Blog - Dr. Martin Schmaltz

Whiplash: One home treatment you should never do!
You have been involved in an auto accident and suffered a whiplash injury to your neck. The pain is excruciating: your neck hurts, your head is pounding and it’s hard to turn your neck! All you can think of is relief, so you reach for the bottle of ibuprofen – STOP! This is one home… Read more »
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Errors Affecting The Settlement #4
www.drmartinschmaltz.com ~ Hazelwood & North County chiropractor, Dr. Martin Schmaltz is a Certified Chiropractic Insurance Consultant and practicing chiropractic physician. In this video and others, he share some of the common mistakes found in medical records that could potentially lower the settlement from accident. In this video he discusses the amount of treatment and how… Read more »
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The Truth: What Insurance Guidelines Actually Say About Low Impact Injury
It is a common ploy for insurance adjusters to try and associate the severity of an injury to the amount of damage to the car. In essence: little damage, little injury! But what insurance guidelines ACTUALLY say about this? There are guidelines put out by the Reed Group: MDGuidelines Retrun-To-Work Guidelines. Per their documents, the… Read more »
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Chronic Back Pain
Hoping your back pain will go away! IT WON'T! Those who suffer back pain and do nothing, 12 months later, 75% will have pain or disability according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. Find out what you should do.
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Over Use Injury: Treatment & Prevention
Some people are prone to overuse injuries. Muscular or biomechanical imbalances around certain joints predispose certain individuals to injury. Body alignment issues, such as knock-knees, bowlegs, unequal leg lengths, and flat or high arched feet will also impact overuse injuries. Many people have weakened areas physically due to old injuries, incompletely rehabilitated injuries, or other anatomic factors.
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Chiropractic And Sports Performance
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