San Diego Hiking and Outdoor Adventures

What do most people consider before deciding on a place to plan a trip? Apart from the budget, people want to have many outdoor options that allow exploring nature, culture, and heritage of the place. The other important factor is the weather. Ideally, the weather should neither be too hot nor too cold. It should be just right so that people can make the most out of their trip without the weather being an obstacle.

There is one place in California that offers you all, from a range of outdoor, fun-filled activities to the perfect temperate climate; San Diego. San Diego offers so much to explore for both residents and tourists. Numerous family fun activities offer sightseeing and educational opportunities for kids and adults both. You’ll find something for everyone…

For The Adventurous

The hiking trails in San Diego are some of the best in Southern California, especially the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. It is great for kids, home to beautiful wildlife, and provides an amazing view of the Pacific Ocean. During winter, keep an eye out for gray whales roaming about in the sea below the reserve.

For The Exercise Junkies

For those exercise junkies out there, the Potato Chip Rock hike offers a great opportunity for an excellent workout.

Moreover, many San Diego beaches offer FREE yoga with a beautiful view of the coastline. Who would wanna miss that?

For The Nature Lovers

If you are fond of wildlife, you would love to kayak to the La Jolla Ecological Reserve, home to beautiful and diverse wildlife. You can spot dolphins, sea lions, sea birds, seals, and numerous fish species.

This kayaking trip can also be enjoyed with kids, and most tours offer snorkeling opportunities. Furthermore, if you are visiting in July or August, you can get to snorkel with the fascinating leopard sharks. They visit to indulge in the numerous species of fish the reserve offers.

For Love of the Beach

And how can we forget about the San Diego beaches? There is a beach for everyone in San Diego. You could just take advantage of the good weather and walk on the beach, maybe collect a few seashells, or you could take some beginner surfing lessons and experience the gentle tides of the sea. The beaches also offer a biking path so visitors can enjoy the views and the weather while getting some exercise.

One of the best things unique to San Diego beaches during the winter months is the numerous tide pools you can find. Tide pools provide a great learning opportunity, especially for kids, as you’ll be able to find several special animals that you might have never seen before.

For Thrill Seekers

San Diego has something for everyone, and for the thrill-seekers out there, Torrey Pines offers the best paragliding experience with breathtaking views, suitable for all ages.

Wrap Up

If you want to spend some time with nature and enjoy the great outdoors, the diverse list of activities in San Diego will definitely make for a memorable and fun trip for you and the entire family.

Finding Ways To Stay Positive During Stay At Home Orders

Finding ways to stay positive during stay at home orders may not always seem like the easiest thing to do. The truth is that the Coronavirus changed the world as we knew it in 2020.

Things went from zero to one hundred in seconds and the whole world came to a standstill right there and then.

With the overwhelming amount of coverage surrounding this global pandemic on social media, the TV and the radio, it is extremely hard to not believe we are entering a dark hole. While this to be taken very seriously this blog will hopefully be helpful on how to take a positive approach alongside this challenging time.

Limit Your Media Intake
It can damage our moods and mental health to be absorbing unnecessary amounts of negative, low energy conversations. There’s so much rough information that is being passed around and it’s a dangerous spiral to get yourself caught up in.

Acknowledge that being completely absorbed in the media during this time will do you no good. There’s very few people that can spend hours and hours in front of negativity without feeling the impact. If you’re feeling a little low emotionally, try limiting your media intake to 30 minutes a day to get updates.

Spend Time with Loved Ones
Whether you’re quarantining at home with family, living with friends, your cat/dog or all by yourself, nurture and deepen those connections. Ask questions you never ask. Check up on each other and how this time is affecting you and them and pull together with whatever and whoever you have.

Stay Lice Free While Bonding
If you or any of your beloved family members happen to get lice, we are still open and deemed Essential! Our Clinics are committed to keeping your families and our staff healthy. We will therefore be utilizing all safety protocols. We offer the best and quickest treatment that is performed in as little as an hour. Our Medical Heated Air Device dehydrates and kills all stages of lice which makes it possible to eradicate even the most stubborn infestations. We also have some of the most incredible prevention products to help keep you and your family lice free!

Feel free to call us at (619) 771-9988

Head Lice Can Happen While Your Social Distancing

Head Lice can happen while your social distancing right at home where you least expect it.

Direct head to head contact is almost inevitable, so we can help you be on the lookout for lice. It is recommended that at the start of a possible lice ordeal, that you screen each member of your household for head lice. Although you cannot catch an egg from another person, head lice are often spread by head to head contact with someone who has bugs present. This can happen when reading books with one another, playing, binge- watching netflix with your kiddos or even a simple hug. With these activities there is definitely a chance that head lice could be passed around your family. Helping with homework, hugs, using the same towel, sharing a brush or laying your heads together are a few scenarios parents will most likely find themselves in during the upcoming weeks with their children where head lice can be passed from one to the other.

Check Your Children First

Head lice most often occur in children between the ages of 3-10 because of their involvement with other children. While that is a true statement, we are seeing an increase of tweens and teens with head lice as well in the recent years. While your kids are coming home from school for long periods of time, first double-check that they are not showing symptoms of head lice. This will help a lot and help you stay on top of an infestation before it has the chance to spread to the household members.

What to look for

The easiest way to find lice is knowing what to look for. The adult head lice tend to run away quickly from light and can weave in and out of hair strands to avoid being found. It is recommended that you use a nitpicking comb to sift through hair strands. Get a white paper towel and a bowl of clean water. Comb along the scalp from front of the hair line to the nape of the neck. After each section, wipe it onto the paper towel and examine your finding. Everytime you wipe it onto the paper towel, clean it off in the bowl of water between sections. Adult head lice are sesame seed-sized insects and brown in color.

Lice eggs referred to as “Nits” are a clear indication that you have head lice. Transparent or tan in color, lice eggs are glued to the base of hair strands by the mother louse. She uses a glue-like secretion to stabilize her eggs to your hair strands, preventing them from flaking off easy like you dandruff would. On an average, the female only mates once in her life and is able to lay eggs until she dies. The female louse lays anywhere from 7-10 eggs a day, which can add up quickly if left untreated.

After a few weeks of head lice living on the scalp, the itching will most likely start to happen. Irritated red bumps and a small rash will most likely be present. Night time is the active period for head lice, so many children also have trouble sleeping because of the feeling of head lice crawling through their hair and itching.

Let Us Help If You Have Lice!

We have the most effective treatment that is performed in as little as one hour. Zero follow up appointments or procedures, which really will keep your life stress free like you deserve. During these uncertain times, the last thing you need is additional worries. Our ‘ Treatment is a Medical Heated Air Device that is FDA Cleared and kills over 99% of all stages of lice in one treatment. Whether you are needing our signature “” Treatment or cautious head checks, we have you covered! Give us a call at (619) 771-9988 to book your appointment any time!

The 10 Reasons Juicing Can Improve Your Life

The 10 reasons juicing can improve your life may forever change your outlook on the power of fruits and veggies.

Every time you eat food, your body attempts to break it down as much as it can to find any nutrients in what you chose to eat. Then it sends any of the nutrients to the one hundred trillion cells that make up YOU and the cells use those as materials to regenerate. So, the saying “ You are what you eat” is very much true!

When you are juicing, the juicer is programmed to extract all of the nutrients from the vegetables and fruits for you, saving your body’s energy because it does not have to break down the food itself. It also can absorb the juice quickly and use its extra energy to heal and repair.

Without a shadow of a doubt, juicing will transform your health and here are the 10 reasons why juicing is so good for you:

1. Juicing is the fastest way to get nutrition into the body. The juicer extracts all of the juice out of the vegetables and fruits by separating it from the fiber. So, you are left with a juice and a tasteless pulp at the end (because all the goodness has been taken out). The juice (full of phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals) is easily absorbed by your body, which means it gets to your cells quickly to nourish and repair them.

2. Juicing is an easy way to eat enough vegetables. Most of us struggle to eat vegetables and fruits in general, and some even find chewing through the same salad to be impossible. To combat the trend of ill-health in the western world, 10 servings of fruits and vegetables each day is what we need to aim for, and juicing is the ultimate way to get a head start.

3. Juicing protects heat-sensitive nutrients and gives them to you. The heating process in cooked and processed foods completely destroys the micronutrients in vegetables by changing their chemical composition. By juicing raw vegetables harnesses their highest possible nutritional value.

4. Juicing is the antidote to the modern, acidic diet. When you feed your cells acid-forming foods such as sugar, white flour, coffee, meat and alcohol, the blood becomes acidic and the body will start struggling. To balance the effects of an acidic diet, it is important to significantly increase your intake of alkaline-rich foods like vegetable and fruit juices.

5. Juicing is a quick way to change how you feel. One fresh juice, on an empty stomach, every day will start to give you more energy and improve your mood in a dramatic way. The variety of vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and enzymes protect your cells from disease and premature aging.

6. Juicing helps you absorb more nutrients from vegetables. Many people have busy lives and our diets are ‘sub-optimal’, which means that our digestion has become impaired and it’s harder for the body to get the nutrients from our food. Because the juicer does the hard work in separating the juice from the fiber, it’s far easier for the body to take in most of the nutrition right away.

7. Juicing gets you more compliments. You’re made up of around 100 trillion cells, so when you drink fresh juices and your cells become clearer and healthier, you’ll start to look different almost instantly. Better skin, a ‘glow’, healthier hair, weight loss, better mood and more energy are some of the incredible side effects.

8. Juicing is a lifeline when you’re sick. We’re surrounded by stress in our diets, environment and lifestyles, and juicing is one of the best ways to keep the immune system healthy and prevent illness. There are thousands of testimonials for using juicing to u-turn chronic illnesses and conditions, from allergies to diseases.

9. Juicing gives you that extra spring in your step, no matter how healthy you are. Even if your diet is squeaky clean, where stress and environmental pollution are unavoidable, juicing makes sure your cells and blood are getting all they need to stay clean, nourished and hydrated. Your body will thank you.

10. Juices are simple to make and kids enjoy them too. All of us need excellent nutrition to be healthy, especially children as they grow at a fast rate. Having a juicer in the kitchen will let you introduce them to loads of raw fruits and vegetables, and in general if they’ve made it, kids will want to drink it too!

At LCA San Diego, we care about the health and well being of our valued customers. Although we are faced with uncertain times at the moment, we are here to offer any tips on health through our blogs. When it comes to a pesky lice infestation, we also have you covered with the quickest stress relieving one time treatment. Our Medical heated Air device is over 99% effective and can be performed in as little as an hour. We also offer an amazing Protection Plan for you and your family to remain lice free for a fraction of the cost! Call us for more details at (619) 771-9988.

Get to Know Head Lice Symptoms from LCA San Diego

Just thinking about head lice can make you start itching. If your school or daycare center has notified you that head lice have been detected, you’ll want to check your child (and yourself) immediately. According to Mercedes, owner of LCA San Diego-Orange County here are some of the signs your child may have head lice:

  1. Scratching: If your child is scratching his or her head more than usual, it may be time to check for lice. The most common symptom of head lice is itching. This is because lice bites can cause an allergic reaction in some people, which stimulates the itchy sensation. However, it can take a few weeks for this symptom to develop.
  2. Tickling sensation: Some children experience a “tickly” feeling from lice bites or from lice touching their skin. This is a less severe reaction than the itching.
  3. Sores or scratch marks: If you see sores or scratch marks on your child’s head or neck, it can be a sign your child has an active lice infestation. Children often scratch harder than they need to, which can break the skin and cause sores and scabs.
  4. Disruption of sleep patterns: Head lice can make sleep difficult for youngsters. If your child is having a harder time than usual going to sleep or staying asleep, that might be a sign that head lice have invaded his or her scalp.
  5. Irritability: If your child is more irritable than usual, this can be an indication that head lice are present. Irritability often coincides with chronic itchiness and sleeplessness. These symptoms can combine, especially when an infestation is more mature.

It’s important to point out that an itchy scalp alone is not always an indication of head lice. “Itchiness can also be a symptom of other harmless conditions, such as dandruff, allergies, or a reaction to a hair product,” said Mercedes. “Make sure you do your due diligence and double check.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), misdiagnosis of head lice infestation is common. The most reliable symptom, of course, is the presence of a live louse or lice on a child’s head.

How to Spot Lice
To be sure that your child has lice, you’ll need to do a physical inspection of his or her head and neck. “Checking your child’s head for lice is a simple process,” said Mercedes. “First, start at the nape area of the neck and around their ears. These are the locations where lice are most likely to live. They stay very near the scalp to stay warm, about a quarter of an inch from the skin. Separate the hair as finely as possible. It helps to wet the hair first as it takes care of the wispy hair. Head lice are about the size of a sesame seed. They can be difficult to see, so some people suggest using a magnifying glass if you have one. If you have a louse comb, run it through the hair multiple times, wiping it on a paper towel after each pass. Inspect the paper towel to see if you pull head lice or nymphs (young lice) from the hair. You’re three to five times more likely to accurately diagnose a lice infestation if you comb first, versus just visually inspecting the hair.”

About Eggs (Nits)
Identifying and removing live lice is just one step in the lice treatment process. “It’s just as important to identify and remove all eggs (nits). If all eggs are not killed or removed, they will hatch and you’ll have a fresh case of head lice on your hands,” said Mercedes. “Lice eggs are tiny, camouflaged, and they stick with a strong glue-like substance to the hair. Finding and removing eggs, also known as nitpicking, is best done using a fine-toothed comb.” Nits are often confused with other particles found in hair such as dandruff, hair spray droplets, and dirt particles.

Don’t Panic
“The most important thing to remember is to not panic,” says Mercedes. “While a case of head lice can be stressful and frustrating for parents and children, please keep in mind head lice do not cause serious health problems. In addition, lice infestations are completely unrelated to personal hygiene. The only reason your child has lice is because he or she had close contact with someone else that had lice.”

The good news is new technology now makes treating head lice fast and easy. LCA San Diego’s device is an FDA-cleared medical device, clinically proven to kill live lice and more than 99 percent of eggs in as little as an hour, guaranteed. To learn more or to find a clinic near you, visit www.liceclinicsofamerica.com.

LCA San Diego has over 330 treatment centers in 35 countries, making it the world’s largest network of professional lice treatment centers. LCA San Diego – San Diego is open seven days a week by appointment. Call (619) 771-9988, email nsanders@lcasandiego.com, or visit lcasandiego.com for more information or to schedule an appointment.

A Healthy New Year

A Healthy New Year is all we could ask for and more. It is the best time to reassess what is most important to you. Focusing on healthy habits instead of a New Year’s resolution may work better for you. Choose a specific word for the new year like the word “Health”. From there you can focus on creating the best version of your life. And the best way to do that is to focus on healthy habits. This blog will show you the best way to build healthy habits and lifestyle for a successful 2020.

Create a Plan
As a parent and spouse, sometimes it feels like you are running 100 miles an hour and 100 different directions at the same time. On a Sunday, try sitting down with your family and review a plan for the week so everyone is on the same page with a goal. Then narrow it down and find ways to improve adding self care into the plan weekly.

Meal Plan
Staying on top of a weekly meal plan can ultimately relieve you from many chores during the week. Meal planning is notorious for being a lifesaver on a few different levels. First, it will help you feel better if you eat cleaner and incorporate more veggies in your diet. Lastly, you can involve the children in meal preparation and enjoy more bonding time at home. You can even go to the local market or farm to pick fresh produce and products.

Read More Often
When children begin learning to read, they may be a little unsure of themselves at first. The most amazing part of focusing on your little reader is sitting with him or her and helping them sound it out while praising them. It will help them develop a love for books and reading time with you. Trips to the library are always fun as they have incorporated so many different activities for children.

Volunteer
Volunteering can help you meet some incredible people, advance your career, learn new skills and become a happier person. Like the infamous quote from Winston Churchill: “You make a living by what you get, You make a life by what you give”

Find an Exercise You Enjoy:
The biggest stress release is exercise, Moving your body can relieve aches and pains as well as making you feel better. Instead of looking at exercise as a chore, try viewing it as something that will make you feel your best mentally and physically. Then the extra added confidence will come along with your newfound energy and results.

Be Kind
Everyone in the world we live in is struggling through something. Try to treat everyone with kindness, spread love and brighten someone’s day.

Be Lice Free
One incredible way to assure happiness, is to know you and your family are lice free. Come in for a head check by one of our staff and learn all about prevention. If the unthinkable happens, we offer the easiest one and done treatment. Our ’ medical device kills all stages of lice in a single 60-90 minute treatment. Call us at (619) 771-9988 or visit our website at www.lcasandiego.com

Know You’re Lice-Free Before Holiday Gathering

Know you’re lice-free before holiday gatherings for the ultimate peace of mind. Winter break is a peak time for head lice, according to Mercedes, owner of LCA San DiegoÒ – San Diego. Families gather, kids are home from school and having sleepovers and parties, and head lice spread.

Every year, we see people getting head lice during the holidays, disrupting their family time. The best way to keep head lice out of your home for the holidays is to know how to identify them in the first place. It is unfortunately not as easy as you may think.

According to the (NCBI), part of the National Institutes for Health, one of the challenges of dealing with head lice is correctly identifying the problem. “Because head lice can move quickly, their detection requires expertise and experience,” the NCBI said. “Expertise is key to diagnosis.” Even health care providers frequently misdiagnose head lice infestations.

We offer professional screenings at our clinic and highly recommend them before and after school breaks. It’s the best way to have peace of mind that your household is lice free. You can’t rely on a child scratching his or her head because many children have no symptoms for several weeks. Head lice are fast—they can travel eight inches per second and will go deep into a child’s hair when frightened, which can make them really hard to find on children with long hair.

Sometimes, people think they have head lice but a professional screening reveals it’s just dandruff or dry skin. Parents shouldn’t have to pay to be treated for something they don’t have. If we do find head lice, you can be treated on the spot and leave our clinic lice-free in one hour. We use the ® device, the only FDA-cleared medical device that provides fast and effective head lice treatment.”

LCA San Diego -San Diego is the exclusive provider of head lice treatment using the device, clinically shown to kill live lice and more than 99 percent of eggs (nits) using heated air to dehydrate the bugs in a single treatment. Most treatments take about an hour and are guaranteed to be effective.

“ has been used to treat more than 400,000 cases of head lice throughout the world with a success rate better than 99 percent,” said. “That’s why we can guarantee that if we do find head lice during a screening, you’ll leave our clinic lice-free.”

LCA San Diego – is one of more than 350 LCA San Diego treatment centers in more than 36 countries. LCA San Diego is the largest and fastest growing network of professional head lice treatment centers in the world.

To learn more or to schedule an appointment, visit www.lcasandiego.com, email nsanders@lcasandiego.com, or call (619) 771-9988.

Back To School Season

Back To School Season

Back to school season is finally upon us! Getting into the perfect back to school routine and establishing how to have a smooth sailing 2019 is all in this blog! A new year brings a great fresh slate and fresh start for you to write your future and redefine who you are and aspire to be. You can approach this school year with a positive attitude and discipline to stay on top of what is important.

A Good Schedule

Electronics are fun but also play a big part in distractions. As fun as scrolling through Facebook or Instagram all hours of the night can be, you will regret it in the morning. Sleep is so important and feeling rested has a lot of impact on your learning experience. Have your child put their phone down along with no TV until studying and homework is complete. Setting restrictions and boundaries for your child ahead of time, you will be more likely to stick to them. Set time guidelines and calculate how much time everyday your child will need to get dressed, eat breakfast etc.

Positivity is Success

Feeding your children’s growing brains with positive affirmations can set them up for success! Offering educational support as well as emotional support is so important. It also helps to have a great relationship with the teachers touching base through email once a week. For your pre-teen or teenagers encourage them to have their favorite inspirational quotes on their notebook. They will see it every time it opens and feel rays of positivity, for example:

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
-Taylor Swift

Stay Lice Free

Staying lice free may be hard to do with all of the activities, selfies and sleepovers the school year may bring. With so much to do during your busy week, the last thing you need is an unwanted lice infestation.

We offer the quickest one and done treatment for lice removal by using controlled heated air. Our ’ medical heated air device is 99.9% effective killing all stages of lice in as little as one hour. We also have the best Lice Prevention Line of Products; call us now at (619) 771-9988

Sending your kid to summer camp? Lice detention is your best ally

Like many other parents you are probably already getting ready to send out your kids to summer camps. Whether they are staying overnight or just going to the day a few preparations are in order. Have you thought about Head Lice? The truth is that many children come back from camp with head lice and the best thing we can do is detect & prevent. But how?

1. Check you child for lice before sending them to camp so that if they are infested you can treat them before it further spreads and before you have to pull them out of camp. Find out more on how to check for Head Lice. 
2. Send your children to camp with our preventative spray & shampoo. This products are specifically design to repel lice, thus diminishing the likelihood of you child catching lice. Check more about our products.
3. Ask the camps if they can do a pre-screening before all the kids start camp. This will help you and them contain any possible infestations and avoid them spreading to all other kids. Did you know LCA San Diego offers FREE Head Screenings at Camps? Have your children’s camp give us a call and we’ll gladly help them!
And last but not least, forget about having lousy days, if your kids have lice, bring them in and we’ll take care of it professionally with a safe and fast treatment.

Lice in School: Let them Stay

I have recently been talking to parents that come in to the clinic and they all have an opinion on whether schools should allow children to come in with lice or not. Although our quick response may be “of course not,” the answer is rather complicated.
The state of California allows for schools to decide if they want to have a “nit free policy” or not. That means, any child with a nit must be sent home and will not resume his/her studies until being nit (lice egg) free. But other schools only send a circular home and allow children in the classroom with lice so that they do not miss any school time. As we all can all, both options have their pros and cons.
It is important to mention that even though most popular belief is that lice origin at school, the reality is that head lice is a community problem brought to the schools and not the other way around.
At LCA San Diego we believe the best is to educate our community on head lice so that we minimize the stigma and we can be alert in preventing and minimizing cross infestations. Education is key to help children to be treated right away and help them prevent from getting it again. Find out more at lcasandiego.com