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Saturday Appointments!

We are so excited to begin this new year with you. 2021 will bring a lot of change to our office - GOOD change! More updates will follow, but check out the newest announcements below!

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Staying Active this Holiday Season

Whenever the holidays come around it gets really easy to avoid exercise in favor of additional sleep and good food. It’s great to take these kinds of breaks for ourselves, but it’s also important to do what we can to stay active and doing so is actually a lot easier than it sounds. Today, we’re going to take a look at some easy ways to stay active during the holiday season and even from the comfort of your own home.

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FSA/HSA Balances!

As the year draws to a close, we’ll be taking a look at how you can make the most of the services that we offer here at the clinic. We do our best to make healthcare as accessible as possible and one of the ways we do so is through the acceptance of Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).

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Last Minute Thanksgiving Take-Out

In honor of Thanksgiving week, we’re going to take a step away from our usual health informative posts (just a little) and take a deep dive into something delicious. This week we’re going to take a look at some of our favorite places to eat where you can order for a last-minute Thanksgiving meal should your turkey not make it out of the oven quite to your liking.

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5 Supplements for Seasonal Allergies

As the change of seasons comes about so too do allergies, which can be difficult to deal with. While medications to combat allergies do exist, there are also various ways in which we can supplement our bodies with more natural means that will help reduce the severity of allergies and improve our overall health over time.

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Treatment Spotlight: Cupping

Overall, cupping is a very safe treatment to use for quite a variety of conditions. Your chiropractor will mostly focus on using it for musculoskeletal conditions in order to help with the healing process and help reduce pain. If you have any questions about cupping or think that it might be something for you please feel free to ask next time you’re in the office!

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X-Rays (What are They Good for?)

The x-ray was accidentally discovered in 1895 by a German physicist named Willhelm Röntgen who was experimenting with light tubes that were emitting low levels of radiation. He dubbed the radiation “x” rays to represent the unknown nature of this new discovery. While Röntgen was successful in creating very basic images using this newfound type of electromagnetic radiation called the “x” ray it wasn’t until about a year later in 1896 where the first clinical use for the x-ray was used…

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5 Stretches for At-Home Workers

Spending a lot of time sitting at your desk can start to have some negative impacts on your body, especially on your muscles. As you spend time sitting your muscles can tighten, joints can get stiff, and you might start to feel sore and uncomfortable. Luckily, there are some things we can do while sitting that can help our bodies immensely. With that, let’s take a look at five great stretches we can do from the comfort of our chairs.

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Back Pain: An Overview

Today, we’re going to take a look at a very common but also varied condition that affects more than 31 million Americans and is among the leading causes for disability. We’re also going to be going into some causes, concerns, and assistance you can get from the chiropractor involving the condition. So without further ado, let’s take a peek into back pain.

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Treatment Spotlight: E-STIM

Equipping an EMS machine after a workout allows an athlete to let the muscles continue working to bring in fresh blood without straining the muscle as if it were exercising. This allows the body to recover much more efficiently that it normally would.

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1 Year Raffle Details!

September’s quick arrival finally kicks off the start of the long awaited raffle! With that we’re going to take a quick look at the overall rules for the raffle and what goodies you can win by participating. For those who didn’t catch one of my previous blog posts announcing the raffle, participation and entry into the raffle is 100% free! So let’s dive right in.

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Scraping: What Does it Do? IASTM Explained.

“Today we’ll be exploring one of my favorite manual therapy techniques; Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilisation or IASTM for short. You might recognize this as the “scaping” or “stripping” intervention I use at the office! The history of IASTM stems from China in the 1300’s. The technique was called Gua Sha (gwahsha), which is Chinese for “scraping.””

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1 Year Raffle

To celebrate the one year “birthday” of my graduation and the beginning of my practice, I wanted to put something special together, so with that in mind I am very excited to announce a thrilling event that I hope everyone will enjoy! Through the month of September, I will be hosting a raffle for anyone to participate in. There will be a variety of prizes available in a series of three tiers that will include mobility or training tools, as well as some gifts from locally owned businesses to help spread awareness and support for various industries in San Diego.

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