Dr. Kenneth Campo, the owner and attending chiropractor at
the Chiropractic Center, is a very busy man.
In
practice since 1998, Dr. Campo bought his Park Slope practice Iast March, and
sees patients in his Fifth Avenue location on Monday, Wednesday and Friday;
otherwise, he works in two offices in Manhattan, one of which is at a
“financial” company, making sure the math whiz kids there are in tip-top shape
to spin out all those bewildering investment options.
Eventually,
he’s intent on moving his entire practice to Park Slope. He loves the
“community aspect” of Park Slope – to Dr. Campo, it’s a great location to build
up a practice with loyal clients committed to healthy life styles.
So far,
so good, says Dr. Campo, about the transition to a Park Slope practice. It
helps that the doctor is a resident of Brooklyn himself, presently living in
Dykker Heights. He hopes to get more involved in the community as his practice
takes hold, and, in fact, helped out last summer with the Biathlon [swimming
and biking] competition that took place in Prospect Park.
The
Chiropractic Center is committed to a ‘wellness’ care approach – loosely
translated, that means, rather than simply treating symptoms, this approach
tries to get at the “underlying cause of any disturbance or disruption” [the
symptoms, in other words]. This method
encourages natural healing, and minimizes any need for invasive treatment.
Dr.
Campo, talking to this writer, mentioned his training in the Active Release
Technique, which involves the treatment of soft tissue, i.e., tendons,
ligaments, muscles. He used the term “trigger points,” which are localized
muscle spasms that can cause a great deal of pain, and may in fact be
responsible for a lot of the neck, upper- and lower-back pain he sees in his
practice. Trigger point pain is diffuse – the pain broadly covers a large area.
[Interesting fact: trigger point pain in the wrist is often misdiagnosed as
carpal tunnel syndrome.]
In any
event, a chiropractor must be licensed to utilize the ‘ART’ technique, and
presently there are only two in the borough of Brooklyn. Of course, Dr. Campo
also sees patients needing traditional chiropractic therapies, including alignment
and skeletal maladies. In fact, the writer was surprised to see a child in the
doctor’s office, never figuring that children would need a chiropractor. It
turns out , Dr. Campo explained, that kids, with all their smashing about and
running around, can develop mis-alignment problems. He’s been involved with
sports, too, currently a member of the Sports Council of New York; he has treated
runners, for all sorts of ailments, over the years.
Dr.
Campo, the writer sensed, is very dedicated to his field, and is a welcome
addition to the Park Slope neighborhood.
By Jim Israel
Jim@ParkSlope.com |
