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Dr. Donald Bolt, your Oxnard Chiropractor, knows that it might surprise you to know that chiropractic adjustments can help your asthma symptoms. Finding out as much as you can about alternative treatment for asthma and getting the kind of help you need is extremely important. A greater number of Americans than ever before say they are suffering from asthma. It is one of this country’s most prevalent and costly diseases. In fact, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, each day 40,000 people are absent from school or work because of asthma; 30,000 people undergo an asthma attack; 5,000 people visit the emergency room due to asthma;1,000 people are admitted to the hospital due to asthma; and, 11 people die from asthma.
Allergens or irritants that are breathe into the lungs, and result in inflammation that clogs and constricts airways, are most often the cause of asthma symptoms. Symptoms include laborious breathing, wheezing, coughing, and constriction in the chest. In severe cases, asthma can be deadly. Pharmaceuticals may temporarily decrease the symptoms of asthma, but there is no medical cure.
Despite the fact that chiropractic is not a treatment for asthma, per se, current research published in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research documented the results experienced by 81 children with asthma who were given chiropractic adjustments. The two-month study reported that those under care experienced a 45% decrease in the number of “attacks” and that 31% of the subjects voluntarily decided to decrease their medication.
You are probably wondering how an adjustment of the spine affect respiration, and just what technique a chiropractor uses to reduce the persistence and severity of asthma attacks. Chiropractic adjustments remove nervous system interference. Almost all of nerves that are in charge of bodily functions exit between the spinal vertebrae and continue to their destination. This includes those nerves that affect the respiratory system. If restricted, nerves that are in charge of the diaphragm can have a profound effect on how beneficially the respiratory system functions. It isn’t inexplicable, then, why so many men, women and children receiving chiropractic adjustments report augmented breathing and an abatement in their asthmatic symptoms.
Chiropractic may be beneficial for you, or someone you love, who has asthma, if it is generated by, or aggravated due to spinal subluxation. Call Dr. Bolt, your Chiropractor in Oxnard, today, to find out if chiropractic adjustments can help you to breathe a little easier.
433 W. Channel Islands Blvd Oxnard, CA, 93041 USA
info@chiropracticoxnard.com • 805-985-6867
