Auto Accident Advice from San Diego Chiropractors

Being in a car accident can have long-term effects. Sometimes damage is severe and injuries are apparent, but there are many incidents where injuries suffered are not immediately noticeable. Having your internal organs, head, neck and back thrown about during a collision can cause damage that you may not be aware of for weeks or even months.

We’ve provided some general guidelines of how to handle an accident in the 92111 area, but you may also want to seek legal representation to find out exactly what your responsibilities and rights are in these situations.

You should always stop after an accident and assess whether there are any major injuries which require immediate attention. Contact the police so they can file a report and check all vehicle occupants as well. Exchange insurance and driver information, no matter whose fault you think it is. If you have a camera, safely document the scene of the accident. As soon as reasonably possible, jot down a few notes of your version of the events, including time of day, weather and road conditions. Next, file a claim with your insurance company. Finally, don’t delay seeing an auto accident chiropractor who can assess your injuries and prescribe any necessary treatment plans.

Treatment for Automobile Accident Back Pain and Neck Pain

Dr. Charles Salanger and Dr. Carol Spiegelman have been providing pain relief to car accident victims in the 92111 area and beyond for over 25 years. When you visit one of our doctors after an accident, he or she will perform a thorough examination to look for any underlying injuries that may not be readily apparent. If you are suffering from headaches, whiplash, herniated disc, pain or stiffness, we can prescribe a treatment plan of chiropractic care, rehabilitation, physical therapy, or massage therapy that will address your specific injuries and help you return to full function as soon as possible.

If you’ve been injured, call us at 858-630-5285 for an appointment so we can get you back on the road to good health.

Have you recently been in a car accident? Do you have any tips for other drivers involved in accidents?

 

The holidays are a time of sweets and other treats.

If you aren't careful, all those extra treats, whether from indulging at an office party or eating too much during meal times, can lead to extra pounds. Lower back pain can result if you put on too much additional weight, requiring a trip to the chiropractor for an adjustment.

Visit Our Chiropractors for Exercise Tips
If you don't have a regular exercise schedule before the holidays, talk with a chiropractor at our San Diego practice to find out how you can safely and healthfully start an exercise routine. Dr. Charles Salanger and Dr. Carol Spiegelman can help you develop a routine that will keep off extra weight both during the holidays and afterwards.

Indulge, But Not Too Much
During the holiday season, when cookies, cakes and beverages are in constant circulation, the key is not to deny yourself, but to indulge in moderation. The day of a big holiday party, eat a light lunch full of healthy foods such as vegetables and lean protein. Lettuce and other greens are low calorie and contain fiber, which fills you up. For help in choosing healthy lunch foods, inquire at our San Diego chiropractic office. At the party, you'll still be able to eat some sweets or other snack foods but, since you've had a light but filling lunch, won't go overboard.

Pick Up a Small Plate
The smaller your plate at a holiday event, the less food you can put on it. Grab the smallest plate at the buffet table and pile it with the healthiest choices available.

Watch the Beverages
Alcoholic drinks are abundant during the holidays. Since these drinks are not low in calories and usually contain a lot of extra sugar, your best option, if you choose to drink, is to limit yourself to a single drink per party. Enjoy your beverage, then switch to water, which has no calories.

What else can you do to avoid holiday weight gain?

Our chiropractors in San Diego, Dr. Charles Salanger and Dr. Carol Spiegelman, have been providing chiropractic and wellness services in San Diego’s 92111 ZIP code for 25 years.

In addition to our skilled and caring chiropractors, our staff includes a highly qualified massage therapist. Chiropractic adjustments and massage therapy are both important components of neck and back pain treatment, but massage is also a practical application all its own.

Enjoy Massage for Relief from Headache, Neck Pain, and More Relieving pain: There are plenty of reasons why people love massage, including the way it works in conjunction with chiropractic adjustments to relieve back pain. Our highly qualified massage therapist works closely with Drs. Salanger and Spiegelman to relieve neck pain, headache, and other types of pain. Relaxation: Even if our patients are not suffering from acute pain, massage therapy provides relaxation to those who are suffering from stress. A professional massage helps slow down overloaded systems and brings a sense of calm to our patients.

Whether your tension is due to tightened, overworked muscles, or stressful life situations, massage therapy can help you relax. Well being and Prevention: When combined with some of our other services, such as nutritional and lifestyle counseling, massage therapy plays an important role in helping the body achieve its optimal state.
This leads to a feeling of well being and can help prevent the body from breaking down.

Positive Reinforcement: Doing something good for yourself can help you maintain a positive outlook on life. When you feel good, you do good things. Furthermore, making an appointment with a massage therapist gives you something to look forward to. Simply put, having a massage feels good and is a great way to give yourself a reward.

Can you think of any other reasons why people love massage?

With over 25 years of experience helping our chiropractic patients, Dr. Charles Salanger and Dr. Carol Spiegelman have worked extensively with personal injury patients and with workers' compensation patients. Following an injury on the job, our chiropractors in San Diego will utilize a variety of non invasive methods to bring pain relief. Workers' compensation injuries can be caused by a sudden fall or on the job hazard, by a repetitive motion injury, or by immobility. Most people are at their job for between eight and 10 hours daily, so work injuries are more common than other types of injury.

Our Chiropractor Can Help With Your On-the-Job Injury

Either Dr. Salanger or Dr. Spiegelman will be the chiropractor who helps our patients with injuries sustained on the job. These injuries can vary widely, and the pain can occur in nearly any area of the body.

Some of the most typical injuries for our patients may result in neck pain, back pain, or headaches. We can help with the neck pain, back pain, headaches or other pain, no matter how the injury occurred.

Repetitive Motion Injuries

Repetitive motion injuries are the most common type of on-the-job injury. When the same motion has to be repeated many times each day, it can put an unusual level of strain on the muscles and soft tissue used to make this motion. This type of injury includes conditions like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and sciatica.

Immobility Injuries

Immobility injuries happen when people sit or stand in the same position for protracted periods of time as part of their job. This type of injury may include pain that radiates to the extremities, herniated discs, and disc degeneration.

Sudden Accidents

People who work in nearly any job environment may fall victim to sudden on-the-job accidents. Such accidents may include a slip and fall, back injury due to heavy lifting, shoulder injury, or any type of soft tissue damage.

Our chiropractors will always treat injuries with non-invasive methods. Chiropractic adjustments to the back and neck, massage therapy, ultrasound, interferential electrical muscle stimulation, microamperage neural stimulation, and heat therapy may all be used to help patients to remove pain without the need for dangerous drugs or surgeries.

Are you interested in a particular treatment for a workers' comp injury? Ask us about it here!

 

Your San Diego Chiropractic Knowledge Bank

Thank you for visiting our blog for its inaugural post! We are delighted to have this opportunity to interact with our neighbors and clients. You have found what we hope will serve as a powerful informational resource on all aspects of chiropractic care and good health practices.

As you may already know, if you have used our services before, we have been helping San Diego residents stay well for more than 25 years. We treat every conceivable age group, from pediatric patients to expectant mothers to senior citizens. Everyone can benefit from the proper balance between nerves, muscles and posture, which a skilled chiropractor can provide.

We handle all kinds of cases, including sports injury, auto accident or other personal injury, and worker's compensation situations. (We even have an occupational therapist to help you recover from that auto accident or other trauma.)

We also treat everyday aches and pains, such as back pain, neck pain, and headache — and in many cases, regular appointments with us can help prevent that back pain, neck pain, or headache from returning.

More than Just a Chiropractor...

But as extensive as our “on the table” services may be, we feel we should always offer more — more advice, more guidance, more education — to help people in and around the 92111 ZIP code maintain their best health.

Take a moment to examine the rest of our website and you will see lots of online tips and resources available to our patients. Our wealth of shared knowledge, including video exercises, a "wellness4kids" section, a newsletter, and other useful features will help you not only recognize when you need a chiropractic adjustment, but also adopt new lifestyle habits so that simple "maintenance adjustments" can keep you healthy all year round.
Now that this blog is up and running, we would love to know your thoughts on what topics we should tackle first.

Do you have a burning question about some aspect of our healing services or about your health in general? We welcome your comments!