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Orthopedic evaluations and surgery

Dr. Ian Barrett, MD, is our distinguished orthopedic specialist renowned for his expertise in evaluating and performing surgeries for auto accident-related injuries. With a wealth of experience in orthopedics, Dr. Barrett meticulously assesses and treats patients with precision and care. His dedication to restoring mobility and function in individuals involved in auto accidents is unparalleled. Dr. Barrett operates on a lien basis, ensuring patients receive top-notch orthopedic care without financial constraints, fostering trust and relief in those seeking recovery post-accident.

Pain Management

Pain management services following auto accidents are pivotal in restoring individuals' quality of life. Through comprehensive medical evaluations, healthcare professionals can accurately diagnose underlying injuries, ensuring timely and tailored treatments. Trigger point injections specifically target localized pain, offering swift relief by easing muscle tension and reducing inflammation. These services not only alleviate immediate discomfort but also prevent chronic pain conditions, supporting patients' recovery and enhancing their physical and emotional well-being post-accident.

Chiropractic

Chiropractic care plays a vital role in the recovery process for individuals involved in auto accidents. These accidents often lead to a variety of injuries, particularly to the neck and spine, due to the abrupt and forceful impact. Whiplash, a common injury in auto accidents, occurs when the neck is suddenly jolted, causing strain or damage to the muscles, ligaments, and vertebrae.

Chiropractors specialize in treating musculoskeletal injuries, focusing on the alignment of the spine and promoting the body's natural ability to heal. They use non-invasive techniques such as spinal adjustments, manual manipulation, and other therapies to alleviate pain, restore mobility, and promote healing. By realigning the spine and addressing misalignments or subluxations, chiropractic care can help reduce inflammation, alleviate pain, and improve the overall function of the affected areas.

Early intervention with chiropractic care after an auto accident can significantly contribute to a speedier recovery, reducing the likelihood of chronic pain and facilitating a return to normal daily activities. It's essential for those involved in auto accidents to seek prompt evaluation and treatment from a qualified chiropractor to address potential injuries and support their journey to recovery.

Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression

Spinal disc injuries after an auto accident are very common. Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression treatment works by gently stretching the spine in a specific manner, creating a negative pressure within the discs. This negative pressure helps retract bulging or herniated discs, allowing nutrients, oxygen, and fluids to flow back into the affected area. By promoting this influx of essential elements, the treatment encourages the discs' natural healing process. Additionally, the decompression decreases the pressure on nerves, reducing pain and promoting the body's ability to heal. Over time, this process facilitates the repair of the damaged discs, alleviating symptoms and restoring functionality to the spine, especially beneficial for those recovering from auto accident-related injuries.

Shockwave Therapy

Shockwave Therapy - Shockwave therapy accelerates recovery and initiates healing in acute injuries and chronic conditions by leveraging high-energy acoustic waves to stimulate the body's natural repair mechanisms. These waves, when directed at the affected area, create microtrauma, prompting the release of growth factors, increasing blood flow, and triggering the production of collagen, a crucial element in tissue repair. This process jumpstarts the body's healing response, reducing inflammation, breaking down scar tissue, and promoting cell regeneration. For acute injuries like tendonitis or chronic conditions like plantar fasciitis, this therapy fosters tissue regeneration, pain reduction, and restoration of functionality, ultimately expediting the healing process and improving overall recovery outcomes.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture can be a valuable component in aiding recovery from auto accidents by addressing both physical and psychological aspects of trauma. Through the insertion of thin needles into specific points on the body, acupuncture stimulates the release of endorphins, natural pain-relieving chemicals, which can alleviate discomfort and manage pain resulting from injuries sustained in a car accident. It also helps reduce inflammation, improve blood circulation, and relax muscles, aiding the body's natural healing process. Moreover, acupuncture can assist in reducing stress, anxiety, and post-traumatic symptoms often experienced after such incidents, promoting a more comprehensive recovery by supporting both the body and mind in their healing journey.

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Dr Mariam studied her undergrad degree at California State University-East Bay, receiving her bachelors of science in health science with a minor in psychology. For her Doctorate she attended Life Chiropractic College West.

Dr Mariam, at a very young age strived to be a doctor and help others. She grew up playing sports that include volleyball, soft ball, badminton, and flag football. Her hobbies include hiking, working out, traveling and cooking food.

Dr Mariam has great background knowledge on pregnancy and pediatrics as well as active release technique, This soft tissue method focuses on relieving tissue tension by removing fibrosis/adhesions that result from repeated use overloading tissues.

Dr. Raquel Haro studied at UC Berkeley and received a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology, with an emphasis in Neurobiology. She was previously an EMT for Alameda county, and also an Emergency and Acute Care department volunteer at Kaiser Permanente for several years. For her chiropractic education, she attended Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, CA. Here, she was president of the Latino Americano Chiropractic Association, which provided scholarships to students in need and promoted Spanish literacy in Chiropractic communication. She also has been on various chiropractic service trips to provide free chiropractic care to those in need, including at Hayward High School and in Mexico City.
Dr. Raquel is a fluent Spanish speaker, and her family is from Zacatecas, Mexico. She grew up in central California, and enjoys traveling, cooking, painting, and has been playing volleyball for 15 years! She also has a pet turtle, a parrot, a kitten, and some fish as pets.

Dr. Raquel Haro studied at UC Berkeley and received a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology, with an emphasis in Neurobiology. She was previously an EMT for Alameda county, and also an Emergency and Acute Care department volunteer at Kaiser Permanente for several years. For her chiropractic education, she attended Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, CA. Here, she was president of the Latino Americano Chiropractic Association, which provided scholarships to students in need and promoted Spanish literacy in Chiropractic communication. She also has been on various chiropractic service trips to provide free chiropractic care to those in need, including at Hayward High School and in Mexico City.Dr. Raquel is a fluent Spanish speaker, and her family is from Zacatecas, Mexico. She grew up in central California, and enjoys traveling, cooking, painting, and has been playing volleyball for 15 years! She also has a pet turtle, a parrot, a kitten, and some fish as pets.

Andrew Curcuru, DC, is a skilled chiropractor who leads Active Health Center in Oakland, California. Dr. Curcuru first discovered the power of chiropractic when he was just a child. Instead of an ENT putting tubes in his ears for constant ear infections, his aunt decided to take him to a chiropractor. After a few adjustments, she knew she did the right thing.

Dr. Curcuru took a different path in life and received two separate degrees in Information Systems Management. When he was a teenager, he was in a car wreck that left him in constant pain due to trauma to his rib cage and back, so sitting at a computer most of the day only exacerbated his condition. This experience led him to seek out anything and everything possible to relieve his pain.

After two different consultations with the best spinal surgeons he could find in the San Francisco Bay Area, he was left with two options: find a chiropractor or have surgery. Dr. Curcuru was familiar with chiropractic, so he found a chiropractor who worked with him for a few months, and it changed his life. He realized that his life was not fulfilling behind a computer screen, and he needed to make a change in the world.

Dr. Curcuru was compelled to start helping people in the same way he was helped. So, after much research, he decided to quit his IT job and enroll in chiropractic school. This decision meant another three and half years of school, but it also meant he could pursue a career that would be fulfilling not only to him but to those needing an alternative to pain management.
Dr. Paul Porter is a board-certified physician with over 10 years of experience. He specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and conditions of the spine, peripheral nerves, and musculoskeletal system.

Dr. Porter graduated from the prestigious Palmer College of Chiropractic West in San Jose, California in 2014. Prior to completing his doctorate he earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a focus in Cognitive Neuroscience from Virginia Tech.

Dr. Porter first became involved in multidisciplinary practice when he became part of the Ironman Medical Treatment Team at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, HI. He provided care for athletes who qualified for the world championship starting in 2011. It was there that he discovered a passion for both physical medicine and men’s health.

At RegenCore Dr. Porter specializes in biomechanics, the science of understanding why the human body moves the way it does, including when things aren’t moving optimally or correctly. Treatments involve noninvasive procedures designed to treat degenerated tissue and injured joints in order to promote optimal movement, healing, and reverse tissue damage.

Dr. Porter treats conditions such as disk degeneration and herniation with non surgical spinal decompression as well as cartilage and tissue damage with shockwave therapy. He also specializes in men’s health issues such as pelvic floor dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, and Peyronie’s Disease.
Dr. Barrett is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with a specialty training in Sports Medicine. His practice mastery extends to all arthroscopic procedures of the knee, shoulder, and hip in addition to knee and shoulder replacement.

Dr. Barrett graduated with honors from University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience. He subsequently attended medical school at the prestigious Case Western Medical School where he simultaneously received a his medical doctorate and a Master’s degree in Anatomy. He went on to pursue his clinical training in the field of orthopedics at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota, studying under some of the greats of orthopedics. It was at Mayo Clinic that Dr. Barrett underwent extensive training in joint replacement surgery as well as general orthopedics. Dr. Barrett finished his subspecialty sports training at Stanford University under the tutelage of giants in field of Sports medicine like Marc Safran MD, Timothy McAdams MD, Gary Fanton MD, and Jason Dragoo MD. Throughout his career, Dr. Barrett has been active in advancing the field of orthopedics and has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, research grants, and book chapters.

Dr. Barrett specializes in sports medicine and has a particular interest in working with active people looking to get back to their sporting lives. Whether it is the high school football star, the casual marathon runner or professional athlete, Dr. Barrett has worked with athletes from all levels of competition. He has served as the team physician for multiple high school football teams, provided medical care at several major marathon events and was actively involved in treating division I athletes while at Stanford. Most recently Dr. Barrett served as the team physician for Stanford men’s basketball team.

Dr. Carri Jones is a board-certified specialist in the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and conditions of the spine, peripheral nerves, and musculoskeletal system. At RegenCore, she treats sports injuries, degenerative arthritic conditions, and complex regional pain syndromes for her Bay Area patients, as well as out of state patients.

Thanks to her in-depth research on, and experience with, advanced joint pain relief therapies, Dr. Jones was named an Innovator in Orthobiologics & Advancing Regenerative Medicine by The Orthobiologics Institute.

After earning her medical degree in 1993 from New York Medical College, Dr. Jones was chief resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Upstate Medical University and the Institute For Human Performance in Syracuse, New York. She completed her fellowship training in regenerative medicine and orthobiologics with application in sport and spine medicine.

Dr. Jones is board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, sports medicine, and pain medicine. Prior to joining RegenCore, she was a partner at Orthopedic Associates of Central New York, chief of Physical Medicine at Crouse Irving Hospital in Syracuse, team physician for Syracuse University Athletics, Syracuse Sting, and USA Golden Gloves Boxing, and consultant to the Ladies Professional Golf Association and American Hockey League.

As part of her practice, Dr. Jones embraces personalized medicine, best practices, and precision point of care for rapid, optimal recovery. She is an early adopter of transformative technologies and digital health solutions, which provide positive impacts on the quality of life for the community.

Dr. Rowan Paul is a fellowship trained sports medicine physician and a board certified family physician who treats athletes and active people of all ages. He has treated athletes of all ages, from recreational to professional athletes, He is currently the Head Company Physician for the San Francisco Ballet.

Previous experience includes high profile team physician coverage roles for the Oakland Athletics, World Cup speed skating, alpine and snowboarding championships, numerous marathons, the U.S. Olympic development Nordic cross country skiing team, as well as the America’s Cup Sailing.

Dr. Paul was a full partner in a prestigious Orthopedic Surgery group in San Francisco for 10 years but recognized the inherent fragmented limitation of practicing regenerative orthopedics in a primarily surgical practice. He left in favor of a practicing the highest level of regenerative medicine in a more comprehensive non-surgical but multi-disciplinary approach, hopefully to prevent the need for surgery.

Dr. Paul is a pioneer and expert in the new emerging field of Regenerative Interventional Orthopedics and the use of autologous cellular products to promote healing non-surgically. His first PRP injection was 2008 and has since done thousands of these as well as bone marrow and adipose derived regenerative medicine based therapies since then. He specializes in the knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, ankle, foot and spine. He has developed mastery over 12 years of intense study and practice of musculoskeletal ultrasound and performs many high resolution ultrasound guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to alleviate pain and promote healing.

He is an expert in treating chronic refractory tendon problems, using Platelet Rich Plasma, Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrates (BMAC), Adipose tissue transfer, Dextrose Prolotherapy. He has an academic research interest in regenerative medicine and has been published numerous times in this space. He is also an expert at ultrasound guided nerve blocks for pain relief during procedures which helps limit or eliminate the use of narcotic opioid use.

Notably, Dr. Paul is a member of a national panel of experts (SAFE) in the regenerative medicine space that recently put out the world’s first consensus guidelines in the safe and ethical use of bone marrow aspirate concentrates for orthopedic use. The panel is actively working on and will publish future consensus guidelines for adipose, placental allografts, exosomes and other regenerative therapies. He is also on several national and international teaching faculties and is an active poster and thought leader on LinkedIn’s Biologic Orthopedic Society group.

Dr. Paul also performs TENEX and TENJET ultrasound guided micro-invasive tendon/fascia debridement including but not limited to the achilles, plantar fascia, rotator cuff, patellar tendons for severe tendinosis/tendonitis. He also specializes in innovative carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, tarsal tunnel and occipital nerve hydro-dissections, a potential treatment alternative to surgical nerve releases.

Dr. Noah Dong Seon Yoo is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist specializing in pain medicine and internal medicine in the State of California since 2011.

 Dr. Yoo earned his B. Pharm degree from pharmacy college in Chung Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, which is one of top pharmacy colleges in South Korea and earned his masters degree and doctoral degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.

 During his time at Pharmacy college in Chung Ang University, he met fellow students with the same interests at university and he became a founding member of the Korean traditional medicine club in his university. Dr. Yoo became more passionate about Korean traditional medicine and Oriental medicine. Dr. Yoo completed additional training in sport medicine, herbal medicine, and all other oriental medicine as he has had the opportunity to learn from many gifted oriental masters and professors and learned precious wisdom about how to view each individual and transition from imbalance to balance (from pathosis to eucrasia). 

Oriental medicine is to study how to make people adapt to a certain natural and social environment through nourishing and treating their body and mind. To reach the goal, Dr. Yoo offers many modalities such as Acupuncture, herbal medicine, supplements, Moxa, Sports medicine, and other oriental medicine. Dr. Yoo has practiced and experienced in both eastern and western medicine for more than 15 years and served to help people in the bay area for many years. Dr. Yoo is actively participating in Acupuncture associations to promote his profession and experience. He is a current member of the Association of Korean Asian Medicine & Acupuncture of California (AKAMAC), a member of the society of sports Korean medicine, and a member of American integrative medicine institute. In his spare time he enjoys cooking, reading, and training Taekwondo and Kendo to improve body strength and mind as he held a black belt in Taekwondo.
Brian Flannery, DC, LCP, DPhCS, MBA, is a doctor of chiropractic who brings more than 20 years of experience in integrative pain management to Atlas Health Center, serving people of all ages in San Francisco, California, and throughout San Francisco County. Dr. Flannery began his professional pursuits at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, earning his Bachelor of Science in biology. He subsequently enrolled at the Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, and earned his Doctorate of Chiropractic.

Since entering private practice, Dr. Flannery has held various positions, including managingpartner, co-owner, and associate chiropractor. Dr. Flannery loves getting to know the people in his care and provides a comprehensive treatment that eases pain and improves mobility.

Outside of the office, Dr. Flannery enjoys sharing his knowledge and expertise by writing in industry publications and speaking at conferences and events. Dr. Flannery is also a testing committee member on the National Chiropractic Board of Examiners.

Henry Oyharcabal, DC, is a doctor of chiropractic at Atlas Health Center, serving people of all ages in San Francisco, California, and throughout San Francisco County. Dr. Oyharcabal values the benefits of chiropractic care and other natural paths to wellness.

A native San Franciscan, he graduated from the University of San Francisco and earned his Doctorate in Chiropractic at Life West University in Hayward, California. Dr. Oyharcabal spent two years mentoring in Arizona at one of the largest practices in the country. He founded Atlas Health Center in 1992 to help people achieve optimal health and wellness. Atlas Health Center is certified by the Spine Research Institute of San Diego for the case management of whiplash.

Dr. Oyharcabal also serves as the chiropractor for the San Francisco Bay Area Pro-Am Basketball League, which showcases the talents of local professional and college players. Dr. Oyharcabal proudly holds membership in several professional organizations, including the California Chiropractic Association, the San Francisco Chiropractic Association, and the Life Chiropractic College West Alumni Associations. He welcomes anyone seeking relief from acute or chronic pain to Atlas Health Center today.