Common Sense For The Common Cold

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Common Sense For The Common Cold

The common cold and some common sense!  Personal contact is decidedly the most likely way in which cold like symptoms are contracted.  So, are we supposed to just hibernate during the season and avoid any contact with other people?  That could work, and it would be very boring at the same time.  When your body does respond to the common cold the first line of defense is going to be sneezing and maybe a runny nose.  These can be very annoying and we are told by many advertisements to suppress these signs and symptoms.  Sneezing is a way your body defends against the common cold when your immune system senses attackers in your nasal and sinus cavities.  Coughing is another way your body defends against the common cold, yet ads in magazines and television say to take a cough suppressant or a pain reliever for a fever.  Your bodies immune system uses coughing to get rid of unwanted invaders in the throat and chest.  Pain reliever for a fever?  FACT: Viruses and bacteria cant live in higher temperatures, hence your bodies response to produce a fever to provide inadequate conditions so the invaders die.

The common cold and chiropractic! Of course we have to involve chiropractic in this discussion!  When your nerve system is free of subluxations (what chiropractors find and correct) your resistance to “catching” common cold’s are at its optimum.  Chiropractic allows your body to ward off sickness and disease by allowing your nerve system to function the way it is supposed to be, which means your immune system is 100% as well as all your other systems!  Chiropractors are the only ones that access and correct subluxations that rob your nerves of their full potential (your body’s full potential).  Chiropractic is the best PREventative measure for the common cold.

Natural Health Source In Kalispell

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Natural Health Source In Kalispell

Natural health source that is untapped in Kalispell, Montana.  Well, really this natural health source is untapped in areas all around just like Kalispell, Montana.  This natural health source coming in the form of chiropractic.  Chiropractic is as natural and as safe for the human frame as any claims can be made.  At Carlson Chiropractic Offices in Kalispell, Montana we are going to educate you that your body has the ability to heal on its own.  Your body has the ability to adapt to stressors that you put in its path.  So, you think of natural health source and chiropractic.  Doesn’t mean we are wearing hemp bracelets and releasing golden white doves for healing powers!  We are addressing and only addressing your nerve system.  Your nerve system has the power and controls all that your body has to offer. Your brain/nerve system is a memory bank. It remembers everything that ever happened to you. Your body is a finely tuned instrument. How the instrument uses the memory bank depends on the function of your spine and nerve system.

Natural health source that comes in the form of a back doctor?  Chiropractor’s are nerve system specialists.  If you want to live a healthier life, make sure your nerve system is functioning to its truest potential.  Ladies and gentlemen it is that simple!  Natural health sources are all around you!  Why is chiropractic considered the ultimate of natural health source’s?  According to Websters Dictionary: Natural: existing in nature and not made or caused by people : coming from nature.  Also, because we are chiropractors so we are extremely biased Chiropractic does not take anything away nor does it give you anything foreign for your body.  You are designed to be healthy, your body ensures this.  Allow your body to be at it’s true potential…naturally!

 

Flu Shot vs Flu Adjustments

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Flu Shot vs Flu Adjustments

The flu shot vs the flu adjustment!  Such dilemmas we face in our society!  Let us begin!  80% of flu-like symptoms are not the actual flu, Barbra Lowe Fisher National Vaccine Information Center.  There is no single virus that causes the flu.  The flu / influenza is a group of symptoms used to describe an illness that is caused by many viruses.  Viruses change or mutate everyday to survive detection and destruction by our immune cells.  There are over 900 strands of the flu and growing.  The shot given to us consists of 3 or 4 of those strands….what about the other ones?  Most of the flu victims each year are precisely the same people who took the flu shot.  Using the industry’s best evidence, flu vaccines are no more than one percent effective at actually preventing the flu– and that’s only during the first few months before they “fade out”.  The effectiveness of annual flu shots has been exaggerated; they have little or no effect on many influenza campaign objectives, including reducing the number of hospital stays, time off work, and death from influenza and its complications, British Medical Journal, Oct. 28,  2006.

Okay!  Let us talk about flu adjustments now!  What are they?  The same as all adjustments, stimulating your nerve system to adapt and overcome…..due to the fact that your nerve system controls how your immune system functions!  No flu shot here!  Chiropractic offices all over the country have front office staff that see hundreds of patients every week.  They are not receiving the flu shots like other places and have not lost any days from work or have had any signs or symptoms!  How does chiropractic increase immunity?  Studies show better coordinate immune response, boost T1 immune cell response, decrease inflammation, etc etc!  1918 Flu Pandemic: Medical doctors in Davenport, Iowa treated 93,590 patients with 6,116 deaths 1 out of 15.  Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, 1,635 flu cases were adjusted, with only one fatality.  No flu shots there!  Allow your body to receive what it needs from within, the way you were designed.

 

 

 

Come Back When You Have Pain….Said No Chiropractor Ever

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Come Back When You Have Pain….Said No Chiropractor Ever

Neck pain leading to your shoulder?  How does this work?  Neck pain that all of a sudden travels and happens to enter into my shoulder region and even down into my elbow and even into my fingertips?  Some low back pain just happened to show up after 2 days and I cannot seem to shake it.  If we use chiropractic like the way it was intended then no chiropractor should ever say come back when its painful.  You can use chiropractic like an ER, and chiropractic does have a message for you, but (BUT) we are missing the light bulb of what chiropractic is.  Well,  first of all let us talk about pain itself so we don’t get off on the wrong track.  Pain is and always will be the last thing to show up physiologically unless a tank hits you, jump off 12 stories and land on your head, get into a fight with Mike Tyson,  you get the picture.  There are some different types of pain that we need to be aware of.

You see when dealing with pain you can break it down into superficial pain (someone cutting your skin) or into deep pain (tendons and tissues that you do not see).  Then you have visceral pain (organ).  Visceral pain once it happens your body is diffuse in nature, less precisely graded and typically accompanied by slowing of the heart, lowered blood pressure, cold sweats and nausea.  Okay, just talking about 3 types of pain here(more to come).  Major premise to understand is that when you first have a response your body will enter protection mode : thirst, electrolyte balance, dysfunction in the respiratory and circulatory system,  flexion reflex, postural readjustment, rubbing….etc etc.  Why does your body do these things when pain comes a knocking?  Your body wants to function, your body works as a 1 unit.  It does not care about pain, it wants to make sure you function….say it again…..it wants to make sure you function the way you should be!  You see when your body throws up a red flag such as a sign or symptom, the sign and symptoms should be your first sign of actual pain!  Do not let pain be a dictating your chiropractic care.  Hence, why you come and just get checked for possible dysfunction in your body!

Chiropractic vs ADHD

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Chiropractic vs ADHD

Chiropractic does not have medicine nor does it treat ADHD.  Chiropractic does not use a class II narcotic drug called Ritalin to suppress our children’s signs and symptoms.  When our children are distracted by their surroundings, have an inability to concentrate, and inattentive to possibly name a few of signs as parents we enter protection mode for our children.    We begin to attack their diet and look for food insensitivity, reactions, anything that might develop occurrences or flareups.  While monitoring the diet is a crucial natural step in the right direction, more can be done.  Chiropractic offers a non-drug and non-invasive method that targets the underlying problems and not just the symptoms.  When signs and symptoms of motor imbalance are apparent, something is working harder than it should be and something else is not working.  There has to be a controlled balance in order for proper development.  If our children’s motor development is in influx and motor activity is hyperactive, people begin to think ADHD.  Chiropractic does not treat nor cure, it allows your child suffering from ADHD to heal from within…naturally.

Let us take a look at chiropractic real quick for a re-cap.  Chiropractic deals specifically with the nerve system which controls all other systems.  Chiropractors check your nerve system and perform specific chiropractic adjustments to spinal vertebrae that become misaligned (subluxated) and cause dysfunction in your body, by acting (pressure) upon our nerves.  Chiropractic allows your children’s communication to run the way it should!  If the transmission is blocked from the brain to our muscles, GI system, respiratory, etc etc, then communication will be in influx causing dysfunction.  If your child is suffering from symptoms associated with ADHD then the time to act is now.  Chiropractic deals with the nerve system naturally.  Chiropractors are trained to identify neurological deficits and symptoms and overcome with healing from within.  No drugs, no dope, just letting the body heal the way it was designed.  Having your child’s nerve system checked to remove interference is something only chiropractic deals with.  Get checked!

Chiropractic and Epilepsy

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Chiropractic and Epilepsy

Does chiropractic and epilepsy have a common connection?  Epilepsy and any kind of seizure is characterized by being a neurological problem.  Chiropractic is not just low back pain.  Chiropractors are nerve system specialists that deal with how your nerves function collectively as a unit.  Epilepsy and seizures occur when abnormal firing is triggered in the brain from your neurons.  Most people have several seconds or minutes before they realize they are going to experience an “episode.”  With no known causes for these individuals we are stuck with giving them medication to cover up symptoms and inhibit communication all together, which means other things in your body begin to become affected as well.  Anticonvulsive medication might in fact help some, but for a good majority they are still suffering.  Chiropractic and epilepsy is not a cure, it is a way to manage the frequency and severity naturally.  Naturally allows your body to become stronger and without relying on a crutch for support all the time.

Chiropractic and epilepsy do have a common connection.  Your brain is designed to keep you functioning at your optimal potential.  Your brains sends messages to every part of your body, and in return your body sends messages back to your brain.  Chiropractic and epilepsy share a connection because the “connection” is what is lost when an “episode” occurs.  Your brains messages are guarded by your spinal bones. If a spinal subluxation (subluxation being what chiropractors find and adjust) occurs in your upper neck region then the connection is lost.  By adjusting the spinal subluxation and allowing your body to function to your potential, you then have a clear connection.  No drugs and no cutting of any sort is involved.  Chiropractic and epilepsy is a solid foundation for those suffering.  From the Journal Of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, researchers looked at 17 children who had received unsuccessful management with anticonvulsive medications.  All 17 children began chiropractic care, 88% of the patients (15 out of 17) experienced significant reduction in the frequency and severity of their epileptic seizures.  Continued research is and will always be ongoing. True corrections that go unreported happen in chiropractic offices every day!  Chiropractic and epilepsy will always have a connection to allow you function the way you see fit.  Get checked.

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Menstrual Pain vs Chiropractic

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Menstrual Pain vs Chiropractic

The infamous menstrual cycle that is a love / hate relationship.  Many females come into the office with secondary complaints of bloating, cramping, and general pelvic pain.  These type of symptoms for your menstrual cycle do not have to be apparent. While many medical doctors will suggest to take analgesic drugs or some sort of inflammatory drug to mask your symptoms and  put toxins in your body, why not address the actual CAUSE.  Yes, there is evidence out there that the pain will be masked and symptoms masked while taking the inflammatory drugs, however you are still putting toxins into your body and covering up the cause!

What can a chiropractor do for me?  Menstrual pain and I don’t have to take drugs?   Chiropractic care can help?  The nerves that control your female reproductive organs to allow you to experience your menstrual cycle are located at the bottom of your spinal column.  If there is a subluxation present you can experience signs and symptoms such as bloating, cramping, and pelvic pain during your menstrual cycles.  The subluxation is what chiropractors find and correct.  The subluxation decreases your nerve supply to your female reproductive organs, thus creating your sings and symptoms.  Many females will come into the office for generic low back pain and do not realize that the pain is associated with their irregular menstrual cycles as well.

Pain is and will always be the last thing to show up (unless you get hit by a truck, plane, steamroller…you get the picture).  Many females patients after the course of adjustments will tell us that their signs and symptoms usually associated with their menstrual cycle are absent! Specific chiropractic adjustments aimed at your cause and not chasing your symptoms can establish clear 100% communication to your female reproductive organs.  So, when the next menstrual cycle comes around your body is clear of interference and ready to rock!