Bowser Chiropractic

I’m a science and evidence-​based-​medicine person. So when I was hit with agonizing sciatica pain, I did the standard thing. I saw my regular doctor, who referred me to a back specialist, who prescribed various prescriptions and supplements for inflammation and nerve pain. After a month, the searing pain improved a little. At some point, I happened to hobble into Floyd’s in Irvine for a haircut. The woman who cut my hair insisted that I see Dr. Bowser. In fact, she called Dr. Bowser herself and explained my situation. I saw Dr. Bowser three times. The first two times, he didn’t do much, explaining that my back «wasn’t ready» for an adjustment. But he was exceptionally empathetic. Still, I was in excruciating pain. However, on the third visit, Dr. Bowser did a minor adjustment, a slight tug to my head which extended my spine. Honestly, the next day the pain was gone. It took a few more days for me to believe it was true. In short, I had debilitating sciatica which improved only somewhat by standard medicines and physical therapy. The day after Dr. Bowser adjusted me, the pain disappeared. Within a week, I stopped all the medicine. Now, three months later, I still have no sciatica pain. None. Does chiropractic work? Not sure. But what I can say, for sure, is that my hellish nerve pain disappeared the day after my third visit with Dr. Bowser.

When I lived in California, I went to Dr. Bowser. He is the best. His testing and adjustment techniques are gentle and appear way too simple and natural to get the results he gets, but invariably, I always got better quickly after seeing him, and to a greater extent any other kind of treatment I’ve had.
I came to him sometime around 2013 with low back problems that had started around eight years before then, and while my back problems waxed and waned, by early 2013, I was in a bad way. I was tired so often from pain that I started thinking it was normal. .. except when I noticed all the things that other people could still do at my age that I was unable to do. Something simple as a sneeze could send me into a world of hurt. I would have trouble waking up and laying down at night. Finally my wife told me I needed to go get some help. After going to some other chiropractor with a group practice that wanted me to consider an expensive run of tests, costly medical food products that lacked evidentiary backing, and assessments for what would likely lead to costly and invasive spinal treatments, I was ready to head for the hills, but then I remembered chatting with Dr. Bowser.
I met him through my social circles and had been impressed with his philosophy and view of how treatment should be done. Going to him was the best medical choice I had ever made. After just few sessions I was already experiencing results that left me better than I had been in prior years, and then after a few more sessions and a simple, very low-​cost, program that was specifically tailored to my spine’s issues, I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t gone to him sooner. I was again able to work out, sneeze without bracing myself or wincing and groaning, and play with my children without wearing out like I regularly had before. Eventually I found that working out was starting to make me feel better instead of causing more pain, and that was the best change of all.
I went back to Dr. Bowser again around a year later after a physically stressful move to Los Angeles, and he had me well enough to be self-​sustaining (i.e. to workout and stretch on my own without needing a chiropractor) after just a couple more sessions. I was well enough again to work out regularly and found that while I still had stiff days or times when might sleep in a bad position or overdo it while lifting, I would generally recover in less than 3 days, and often didn’t even bother to take ibuprofen, icing or other home remedies. In retrospect, I was better off than I had been for most of my adult life. I found that the added energy helped both at home and at work.
Just before moving out of state in November of last year, I went to him again for a quick checkup to make sure my spine didn’t need any further adjusting — and it didn’t (he didn’t even charge me for the visit).
Unfortunately after the move, I got in a car accident, but to my surprise, the accident didn’t seem to have a very big effect on the lower part of my back that Dr. Bowser had helped me to rehabilitate in 2013. A higher segment of my back was directly affected instead. I’ve held off on doing much treatment on it after my initial emergency-​room assessment. While I’ve had pain on more days than not since the accident, and over time, my generally well-​adjusted low back (which Dr. Bowser had adjusted in the past) is now starting to have some trouble again, I’m hesitant to do much treatment. It may end up being more feasible and cost-​effective to eventually find a way to travel back to California and see Dr. Bowser again (some of his patients do that, and I can see why they would).
With Dr. Bowser’s knowledge of how spines work generally, and how exactly MY spine is working on the days I’ve visited, he is able to use a few simple techniques to get my spine, the muscles and nerves running like a well-​oiled machine. It’s also kind of nice that his business model seems more like a sort of health ministry for him — he doesn’t pull tactics to prolong treatment. He puts you on the path to health as rapidly and as cost-​effectively as possible. If he says you need to see him next week, or two times a week, it’s exactly what your body needs, and not some ploy to rack up fees. He gets you out of treatment as fast as your body can make it happen.
It’s hard to find someone who is both as directly effective and yet low-​risk as Dr. Bowser. I highly recommend him.

Dr. Bowser was recommended to me by a friend of mine when I mentioned I’ve been in pain for at least 4 months straight, I’ve always had back issues but not like this one that bothered me every day and pain was shooting down my leg, I wobbled when I walked, it was just terrible. Prior to my pain I’ve always been very active, running every day with my dogs for 4 miles, taking gym classes at least twice a week, playing co-​ed soccer etc. I never sat down during the day, I was always on the go. With this pain my life changed, I was even depressed and emotional because I couldn’t find the solution to this pain. I was seeing a chiropractor who tried to help me but there was not any changes, at times I felt more pain. When the chiropractor retired by the end of 2015 I decided to go see an internist, thinking they would send me for an mri. The internist thought it was more of a muscle problem, prescribed me muscle relaxers and pain meds, that didn’t help. I was sent to see a pain management dr who ran an x-​ray (which showed nothing) and prescribed more pills that gave me bad side effects, got some local injections which didn’t help either. From there I went to see another internist who scheduled me for MRI, I got my results and was told to go to pain management dr for some epidural shots. Well I didn’t listen… I kept thinking how is this going to help with a bulging disc? It will mask the problem, it won’t heal and I’ll just go back to same pain I had. So I decided to walk into Dr. Bowser’s office and see if he had an opening for that day… lucky me, he had a patient but he said it would be another 30 minutes if I was willing to wait. So I decided to come back since I live and work close by. I wasn’t sure what to expect, how this Dr treats, I brought my MRI cd with so he can see what to work on. Dr. Bowser didn’t want to see the cd, so I was thinking to myself, how is he going to know what’s going on with my body, but gave him a chance to exam and see what he says. Dr. Bowser knew exactly what was wrong with my discs, spine, my body… it’s AMAZING! I wasn’t pressured to do the treatment, but I couldn’t wait to just get everything fixed. Dr. Bowser worked 2.5 hours with me, explaining everything very clear, adjusting whatever NEEDED to be adjusted, not just cracking here and there, he doesn’t do that. He works with your body, not against it. After 1 visit, the pain that was going down my leg is GONE! I couldn’t be more excited! I can walk without wobbling. I still feel a little pressure but I knew this wasn’t going away after one time, especially when this trauma happened 6 years ago and no one knew how to fix me until Dr. Bowser. I am so thankful I found this Doctor. I went for my second visit today and forgot to pay… who else let’s you leave without paying for their services? Dr. Bowser, I’m bringing you the check soon! And thank you for taking my pain away, you’re a rare find that’s for sure!

I drive a long ways down to Bowser Chiropractic in Laguna Niguel because Dr. Bowser knows how to observe the body and make the correct adjustment. I am absolutely amazed at his abilities to observe each individual body and make the correct adjustment (s) needed and how the body responds. My brother and his wife recommended Dr. Bowser to me and now I recommend him to others. As far as I am concerned, Dr. Bowser is one of those few Divine Healers.

Dr. Bowser is the best. I had so much pain in my lower back, right shoulder, left ankle. After just one visit I felt 50% better. He knows what he is doing and really helps to get you better. I had been struggling with other chiropractic for over 1 year and all they did was hurt me more. I just wish I had known Dr. Bowser sooner I wouldn’t have wasted 1 year. I definitely recommend him to everyone that is struggling with pain.

Dr. Bowsers is one of the best Chiropractors I have come across. He has fixed issues that have hurt me for couple years with in one visit, which other chircophractors couldn’t

Wonderful chiropractor. Competent, caring, compassionate. Cured my 88 yr old moms Tmj in 2 sessions.
He’s currently treating me for sciatica. Already benefiting!

I had some minor backpain a few years ago, and so I checked out a few chiropractic facilities. They all wanted to put me on a «plan» that had me coming in 2 or 3 times a week for the next year. But when I met Lawrence Bowser, it was clear that he had a very different approach. He has a method called «body cell language» that he uses to check the body to see if and how to make adjustments. In my case, it took about 4 visits until I was feeling almost completely better. It was exactly what I needed. Over the years I’ve got back to him a few times when I’ve injured a leg or tweaked my back again, and in each case, Dr. Bowser gets me feeling better in just a couple adjustments. It’s so refreshing to find a chiropractor like him who cares more about getting his patients healthy as quickly as possible rather than trying to figure out how to sustain their business by making patients dependent upon them.
Last time I visited him, he even offered to help diagnose my stomach and throat problems that were making it difficult for me to swallow. I had previously checked my throat through standard medical procedures and had even undergone an EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy), but they hadn’t been able to offer much relief. So I was skeptical when Dr. Bowser offered to help — what would a chiropractor know about throat problems? — but after I followed Dr. Bowser’s advice, it made a big improvement.
I’d strongly recommend Dr. Bowser. He’s a good man, and a great chiropractor and medical advisor.

Dr. Bowser has helped me a few times and I can’t say enough good things about him. About a year ago I couldn’t move my neck back which had been an ongoing problem and I knew I needed to see a chiropractor. I don’t especially like the idea of going to a chiropractor and hadn’t seen one in over 10 years so I went on Unilocal.I first called one with lots of great reviews, but they never answered their phones and it took almost a month to get a call back after leaving a voicemail. I’m actually happy they took so long to respond because I might not have called Dr. Bowser and I’m so happy to have found him. I’ve referred many friends to him because I love his philosophy on treating the body and I experienced immediate results after seeing him. If you’re looking for real results and pain relief and don’t want to be «sold» on having to routinely getting your back cracked, then you’ve got to come see Dr. Bowser. His skills are unbeatable and his honesty is refreshing.

This is a legitmate, RAVE REVIEW. I was born with severe scoliosis of the spine and have been seeing chiropractors from the age of 12 — beginning in 1974. Over the years I have seen 15 chiropractors. Some were good, most were not. Dr. Bowser, however is AMAZING — — on an entirely different level than all the rest. His grandfather developed a chiropractic system second-​to-​none, and he learned from the best. Unlike many, he doesn’t «over adjust». In fact, he knows how to physically «ask» the body what needs adjusting, and he does only that. Yes, I thought this was B.S. when he first explained it to me… but he always knows what to adjust. I never tell him where it hurts, he just knows — and he’s always right! My wife is a medical doctor. Like most M.D.s, she’s very skeptical of chiropractic. Finally I convinced her to have Dr. Bowser treat her. She became a believer. She still thinks most chiropractors are «Quacks» — but she found Dr. Bowser to be the «real deal». If you are considering chiropractors, then I HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you make an appointment. You’ll see. I am 100 percent convinced that he is, by far, the very best!

My family (from my baby to my mom) has been seeing him for about a couple of years now and we won’t go to any other chiropractor but him. I don’t know why I didn’t think about reviewing him until now, but several days ago, my baby kicked my rib cage and it has been hurting. Since it wasn’t hurting every time I breathed, I ruled out broken rib cage, but it wasn’t getting any better, either. He checks me and it turns out when my baby kicked me, one of the ribs shifted back & upwards that it was getting my rib cartilage inflamed (just like the other reviewer, he did all this without using the x-​ray!). He did a quick adjustment, and I feel instantly better! Of course, I still have a little pain left from the inflammation, but now that my rib is adjusted, I know it will get better as always after seeing him. I don’t have the pain I had for several days every time I move.
One of the many reasons I feel confident about referring him to my friends is, he would check your body, and if chiropractic won’t help you, he will let you know and won’t charge you. He is not like other people who will lure you with a groupon price and then make you sign up for a treatment plan whether you need it or not. My friend’s boy was told he has a scoliosis and a chiropractor offered a discount on a several months long treatment plan. I insisted on getting a second opinion from Dr. Bowser. He checked this child, and it turns out that he squirms a lot. Of course he didn’t charge them, and offered to check within 6 – 8 months.

I’d been to several chiropractors over the years but wasn’t a fan of the «rack ‘em and crack ‘em» routine that usually left me feeling worse afterward. But after an auto accident a friend recommended Dr. Bowser, and I found his technique a surprise and a welcome relief. He takes the time to identify the areas that actually need adjustment, and in the nearly ten years I’ve been seeing him, I’ve found his approach pretty spot-​on. I almost always leave his office feeling immediately better, and on the rare exceptions, his diagnosis and remedy (one time, food poisoning, and a prescription for liquid acidophilus) yield rapid results.
I consider Dr. Bowser a friend, but I offer a wholehearted recommendation as a patient who has always gotten my money’s worth, whether for treatment programs after an auto accident or adjusting the inevitable effects of age and a few too many Chalupas. My wife was also a big skeptic of chiropractic and a victim of previous chiropractors, who quickly became a convert to Dr. Bowser’s approach. She was suffering from near-​constant migraines before she started seeing him, but in the past five years she hasn’t needed a single treatment of prescripton migraine meds.
His office is seriously GUD (geographically undesirable) for us, close to fifty miles each way, but I’m not exaggerating when I say he’s worth even that lengthy trip.

Ok, I’m a skeptic and a cynic. I never ever considered going to a chiropractor. Ever. Period.
So, I started having ridiculous mid-​back pain and physical therapy (like several times a week) wasn’t helping. I couldn’t sit in the car, or sit at my desk without being in pain. After missing about a week of work, I was seriously considering calling Lindsey Lohan and inquiring about how to start a painkiller addiction. My brother found out what was going on and INSISTED that I go see Dr. Bowser.
My brother is a 31 year old skater. Yeah, go ahead and judge him, I do too. Anyway, he’s friends with pros both new and old school. Apparently, the Chiropractor to the pro-​skaters is Dr. Bowser. I figure if my friend Lester Kasai trusts him then I can too.
So, my brother tells me that Dr. Bowser is part of a Chiropractic legacy. His grandfather devised a system of diagnosis and treatment that doesn’t require x-​rays. Ok, so now I’m REALLY skeptical!
Anyway, not only did Dr. B do me a solid by letting me come in on the same day I called, but he did a thorough exam, tested my range of movement, and then diagnosed me using his grandfather’s technique. (BTW, none of my experience was painful.)
He told me that my left hip was locked and that it was causing my spine to twist where the pain was. Whaaaat??? So, he pops my hip back into place and puts my spine back where it belongs and shortly thereafter my pain is almost completely gone!!! WIthin a day it was TOTALLY gone! After a week of pain and physical therapy, my back felt so much better!
I’m still a cynic. I wouldn’t trust another chiropractor. No way. I do however trust Dr. Bowser and will continue to let him work on me. Oh, and did I mention that my visit was over 2 hours long. He doesn’t just take your money and run, he takes the time to get out his plastic spine and thoroughly describe exactly what is going on, and then lets you decide if you want to proceed. No pressure to commit to treatment. He actually just wants to help people. I know, I can’t believe it either. My assessment is that this guy is the real deal. He’s the one in a million guys that isn’t a quack and doesn’t want to just take your money. In fact, he was barely concerned with payment, it was like an afterthought. I had to bring it up when I left.
I’ve dealt with a lot of dishonest folks in my life, I can usually smell bull$hit a mile away. Dr. Bowser is a genuine professional who is skilled and actually cares about patient care and not just his salary. Oh, and I overheard him on the phone saying he was going (on a weekend) to make a house call to a Parkinson’s patient who fell. Who does that???