As we are approaching winter, I thought it would be fitting
to write an article on how chiropractic can help you boost your immune system
and how regular adjustments can reduce your chance of becoming ill or if
already ill ,it can assist with healing you much faster . Here is a quick breakdown of how this works.
Your nervous system works together with your immune system to
create optimal responses for the body to adapt and heal appropriately. When
your spine goes out of alignment and stresses the nervous system, it causes
compression and irritation of the nerve pathways that lead to a poorly coordinated
immune response. This affects the organ systems of your body and in turn leads
to an altered measure of immune function and increased susceptibility to a
variety of diseases. Your nervous system
controls all of your organs including that of your lymphatic system that
produce that body immune response.
A two year study was conducted at the University of Lund, in
Sweden by Ronald Pero, Ph.D. He is an
internationally respected cancer researcher who demonstrated the positive affects
of Chiropractic care on the immune system by studying 96 people who had received
ongoing chiropractic treatment. He looked at their overall health and immune
indictors and found that regardless of age they had a 200% increase in their
immune system development and function. These
studies suggest that chiropractic treatment can influence the B&T
lymphocytes, NK Cell numbers(Natural Killer Cells), anti-body levels as well as
your Beta-Endorphin levels, leading to a better immune response and viruses and
bacteria being destroyed.
Analyzing your spine for irritation and correcting it with
specific adjustments reduces stress on the nervous system, optimizes the immune
response and reduces the chance of you getting sick.
