Introducing Beverly Hills Chiropractor Dr. Zail Khalsa
As a Doctor of Chiropractic I understand that life and healing come from within. The promotion and maintenance of health is vastly superior to the treatment of disease. My journey to this awareness was long and arduous. I endeavor to help others learn from my experience.
In his famous classic, “The Stress of Life”, Nobel Prize nominee, Dr. Hans Selye, states that dis-ease is the underlying cause of all disease. Physical, chemical or emotional stressors that exceed your capacity to resist ultimately lead to exhaustion and disease. The key to health is to strengthen your inner capacity. Discovering the chiropractic wellness lifestyle has helped our family become internally strong and enhance our health and happiness.
It all started shortly after I was born. I was given a shot of penicillin to which my body reacted violently. I was hospitalized when my joints became swollen and painful.
At age six, my tonsils (an important lymph tissue) were surgically removed as a treatment for a sore throat.
A few years later, while my family was driving along an icy road near Niagara Falls, our auto was rear ended and I suffered a whiplash injuring the vital nerve supply to the lymph nodes in my neck.
Behind my elementary school ran a little stream. I played around the stream and collected water samples to look at algae under my microscope. Upstream, General Electric was polluting the creek with waste transformer oil contaminated with cancer causing Agent Orange.
My parent’s marriage began to fall apart and I remember this as a period of emotional distress.
A lump began growing in my neck. Hodgkin’s lymphoma was diagnosed. I was irradiated and spent a summer losing my hair and vomiting.
I eventually went on to college with a goal of helping children with cancer. I was awarded a full academic scholarship by the Quaker Oats Foundation to attend the University of Rochester where I received Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Biology. The University awarded me a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for my PhD studies in molecular genetics.
I continued to suffer from shooting pains in my neck that began in high school. The biopsy of the lymph nodes in my neck had injured a nerve. It felt as if an ice pick was being stuck into my skull. The pain would literally knock me to the ground. Eventually my hands started going numb. Seeking to help myself, I studied Kundalini yoga. Thankfully, my yoga teacher, Mahatma Singh, taught me the basic principles of a healthy lifestyle and referred me to his chiropractor, Dr. Mahlon Blake for help.
When Dr. Blake first adjusted me it felt like he pulled out a knife that had been stabbing me for years. The relief was tremendous. I would ride my bike an hour each way just to get adjusted all the while I was in college. Over time, I regained my health and vitality.
Dr. BJ Palmer, the developer of chiropractic once said: “Medicine is the study of disease and what causes a man to die. Chiropractic is the study of health and what causes a man to live.” I decided to leave medicine behind and become a Doctor of Chiropractic.
I completed my doctoral studies at Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, Oregon, where I graduated with Honors in 1985. I moved to Del Mar, California to surf and start a private practice. I was asked to be Team Chiropractor for the San Diego Padres, where my patients included future Baseball Hall of Fame greats Ricky Henderson and Tony Gwynn. I moved my practice to Beverly Hills in 1998.
I live a Chiropractic wellness lifestyle. I receive regular chiropractic adjustments. I eat pure and wholesome organic vegetarian food. I meditate daily. I avoid medications and I wouldn’t even vaccinate a dog much less recommend it for your children. Since I’ve switched to a Chiropractic lifestyle, I have not missed a day of work due to illness in over 30 years.
Enough about me! I look forward to meeting you in person. Give us a call or email me using the link below. We look forward to changing your life for the better.
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