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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

chiropractic adjustments and your immune system







Just last week I saw my chiropractor for an adjustment. Thought I'd give you a little bit of info on the benefits of a chiropractic adjustment and also how effective it can be in children.

The benefits of chiropractic care for your health are numerous.
Some of the many benefits include pain relief in your joints, back, or head. Others may include increased mobility, performance, balance, coordination or energy.
Our Creator God has given us all the power of health within our own bodies enabling your body to heal itself. It is not normal or healthy to have chronic pain or even the occasional cold or headache. A person can be unhealthy without any symptoms whatsoever. For example, 35% of all heart attacks happen without any prior symptoms or warning signs. Were those 35% healthy the day before their heart attack?

How Does Chiropractic Care Enhance
Your Immune System?

Since its inception, chiropractic has asserted that viruses and microbes don't threaten us all equally and that a healthy immune system easily repels most invaders. The immune system protects us from the flu, as well as any other infectious disease, and strives to get us well again when we do fall ill. Our immune system, like every other system in the body, is coordinated and controlled by the nervous system. For example, nerve cell endings in the skin and white blood cells of the immune system are in intimate contact, and chemicals secreted by the nerves can shut down immune system cells nearby.
Chiropractic corrects spinal abnormalities called vertebral subluxations that result in interference of the nervous system by placing pressure on nerves. Since the nervous system controls all functions of the body, including the immune system, chiropractic care can have a positive effect on immune function.
During an immune response, the brain and the immune system 'talk to each other' and this process is essential for maintaining homeostasis or balance in the body. If the Nervous System is not functioning properly, then the Immune System cannot function at 100%, thus the body becomes fertile ground for bacteria, viruses and illness
Children who have regular Chiropractic adjustments have fewer colds, ear infections and flu. "People who receive regular chiropractic adjustments have immune system competency that is 200% greater than those who don't." (Dr. Ron Pero. New York Preventative Medicine Institute and Environmental Health at NYU)
Even though you are not sick, your body may be acquiring misalignments of the spine (subluxations) that are interfering with your nervous system and thus your immune system. Regular chiropractic check-ups can help you to maintain a healthy immune system and stave off illnesses or allergies. A chiropractic adjustment will restore the balance of your nervous system and restore the flow of energy and information throughout the body, thus validating one of the great benefits of chiropractic care!

One visit is very affordable and worth it. So try one, feel better and be well..

2 comments:

  1. "Children who have regular Chiropractic adjustments have fewer colds, ear infections and flu"
    Why are children's spine being manipulated when they are naturally hypermobile? Why does adjustments have to be regular? Do you want to create more instability?

    "People who receive regular chiropractic adjustments have immune system competency that is 200% greater than those who don't." (Dr. Ron Pero. New York Preventative Medicine Institute and Environmental Health at NYU)"

    This sounds like an opinion, if not I'd like to see the study that was referenced from.

    The nervous system is much more resilient than chiropractors say they are. It is meant to be pulled, stretched, and even compressed. Problems happen when they are pulled, stretched or compressed daily over a long period of time. Posture could be changed and you don't need someone "cracking" your back.

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  2. I'm sure it is an opinion there are positive and negatives to everything. My boys have never had one, but I have read about it.
    If they every have anything chronic I would consider trying it. I try to be open to all types of remedies that are natural if possible.

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