October 16th is World Spine Day

October 16th is World Spine Day

Every year on October 16th people from around the world join together to raise awareness on World Spine Day as part of the Bone and Joint Action Week. The World Spine Day theme for 2016 is "Straighten up and Move". We want to highlight the importance of physical activities and improving your posture as part of spinal health and prevention of injury.

With back pain the largest single global cause of disability, World Spine Day will be raising awareness of occupational factors and how we can reduce the impact they have on our backs and necks. Heavy lifting, repetitive movement and sitting for long periods can all become painful over time; in fact back pain is one of the major causes of time off work, with workers sometimes out of action for weeks or months.
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Boost your immune system naturally with Chiropractic Care

Boost your immune system naturally with Chiropractic Care

 

 

Chiropractic adjustments relieve you of stress on the nerve system. In turn this allows the nerve system to better direct the immune response.

Subluxation is the term used for misalignments of the spine. This can cause compression and irritation of nerve pathways which affects the organ systems of the body. According to research, stressful conditions as this can lead to altered measures of immune function and increa...sed susceptibility to a variety of diseases.

Inflammatory disease is influenced by the nervous, immune, and endocrine systems. Nerve stimulations affects the growth and function of inflammatory cells. Reasearch has found that dysfunction in this pathway can result in the development of a variety of syndromes such as behavioral syndromes such as depression and inflammatory syndromes such as rheumatoid arthritis.

This neuro-endo-immune repsonse plays a significant role in immune conditions such as chronic infections and cancer.

Wellness based chiropractors analyze the spine for subluxations and adjust to reduce stress on the nervous system.

In 1992, a research group found that when a thoracic adjustment was applied to a subluxated aera, the white blood cell count rose significantly.

Daily stress, whether nutritional, enviormental, physical, or emotional will affect how long the benefits of chiropractic adjustments can last. During times of increased stress, or with a weakened immune system, more frequent chiropractic adjustments may be needed to ensure immune function.

Sources
"Chiropractic boosts immunity" http://www.naturalnews.com/031206chiropractic_immunity.html
"Boost Your Immune System Naturally with Chiropractic" http://totalbalancechiro.com/blog/?p=226
Freed Chiropractic, Ally Wilson. July 8, 2016

A Study Of Over 20,000 Neck Adjustments Reveal...

A Study of over 20,000 Neck Adjustments Reveal...

 

 

Data was collected from patients after researchers set out to identify symptoms that could predict whether patients would feel "better" or "worse" immediately following neck adjustments. Patients in this study presented symptoms such as: reduced neck/shoulder/arm movement, neck pain/ shoulder pain/ arm pain/ headache, upper/mid-back pain.

Researchers determind that 95% of patients with the symptoms were immediately improved following a neck adjustment!
 
Pain is usually the first symptom to appear. Whether you suffering from headaches, shoulder, neck pain, or leg pain---complete healing takes time.

Tissues that do not fully heal and joints that do not move properly are prone to re-injury.

Sources:
Chiropractic natural health newsletter Vol. 28, Isuue 8
08/01/2016 Freed Chiropractic Clinic, Ally Wilson

Do you or someone you know suffer from pulmonary disease?

                                           Do you or someone you know suffer from pulmonary disease?

Asthma affects over 17 million Americans as well as COPD.
Often, during the warm months children and adults with a lung disease can have flare ups.

Pulmonary diseases cause many symptoms such as blockage of airways, shortness of breath, tightness in chest, wheezing, and a cough to name a few. Many individuals with this disease have resolved maintenance of the illness by using inhalers. However, Chiropractic care has been shown to help improve the condition with regular chiropractic treatments.

Chiropractic treatment involves the realignment of the spine and therefore the nerves. Chiropractic manipulation can eliminate obstruction during nerve impulse conduction to the lungs and airway. When adjusted, your body is restored to its natural state of alignment, nerves can then function as they should, allowing the lungs to function properly.

Chiropractic care can also benefit by fixing musculoskeletal alignment problems in the ribcage and spine. When this is done, the thoracic cavity is free to expland like it should.

There is a study performed by Graham and Pistolese. The study was performed on 81 asthmatic patients before the start of chiropractic care and two months after their care. The results of this study showed improvment in 90.1% of patients 60 days after chiropractic care. The patients also reported nearly 50% reduction of frequency of asthma attacks.

Life style changes like chiropractic care can be an asset in the lung disease treatment process.

 

June 20, 2016, Ally Wilson, Freed Chiropractic Clinic
Sources

"Pulmonary disease eased bby Chiropractic" http://www.chironexus.net/2013/10/pulmonary-disease-eased-chiropractic/
"With chiropractic care, Asthma symptims can decrease" http://pathoflifechiro.com/reasearch/asthma.html
"Chiropractic care in the treatment of asthma"
http://lasvega.informermg.com/2013/03/30/chiropractic-management-for-asthma-sufferes-part-1-of-4/