“Be the chessboard not the pieces.”

“He who knows only his own generation is still a child.”

“What you focus on expands.”

“Every problem has within it, an opportunity that dwarfs the problem.”

“Free time is like savings…it has to come off the top.”

“Celebrate and capture…if you only focus on what you don’t have, you will never be happy.”

“The bi-product of clarity is energy.”

“Harmony is better than balance. The bi-product of harmony is speed; faster with less effort.”

“Your mind is soil, your thoughts and experiences are seeds. What you plan in your mind is what is what grows. You can’t plant wheat and expect pears.”

“You learn more from asking the right questions.”

“If you don’t pay, you don’t pay attention.”

“Don’t kill the goose that laid the silver egg…you will need it to get to the goose that lays the golden egg.”

“Don’t handicap your children by making things too easy.”

Always yours in Health,

Dr. Brigide L. Daily DC

Your Costa Mesa Chiropractor

  “The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.” Mark Twain.

Find out why this isn’t really the case. We have Health Workshops in our office on a regular basis every 2 weeks on Thursday. Call our office and find out the date of our next workshop.

 ”So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.” Unknown author.

If you don’t want to be one of those people, find our what Chiropractic can do to help you now, instead of waiting until it’s too late and you don’t qualify for alternative care.

“A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.” Spanish proverb.

If you are new to our site, read the blog that I wrote a few times ago and it compares how we take care of our cars to how we take care of our cars. It is very interesting.

See you soon in the office,

Dr. Brigide L. Daily, DC

Your Costa Mesa Chiropractor

Come say hello to LISA at our front desk.

She is our Assistant that you will talk to when you come into our office in the morning or when you call in the morning.

We are excited to add new energy to our office.

When you call our office say “hello…I heard about you from Dr. Daily, Welcome to the office.”

BIG TIME thanks to all our patients and the opportunity to help you reach your Health Goals!!!

Dr. Brigide L. Daily DC

Your Costa Mesa Chiropractor

The confusing part about being a human is really trying to understand how our bodies really work. The funny thing is … we invest more time and energy in figuring out how to make our cars work and make sure they don’t have a problem and that we can rely on them at any time.

I guess a good question I always ask patients is , “why do we take better care of our cars than we do our bodies?”.

I think part of the answer to that is we really just DON”T understand how the human body really works.

To explain how Chiropractic can help you…let me explain one the most important parts of how your body works.

Your brain is connected to your body thru your Nervous System. This is your spine and all the nerves that travel to the different parts of your body. They travel to your hands and legs but they are also the same nerves that help control your heart and your liver.

As a Chiropractor we are trained to find out if there is any irritation to the nerves of your spine by a misalignment of the bones of your spine. If anything is out of alignment, by even just a little bit…it can begin to irritate the nerves of your body. Depending on where that nerve travels you can end of with neck pain or if you ignore it for a long time you may end up with arm pain or numbness.

As a Chiropractor we are specialized in finding the irritation to those nerves and fixing it. This way your body can begin to heal.

If you want to find our if there is any misalignment with your spine, just call our office and we can do a check up to find out.

There are three parts to the check up.

1. We use a machine that measures your weight on one side of your body compared to the other. We also measure your posture and add all these numbers up.

2. We use a computer to print out a graph that measures the irritation to your muscles on either side of your body.

3. We feel your spine and determine if there are any tenderness and add this information together with #1 and #2.

It’s worth a try to find out if your body can work better than it is right now…think about it, when was the last time your had your oil checked in your car? Now isn’t it time to check your body?

Dr. Brigide L. Daily, D.C.

Your Costa Mesa Chiropractor

I am going to give you some great info directly from the web site of the Kinesiology Tape that we use in our office. As a Chiropractor practicing in Costa Mesa for over 22 years, I have the expertise to determine if Kinesio Tape would help you and how to apply it to get the best results.

I actually heard a woman taking at the OC Fair this weekend about buying the tape herself and then just putting it on … as she “thought” it should be. If you have an injury using a treatment, but the correct treatment for the correction injury and applied to correct way…You will have better results and avoid further injury!

Here is some great info about the type of tape I use in my Costa Mesa office as a Chiropractor:

How does it work?  The tape, made with hypoallergenic acrylic glue, is manufactured to be the same weight, thickness and elasticity as the skin and is therefore able to integrate with the body’s sensory system naturally.  There are 3 possible categories of effect which have been identified depending on the method of application and the therapeutic outcome desired.

• Structurally
  • Dynamically supports better postural positions.
  • Prevent harmful ranges of motion without a hard end feel.
  • Reduce strain on affected muscle.
• Neurologically
  • Enhanced sensory stimulation leading to decreased perception of pain.
  • Restoration of normal muscle activation and function.
  • Reinforces the restoration of functional stability.
  • Promotes peripheral neuroplasticity.
  • Stimulation of the skin’s endogenous analgesic system.
• Microcirculatory
  • Wave pattern formation.
  • Superficial fascial thixotrophy.
  • Improved lymphatic flow.
  • Improved superficial microcirculatory flow.

The end result

• Easy to use with faster more efficient application times.
• Improved clinical skill sets for the progressive therapist.
• Improved clinical outcomes
  • The patient is able to achieve early engagement in pain-free ranges of motion and strengthening exercises.
  • The patient becomes an active participant in the therapeutic process.
  • The patient is able to take the therapy home with them maintaining the treatment objectives between their treatments.

NOW lets talk about how I can help you…with 22 years experience I can determine if taping would help you heal from your injury. The only way to find out if I can help you is if you CALL our office. I’d be happy to schedule a Consultation and talk about your problem.

Your Costa Mesa Chiropractor,

Dr. Brigide L. Daily, D.C.

“Stand up straight. Don’t slouch!”

I’m sure you’ve heard your mother say that a million times, yet it didn’t seem practical until maybe you say yourself in the the mirror, or noticed your posture as you walked by a Storefront window and say your reflection.

Well, I get asked about Posture most every day. Over the 22 years I’ve been a Chiropractor in Costa Mesa I have given information about posture to most every patient I have worked with. Posture is really the outward reflection of what your entire body structure is doing on the inside. If your spine is twisted or your head is forward and your shoulders are slumping … you will have POOR Posture!

On the other side of the coin, if you have a straight spine, with no misalignment’s and your head is on top of your body, your posture will be Great. Not only will you look great, but you will feel better. You will have more energy and everything you do will be easier.

Poor posture can cause misalignment’s in the spine to develop, which can keep the nervous system from functioning normally and cause pain and discomfort. It also affects digestive and breathing systems, leaving you as a patient, tired, unable to work efficiently or maybe even unable to move properly.

As a Chiropractor we work within a program of Adjust-Support-Rehab or what we call ASR, the concept of care. This allows us to make adjustments to your spine that will help correct your posture, then using supports; like an orthotic for your shoe to help maintain that correction and then we teach you how to do ongoing Rehabilitation, which is exercises that help build strength to your spine and posture over a period of time.

It is important that you have proper support with the feet and the arches, but it’s also important to have cervical (neck) support. It is estimated that people spend one-third of their lives sleeping and if you the patient are sleeping improperly, you are causing repetitive strains on the important neck structures. 

A normal curve of your neck helps to improve the vascular and neurological functions of the body. A proper pillow helps support the neck with gentle traction-aligning the head, neck and spine during sleep.

Lets take a TEST and see if you may need help with your posture?

1. Do you stand or walk on hard surfaces for more than 4 hours daily?

2. Do you participate regularly in any physical sport (golf, tennis, bowling, etc.)?

3. Are you age 40 or over?

4. Have you had a prior injury to your knee, back or neck?

5. Do your shoes wear unevenly?

6. Is one of your legs shorter than the other?

7. Do your feet “toe out” when you’re walking?

If you answered YES to any of the above you should get a check up to see what your posture really looks like. As a Chiropractor we help patients on a day to day basis with pain and discomfort. Give us a chance to see if you can get some help and find out what your body is really trying to tell you.

How does your body talk to itself and how does it really work? As a Chiropractor in Costa Mesa for over 21 years I am amazed on a day to day basis about first how complex our body really is and also how simple it really is.

I know that sounds strange, but just think about it. How does your computer talk…thru it’s Operating System. For most of us that is some type of Windows system. What a hassle this is to constantly have to work or upgrade the the “new” Windows.

Well imagine that your Nervous System is your bodies Operating System…it talks to your body by Nerves that take information back and forth and allow your body to work as close to 100% as possible.

What happens if there is some irritation to those nerves? This is where Chiropractic steps in. We are trained to find that irritation and gently realign the spine so there is NO interference to the Nerves of you body and now ….you can get back to 100%.

If you haven’t had a check up…you need to. Don’t wait any longer. Send your friends and family to find out what their health is really like.

I love being a Chiropractor and have a passion for helping people change their health.

Give us a try, we may be able to help you or a friend of yours.

Your Costa Mesa Chiropractor,

Dr. Brigide L. Daily, DC

As a Chiropractor working in my office in Costa Mesa for the last 21 years, I have had the opportunity to see hundreds if not thousands of Low back pain cases. These are patients who have come into our office with every type of low back pain you can imagine:

1. Low back pain and stiffness

2. Low back pain and radiating pain into the leg

3. Low back pain and numbness into the upper and lower leg.

4. No low back pain but numbness and some weakness into the leg.

5. Stiffness and aching into the low back and mid back region.

As you can see I can put a million different symptoms together…the issue is really WHAT is causing the symptoms and then HOW can we get rid of the pain and symptoms.

We don’t want to just cover up the pain…which is what some patients have been trying to do for years before they come into our office. They have been taking all kinds of over the counter pain pills, whether it’s Aleve, Tylenol, Advil or a bunch of other stuff…they really aren’t fixing your problems and they may be only covering up your problem that will come back at some time and most probably be worse the next episode you have.

Spinal Decompression is a new technology that has been perfected over the last several years to be a great alternative option for patients who are suffering with low back pain or any combination of symptoms from the list above. Spinal Decompression has the ability to open up the space between the bones of the spine and begin to take pressure off the nerves. This in the long term has the ability to not only gain you PAIN relief, but also has an effect that begins to allow that joint to heal.

Our office has 2 Spinal Decompression units and has the ability to do a detailed initial evaluation that would determine if you are a candidate for this type of care. Please take advantage of this option or if you know someone who could benefit please let them know about our office.

Chiropractic and Spinal Decompression Therapy has the ability to change someone’s life. Give them back the ability to bend and turn, lift their kids, play softball and just enjoy life.

Your in Chiropractic,

Dr. Brigide L. Daily, DC

Your Costa Mesa Chiropractor

This is a question New Patients as when they first arrive at our office. The answer is simple but complex.

What we are looking for is a Vertebral Subluxation Complex somewhere along the spine. What this is, is a misalignment of the bones of the spine that irritates a nerve. This irritation causes your body to malfunction. This malfunction can cause you pain…which is what makes most people come to my office, but in others it just causes damage to the joint and causes you problems you may not become aware about for years.

One of the best ways we find out what is wrong and how we can help you…is using a Computerized Spinal Examination. This is a piece of equipment that uses technology to determine where there is irritation on your spine and helps us map this on a graph so we can locate the exact bone that is out of alignment.

The scan that we do is a SEMG which stands for Surface Electromyography. This is a device that measures the amount of electrical activity your muscles release when they are contracted, more commonly known as muscle tension.

This is a non-invasive test with absolutely no pain at all.

Muscle activity is important, because the muscles has a tendency to “brace” in response to spinal misalignment’s, know as the Vertebral Subluxations. These subluxations cause nerve interference which effects muscles, blood vessels and internal organs.

As a Chiropractor in Costa Mesa our office is set up to do a complete exam and really test to find out the cause of your problem. We are equipped with the right equipment and the right tools to be able to find the cause of your problems and also be able to show you the same information.

Please take advantage of our offer to come into our office for a Check up. We will us the SEMG testing that we described above with you. We will determine is you have an subluxations that may be effecting the quality of your health.

Why continue to suffer when you can gain relief and not only feel better…but begin to do the things you want to do. Have fun, be active, participate in life.

Your Costa Mesa Chiropractor,

Dr. Brigide L. Daily, D.C.

As a chiropractor in Costa Mesa with over 22 years experience I want to let you know that there are other options for Low Back pain..besides drugs or surgery.

We have a Spinal Decompression  Unit in our office. This unit is the most effective and safe option to get you pain relief and get you back on the road to health quickly and safely.

The Spinal Decompression Unit is a great option to get you relief of lower back pain, leg pain and numbness and even ongoing stiffness and tightness.

As a Chiropractic office in Costa Mesa with 2 Spinal Decompression Units in our office we want to let you know you can schedule an appointment in our office to get a check up and see if we can help you.

I am excited to see you and determine whether you qualify for our treatment. If you do, you will be happy to gain relief and get back on the road to your normal life…friends, family and an active life.