Chiropractor El Segundo CA | El Segundo Family Chiropractic

06/29/2026

Hello El Segundo Community!

We have some incredibly exciting news to share. As many of you know, our beloved Dr. Sammy Pyon officially stepped into a well-deserved retirement this past April. We are so incredibly grateful for the decades of dedicated, loving care he provided to this community, and we wish him the absolute best in his next chapter!

Before retiring, Dr. Pyon carefully chose a successor to carry on his legacy of exceptional family wellness. I am absolutely thrilled to introduce myself as your new chiropractor at El Segundo Family Chiropractic!
My mission is to continue providing the same gentle, personalized, and high-quality chiropractic care you’ve always trusted here, while introducing a few exciting new wellness services to help you and your family thrive. Whether you are a long-time patient or looking to start your wellness journey, I can’t wait to meet you adjustments-to-adjustments!

We invite you to explore our beautiful, brand-new website to learn more about our team, check out our updated services, and easily book your next visit online:

✨ **Visit us at:** www.elsegundofamilychiropractic.com

Thank you for welcoming me into the heart of El Segundo. Let’s keep moving, feeling, and living our best lives together!

In health and wellness,
~Dr. Kristina Brown, DC

El Segundo Family Chiropractic

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02/27/2023

07/17/2020

This white paper discusses the significance of the 2019 study published in the Irish Journal of Medical Science called “The effect of spinal manipulation on brain neuro-metabolites in chronic nonspecific low back pain patients: a randomized clinical trial”.
Back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide, preventing many people from engaging in work and other everyday activities. Experts estimate that up to 80% of the population will experience back pain at some point in their lives. It is the third most common reason for visits to the doctor’s office, behind skin disorders and osteoarthritis. Chiropractic provides much needed solutions to this struggle for many people without drugs or surgery. This study evaluated the benefits of chiropractic adjustments on back pain and brain chemistry compared to sham adjustments. The findings were as follows:
• This study is a randomized, double blind and clinical trial. The objective of the study was to evaluate the brain metabolite changes after spinal manipulation, using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy with a 1.5-T MRI scanner.
• The study used 25 patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain aged 20-50 years old who were randomly assigned to the Lumbo-pelvic adjustment group or the sham adjustment group.
• Both the sacroiliac and lumbar spine joint adjustment was a high velocity low amplitude thrust.
• Patients were evaluated before and five weeks after the adjustment or sham procedure. Measurements were numerical rating scale, Oswestry disability index, and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
• In patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain, brain function changes occur due to the neuroplastic alterations in different brain regions.
• Pain is transferred from acute to chronic due to hypersensitivity of the pain processing network in the central nervous system.
• Chronic low back pain causes central sensitization. In other words, patients with chronic low back pain are hypersensitive to painful stimuli due to neuroplastic changes.
• The neurophysiological mechanism of the spinal adjustment refers to the ability of the central nervous system to modulate sensory information.
• Sensory afferentation from the receptors of the tissue surrounding the vertebra are activated by spinal manipulation, affecting the transmission of painful signals and motor function from the spinal cord to the cerebral cortex.
The results of the study at five weeks after the intervention were as follows:
• There was a significant reduction in both pain and disability in the spinal adjustment group and no difference in the sham adjustment control group.
• There were also significantly positive improvements in brain neuro-metabolites in the spinal adjustment group but not in the sham group.
• The results of the study demonstrated that in patients with nonspecific chronic back pain, five weeks of lumbo-pelvic spinal adjustments significantly reduce the pain, increased functional ability, and showed positive improvements in brain neuro-metabolites.
CONCLUSION:
In the patient with low back pain, spinal manipulation affects the central nervous system and changes the brain metabolites. Consequently, pain and functional disability are reduced. No changes were noted in the sham treatment group.
Back pain costs Americans at least $50 billion in health care costs each year. And if lost wages and decreased productivity are added that figure easily rises to more than $100 billion. These statistics are significant and need to be addressed. This 2019 study proved that the benefits of chiropractic go beyond pain relief and range of motion. Along with back pain relief, chiropractic adjustments were shown to improve brain function through MRI technology. Every person experiencing back pain deserves to understand and experience the benefits of chiropractic care for both relief and improved brain and body function. Science and research continue to show what chiropractors have witnessed in practice for over one hundred years.

04/09/2020

Nutraceuticals have potential for boosting the type 1 interferon response to RNA viruses including influenza and coronavirus
Mark F. McCarthy, James J. DiNicolantonio
The study begins by explaining the context of the importance of looking at nutraceuticals that may help stop the spread of the coronavirus:
In light of worldwide concern regarding the recent outbreak of a deadly novel strain of coronavirus in China, it is fortuitous that two recent discoveries point the way to effective nutraceutical measures for potentiating the type 1 interferon response to RNA viruses.
Here’s the full explanation from the study:
Moreover, the phycocyanobilin (PCB) chromophore of cyanobacteria (such as spirulina) and many types of blue-green algae, a biliverdin metabolite, has been shown to mimic the NAPDH oxidase inhibiting activity of unconjugated bilirubin, likely because it is rapidly converted within cells to phycocyanorubin, a compound very similar in structure to bilirubin.11,12 This phenomenon likely explains many of the profound antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects observed when spirulina, phycocyanin (the prominent spirulina protein incorporating PCB as a chromophore), or PCB itself are administered in rodent models of human pathology.11,13 Hence, ingestion of spirulina or of spirulina extracts enriched in PCB may have potential for boosting type 1 interferon response in the context of RNA virus infection. Oral administration of a cold-water spirulina extract rich in phycocyanin has been found to decrease mortality in influenza-infected mice.
The study looked at several different nutraceuticals that may show real promise in protecting people from RNA viral infections. Here’s a quick summary from the study:
• N-acetylcysteine (NAC) – found to reduce influenza episodes and boost glutathione production
• Ferulic acid / Sodium ferulate – may activate TLR7 to stimulate type 1 interferon production
• Lipioc acid
• Sulforaphane (from cruciferous vegetables)
• Selenium – when people are deficient in this mineral, viruses replicate more quickly
• Glucosamine – may block a pathway used by viruses to replicate (activation of MAVS) – “This striking new finding points to the possibility that high-dose glucosamine supplementation might aid prevention and control of RNA virus infections.”
• Beta-glucans – stimulates the immune response against viruses
• Zinc – “Zinc supports the effective function and proliferation of various immune cells,” may reduce mortality by 27% according to previous clinical studies.
• Elderberry – “extracts of elderberry, in particular, have received considerable clinical evaluation, and have been found to be symptomatically beneficial in influenza and the common cold.”
Conclusion from the study:
In light of the foregoing, administration of spirulina (or a spirulina extract enriched in PCB), a phase 2 inducer (such as ferulic acid, lipoic acid, or sulforaphane), N-acetylcysteine, selenium, and high-dose glucosamine, in adequate doses, might be expected to help prevent and control RNA virus infections by amplifying the signaling functions of TLR7 and MAVS in evoking type 1 interferon production.
Doses recommended by the study:
Ferulic acid: 500-1,000 mg
Lipoic acid: 1,200-1,800 mg (in place of ferulic acid)
Spirulina: 15 g (or 100 mg PCB, which is an extract)
N-Acetylcysteine: 1,200–1,800 mg
Selenium: 50-100 mcg
Glucosamine: 3,000 mg or more
Zinc: 30-50 mg
Yeast Beta-Glucan: 250-500 mg
Elderberry: 600–1,500 mg
What’s especially important to note in all this is how every government authority is pushing pharmaceuticals and (non-existent) vaccines rather than encouraging people to use nutraceuticals that are available right now. Because of this total unwillingness to recommend potential anti-viral substances that are safe, affordable and available right now, these “authorities” are allowing the virus to replicate and spread in an accelerating manner, all to promote the financial interests of Big Pharma rather than support the health of the public.
They are more interested in protecting the profits of Big Pharma than in protecting the health of the public,https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32061635...

Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2020 Feb 12. pii: S0033-0620(20)30037-2. doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2020.02.007. [Epub ahead of print]

03/18/2020

If you have been getting adjusted at least once a month for the last 5 years, your immune system is 200% greater than those who have not, that means you have been preparing for this virus for the last 5+ years! Congratulations and Thank You for having the foresight to help this situations before it ever even began!

02/09/2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyEUv6FVu2o

lyric video for "reach for the stars" by Cory Sipper

02/06/2020

During the 1917-18 influenza epidemic, which brought death and fear to many Americans, it has been estimated that 20 million people died throughout the world, including about 500,000 Americans. It was chiropractic’s success in caring for flu victims that led to the profession’s licensure in many states.
Researchers reported that in Davenport, Iowa, out of the 93,590 patients treated by medical doctors, there were 6,116 deaths -- a loss of 1 patient out of every 15. Chiropractors at the Palmer School of Chiropractic adjusted 1,635 cases, with only one death. Furthermore, chiropractors were called in on 233 cases given up as lost after medical treatment, and reportedly saved all but 25.

09/19/2019

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