Auto Accident

Encinitas Whiplash Treatment:

What is whiplash?

Whiplash can result from an injury to the neck that is a result of an auto/car accident, sports injury, or even a bumper car ride.. During an auto accident, there is a violent snapping backward and forward movement of the head which results in a traumatic neck injury called whiplash. whiplash can cause any of the following: ligament tearing, muscle damage, muscle spasm, compression/pinching of the nerve and spinal misalignment. This type of injury can have a major disruption to the quality of an individual’s life both now and years to come the future. Encinitas Whiplash Treatment – Whiplash can cause distortions in brain and or nervous system function, decreased joint movement and disruption of a person’s normal everyday activities are just some of the problems that can arise.

Encinitas Whiplash Treatment

Acceleration/deceleration injuries (whiplash) can create a very difficult problem for healthcare professionals to diagnose and treat. Having an x-ray or MRI still may not show the full extent of damage done to the spine.

Encinitas Whiplash Treatment – Researchers shown that even in a low speed car/auto accident can cause whiplash. Sometimes there can be no pain right after the accident, however, giving weeks and even sometimes months into the future the seriousness of whiplash can surface. Encinitas Whiplash Treatment – Whiplash is something that should be taken very seriously. Some of the symptoms of whiplash can be: neck pain, headaches/migraines, numbness, TMJ problems, disc herniation, muscle spasms in the neck and shoulder and upper back region, dizziness, tinnitus or ringing in the ears, arm or wrist pain with tingling, and even disorientation. These symptoms of whiplash can make it a debilitating problem.

Encinitas whiplash Treatment -Whiplash can also causing misalignment of the vertebra of the neck, mid, or low back which is typically due to ligament tearing/damage or even disc rupture involvement. If whiplash is left untreated, the patient may have chronic neck or joint problems in the future, early osteoarthritis, decrease of range of motion of their joints, or chronic headaches/migraines – Encinitas Whiplash Treatment.

 

Whiplash Treatment

Encinitas Whiplash Treatment – Common treatments of whiplash

 

Encinitas Whiplash Treatment – The common medical form of treatment of whiplash is usually followed up with steroid injections, or painkillers, and muscle relaxants. These common forms of treatment only treat symptoms and do nothing to treat the actual source of the problem damaged ligaments, joints, and muscles.

Encinitas Whiplash Treatment – Whiplash treated properly within the first few months can lead to a better grade of healing and reduce further future complications. Research has shown that chiropractic is one the most effective treatments for eliminating pain and preventing future problems from whiplash type injuries. By correcting spinal alignment and rehabilitating the muscles and ligaments through chiropractic care, your body will be able to achieve an optimum grade of healing and function.

Dr. James Vahl, DC is an expert in diagnosing and treating whiplash. Dr. Vahl has helped many auto accident injured patients to achieve fast recovery and optimal function. We can help you! Call us today! Phone 760-479-0146. Encinitas Whiplash Treatment.

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Kinesio Taping

What is the Kinesio® Taping Method?

Cornerstones of the Kinesio® Taping Method:

•    Taping over and around muscles in order to assist and give support or to prevent over-contraction.
•    Applying stretch to the tape or to the target area in order to create space under the skin and create the desired effect on the musculature.
•    Affecting change in deeper layers of fascia by manipulating the skin and muscle.
•    Creating space underneath the skin to improve circulation and lymphatic drainage.
•    Utilizing a number of corrective techniques to promote correct muscle and joint function
•    Pain relief by targeting the pain and the source of the pain
•    Utilizing single “I” strips or modifications in the shape of an “X,” “Y” or other specialized shapes
•    Applying base of tape with no tension to create pull towards the base

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Graston Soft Tissue Treatment

About Graston Technique® Myofascial Therapy

Graston Technique Myofascial Therapy-Changing the way soft tissue injuries are treated

Graston  Technique^® is an interdisciplinary treatment used by more than 7,500 clinicians worldwide—including athletic trainers, chiropractors, hand therapists, occupational and physical therapists.

Graston technique myofascial therapy

is utilized at some 825 out-patient facilities and industrial on-sites, by more than 125 professional and amateur sports organizations, and is part of the curriculum at 32 respected colleges and universities.

Outpatient Facilities
Companies/Industry
Colleges and Universities
Sports Organizations

Soft Tissue Treatment Instruments

The curvilinear edge of the patented Graston Technique^® Instruments combines with their concave/convex shapes to mold the instruments to various contours of the body. This design allows for ease of treatment, minimal stress to the clinician’s hands and maximum tissue penetration.

The Graston Technique^® Instruments, much like a tuning fork, resonate in the clinician’s hands allowing the clinician to isolate adhesions and restrictions, and treat them very precisely. Since the metal surface of the instruments does not compress as do the fat pads of the finger, deeper restrictions can be accessed and treated. When explaining the properties of the instruments, we often use the analogy of a stethoscope. Just as a stethoscope amplifies what the human ear can hear, so do the instruments increase significantly what the human hands can feel. Feel the best with-Graston Technique.

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Active Release Technique ART

What is Encinitas Active Release Techniques, ART?

ART is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. These conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles.

How do overuse conditions occur?

Over-used muscles (and other soft tissues) change in three important ways:
•acute conditions (pulls, tears, collisions, etc),
•accumulation of small tears (micro-trauma)
•not getting enough oxygen (hypoxia).
Each of these factors can cause your body to produce tough, dense scar tissue in the affected area. This scar tissue binds up and ties down tissues that need to move freely. As scar tissue builds up, muscles become shorter and weaker, tension on tendons causes tendonitis, and nerves can become trapped. This can cause reduced range of motion, loss of strength, and pain. If a nerve is trapped you may also feel tingling, numbness, and weakness.

What is an Encinitas Active Release Techniques, ART treatment like?

Every Encinitas Active Release Techniques, ART session is actually a combination of examination and treatment. The Encinitas Active Release Techniques, ART provider uses his or her hands to evaluate the texture, tightness and movement of muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments and nerves. Abnormal tissues are treated by combining precisely directed tension with very specific patient movements.

These treatment protocols – over 500 specific moves – are unique to ART. They allow providers to identify and correct the specific problems that are affecting each individual patient. ART is not a cookie-cutter approach.

What is the history of Encinitas Active Release Techniques, ART?

ART has been developed, refined, and patented by P. Michael Leahy, DC, CCSP. Dr. Leahy noticed that his patients’ symptoms seemed to be related to changes in their soft tissue that could be felt by hand. By observing how muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments and nerves responded to different types of work, Dr. Leahy was able to consistently resolve over 90% of his patients’ problems. He now teaches and certifies health care providers all over the world to use ART. Try out Encinitas Active Release Techniques, ART.

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Professional Massage Therapists

Our Encinitas Massage Services

$49/hour (first time clients)

We offer the following Encinitas massage services:

• Swedish-relaxing

• Sports

• Deep Tissue

• Pregnancy

Massage Room -Melt Your Stress

What is Encinitas massage therapy?

Massage is one of the oldest healing arts: Chinese records dating back 3,000 years document its use; the ancient Hindus, Persians and Egyptians applied forms of massage for many ailments; and Hippocrates wrote papers recommending the use of rubbing and friction for joint and circulatory problems. Today, the benefits of massage are varied and far-reaching. As an accepted part of many physical rehabilitation programs, massage therapy has also proven beneficial for many chronic conditions, including low back pain, arthritis, bursitis, fatigue, high blood pressure, diabetes, immunity suppression, infertility, smoking cessation, depression, and more. And, as many millions will attest, massage also helps relieve the stress and tension of everyday living that can lead to disease and illness.

Encinitas Massage

So What Is It Exactly?
Massage, bodywork and somatic therapies are defined as the application of various techniques to the muscular structure and soft tissues of the human body. Specifically:

Encinitas Massage: The application of soft-tissue manipulation techniques to the body, generally intended to reduce stress and fatigue while improving circulation. The many variations of massage account for several different techniques.

Bodywork: Various forms of touch therapies that may use manipulation, movement, and/or repatterning to affect structural changes to the body.

Somatic: Meaning “of the body.” Many times this term is used to denote a body/mind or whole-body approach as distinguished from a physiology-only or environmental perspective.

There are more than 250 variations of massage, bodywork, and somatic therapies and many practitioners utilize multiple techniques. The application of these techniques may include, but is not limited to, stroking, kneading, tapping, compression, vibration, rocking, friction, and pressure to the muscular structure or soft tissues of the human body. This may also include non-forceful passive or active movement and/or application of techniques intended to affect the energetic systems of the body. The use of oils, lotions, and powders may also be included to reduce friction on the skin with your Encinitas massage.

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Gentle Effective Chiropractic

Chiropractic Services

We provide a wide variety of services including full spine and extremity adjusting, postural correction, muscle strengthening, and range of motion testing. With our ability to take pre and post x-rays on-site you will be able to see the results quickly. The major technique we use is corrective chiropractic.
Clinical biomechanics of posture helps produce optimal posture and spinal alignment. As your spine assumes a more competent relationship with gravity, symptoms diminish and health can return. With corrective chiropractic, we can work on restoring your spine to the “The Ideal Spine”.
Specific adjustments, combined with traction, help restore proper spinal curves and alignment.
We’ll take pictures of your spine. We compare these images with published standards. We’ll point out any deviations we see. Naturally, these findings will direct our specific care recommendations.

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Corrective Care Protocol

After symptomatic relief, patients are offered the option to pursue Corrective Care. This is where dramatic, longer-lasting spinal changes are made. This is done through a specific protocol of adjustments, traction and exercise.
Adjustments help restore segmental integrity to your spine, decrease abnormal weight distribution and avoid spinal decay.
Traction delivers a constant force to help retrain and remodel the spine to counter the effects of long-standing postural distortions
Exercises, designed for each patient’s particular spinal abnormality, are used to strengthen weaker areas of the spine.

See the correction from Left to Right

Documented Spinal Changes

With high levels of patient involvement and objective standards used to measure success, expect to see dramatic spinal changes.

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Our Encinitas Chiropractic Wellness Office offers the following services:

• Chiropractic
• Massage
• Acupuncture
• Rehabilitation
• Active Release Techniques-myofascial release (soft tissue treatment)
• Graston-myofascial release (soft tissue treatment)
• Exercise
• Physiotherapy

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Read what some of our Top local Orthopedic and General Surgeons have to say about getting chiropractic care from Dr. Vahl in Encinitas, CA.

Come to where our local doctors and surgeons get chiropractic care!

Hand Numbness and Sciatica Sufferer

Hand Numbness & Sciatica Sufferer

I started being treated by Dr. Vahl on April 26, 2008, after injuring my back.  I had deep, burning pain in my right calf and my MD deemed that it was either a pulled muscle or a damaged lumbar disc.  X-rays were inconclusive, but the fact that the pain only revealed itself by assuming certain stances or positions, and massage and anti-inflammatory medications did not help, strongly indicated a damaged disk.
After a detailed  physical examination, Dr. Vahl  explained that we would be using  a number of methods to treat the affected area, including laser treatment, electrical stimulation, decompression techniques, and traditional chiropractic procedures.  The treatment was not particularly uncomfortable, and after a few weeks I noticed significant reduction of discomfort, as well as increased range of motion in areas that were not affected by the lumbar disc damage.
By Mid-June we were able to reduce the treatment schedule from bi-weekly, then weekly to once per month.  Many days, I feel no discomfort in my leg whatsoever, and am able to perform physical tasks as I was before the damage occurred.  It is my sincere belief that Dr. James Vahl was able to reduce the inflammation in my disc to the point that it is not the problem it once was, and may very well have prevented me from needing surgical procedures to reduce the pressure on my sciatic nerve.
I will continue to see Dr. Vahl for treatment of this area on a monthly basis as preventative medicine, as I have no desire for the burning pain in my calf to re-appear.
Sincerely,
Steve G.

Left Knee Pain - Gone!

Failed Surgery with Knee Pain

I want to thank Dr. Vahl for the healing I have experienced in my left knee. This has allowed me to enjoy every day the ability to move and function effectively as a tennis coach.
Professional tennis coach and author
Jeffrey M.

Knee, Shoulder and Elbow Pain - It's History!

Shoulder, Elbow & Knee Pain

I have been a patient of Dr. Vahl for over one year. He fixed my knee and has taken the time to work on my shoulder and elbow. His skill and understanding of the physiological workings of joints is remarkable.

His use of techniques is second to none.
Highly recommended…He takes his time with you.
Thanks,
William C.

Sciatic Nerve and Hip Pain - Gone!

Sciatic Nerve & Hip Pain

I am a sciatica pain sufferer that started in May 2007. Despite the consultation, treatment and physical therapy, the excruciating pain continued to exist which made me stressful and almost lost my hope of regaining my normal life again. Thank you so much that I found Dr. James Vahl, DC, HFI, a specialist for neck, back, and sciatica pain sufferers, for the splendid spinal decompression and cold laser therapy treatment he administered to me. Today I am 87% pain free and I completely feel that eventually this pain will finally come to an end for good. Once again, thank you Dr. Vahl and I will surely refer my acquaintances and friends who need special treatment to your clinic.

Sincerely yours,
Cristina A.

Was told he had to have surgery!

Needed Knee Replacement

“After conferring with an orthopedic surgeon, I was told that short of a total knee replacement -down the road when it got worse – there was nothing he could do for me. That is when I limped into Dr. Vahl’s office. After a series of treatments, Dr. Vahl was able to break up adhesions and heal injured tissue that has caused me chronic pain in my left knee for years. I remain pain and better yet – surgery free. Dr. Vahl thank you for giving me back the ability to walk like a young man again.

Sincerely,
Scott G.

Pain Gone!

Serious Pain Sufferer

“Having received traditional orthopedic treatment, it has been a tremendous benefit (Dr. Vahl’s treatments).”
Stuart C.

Carpal Tunnel - Gone!

Carpal Tunnel Sufferer

“I would definitely recommend trying Dr. Vahl’s program before opting for surgery!”              Michael I.

Got Her Life Back!

Overall Body Pain

“Thank you so much for making my life enjoyable again!”
Roberta C.

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We are located in the Mammoth Professional Bldg at:

Vahl Chiropractic Wellness Center
171 Saxony Rd. Ste. 107
Encinitas, CA 92024

Phone: (760)-479-0146
Fax: (760)-479-0120
Email: vahlchiro@gmail.com

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We are located in the Mammoth Professional Bldg at:

Vahl Chiropractic Wellness Center
171 Saxony Rd. Ste. 107
Encinitas, CA 92024

Phone: (760)-479-0146
Fax: (760)-479-0120
Email: vahlchiro@gmail.com

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