Chiropractic and the Immune System

Are you interested in decreasing you asthma and allergy symptoms?  Do you want to boost your immune system and decrease your odds of getting sick this year.  The following study may be of interest to you.

In 2004, a research article* was published that observed the relationship between allergic diseases and thoracic spinal misalignments.  Researchers studies 3,013 allergic disease patients who suffered with dermatitis, asthma, pollinosis, hay fever, allergic coryza, etc.  They discovered that 2,733 of these patients had chronic vertebral misalignments in their thoracic spine.  These patients were treated with spinal manipulations that focused on correcting these spinal misalignments.  As a result of the treatment, 70% of the patients reported an improvement in their allergy symptoms.  These results suggest the possibility that nerve compression secondary to vertebral misalignment in the thoracic spine had a negative effect on human immune function leading to symptoms of allergies.  It also suggests that removing nerve compression by restoring proper vertebral misalignment has a positive effect on the immune system, leading to decreased allergy symptoms and increased health.

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*Yasuhiko Takeda, Shouji Arai: Relationship Between Vertebral Deformities And Allergic Diseases. The Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery. 2004. Volume 2 Number 1.