Benefits of Chiropractic Care

Preventing Cold and Flu with Chiropractic Care

As the winter months are moving in the flu is sure to follow. The cause of the cold and flu is a loss of our body’s ability to adapt to the environment. This adaption or homeostatis is controlled and coordinated by the central nervous system (CNS). When the CNS is fully functioning, this ability to adapt can overcome outside stresses and keep us healthy. When it cannot keep up, overwhelming stress is like a power surge on a breaker switch. The increased demand causes the breaker to flip. The flip in your body is the spinal segments being pulled out of alignment. When your breaker goes off the power goes off in your house. When the spinal segments go out of alignment communication between your brain and your tissues is lost. Now with the CNS not fully functional your ability to resist the cold is lost.

Winter Stress can cause CNS pressure, headaches, neck pain and back pain

The hypothalamus at the base of brain regulates the bodies temperature. When those with interference to the CNS, elderly or infant with immature CNS are subjected to extreme changes in weather the hypothalamus is challenged. When spinal misalignments are present there is interference to the function of the hypothalamus, your bodies ability to adapt to temperature is lost. This adaption to internal temperature is something individuals are completely unaware off. Meaning it happens innately with out you thinking about it. When it works and it gets cold you put on a jacket, turn up the house thermometer and your body also turns up its own internal thermometer the glandular system. Your immune system is kept functioning at a high level and you adapt to any virus’ or bacteria.

In the presence of interference to the CNS a low functioning hypothalamus prevents regulation of temperature, alerting you to protect yourself and decreases immune function. Now the spinal segments are stressed, bones are pulled out of place, the breaker switch is in the off position. The resulting interference can cause headaches, neck pain, back pain, cold and flu.

Chiropractic Adjustment Reduces CNS Interference

When the weather turns cold stress can arise with the holiday season, chiropractic adjustment can restore your body’s breaker switch and allow you to adapt to the environment keeping you free of pain and disease. 

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Heart rate changes in response to mild mechanical irritation of the high cervical spinal cord region in infants
-Forensic Science International
Volume 128, Issue 3, August 28, 2002, Pages 168-176
L. E. Koch, H. Koch, S. Graumann-Brunt, D. Stolle, J. M. Ramirez and K. S. Saternus

“In first world countries, sudden infant death (SID) is the most common cause of death during the first 12 months of postnatal life.”

In this study, infants between 1 and 12 months of age were given upper neck chiropractic adjustments if they were thought to be at risk of sudden infant syndrome, by noting “asymmetries in the horizontal and sagittal plane of body posture and motion.” [Postural and segmental chiropractic subluxation complexes]

Asymmetry in the atlanto-occipital-C2 region was determined by x-rays.

“For the chiropractic therapy the infants were positioned on their back while the chiropractor was sitting perpendicular to the child's head. Great care was taken that the infant was comfortable before the impulse [adjustment] was administered. The impulse [adjustment] was applied to the side of the asymmetry.”

“How safe is chiropractic treatment for young infants?”

“The chiropractic therapy has proven to be a successful technique which can be used to treat disorders, especially cerebral disturbances of motor patterns of various etiology (wryneck, c-scoliosis, irritation of the plexus brachialis), sensomotoric disturbances of integration ability (retardation of sensation and coordination), as well as pain related entities such as cry-babies with ‘3-month colic’ or hyperactivity with sleeplessness.”

“In older children disturbances of this kind are known as retardation of development in motor patterns as well as in sensory abilities.”

The epidemiological prevalence of such disturbances is as high as 17.8% of children.

“Chiropractic treatment seems to be the most successful therapy which helps to treat such disorders.”

“Therefore, chiropractic treatment and manual therapy have become increasingly popular over the past decade.”

“We can report more that 20,000 children treated without serious complications.”

“Thus, our findings are consistent with the possibility that a minor mechanical irritation of the cervical region may trigger the first step in the events that lead to SID.”

“Children with a disturbed symmetry of the atlanto-occipital region could be of higher risk for SID.”

http://danmurphydc.com/Koch.short.pdf

 Did you know....

popularity of chiropractic is at an all-time high!

• 80% of Americans will suffer back pain now or at some point in their lives.

• Back symptoms- the most common cause of disability for individuals under the age of 45.

• 20% of the American military medical discharges are due to low back pain.

• More than 20 million Americans seeking chiropractic care this year.

• Chiropractic has been around for more than 100rs.

• Right now there are approximately 50,000 chiropractors in the United States - 10,000 in Japan - 5,000 in Canada - 2,500 in Australia - 1,000 in the U.K. - and 100-500 in each of Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, South Africa, and The Netherlands.

• In the western world 85% of people will be disabled by back pain at some point in their lives.
Spine 12(3):264-268.

• 1992 costs associated with low back pain in the U.S. were estimated to be $60 billion.
The Manga Report - 1993.

• Nearly 30% of the U.S. population aged 18 and older have used chiropractic.
The Gallup Organization - 1991.

• WCB studies indicate a 45-55% saving in overall costs when treatments are provided by a chiropractors instead of a medical doctors.
California, 1972 - Wisconsin, 1978 - Florida,1988 - Utah,1991 - State of Victoria, Australia, 1992.

• 9 out of 10 chiropractic users feel their treatment is effective.
The Gallup Organization - 1991.

• 58% of those using chiropractic considered it an essential part of their heath insurance package.
The Gallup Organization - 1991.

• "Chiropractic patients were 3 times more satisfied with their care than patients of family practice physicians."
Western Journal of Medicine - 1989.

• "Chiropractors are now accepted as a legitimate healing profession by the public and by an increasing number of physicians."
The Manga Report - 1993.

• "Chiropractic is a growing component of the health care sector, and it is widely used by the population."
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, and Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, January 1992.

• 94% of all spinal manipulations are performed by chiropractors.
RAND Corporation.

Chiropractic of the Carolinas has decided to join the rest of the world and start a blog, it's about time! I will be blogging along with our staff and even our doctors about interesting facts about chiropractic to stories or experiences in and outside of the office. This is the opportunity for you, our patients, to learn more about chiropractic care and get to know the people who help take care of you as well.
 
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