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May 29
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Chiropractic Can Reduce Blood Pressure

By | Benefits of Chiropractic

Chiropractic Can Reduce Blood Pressure

So…chiropractic can reduce blood pressure?  No joke, no surgery, no medication.  Okay, quick re-cap on what chiropractors actually do.  Chiropractors access and check your nerve system for possible subluxations (nerve dysfunction/stress) and provide specific adjustments to make sure your nerve system stays connected and free of dysfunction.  High blood pressure is an issue in our society, most likely brought on by our poor lifestyle choices (fast food, improper medication, etc).  There are some who live a healthy life and are still plagued with high blood pressure.  Finding ways to reduce blood pressure can be over-burdensome and we have been raised to think that we have to TAKE something externally to influence our body!  Yes, taking medication has many alterations on our body.  Even when we take something “natural,” we don’t know if our body requires it.  A healthy foundation begins with regular exercise, a normal diet, and of course making sure your nerve system is connected to process all incoming and outgoing information.  (“Normal” diet in context is what you think healthy is for you.)

A 2007 study in the Journal of Human Hypertension looked at a group of patients with high blood pressure. Half received an adjustment of their atlas, and the other half received a sham adjustment.  The decrease in blood pressure was so drastic in the patients who received real adjustments that the researchers wrote that it “is similar to that seen by giving two different anti-hypertensive agents simultaneously.”  If your master control system (nerve system) is connected and free of dysfunction, then your body will adapt and heal itself, thus to reduce blood pressure.   Nothing is taken externally for this. The only variable that is needed is time.  It takes time for your body to develop signs and symptoms and become aware of them, and it takes time to heal.

For some who live a healthy life, stress is the variable that increases the blood pressure.  Japanese researchers in 2011 gave chiropractic adjustments to 12 men and examined PET scan images and blood chemistry to examine the effect that chiropractic has on the autonomic nervous system.  After receiving a chiropractic neck adjustment, patients had altered brain activity in the parts of the brain responsible for pain processing and stress reactions. They also had significantly reduced cortisol levels, indicating decreased stress.  Reduce your blood pressure and allow your overall body to heal the way it is intended.

  1. Bakris G, Dickholtz M Sr, Meyer PM, Kravitz G, Avery E, Miller M, Brown J, Woodfield C, Bell B. Atlas vertebra realignment and achievement of arterial pressure goal in hypertensive patients: a pilot study. Journal of Human Hypertension 2007;21(5):347-52.
  2. Ogura, Takeshi and Manabu Tashiro, Mehedi,Shoichi Watanuki, Katsuhiko Shibuya, Keiichiro Yamaguchi, Masatoshi Itoh, Hiroshi Fukuda, Kazuhiko Yanai. Cerebral metabolic changes in men after chiropractic spinal manipulation for neck pain. Alternative Therapies. 2011;17(6):12-17.Strunk RG, Hawk C. Effects of chiropractic care on dizziness, neck pain, and balance: a single-group, pre-experimental, feasibility study. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine 2009;8(4):156–164.

 

May 26
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The Uncompromising Allergies Symptoms

By | ADHD, Allergies, Benefits of Chiropractic

The Uncompromising Allergies Symptoms

Allergies symptoms seem to sprout up during the spring season.  As we are gearing up for some amazing hikes, water time, and just being outside we might become limited with possible allergies acting up.  After experiencing a “flare up” it can become very debilitating and self-limiting.  So, let’s boost that immune system the only natural way that does not involve taking anything!  Have your nerves checked for vertebral subuxations (dysfunction in the nerve system).  Am I saying that a vertebral subluxation causes allergies symptoms?  No.  I am saying your body’s immune system is compromised if a vertrebral subluxation is present.  Dysfunction in the nerve system causes signs and symptoms to appear in your body.  Runny nose, irritated eyes, and sinus pressure can be very debilitating.  While you might think it is  “normal” that you always have these signs and symptoms, there has to be a CAUSE; a root to the problem.

Chiropractic has been helping individuals combat allergies symptoms for some time and will continue to do so.  The way chiropractors do this is by addressing and finding the CAUSE.  The cause is the vertebral subluxation that compromises optimal function.  Without proper function the immune system becomes compromised.  Allow your body to heal with proper communication via chiropractic.  Chiropractic adjustments do not cure or treat your signs and symptoms.  Chiropractic adjustments enable your body to adapt and allow your nerve system to be properly connected to your immune, GI, and all body systems.  Over 50 trillion cells in your body and these all need to make sure they are functioning to their correct ability.  This is accomplished by a healthy functioning nerve system.  Millions of people are suffering from allergies symptoms.  Restore proper communication to your body’s immune system and enjoy the natural wonders of our state worry free.  

A 2013 study1 reported that chiropractic adjustments were effective at increasing lung functioning, and some recent research2 shows that chiropractic care can help reduce the symptoms of asthma in some children.

 

  1. Engel RM, Vemulpad SR, Beath K. Short-term effects of a course of manual therapy and exercise in people with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a preliminary clinical trial. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2013;36(8):490-6
  2. Pepino VC, Ribeiro JD, Ribeiro MA, de Noronha M, Mezzacappa MA, Schivinski CI. Manual therapy for childhood respiratory disease: A systematic review. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2013;36(1):57-65.
May 19
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The Known Tunnel Of Carpal Tunnel

By | ADHD, Benefits of Chiropractic

The Known Tunnel Of Carpal Tunnel

Carpal tunnel we think is going to occur in most everyone who has some sort of desk job where typing is happening at an accelerated rate.  Carpal tunnel syndrome can be very debilitating and leads most to have some sort of surgery.  The surgery that is performed usually consists of some sort of “cutting” that releases pressure from a nerve!?  This has to be an amazing concept here.  Chiropractic accesses nerve dysfunction and then removes pressure (stress) from the nerve by performing specific adjustments.  What seems to be the difference between carpal tunnel surgery and seeing a chiropractor.  Well that’s a HUGE list!  Let’s see what our surgery is going to do.  You will have some ligament removed/cut to “remove” pressure off of the median nerve.  Then scar tissue will develop and this process will more than likely have to be repeated.  If your aim is to remove the symptoms than this is your proper choice.

Chiropractic and carpal tunnel seeks to go after the cause of your dysfunction.  “A study published in the British Medical Journal the Lancet found evidence of cervical neuritis (nerve irritation) in over 70% of all carpal tunnel syndrome patients.”  It is very safe to say that you have to look to the spine first when addressing carpal tunnel and any diagnosis for that matter.  Restoring proper communication to the wrist begins with addressing the spine.  Having a surgery to the wrist is one thing, kind of like putting a bandage on things.  Having specific chiropractic adjustments to the cervical region and wrist is the optimal road to choose in order to allow your body to heal.  Allow your nerve system to be connected from top down will enable your signs and symptoms of carpal tunnel to diminish by addressing the causative factors.  Have your nerves checked.

 

May 07
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A BIG Hidden Gem of Birth Trauma

By | Benefits of Chiropractic, Ear Infections

A BIG Hidden Gem of Birth Trauma

When talking about birth trauma in this blog, we are referring to the child, not the mother.  The entire birthing experience has become a “Hollywood Western Medicine” show that makes sure everyone is “on time!”  The entire birth experience is one of the most natural, if not the top natural human experience all parents are fortunate enough to see!  How did we go wrong?  Well, we started creating time tables (flow charts) that tell people the exact expected outcomes with no if’s, and’s or but’s.  Birth trauma is a direct result of placing stress on our child’s nerve system.  Stress can be manually administered during the delivery by instruments such as forceps or a vacuum.  Stress can be due to the positioning of the child: breech position.  Stress can occur while having an emergency C-Section.  Birth trauma has several different ways of presenting itself.

Birth trauma often goes over-looked.  A subluxation (nerve dysfunction) is a birth trauma due to stress placed on the child’s nerve system.  Having a child failing to latch can be a sign and symptom of birth trauma, colic, irregular bowl movements, etc.  Often when subluxation’s persist for a prolonged period of time, you begin to think signs and symptoms are “normal” for your child.  It shouldn’t be “normal.”  As a direct consequence of the birth trauma, your child might develop ear infections.  A subluxation causes your child not to function to their fullest potential: improper drainage of the E-Tube, then a dysfunctional immune response, resulting in going for antibiotics.  Bacteria did not cause the ear infection, yet we give antibiotics.  After numerous ear infections we put tubes in, thus again neglecting the truth…the cause.  There are certain windows of opportunity for your children to grow.  These can be severely altered from birth trauma and leave parents in wonder why their child is failing to adapt.  Allowing your child to function to their fullest potential with a clear and connected nerve system is the healthiest option out there.

 

May 01
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My Pinched Sciatic Nerve

By | Benefits of Chiropractic

My Pinched Sciatic Nerve

Ah, the joy of having a pinched sciatic nerve.  Sounds pretty easy to accomplish and seems like everyone has had a pinched sciatic nerve at one time or another in their life.  The fact is, that the word sciatica is basically a catch-all term for radiating nerve pressure.  Similar to when we get congested and have a runny nose, we might say we have the flu.  Your nerve system is your master control system.  Every cell, tissue, organ, and gland is regulated and controlled by your nerve system.  Your pinched sciatic nerve that is causing you “pain,” is and should be the least of your concerns.  Think about all of your bodily functions controlled and regulate by your pinched nerve.  The function is the aspect we are trying to maintain here.

Your pinched sciatic nerve is in your body continually getting worse without you knowing about it.  Pinched nerves (subluxation’s) are what chiropractors find and correct.  No other health discipline does this.  If you restore proper function to the nerve by removing pressure off of it, then your functionality is back and the “pinching” stops.  The sensation that comes with your pinched sciatic nerve is obvious, yet does not appear right away.  It could be years before the sensation of pain finally appears for some individuals.  So, to differentiate the two variables pain vs function of a nerve even more…  A subluxation causing irritation to a nerve results in loss of normal function in your body.  Nerve fibers are designed to only transmit 10% of sensations of pain.  The other 90% of the nerve is designed for function.  Safe to say that your function in life is the one going to be experiencing the loss.  Have your nerves checked for possible subluxation’s affecting your overall quality of life.