Center For Wellness

10/06/2025

10/02/2025

🌿 What is Osteopathy & Why It Matters

Osteopathy is a holistic approach to healthcare that treats the whole person — not just symptoms. It emphasizes how your bones, muscles, nerves, and organs are all connected and works to restore balance, so your body can heal itself naturally.

With hands-on treatments, lifestyle adjustments, and personalized care, osteopathy can help with pain, mobility, stress, and more.

09/28/2025

In a world where the traditional medical model often overlooks the emotional side of healing, we’ve seen something different — something deeper.

At Center for Wellness, we believe that feeling your emotions isn't a weakness — it’s medicine. When we allow space for grief, anger, fear, and even joy… healing happens. Not just emotionally, but physically.

My journey as a physician has been shaped not just by science, but by a God-led calling to partner with patients - seeing them not just as a list of symptoms to be conquered, but as a whole human being with unique experiences that have shaped the situation in which they find themselves. Sometimes what a patient needs most is to have someone sit with them in their pain — to not turn away from emotion, but to lean into it with compassion and curiosity.

Over time, my toolkit has grown to include a number of powerful techniques for nervous system regulation — helping patients find calm and clarity in the chaos of chronic illness and emotional overwhelm.

Several years ago, I attended a profound seminar with a doctor-friend of mine in LA. There we heard from Dr. Allan Abbass - a pioneer and "Master" in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). What I saw was transformational: videos of deeply troubled patients experiencing visible, measurable change through emotional processing. Cases of depression, trauma, even chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension improving through emotional work.

This isn’t “soft science.” It’s evidence-based healing.

The truth is - trauma is part of the human experience. And avoiding emotions only pushes healing further away. But when doctors, mentors, and even small groups of people come together — when patients are truly heard — miracles begin

09/25/2025

By now I’m sure you’ve seen the news. ‘It’s all Tylenol’s fault!’…but in my medical opinion – that is only a fraction of the big picture.

No one would dispute that we live in the most environmentally toxic time in history. That makes it exceedingly difficult to pinpoint a single causative factor for neurological challenges. And as many would point out, ‘correlation does not equal causation’. I personally believe that there can be several contributing factors. This list includes everything from medications and environmental toxins to inflammatory foods like grains and seed oils, and others.

Let’s put politics completely aside and think about what we know to be true (because history and the scientific studies back it up).

Unfortunately, there have been many instances in the last 100 years when the medical establishment had approved of something for pregnancy only to find out later that it wasn’t safe. From certain anti-nausea meds (Thalidomide- was prescribed in the 1950's to decrease morning sickness in pregnant women and was later taken off the market because of severe congenital deformities), alcohol, and ci******es to mercury, x-ray radiation, and co***ne – there’s a long list of regrettable guidance, for which children paid the price.

What is the problem with Tylenol?

Tylenol is specifically known to deplete glutathione – the body’s most important antioxidant for detox and repair. Due to our toxic environment, overuse of medication, and lack of nutrients in our food supply - many of us in the functional medicine field have noted that a large amount of people are deficient in glutathione. For a pregnant mother – depleting her own glutathione stores may affect the levels that her baby is born with, thus impacting his/her ability to detoxify and maintain health nerve cells, which are the most sensitive to toxins and oxidative stress.

So, what about Tylenol and vaccines?
After vaccination, the body relies heavily on glutathione to manage inflammation and clear toxins (including the added adjuvants - heavy metals in the vaccines). Giving acetaminophen during this critical time may leave the body vulnerable, allowing these toxins to linger and potentially affect the brain. Unfortunately, many pediatricians still recommend it for post-vaccine fevers, possibly increasing the risk of injury.

*At Center for Wellness, we do NOT recommend taking Tylenol during pregnancy or giving it to your baby post vaccination. If you would like to discuss alternative options, please give our office a call to schedule an appointment.

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09/24/2025

Regenerative medicine is exactly what it sounds like—the cutting-edge frontier in health, healing, and longevity. Using the power of growth factors, it can actually regenerate and restore your body's cells, tissues, and organs. Yes… you read that right. You can literally age backwards! 💫

What can regenerative medicine help with?

• Immune system: Auto-immune disorders
• Joints & Muscles: Chronic pain, injuries, sprains, tears
• Gastrointestinal: IBS, IBD, autoimmune issues
• Brain: TBI, dementia, Alzheimer’s, autism, brain fog
• Organ Health: Kidney, heart, thyroid, diabetes
• Skin & Hair: Wrinkles, sagging, acne scars, thinning hair

💉 Two Options:

1. Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) – Uses your own blood, fat, or bone marrow to rejuvenate areas that need healing. Affordable and effective, though multiple treatments may be needed.

2. Stem Cell Properties – Supercharged regenerative cells from donated umbilical cord blood or placenta. More potent than PRP, fewer treatments required, but a slightly higher cost.

✨ Whether you want pain relief, tissue repair, or anti-aging benefits, regenerative medicine is unlocking new possibilities for everyone.

09/18/2025

I’ve had the privilege of working with Jerry for 13 years. Month after month, he’s flown from Minnesota to my Los Angeles office - what a rare and generous gift. This book reflects the same wisdom and heart he’s shared with me over the years.

“Up” is:
• A guide to choosing hope and resilience, even in difficult times.
• A call to shift perspectives and see life through a more positive, empowered lens.
• A reminder of the impact one person can have on creating change in families, schools, and communities.

I can’t say enough about it. I truly believe this book is part of the wave of change our society so greatly needs. Godspeed, Jerry!

01/10/2025

Our community has been through so much this week. Our hearts are grieved at the loss and devastation in our own LA area and beyond. Our prayers go out to everyone impacted by these terrible fires.

For those outside California - please join us in praying for God’s provision, mercy and guidance.

12/30/2024

We have successfully used Biopuncture for a variety of patients with varying health challenges. When we inject a natural substance or homeopathic directly into the meridian it has a powerful and fast impact on our patients.

The allopathic medical system approaches mental health as though it solely has to do with neurochemical imbalances. In Osteopathy we recognize that the body, mind and spirit are one. It is crucial to look at the entire person – not just the symptoms/organ system affected.

We had a female patient, in her mid-40’s who had been struggling with a myriad of mental health issues. Her allopathic doctors had prescribed around 10 different antipsychotic medications for anxiety, insomnia, and depression…and nothing was working. She came to see us in hopes that we could help. She had stagnant energy flow in several of her neural acupuncture points (located on the scalp. We treated them with Biopuncture therapy. After a single treatment she reported back saying that she was doing much better and didn’t feel ‘stuck’ anymore. The prescription drugs were now working. This was a “night and day” improvement.

If you struggle with mental health, give our office a call.

12/21/2024

Dr. Moreno has helped a number of women identify the underlying cause of their infertility diagnosis.

This case was a unique mystery of sorts. We had a very determined patient who had done everything in her power to conceive. She was eating right, living a clean lifestyle and had even gone through IVF, unsuccessfully.

Not being one to give up easily, she eventually came to see Dr. Moreno to see if he could help. After spending some time thoroughly assessing her, he sensed that she had petroleum toxicity. At first it was difficult for the patient to believe because she was extremely careful with the ingredients she would put on and in her body.

However, after a careful inspection of her products, she was shocked to find petroleum as an ingredient in a skincare product that she was using twice a day! Doctor Moreno performed a laser energetic detox for her, and she was pregnant w/in a few months! Her son is 4 years old!

12/12/2024

Biopuncture, a method of injecting a natural or homeopathic substance into specific points in the meridian can be incredibly helpful for numerous health challenges.

In one case, we had a 90-year-old patient who was experiencing symptoms of cognitive decline. She was forgetting things in the recent past. Dr. Moreno treated her with Ozone/UVBI IV & Biopuncture and her brain clarity drastically improved after just one visit. On her follow-up visit, 3 weeks later, her daughter commented on how clear her mom’s brain function had been for 3 weeks!