Researchers have found that the brain definitely sends nerves directly to organs of the immune system and not just to the heart and the lower gut. In that way, too, the brain is influencing the body.

Elizabeth Blackburn

How does chiropractic care impact our body’s immune system?

This is going to be your basic crash course in chiropractic. The quick version.

• Chiropractic adjustments address misalignments (subluxations) in the spine to help the body function better (optimally).
• Chiropractic adjustments involve a chiropractor (a person with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree that has been licensed by their individual state) using their hands, or an instrument, to restore normal motion and function to a subluxation.

Now that we have that SUPER QUICK crash course out of the way, here’s a little bit more of an explanation.

The brain and spinal cord are the mainframe computer of the whole body. The nerves exiting the spine are like the wires going to other work stations in your body. The work stations are your muscles, your skin, your organs, your immune system, etc. The signals traveling back and forth through that wire system can be slowed or completely stopped by numerous things, including subluxation. Subluxation (misalignment in the spine causing impaired nerve function) causes a “road block” in the body’s ability to communicate with itself (brain-body connection), so the work stations work at a lesser capacity.

Enter: CHIROPRACTIC CARE!

Chiropractic care (chiropractic adjustments) removes subluxation from the body and restores proper communication between the brain and body! The signals traveling from the mainframe computer (brain and spinal cord) through the wires (nerves) to the work stations (various systems of the body) get there with obstruction.

Enter: IMMUNE SYSTEM

Chiropractic care works this way with the immune system (a work station of the body). Chiropractic care corrects subluxation in the spine, which improves the signal intensity and frequency to the immune system. The immune system functions more like a well-oiled machine, instead of an old jalopy!

Basically,…

The most important advice we can impart to you is to make sure you’re taking care of yourself, too. Prioritizing chiropractic care as a HEALTH tool (not a tool you use once you’re already sick) can help the entire family maintain a healthier state of being. Making healthy lifestyle decisions can improve your immune system response greatly! Stay healthy, friends!

Nourish Family Chiropractic offers comprehensive chiropractic care for the whole family! Text our office phone (336) 756 – 7105 to find out about our Nourish Family Wellness Plans!