An important topic has been brewing for many years now in smaller sports circles around the United States. This issue potentially affects every contact sport athlete anywhere in the world. It has become a huge topic for the National Football League (NFL). Many of you have followed the appearance and the now widespread concern for this topic. We are talking about "Concussions"

 According to Dictionary.com, the definition of "concussion" is as follows:

For any human being, physical fitness and diet play crucial roles in having a healthy life. In fact, I have watched patients slim down and lose weight by watching how they eat and engaging in physical activities they enjoy.  Normally, these are positive life changes that become part of your life and keep you healthy. It’s wonderful when these things are working well.

These habits can be hard to start or maintain. Exercise and proper diet may become increasingly challenging over time, especially when someone is not losing weight or slimming down the way they think they should be.

There are many people out there who work out consistently (3, 4 or 5 days a week) but just can’t seem to lose the fat around their waist, thighs, arms or chin? I have also had patients complain to me that they would love to take up an exercise program, but are discouraged by the amount of weight they want to lose. After hearing so much complaining from patients, I wanted to see if we could safely do more, above and beyond the exercise and the diet, to help people.

I began looking into body contouring and body shaping lasers over 4 years ago.  At the time, I was the first Doctor in California to obtain my Cutting Edge, infra-red therapy laser for my office. That therapy laser has done such a great job with my patients’ swelling, inflammation, pain and scar tissue that it gave me the foundation for understanding how i-Lipo works. This laser has been wildly successful in Europe and it has been FDA approved in the U.S. since 2010.

How does it work?

i-lipo is a new, revolutionary system that uses low level lasers for fat reduction and body shaping treatments. The i-lipo uses photobiomodulation to stimulate the body’s natural process for releasing stored content in the adipose cells. Every day, the human body is storing excess calories from you diet in the adipose tissue. The brain is in control of when the contents are released, and then metabolized into energy. You can compare the adipose cells to a re-chargeable battery, sometimes used and sometimes stored up depending on diet and exercise.

i-lipo is used to trigger the release of the contents, without exercise, and is able to target the precise stubborn areas. i-lipo is non-invasive with no pain, no needles, and no downtime. Patients can expect results of losing 1-2 dress sizes during their course of treatments. i-lipo is best paired with a change in lifestyle to maintain your results, typically just simple diet and exercise.

The low level laser used in i-lipo creates a photobiomodulation effect, altering the cells chemistry and triggering a release of a lipase enzyme that can break down triglyceride molecules into fatty acids and glycerol molecules. This process makes them small enough to exit through the pores of the fat cell membrane and then used as fuel by your metabolism.

Naturally, your lymphatic system carries the cell contents to the bloodstream where they can be used as fule and removed. i-lipo maximizes the body’s lymphatic flow through stimulation of the nodes in your treatment area. It is recommended to exercise following treatment in order to burn up the newly released fatty acids and glycerol in order to completely remove them from your body’s fat storage.

The course of treatment should be 8 sessions of 10-20 minutes each are performed twice a week. Thus body reshaping can be complete in four weeks. Only 1 area is treated per day in order to maximize the burning off of the contents. If there is an excess of content in need of being burned off then there is a risk that it will be stored back as fat again. Once a patient has completed a course of treatments they need to maintain a healthy lifestyle to keep their results. After i-lipo treatment nutritional supplements are also used to maintain and encourage metabolic activity and to support a healthier lifestyle.

The FDA supports the i-Lipo Laser:

If this sounds too good to be true, then let me say it one more time: the i-Lipo laser provides body contouring, shaping and fat reduction that is non-invasive, safe and has no side effects.  Let me be clear: this laser is not for weight loss. Even though you will lose fat, you are exercising and watching your diet and will likely gain muscle mass from working out.

Breaking news for the i-Lipo was announced during the week of April 22. 

“Chromogenex is delighted to receive FDA approval to market the successful i-Lipo low level laser diode device for circumference reduction of the waist. The i-Lipo is the first direct skin contact laser device for fat reduction and body contouring to receive such approval for circumference reduction”.

If you would like to learn about receiving any treatments from the i-Lipo laser in our office or have any questions about this technology, please visit my official Orindailipo website. I can also be reached at my email address: orindailipo@gmail.com or my office at 925-254-4040 to talk to you personally about this.  

Thank you for reading!

Dr. Kevin M. Wong, D.C.

Hello and I hope Spring finds you feeling well!

I realize that for some of you whose children are grown, Spring break is more of a memory. For some of us with younger kids, we are right in the middle of it. Myself and Dr. Isabel are away this coming week and will return for normal office hours by Monday, April 9.

Our full compliment of Chiropractic, therapy laser and i-Lipo laser services will be back to full swing by April 9. 

Michelle Galvin, our Massage Therapist, is available this week for any body work you may need. If you find yourself in a pinch, she will be of great assistance until I return. 

For those of you who are interested in scheduling your i-Lipo laser sessions, they will be with my wife, Dr. Isabel Eleazar. I am excited she has come back to work to provide this service for you.  If you still have questions, feel free to log onto http://www.orindailipo.com and you will have them answered.

If you have any urgent needs or want to schedule appointments for when we return home, Caroline, our front desk receptionist, will be working from Monday, April 2 through Friday, April 6, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thank you for all of your continued referrals of your family, friends and co-workers. We look forward to seeing you soon when we get back home.

Dr. Kevin Wong and Dr. Isabel Eleazar

Hello Patients and Friends,

We are very proud to announce the arrival of our new Lipo (Fat) Laser! As you know, I always like to stay on the forefront of new health technologies.  Almost 4 years ago, we got our Cutting Edge Therapy Laser and many of you have benefited from it. Our experience with that laser that allowed me to find and evaluate this new machine. I hope you (or your spouse) will be as excited about this as we are.  

This is our press release:

The Orinda i-Lipo Laser Center: A New Path to Health

There’s an intelligent alternative to Surgical Liposuction now available in the San Franciso Bay Area.  The Clinic is called the Orinda i-Lipo Laser center and it utilizes the Chromogenix, i-Lipo Therapeutic Laser.  i-Lipo has become the Gold Standard in body shaping and fat reduction in Europe over the last four years. i-Lipo is a non-invasive, pain free, drug free body sculpting and fat reduction system that targets stubborn fat areas and provides immediate, and long lasting measurable results.  Scientifically proven and FDA approved, i-Lipo gets rid of  stubborn fatty areas that won’t go away in the gym or through diets, it is an easy, safe and comfortable way to achieve inch loss and body contouring with no pain, no needles and no downtime.

How does i-Lipo work?

The i-Lipo laser, focuses a specific energy into the fat layer which stimulates the cells to 1) convert their stored triglycerides into fatty acids and glycerol. 2) Open pores in the fat cell‘s outer membrane which allows these smaller molecules to leak out into the adjacent tissue.  The fat cells then lose their round shape and collapse, much like a grape changing into a raisin. The released contents are then absorbed by the lymphatic system and then transported around the body to be burned as energy.

The i-Lipo laser creates the same, natural, metabolic process as the brain does when the body needs energy by converting and releasing the fat cells contents, but controls the triggering mechanism and can be targeted to a specific problem area almost anywhere on the body.  Light Cardio exercise post treatment accelerates the metabolism of released fatty acids and glycerol and increases inch loss.

Why i-Lipo ?

The i-Lipo system has many advantages over other invasive and noninvasive fat reduction systems.  Ultrasound imagery shows up to 30% reduction in the fat layer depth after just one treatment. Compared to surgical Liposuction, i-Lipo is much more affordable with similar results. It is painless and completely safe and can be used on men and women, all skin types and on any body areas where fatty deposits under the skin are a problem.

You can return to normal activity immediately after each treatment. A 2-4 cm loss in abdomen circumference  can be achieved with every treatment.  A course of 8 treatments is recommended over 4 weeks with 2 treatments per week. Fat under the chin, upper arms, abdomen, hips or thighs can be broken down and removed.This is a big advantage over diet and exercise alone which can reduce overall body fat but not target individual areas.

i-Lipo is available at the Orinda i-Lipo Laser Center located inside Orinda Chiropractic in downtown Orinda.

If you or someone you know is interested in our Lipo laser, then call us at 925-254-4040. Not only can we give you a no cost consultation, but tell you about special patient pricing that will be available for a short while as we introduce this technology. 

Our laser website, orindailipo.com, will have a lot of information for you including videos of how it works and other information.

Thank you for taking time to read this post. I hope you find this fascinating. This is going to help a lot of people. Will you be one of them?

It is with great excitement that I announce a collaboration between between Orinda Chiropractic and Cambiati Wellness in Walnut Creek. Some of you remember that last year, Isabel and I participated in a dietary cleanse and it really made an impression on us. We learned about how to make healthy food choices and how some food types are actually toxic for our bodies.

Cambiati's 28 Day Weight Loss JumpStart and Detox Program helps empower individuals and families to discover how nutrition affects their physical, mental and emotional health. Thousands of people across the country have participated in the program which is designed to help you craft a more healthful diet, based on your goals and needs.

The program will provide you with a "clean slate" and with a new experience of how good you can feel. It will help you to:

* Lose weight
* Increase your energy
* Identify food allergies or intolerances
* Identify and eliminate compulsive eating habits
* Get a competitive edge for your workouts

Classes will begin on March 15 and the program goes for 6 weeks. There will actually be a "Program Overview" on March 8 at 9:30 a.m. where you can come and learn more information about the program itself. You will be taught by one of Cambiati's official Instructors who have an amazing depth of knowledge and motivation to help you feel your best.

If you have any questions or want more information, you can log onto the Cambiati website at http://www.cambiati.com. You can also call our office and speak to Dr. Kevin with any questions.

Click here for the link to sign up for the series of classes:

Thank you for reading and here's to your health!

Dr. Kevin M. Wong

Orinda Chiropractic Center
89 Moraga Way, Suite A Orinda, CA 94563
925-254-4040 | drkevinwong@orindachiropractic.com
www.orindachiropractic.com