Integrative Medicine for Natural Healing in Laguna Beach CA

Chiropractic Laguna Beach CA Integrative Medicine for Natural Healing Hero

What is Integrative Medicine?

Integrative medicine in Laguna Beach CA combines the best of many healthcare disciplines in order to provide cutting-edge care, treating the whole person by identifying the underlying issues inhibiting natural healing. When functioning properly, the body heals itself as it was designed to do. Health challenges arise when the body’s systems get out of balance. We seek to identify and diagnose the root causes of the imbalance. Through our integrative approach, we combine the best of many healthcare disciplines in order to provide a wide range of high-quality services and treatments addressing the whole body. This includes chiropractic care, physiotherapy, massage, nutrition, mind-body care, and lifestyle medicine. We provide a customized and personalized plan of care for our patients. This allows for symptom relief and long-term transformation leading to an active and healthy quality of life!


CHIROPRACTIC IN LAGUNA BEACH CA

Chiropractic in Laguna Beach is a science of applied neurophysiologic diagnosis based on the theory that health and disease are life processes related to the function of the nervous system: irritation of the nervous system by mechanical, chemical or psychic factors is the cause of disease; restoration and maintenance of health depend on the normal function of the nervous system. Diagnosis is the identification of these noxious irritants and treatment is their removal by the most conservative method.


APPLIED KINESIOLOGY

A system, which evaluates structural, biochemical, emotional, and electromagnetic aspects of health. It employs manual muscle testing combined with other standard methods of diagnosis. It is based on the belief that various muscles are linked to particular organs and glands, and that specific muscle weakness can signal distant internal problems such as nerve damage, reduced blood supply, chemical imbalances or other organ or gland problems. It is a non-invasive system of evaluating body function that is unique in the healing arts and has become a dynamic movement in healthcare.


What is Manual Muscle Testing?

Muscle testing provides a way for the doctor to communicate directly with the body that is being tested. It has been used as a standard method of diagnosis in the medical and orthopedic fields for decades. The book entitled; Muscles, Testing and Function, by Kendall & Kendall, was first released in 1949.

Muscle testing begins by the doctor asking the patient to resist as he applies downward pressure to a specific muscle. The ability or inability of the muscle to resist or "lock" into position is the actual testing method. This indicates sufficient or insufficient nerve flow directly to the muscle. When a muscle is found to be weak or unable to "lock" into position, it not only reveals poor muscle function, but also possible trouble somewhere else in the body's systems.

The most common cause of muscle weakness is a subluxation of the vertebrae, which then interferes with the energy flow to the muscle. It is commonly found that once the subluxation is corrected through an adjustment or other corrective methods, normal strength returns to that muscle. For top performance and well being, all muscles need to be working and firing at 100%. Unequal muscle strength will cause postural distortion, decrease your functional capacity and can lead to injury.

In the late 1960's, Dr. George Goodheart's research found that there is a direct relationship between specific muscle groups and the status of specific body organs and systems in the body. While studying Chinese medicine, he found a direct relationship between muscle strength and specific acupuncture meridians that are associated with particular organ systems. He found that a weak muscle might also indicate potential trouble in a related organ, or in tissues that share the same nerve supply. Evaluation by your doctor can reveal the controlling factor that may be at fault.

Patients commonly ask, "Isn't the doctor just pushing harder to make my muscle test weak?" The answer is no. What actually happens is that the muscle is displaying a weakness due to some imbalance within the body (a short circuit).

During the course of your exam, the doctor may test your muscle and then have you place your finger or hand on a certain spot. He will then retest the same muscles; sometimes there will be a remarkable change in its apparent strength. What the doctor is doing is using your hand to stimulate the nerve receptors, adding or subtracting energy at different centers. By doing so, the doctor is able to attain additional information that might indicate abnormal function. Muscle testing has also been used to reveal imbalances in the other two main systems, Chemical (nutritional) and Mental (emotional).

Muscle testing is an invaluable tool to use along with other clinical findings and other standard methods of diagnosis. This procedure will help indicate underlying causes and the most effective treatment for your unique body.

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Monday
7:00am - 7:00pm


Tuesday
7:00am - 7:00pm


Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Monday
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Wednesday
3:00pm - 6:30pm


Every 2nd & 4th Saturday
12:00pm - 4:00pm
(Community Acupuncture)

Health in Balance

330 Park Ave #3
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
P: (949) 497-2553
F: (949) 497-5273