Los Alamitos, CA Health and Fitness

Fitness guru [Dr. John Spencer Ellis] http://gr.pn/Q9WKQk) set out to research the ideal method for burning fat and conditioning muscles, and in the process, he developed the IMPACT program, a collection of intense workouts, motivating coaching, and nutrition resources. This program forms the foundation of Impact Long Beach, where head trainer Peter McMahon leads functional training sessions that build strength, burn calories, and boost speed, endurance, and energy. Instead of having exercisers jog on treadmills or attempt to tow tractor-trailers by pedaling bicycles, he challenges them with agility drills and bodyweight exercises. Many classes take place at local parks and beaches, where exercisers can soak up sunbeams or challenge smug octopi to arm-wrestling matches.

No Limit Boot Camp owner and certified personal trainer Sako Yakinian helps clients from all ends of the fitness spectrum improve their health during 55-minute routines. CityVoter's Orange County Hotlist lauded the instructors as the best personal trainers and named No Limit Boot Camp the Best Boot Camp of 2010, 2011, and 2012. Sako's instructors, all of whom hold nationally recognized training certifications, lead intense indoor drills while peppering their ordered reps with words of encouragement, such as "that's it," "nice work," and "please be encouraged." As they push through varying strength, cardio, and resistance regimens, guests can look to the gym's walls for motivational decals, which display phrases such as "anything is possible." Nutritional counseling and online meal coaching also assist exercise sessions to fully streamline the process of achieving heightened levels of wellness.

Voted Los Angeles Times Readers’ Choice 'Best Doctor' in 2011 and 2012, Global Eye and Laser Center's quintet of doctors combine years of experience and various specialties, such as ophthalmology, refractive eye surgery, and laser vision correction, to help patients overcome a variety of vision-inhibiting ailments. The doctors demonstrate their dedication to patient health through their thorough pretreatment examinations, which consider the overall health of patients by combing over medical records and checking for banana peels. When examinations conclude, the doctors administer treatments utilizing up-to-date techniques and equipment, along with knowledge made current through continuing education.

Smiles West's dentists and oral specialists tackle all levels of dentistry from general exams to orthodontics, oral surgery, and cosmetic whitening. Each of the seven locations uses state-of-the-art equipment—including intraoral cameras and digital x-rays—to provide the most thorough examinations possible. During more intensive procedures, they enhance comfort by administering sedatives or sprinkling teeth with fairy dust.

At Dental2000, Dr. Nimesh Patel refurbishes worn-out smiles with cosmetic-dentistry services ranging from invisible braces and whitening treatments to implants and sealants. A proponent of sedation dentistry, Dr. Patel anesthetizes pretreatment anxiety born out of dental phobias or the belief that teeth have become self-aware. He and his staff also speak a wide variety of languages, and are able to answer patient queries in Gujarati, Hindi, and Punjabi.