He reads three or four books a day on subjects ranging from calculus, to organic chemistry, to physiology, which is his absolute favorite subject. He’s not much of a fiction fan, though. Biography is more his bent, having recently completed ones on Alexander Humboldt, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. When he was recently explaining concepts of [...]

Unlike being diagnosed with four clogged arteries after suffering a heart attack, which requires immediate medical intervention, an injury to your ACL gives you both time and options. “An ACL deficient knee is not a medical emergency,” said Rick Rossman, MS, PT, Administrative Director of Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center’s Sports Medicine Center. All too often [...]

An ACL injury is the No. 1 nemesis of an athlete. This article kicks off our 4-part series on how the injury occurs, treatment options, rehabilitation and recovery, and prevention.

Take your first step into Massage Envy, and you realize you’re not in Kansas anymore … or even La Verne. From head to toe, Massage Envy’s design and décor are divine — a peaceful, professional place accented in purple and maize that welcomes you to the endless therapeutic and stress-relieving benefits of massage therapy. Massage Envy, [...]

    For a century, the David and Margaret home has been reaching out in creative and innovative ways to reach out and connect with teenage girls who have come to it for special care and support of their emotional, behavioral and educational needs. So it was right in character for Carlos Cisneros, David and Margaret’s recreational [...]

By Canice Barbone Exercise is important for most people, but especially important if you are trying to lose body fat weight. I say “body fat weight” because it is imperative that in any weight loss situation or attempt, that lean muscle is maintained and body fat weight is what is lost. To lose body weight, you [...]

There you are, dressed comfortably in T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes with your set of golf clubs securely slung over your shoulder. But while your envious neighbor thinks you’re off to the golf course, this time you have an even more important destination in mind –the Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation department at Pomona Valley Hospital [...]

La Verne Chiropractor Dr. Afshin Mehr, D.C., has carved a career out of turning negatives into positives. He was a heavily recruited soccer player, playing professionally in Canada’s development leagues, until he collided with a goalie and injured his lower back. For weeks, he could scarcely move and grew disheartened by his slow recovery. Finally, a [...]

By Afshin Mehr, D.C.   According to The Association of Chiropractic Colleges, “Chiropractic is a health care discipline which emphasizes the inherent recuperative power of the body to heal itself without the use of drugs and surgery. The practice of chiropractic focuses on the relationship between structure (primarily the spine) and function (as coordinated by the nervous [...]