About Our Practice
Physical Medicine, Chiropractic Care & Integrative Family Medicine Clinic located in Pasadena, CA
A Complete One-Stop Health Clinic for Pasadena & Los Angeles County
At Health Advantage Physical Medicine, the team provides urgent care, chiropractic care, functional medicine, and integrative treatments to individuals and families in Pasadena, California, and throughout Los Angeles County.
Health Advantage Physical Medicine is a full-service multidisciplinary practice. The team offers a one-stop shop for various injuries and musculoskeletal issues, including back, neck, shoulder, and knee pain, headaches, arthritis, sports injuries, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Patients also access specialized care including medically supervised weight loss, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), and non-surgical treatment of vertigo.
The practice is conveniently located with plenty of onsite free parking. The office features a warm, welcoming environment with an in-house laboratory and diagnostic imaging with rapid 24-hour turnaround times. People visit for urgent, acute, and chronic care across all backgrounds and ages — including children, seniors, and pregnant individuals.
We diagnose and treat most injuries and illnesses onsite, saving patients the hassle of visiting multiple doctors' offices. Our providers never rush appointments and make time to understand each patient's symptoms and treatment goals with a conservative, integrative, patient-centered approach.
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24-Hr Turnaround
In-house labs & X-rays
Free Onsite Parking
Main entrance in back
Looking for safe and effective strategies to regain, retain, and optimize your health?
Are you "tired of being sick and tired"? People are realizing that they are ultimately responsible for their health and they want trusted advisers to help guide them on this journey. We are here to help.
Our drive comes from watching our patients achieve levels of health they never thought possible. Health Advantage is a multidisciplinary team of expert chiropractors, acupuncturists, massage therapists, MDs, and physician assistants.
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Our mission is our patients. It's that simple.
We have built a practice around our patients and are dedicated to ensuring that each has what s/he needs to truly thrive. We believe that customer service is not a department, but a commitment. We treat each patient like family, and we strive daily for constant improvement.
Because, at the end of the day, what matters is you.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
At Health Advantage Physical Medicine, we are committed to providing our patients with the friendliest service that consistently exceeds their expectations.
A Comfortable, Welcoming Place
We will make Health Advantage a place where you feel comfortable and relaxed. We offer you the best health care services in an atmosphere that treats you as a person, not a chart — where the doctor and staff know you like a friend.
Advanced, Safe & Effective Care
We are dedicated to delivering to you the most advanced, safe, and effective health-building services, and we will go the extra mile to treat you as you deserve to be treated.
Customized to Your Individual Needs
We customize our care to each individual's special needs. We honor your requests because everyone is an individual and not everyone responds the same way. Tell us what works and what does not work for you, and we will find the best way to make it right for you.
True Value in Every Visit
We believe in value. Your care should provide you the best value. We know you have many choices to spend your healthcare dollars, and we want you to feel that you received far more than you paid for.
Natural Options & Whole-Body Health
We feature all-natural options in care and supplements because we care about your health. We feature additional products and services beside chiropractic, acupuncture, and massage to complete your health needs and help you feel relief and facilitate healing naturally.
Feedback is the Breakfast of Champions
If you have comments, suggestions, feedback, or praise that bears repeating, please tell us. We welcome your comments as we strive to improve our service and products. If there is something you would like to see more of or less of, please tell us. We believe feedback is the breakfast of champions — if we don't know where we have fallen short or exceeded your expectations, we won't be able to fix it or keep it going.
Everyone at Health Advantage thanks you for putting your trust and health in our hands. We appreciate each and every one of you and wish to thank you personally. Since that is impossible, please accept a big hug of gratitude for your support.
Thank You!
Amalia Armenta, MD • Miwa Yoshida, DC, LAc • Dennis Buckley, DC
The doctors and staff of Health Advantage Physical Medicine
From a Wellness Center to Integrated Physical Medicine
In March 2009, Dr. Dennis Buckley established The Health Advantage Health and Wellness Center, which evolved in 2015 into Health Advantage Physical Medicine. By combining medical doctors, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and physical rehabilitation specialists in one unified facility, we eliminate fragmented healthcare.
Meet Our Doctors
Our medical director and clinical directors bring together decades of conventional medicine, chiropractic, and traditional Eastern healthcare.
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Amalia Armenta, MD
Medical Director • Internal Medicine
Dr. Amalia Armenta brings extensive experience as an Internal Medicine doctor dealing with complex medical problems. She has introduced innovative integrative modalities to the Pasadena community, including Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) and medically supervised weight loss. An avid exercise enthusiast, Dr. Armenta practices what she preaches, setting an inspiring example of active longevity.
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Dennis Buckley, DC
Clinical Director & Chiropractor
Dr. Dennis Buckley graduated with honors from Southern California University of Health Sciences (LACC) in 1993 and has served Pasadena for over 30 years. He served as President of the California Chiropractic Association (2004-2005) and Chairman of the Board of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce. He is an accomplished author, marathon runner, and community mentor.
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Miwa Yoshida, DC, LAc
Center Director, Chiropractor & Acupuncturist
Dr. Miwa Yoshida graduated from Meiji College of Oriental Medicine (1989) and Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (1999). A former trainer for Kobe Steelers rugby and professional boxing champions, Dr. Yoshida spent 10 years as a supervising clinician at SCUHS before co-founding Health Advantage Physical Medicine.
Ready to Meet Our Caring Team in Pasadena?
We welcome new patients! Most major insurance plans accepted, affordable self-pay rates, and free onsite parking behind the building.