San Clemente Chiropractic

Auto accidents involve the stretching and straining of nerves, muscles, and ligaments. The impact from even a seemingly minor collision can cause significant damage do to forces involved. The muscles are just not strong enough to resist the impact. Whiplash types of injuries initially produce blood flow, or inflammation, to the traumatized area to aid [...]

Most people go to the doctor because they think they have something they shouldn’t have and want to get rid of. But over the years, we chiropractors have come to understand that the problem when you aren’t feeling well is NOT that you have something you shouldn’t have and need to get rid of; the [...]

Your spine is designed to function as one, contiguous organ, using ALL of its parts in concert to continually adjust itself, and maintain proper tension on your nervous system, so that the messages traveling back and forth between your brain and body are understood. Do you get that? Your WHOLE SPINE must function properly, all [...]

I just read about a recent Consumer Reports survey of its readers that I, as your chiropractor, found “highly satisfying.” The survey, which included 14,000 Consumer Reports subscribers, found that “hands-on” therapies, led by chiropractic care, were the top-rated treatments for people suffering from back pain. In fact, chiropractors were given the highest “satisfaction with [...]

Even though chiropractic care is one of the best health care options available to eliminate pain, reduce stress, increase flexibility, and maintain a great quality of life, there are still a lot of people who don’t know much about chiropractic care. There are also a lot of crazy myths about chiropractic. I want to share [...]

‎”The reason we chiropractors are known as back doctors is because your spinal cord is located in your back. If it were in your right arm, we would be known as right arm doctors. We work with the spine because your spine is the window to your nervous system, and a fully functioning nervous system [...]

Stress is an outside force and often an invisible threat to our health. And how we deal with this stress can ultimately affect our overall health. Seems obvious right? You’d think so, but I often discover after delving a little deeper into the potential cause of a person’s pain that there is something missing. And [...]

Here’s the simple breakdown to get started: 1. Exercise- don’t be wimpy here, 3 to 5 days a week, 40 to 60 minutes. Get your heart rate up with cardio exercises like the lifecycle, or the elliptical, go for a bike ride, walk some hills. Add light weights to your routine. If you’re struggling with [...]

Millions of people suffering from a wide variety of conditions, allergies included, have benefited from chiropractic care even though chiropractic is not an allergy treatment. Why? Because chiropractic is a method of health care that permits your body to function at its best. That is especially important if you suffer from allergies. But first, let’s [...]