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Oct 06
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Nerve System vs Immune System – It’s that time of year!

By | ADHD, Allergies, Asthma, athletes, Benefits of Chiropractic, Chiropractic Myths, depression, Ear Infections, emotions, energy, fibromyalgia, kids chiropractic | No Comments

Fear and stress weaken the immune system faster than anything else.” -unknown

Who has become ill and not gone to the chiropractor because they think the office does not want sick people to come in to get checked and adjusted? I would have to assume it is a fair amount of people who think that is the case but could not be further from the truth. We want sick people in the office! Like we’ve said before, we live our life through our nerve system. Sickness is the lack of adaptation of our bodies because a component of our body is not performing correctly, hence the immune system because of an interference within our nerve system. Proper messages cannot be sent to our immune system to function at its best when there is an interference. It is out of every chiropractor’s scope of practice to recommend medication or not recommend medication such as antibiotics but we will say antibiotics eliminate the pathogen immediately, not giving our bodies the chance to fight it off on its own. The reason this is crucial is because the body has a memory system.

Once there has been an exposure of a pathogen, the body will recognize it the second time and fight it off more quickly and effectively because our bodies have seen it before. We are about maximizing your health and focusing on preventative care and therefore getting less sick in the future or being able to make a quicker recovery. With these stressful times of our economy, the nerve system is under attack as well as our immune system. Know better and do better! Be pro-active and not re-active when it comes to your health! We focus on function, not feeling!

Do your body a favor and get checked to stay healthy this season!

How Chiropractic Care Can Boost the Immune System
4 Ways Chiropractic Strengthens Your Immune System
Sep 18
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Tics and ChiropracTIC

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TICS and ChiropracTIC

“Look to the nervous system as the key to maximum health”. – Galen

When we think of motor tics, they are quite the inconvenience when trying to perform daily activities, especially in children when they have less control than adults. Motor tics stem from built-up tension and stress in the nerve system and that is displayed in the form of involuntary motor movements. There are several different varieties of motor tics, they can occur with shrugging of the shoulders, twitching of the face or mouth clenching and opening. The intensity of the tics is usually affected by external factors such as emotional stress, growth spurts, the changing of seasons, or compromised immune systems can all amplify the effects of motor tics. These motor tics often occur with anxiety, Autism, and ADHD due to the bombardment of stress and tension on the nerve system.

The central nerve system is made up of the brain and spinal cord and they are responsible for relaying messages throughout the body. When there is a misalignment of the spine (subluxation), there is a decrease in the connection between the brain and the rest of the body. For example, when a lightbulb is glitchy, it’s a connection issue. The same goes for the body, when there is a glitch in our body, it is either becoming bombarded with information or lack thereof. As we’ve stated before, we live our life through our nerve system. When a muscle spasms, the muscle is not responsible, the nerves innervating that muscle are the cause of the spasm because there has been a disconnect in that area and the brain is having trouble controlling that region due to the lack of communication in the nerve system.

Do not wait for something to go wrong before seeking care, be pro-active and give your body the best chance at combating the stresses of life! Your body will thank you!

New Research Shows Promising Results Using Chiropractic Neurology for Tourette’s Syndrome Treatment
https://www.elevatechiroaz.com/addressing-motor-tics-in-children/
Manage Tourette’s Syndrome and Tics with Chiropractic Care
Sep 08
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Seasons Changing

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“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.”
― Anthony J. D’Angelo

Seasons change and adapt – how about you? As we welcome the hint of autumn in the air, it’s a great time of year to celebrate the system that controls all the others. Our nervous systems are constantly – and often quietly – allowing our body, soul and spirit to adapt and respond to the world around us. Whether (or weather!) it’s getting used to sunsets happening early enough to enjoy them again, regulating the excitement and challenge of new school activities, or simply channeling blood flow away from our arms and legs to keep our core warm on a chilly morning, the nervous system is responsible for coordinating the rest of your body’s systems. One major way it accomplishes this balancing act is by tuning the 2 branches of the autonomic nervous system, the division of our nervous system that regulates the functions we don’t consciously control. The sympathetic branch is like the “gas pedal,” stimulating stress responses, keeping blood pressure from dipping too low, providing a burst of adrenaline for your upcoming exam…or dealing with that grizzly bear on the trail! The parasympathetic branch is like a “brake pedal,” helping us relax and digest our food, enjoy bonding moments with family, or lower our heart rate when relaxing by the lake. This happens without us thinking about it.

Sometimes though, as the body responds to the various stresses of life it can get stuck in an excess of sympathetic response. This may lead to high cortisol and adrenalin, causing a variety of symptoms such as depression and anxiety, or difficulty sleeping or thinking clearly. Chiropractic care doesn’t put anything into or removing anything from the body, but focuses on caring for the nervous system by removing any interference to the “innate intelligence” or programming we all have from the womb. Often this is through decreasing sympathetic activity and stimulating the parasympathetic response. The body is very smart! It may just need a little adjustment to keep us adapting and changing optimally with the seasons, stresses, and joy of life. Rather than staying “in shorts” when the days get chilly, we all naturally adapt to the changes around us. Likewise, getting adjusted allows our highly responsive nervous systems to regulate the less obvious functions of the body so we can function at peak potential – whatever the season. 

Welcome the CHANGE!

https://www.drdavischiro.com/the-effect-of-chiropractic-care-on-your-nervous-system/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8023121/
Aug 26
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The Real No-See-Ems

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“It is not the germs we need worry about. It is our inner terrain.” – Louis Pasteur

It is about that time when school is back in session! School means around more people and more people means potential for illness. One should never live in fear because of germs we cannot see. It contributes to keeping us healthy! Our bodies are always adapting to the environment around us. Being part of the outside world sets our bodies up for success by exposing ourselves to pathogens that fill the air or on surfaces in our daily life. Once we stop exposing, our bodies begin to stop adapting. Once our bodies are exposed to certain pathogens that are a threat, sickness/illness is our body fighting off that pathogen. These pathogens can be viral, bacterial, fungal infections, parasites and cancerous.  

There’s a variety of different white blood cells that have specific purposes for the defense of our immune system and these white blood cells are stored in our spleen and bone marrow waiting on standby ready to be utilized when needed. Our bodies have a memory bank that can recall that specific pathogen by creating proteins called antibodies which act as a quick reaction force attaching itself to the pathogen that has been in contact before with a previous encounter and our immune system will remember it and destroy it more quickly than the first time. This is called adaptive or acquired immunity which is the most effective immunity method.

When it comes to antibiotics, they destroy or inhibit the growth of all bacteria, whether it’s good or bad, there is no differentiation between the two. They also reduce the function of immune cells and if enough antibiotics are consumed often, the body will build a resistance to them so if a serious infection comes along, antibiotics will not be able to have enough of an effect to fight it off. The good Lord gave us an immune system, an innate intelligence! Man-made substances are not meant to be consumed consistently. Our bodies are not made for it. “Nature needs no help, just no interference.” WE live our life through our nerve system and that means our nerve system controls our immune system!

Get checked! Stay Healthy! Bring on the germs! They build our immune system!

Antibiotics Found to Weaken Body’s Ability to Fight Off Disease
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220513/Antibiotics-disrupt-the-immune-system-in-the-gut-leading-to-fungal-infection.aspx
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/21196-immune-system
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/the-immune-system
Aug 05
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Use That Grey Matter Between The Ears!

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Use That Grey Matter Between The Ears!

“The brain is a muscle that can move the world.” -Stephen King

We are going to discuss the most important component and main control center of our bodies, thee brain! There are four lobes which make up the brain: the frontal lobe (anterior aspect) the parietal lobe (mid superior aspect), the occipital lobe (posterior aspect) and the temporal lobe (lateral aspect). Each of these lobes partake in a different role on processing information and perceiving the world around us. The frontal lobe is responsible for initiating thoughts, decisions on actions, initiating actions, reasoning, and personality. The frontal lobe is pretty much who YOU are. The brain does not develop until the age of 25 and it develops beginning from the posterior aspect and making its way to the frontal lobes which are the last to develop and structure connections.

The parietal lobe gathers information from the frontal lobe, cerebellum, and brainstem. It helps process your sense of touch whether it be temperature, pressure, vibration, or pain. The parietal lobe also helps you understand your relation to other things around you such as self-perception or proprioception. For example, if you raise your hand above your head, you know where your hand is at in space, you don’t have to look up and see your hand above your head to know it is there. The parietal lobe helps with learned movements that improve with time such as writing which is why you become better at writing the more you do it. Location awareness is another contributor of the parietal lobe meaning if you see a stove and a fridge, you can conclude that you are in the kitchen.

The temporal lobe is responsible for memory processes as well as language by understanding the meaning of objects, words and forming sentences. If you saw a shovel, you would know it was for digging. This lobe also processes sight and sound.

The last lobe is the occipital lobe. This lobe mainly contributes different forms of vision such as spatial processing with shapes textures, color processing to distinguish different colors, distance and depth perception to differentiate how near or far an object is. The occipital lobe is further responsible for facial recognition as well.

There’s been a myth about using only 10% of our brain at any given time and that myth has been debunked. We use all of our brain all the time even when we’re sleeping. Our brains are constantly staying active.

Get checked to stay healthy!

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321060#the-10-percent-myth
https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/11-fun-facts-about-your-brain
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/24628-parietal-lobe
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/16799-temporal-lobe
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/24498-occipital-lobe
Jun 25
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X-rays: You Pose. We Expose

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X-rays: You Pose. We Expose

“To see is to know, to not see is to guess.” – Unknown

Does one build a house without blueprints? Absolutely not. That would be a clown show trying to build a house without being able to reference blueprints. The same goes for our spine. Chiropractors want to see the big picture of what they are dealing with. X-rays give chiropractors more insight on the shape of a patient’s spine and what should or should not be adjusted.  A seasoned chiropractor can have years of experience and have very gifted hands to feel up and down the spine for issues but there is a limitation to how much a chiropractor can feel. Therefore, it is the utmost importance to acquire visuals such as the x-rays films to know exactly what the patient’s spine is presenting with. People are born with congenital abnormalities that they may have no knowledge of until x-rays are taken of their spine and a chiropractor’s goal is obviously not to cause more harm, but without x-rays, increased risk is on the table.

X-rays dictate many factors when it comes to the proper care of a patient. The way chiropractors adjust is heavily influenced by x-rays involving what direction of the adjustment, how much force, and what table or instrument is used. Since our bodies are so good at masking pain because pain is usually the last thing to show up, people can live with subluxations (misalignments of the spine), fractures, anomalies or other contraindications without even knowing they are present or have been present for months to years. One cannot emphasize enough the importance of x-rays. They are a major piece to our puzzle of care and patients benefit the most with results when x-rays are performed.

May 21
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Gravity: The Undercover Force

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Gravity: The Undercover Force

“It’s only when gravity starts to take over, you begin to think about your body.” – David Soul

When we think of causes of subluxation, we usually focus on the three T’s: Thoughts, Traumas, and Toxins. Thoughts can be any sort of mental or emotional stress especially with inflation nowadays, financial stress would be a common stress which wreaks havoc on the nerve system. There is also intense mental stress such as events causing PTSD. Traumas are usually anything to do with the physical realm such as falling down the stairs or falling off a ladder. Any type of external force on the body is going to cause our nerve system stress and take time to process that stimulation overdrive. Toxins are another cause of subluxations and those can vary from the consumption of medications, vaccines, processed foods and the preservatives that are within them. Our bodies are continuously meant to have natural ingredients and therefore the reasoning for a significant amount of side effects that are consistently stated when it comes to vaccines or medications.

What keeps us grounded on this earth? GRAVITY! This force is necessary or else we would be floating around and our muscles would begin to atrophy because if you do not use it, you lose it. With that said, the constant forces of gravity can be detrimental on our musculoskeletal system as it is continuously pulling down on our bodies and compressing our joints as well as the discs in between our vertebra. This force contributes to misalignments of the spine and degeneration of those intervertebral discs. When one claims they don’t need chiropractic because they don’t feel pain is like saying their engine doesn’t need oil since their engine has not been ruined yet, it does not make sense. One does not wait until their teeth are rotting to go to the dentist. It is all about being preventative with pro-active care rather than re-active care. Our spines and therefore our nerve system need maintenance because we live our life through our nerve system.

Get checked, stay healthy!

https://capecoralfamilychiropractic.net/blog/1128700-the-greatest-stress-on-the-planet-gravity
https://www.piercechiropractic.net/blog/gravity-got-you-down#:~:text=That’s%20what%20Chiropractic%20care%20helps,equally%20across%20your%20skeletal%20system.
Apr 22
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Thou Shall Not Self-Manipulate!

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Thou Shall Not Self-Manipulate!

“The more specific we are, the more universal something can become. Life is in the details. If you generalize, it doesn’t resonate. The specificity of it is what resonates.” – Jacqueline Woodson

Most things require some form of specificity and if a general method is applied, usually the results are non-satisfactory. The same goes for our spine, our spines and therefore our nerve systems need specific attention, not general adjusting to cause the cavitations (noise made from the adjustment). There are specific problems that need specific solutions to get to the root of the issue.  Self-manipulating compensations is not the answer for the correction of actual problems.

When self-adjustments are made or should I say self-manipulations because they are not specific adjustments, the popping noise (cavitation) is the release of nitrogen gas from bubbles in the synovial joint fluid in the joint space. At the same time, endorphins are released which is a natural pain killer so even though it may feel relieving, it is more than likely causing harm than good. Furthermore, the residual from endorphins is short-term because the main issue is not corrected and that is the reason people can continue to perform that manipulation for months to years since the compensation is addressed, and not the primary cause. When there is a subluxation or a misalignment of the spine, the joint is fixated meaning it’s not moving like it should and the body responds by compensating and makes the vertebra above or below hypermobile (increased movement) and it is the hypermobile vertebra that is being self-manipulated. Self-manipulation increases the laxity of the ligaments which decreases their ability to do their job by helping to hold bones in place.

When you feel the urge…RESIST! Do not cause unnecessary harm and stress to your spine. Avoid the temptation by doing better because you know better! Get checked and stay healthy!

https://www.ameriwellclinics.com/why-self-adjustment-is-a-bad-idea/
https://ianthechiro.com/blog/self-chiropractic-adjustments-risks-safe-alternatives
https://www.wellnesschiropractor.com/blog/116920-the-bad-habit-of-self-adjusting
Apr 01
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Subluxation Nation!

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“To get rich, never risk your health. For it is truth that health is the wealth of wealth.” -Richard Baker

What is Chiropractic? What is the essence of why we do what we do? A true chiropractor seeks to find and correct vertebral subluxation and “A subluxation is the condition of a vertebra that has lost its proper juxtaposition with the one above or the one below or both; to an extent less than a luxation; which occludes an opening, impinges nerves and interferes with the transmission of mental impulses” (Stephen’s Chiropractic Textbook).

 Let’s break that down, so loss of juxtaposition is the misalignment of the vertebra in the spine, an occlusion of an opening is the narrowing of the intervertebral foramina which are the black holes that are seen on the lateral or side view of the spine on an x-ray. These black holes are responsible for nerve transmission meaning that hole is the exit for a spinal nerve root that comes off the spinal cord. When a subluxation is present, impingement on the nerve is involved meaning pressure and when there is pressure on the nerve, there is going to be an interference of that nerve, therefore the interference is going to decrease the function of wherever that nerve goes whether it be a muscle or organ etc. And let me tell you, it does not take much to decrease the function of a nerve…. the weight of a dime….A DIME will decrease a nerve’s function by 60%. It’s also not the bone itself that is putting pressure on the nerve causing interference of the brain and body communication but the surrounding tissue such as fat tissue, connective tissue and blood vessels.

What is the function of the nerve? It is to transfer information from our brain to our body by way of something called mental or nerve impulses which contains an electrochemical energy current and information that the brain needs to send to the rest of the body to operate properly. In essence, chiropractors restore the ability of the brain to send the mental/nerve impulses to the body by removing subluxations of the spinal column that cause interference. Stay healthy and get checked!

Stephen’s Chiropractic Textbook

Chiropractic Philosophy, Strauss.

Mar 21
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Pursuing the Z’s!

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“Sleep is like the golden chain that binds our health and body together.”

I cannot be alone when I say sleep is crucial for daily function. It improves our strength, mental clarity, mood, energy, memory, and immunity. One cannot simply live without it. Unfortunately, lack of sleep has been normalized and we have been conditioned to “deal” with it. According to the American Sleep Association, 50-70 million people in the nation undergo some variation of a sleep disorder. Chronic sleep deprivation and those sleepless nights accumulate negative effects that build on top of each other over time.  Lack of sleep long-term can lead to depression, anxiety, heart issues, and high blood pressure.

How can chiropractic help? By improving the nerve system function through chiropractic adjustments, that in turn causes our muscles to relax and settle down which would otherwise cause restlessness since your body does not get a chance to calm down when those muscles are hyper-activated. By letting our bodies relax, it utilizes its energy more efficiently so the body has a better chance to decompress at the end of the day. Chiropractic adjustments also contribute to increased blood supply which allows oxygen to be thoroughly transferred throughout the body to muscles and organs which then increases their function and productivity while not wasting unnecessary energy.

The sleep-wake cycle is controlled by a circadian rhythm and that is controlled by the nerve system. By having subluxations (misalignments) in the spine, it disturbs this rhythm and can negatively alter the sleep cycle. A study published by the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics discovered patients under chiropractic care saw improvement in the length and quality of their sleep. Furthermore, in the Journal of Sleep Medicine and Disorders, a study was published resulting in significantly improved sleeping patterns with chronic pain patients.

Not sleeping is NOT normal! Bring harmony back into your life with restful sleeps. Get checked and give your body the best chance at functioning properly!

https://www.semlowchiropracticclinic.com/post/the-connection-between-chiropractic-care-and-improved-sleep
https://www.valleyspinalcare.com/blog/how-chiropractic-care-can-help-with-sleep#:~:text=Chiropractic%20treatments%20help%20to%20alleviate,the%20end%20of%20the%20day.
https://www.cuyahogafallschiropractic.com/chiropractic-care-improves-sleep-quality/