Catalina Medical Center: Blog

Whether you’re an athlete, someone with a very physical job, or just trying to take good care of your body, keeping your muscles strong and flexible is one of the best things you can do to prevent back injuries. But you don’t want to subject yourself to the wear and tear of overuse. At the Catalina Medical center in Redondo Beach, we offer physical therapy services, and we want to pass along some advice on how to avoid overextending yourself. Overuse injuries don’t just happen to athletes who push themselves every day. A person who only exercises on the weekends could fray muscle fibers if they extend a work-out for too long. For this reason, we encourage people to work out for about half an hour every day, including time for warm-ups and cool-downs. It’s wise to consult with a professional about what routines to do, but a general rule is to work out different body parts on different days to give them time to recover. As you become stronger, you can increase your activity, but you shou...

With our staff of chiropractors, medical doctors, and manual therapists, we at the Catalina Medical Center are prepared to help patients at any stage of a back injury. Back pain is unfortunately common, leading many people to think there’s some threshold of pain that has to be met in order to justify seeking treatment. This is not true, but there are some situations in which it is especially urgent for people to seek help. Whenever a person suffers whiplash, they should get assessed for neck damage. Often, tears in neck ligaments may not be immediately felt, but can worsen with time. People should also seek help when back pain lasts for longer than a week, and we strongly recommend that anybody who has been in pain for more than six weeks make an appointment. As a holistic medical center, our efforts are focused on putting the body in the best position for its natural healing processes to be effective. We especially want our patients to be conscious of the symptoms of a pinched nerve. ...

This National Diabetes Month, we at Redondo Beach’s Catalina Medical Center want people impacted by diabetes to know we can help ease their pain. Neuropathy, damage to nerves, is one of the most common results of high blood sugar’s interference with bodily systems. However, our practitioners are trained in whole-body methods of pain reduction that are non-addictive and minimally invasive. “Peripheral neuropathy” refers to pain, numbness, or extra sensitivity in the limbs. When related to diabetes, it is often felt first in the lower limbs, where acidic crystals accumulate. Neuropathy can also affect organ systems and cause weakening of the thigh muscles. People with high blood sugar have weaker blood vessels, which prevents them from healing quickly because it is more difficult for nutrients to reach their body parts. When people have pain in their lower limbs, they often compensate by changing their posture or gait. This puts them at greater risk for developing back pain, as their bac...