Beach March 2018

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Optometrist &
Eyewear
Stein Optometric Center
About 13 years ago, Dr. Howard Stein picked up a call from his son, John, a lawyer specializing
in tax law. A father already, with two more children on the way, John Stein realized
that he needed a change, and set out to follow in his own father’s footsteps.
“We’ve been a family business since 1960,” Howard Stein said, “and this is a second-generation
business – and now John’s 16 year old boy is thinking about doing it too.”
Stein Optometric Center is Manhattan Village Mall’s last original tenant, and in keeping
with the changes going on throughout the Village, Stein just underwent its own massive remodel.
Space once dedicated to over 45,000 hard-copy patient records has become space
for new testing equipment and office space.
“The main thing I’ve learned is that the patient is always right,” Dr. Stein said. “If we
have someone who needs to fix lenses they’ve had for three years, even if their warranty is
only one or two years, we’ll make new lenses. We just want everyone to be happy.”
>> Runner-Up: Optometrist
Dr. Stahl, Beach Cities Optometrist
1103 Highland Ave.
Manhattan Beach
(310) 376-8975
Beachcitiesoptometry.com
Stein Optometric Center
3200 N. Sepulveda Blvd. #E-4
Manhattan Beach
(310) 546-5568
Steinoptometriccenter.com
>> Runner-Up: Eyewear
Trendy Sunglasses & Optometry
223 Manhattan Beach Blvd.
Manhattan Beach
(310) 545-4090
Trendyoptics.net
Chiropractor
Derek Levy, DC
For a Hermosa Beach Surfer Walk of Fame inductee and coach of the South Bay Boardriders
Club’s grom program, chiropractor Derek Levy takes a surprisingly traditional approach
to his profession.
“There are always ‘new
and improved tools’ in
orbit, but in my 35 years of
practice the fundamentals
have remained the same,”
Levy said.
“Chiropractors work
with three basic parts of
the body – bones, nerves
and muscles,” he explained.
“When a bone is out of
place, it can pinch a nerve,
causing pain. Then the
muscles spasm as they
work to hold the bones in
place.”
“All a chiropractor does
is put the bone back in place, so the body can heal.”
Levy compared a pinched nerve to a garden hose with a kink in it.
Chiropractgor Derek Levy is a Hermosa Surfer
Walk of Fame inductee. Photo by Kevin Cody
“If the hose gets pinched, the flowers wilt. If nerves gets pinched, patients experience
numbness and pain.”
“When I fix something, I get the credit, but it’s mostly the body’s amazing healing powers
that are responsible,” he said.
Unlike most doctors, Chiropractor Derek Levy describes his patients as generally healthy.
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