthotics tend to support and help control the foot and ankle region. If you have any questions please contact me.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
What Is Plantar Fasciitis? Part II of III
As earlier discussed, improper foot movement can cause plantar fasciitis. If the foot flattens too much at the arch, the tissue may overstretch. In return, if the foot flattens too little, the fascia is too tight and causes pain.
A heel spur can also cause plantar fasciitis. This bone growth can be caused by a pull on the heel bone over time.
Symptoms of plantar fasciitis occur on the bottom of the foot, usually in the morning. Pain may decrease after walking briefly, but comes back with rest or over activity.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
What Is Plantar Fasciitis? Part I of III
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Do You Want To Increase Your Energy?
DMG increases the amount of oxygen in your body. This translates into better physical and mental functions such as; improving circulation, detoxification of the body, strengthening the immune system, helping normalize cholesterol levels, and improving memory and other important brain functions.
DMG works with the food and supplements you now take, and can help make them a lot more effective in your body. It is safe and inexpensive approach to improving your overall health. It works great in men and woman.
DMG is a great tasting chewable cherry favored tablet, which can
also be swallowed.
Remember… if you don’t like being tired all the time, there is now is a safe way to increasing your energy levels. The choice is yours.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Lose Weight Without Dieting
As we age our hormone levels decline, and our body breaks down. MAXI-HGH works with the body, and helps restore hormone levels back to when we were much younger. It has often been called “Fountain of Youth.”
Maxi-HGH is a safe, inexpensive approach to reversing the aging process. It works great in men and women.
Maxi-HGH is mixed juice or water on an empty stomach at bedtime, or right after exercising. This product contains no artificial flavorings or preservatives, and has no side effects.
Remember – if you don’t supplement your body, it will grow old like everyone else.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Revolutionary Cure For Chronic Back Pain
Spinal Decompression should not be confused with traction, which is an entirely different procedure. With traction, weights are added one by one to the traction harness secured around the patient’s pelvis. This process lengthens the spine with the intention of relieving pressure, but the linear force may lead to further injury.
Over a series of relaxing treatment sessions, patients experience powerful pain reduction and healing. Some patients even notice an improvement in their symptoms after the first few treatments.
Spinal Decompression gently lengthens and decompresses the spine, creating negative pressures with the discs. This reversal of pressure creates a vacuum that not only takes pressure off of pinched nerves, but helps to reposition bulging discs and pull extruded disc material back into place.
Patients enjoy lasting results, a four year study on the lasting effects of Spinal Decompression showed remarkable levels of sustained relief from back pain in patients that had undergone therapy. Pain relief not only lasted by improved.
- 71% showed a 50% or more reduction in pain immediately after treatment.
- 52% of respondents reported a pain level of zero.
- Average pain levels were reduced from 7 to 1.5
- Employment increased by 40% among those out of work due to back pain.
We have treated many patients with conditions ranging from whiplash to scoliosis to herniated discs with stunning success. My clinic uses Spinal Decompression to help patients who have had little success with other treatments. This FDA approved Spinal Decompression has been the most important medical advance in the non-surgical, non-invasive treatment of back pain in the last ten years.
For anyone that lives in the Southern California area, I do offer a NO COST exam that determines if Spinal Decompression can help you. If anyone has any questions please feel free to contact me at 714-974-2505.
Additional information is available at
I have been practicing in Orange California for over 24 years. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corp. I attended Fullerton College, and later studied at Cleveland Chiropractic College. I believe in a personal interaction with my clients and have a genuine concern for your well-being and long term health.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
The One And Only Thing I Do At My Clinic
I help “turn on the body’s healing power!”
When I adjust you, POWER, LIFE and WISDOM
flows to every part of your body. This releases and increases LIFE, throughout your entire being.
“When I adjust you, you are instantly connected with your HIGHER SELF.”
I’m here to release the power, you already possess. Then your HIGHER SELF… does the rest.
Here’s something to (remember) about this office, which is unique to this office:
I don’t adjust you to “make YOU FEEL GOOD!”
I adjust you to “help make YOU BETTER.”
Saturday, January 16, 2010
How's Your Balance?
But My Feet Don’t Hurt
Your feet are the foundation of your entire skeleton. If they’re not supported properly, your body will form weaknesses in its skeletal structure. This results in pain and suffering. It’s like a building that will eventually have cracks in its walls if the foundation is not laid properly.
Most of the time, your feet aren’t the weakest point of your skeleton. They don’t hurt… but they will affect other parts of your body that do.
Excessive Foot Pronation and Flat Feet
When your feet strike hard surfaces, like the pavement or floor, they begin to flatten. This action causes the bones in your feet to become misaligned and leads to excessive foot pronation or flat feet. You’ll notice movement of your ankle and the flattening of your arch.
These conditions cause stress on your entire body, starting with your foot and moving up to your ankle, knee, hip joint, pelvis, spine and head. It can also result in a variety of health problems.
Orthotics help correct these problems.
Foot orthotics give you proper support and help restore the natural balance and alignment of your body.
Foot orthotics also help make your spinal adjustments more effective and longer-lasting.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Ways To Stay Young
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. Ditch them today.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop."
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next country - to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. Do it early and often.
~ AND ALWAYS REMEMBER ~
"Your life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Do What Doctors Do To Get Out Of Pain
How Does Spinal Decompression Work?
Spinal Decompression provides relief to severe back and neck pain sufferers by gently reducing the pressure within spinal discs. The bones of the spine are slowly and methodically separated using the state-of-the-art DYNA PRO Spinal Decompression Unit. As the vertebrae are separated pressure is slowly reduced within the disc (intradiscal pressure) until a vacuum is formed. This vacuum “sucks” the gelatinous center of the disc back inside thereby reducing the disc bulge or disc herniation. Significant disc bulge reduction removes pressure off the spinal nerves and drastically reduces pain and disability. This “sucking” vacuum also pulls much-needed oxygen, nutrients and fluid into injured and degenerated discs allowing the healing to begin.
The treatment motion is computer controlled to provide gentle and painless decompression of the injured spinal discs. Advanced DYNA PRO decompression techniques separate slowly and cycle between brief moments of pulling and relaxing (oscillation). This reduces protective muscle spasm that contributed to the poor success rate of outdated “traction” techniques.
How Do Spinal Discs Become Injured?
Over time gravity, spinal joint dysfunction and accumulated trauma cause the discs to compress, flatten and degenerate. Significant disc damage can become a tear called a disc herniation. The “jelly center” of the disc can also dry out over time which is referred to as degenerative disc disease. All forms of disc injury can eventually impinge on the nerves exiting the spine (“pinched nerve”) which can create numbness, tingling, burning or sharp pain down the arms or legs. Sharp pain originating from the back and “shooting” down the legs is often referred to as sciatica. The only treatment that can reverse this degenerative compression is NON-SURGICAL SPINAL DECOMPRESSION or THE DYNA PRO!
Spinal Decompression Can Treat The Following Conditions
· Sciatica
· Neck Disc Bulge
· Herniated Disc-Back
· Herniated Disc-Neck
· Pinched Nerve
· Degenerative Disc Disease
Monday, January 4, 2010
Who Has Foot Pain?
The foot and the ankle are made up of……..
· 26 bones
· 33 joints and more than 100 muscles.
These components work together to provide the body with support, balance, and mobility. A structural flaw or malfunction in any one part can result in the development of problems elsewhere in the body.
Supination of the foot occurs when the foot rolls outward at the ankle. The most common symptoms of supination are pain through the arch of the foot or pain in the heel. The pain can usually be associated with plantar fascitis or heel spurs. Other symptoms can be back and knee pain.
Pronation of the foot is a condition that occurs when the arch of the foot collapses. Often, pronation occurs as a result of strain on the foot. If pronation is left untreated, serious problems can arise.