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The Foundation of Good Health

Benefits of Chiropractic Care

Vertebral subluxations that affect nerves are very common and dangerous. They can affect balance, spinal health, posture, resistance to disease and internal organ health. These spinal misalignments prevent the body from performing at its best and make the body more prone to physical, emotional and chemical stress that lead to sickness, weakness, fatigue and early aging.

Doctors of chiropractic correct this serious, life-damaging, often painless condition. Further with proper nutrition, as these subluxations are corrected, the bodies natural healing abilities perform at their optimum levels. The health improvements mentioned in the following tables identify some of the benefits of subluxation correction.

 

Brain, Stress and Psychological Effects

  • Brain ImageIncreased blood supply to the brain.
  • Improved concentration.
  • Reduced anxiety.
  • Reduced irritability, depression, tiredness and clumsiness.
  • Relief from anorexia nervosa.
  • Improved memory.
  • Greater muscular relaxation.
  • Release of tissue memory.
  • Improved sleep and energy.
 

Immune System

  • Immune system function is enhanced.
  • Improved nerve supply to organs of immunity, including spleen, tonsils, appendix and lymphoid tissues.
 

Breathing and Lung Effects

  • Stress relieved from lungs.
  • Improvement of respiratory function and opening of lungs.
  • Improved breathing ability.
  • Improvement of bronchitis, allergies, sinusitus, common cold, pneumonia.
 

Cardiovascular

  • Heart GraphicGreater nerve supply to the heart and coronary arteries.
  • Improved circulation.
  • Less nerve stress.
  • Normalization of blood pressure.
 

Eyes and Ears

  • Eye GraphicImproved hearing.
  • Relief from vertigo.
  • Recovery from deafness.
  • Improved vision fields.
  • Recovery from blindness.
  • Help for cross-eye and nystagmus (wandering eye).
  • Improved nerve and blood supply to eyes and eye muscles.
 

Upper Extremities

  • Relief from carpal tunnel syndrome.
  • Reduced shoulder problems.
  • Reduced arm and hand problems.
  • Improved upper body mobility.
 

Female Sexual Organ Effects

  • Reproductive Organs GraphicImproved sexual function.
  • More energy.
  • Improved function of reproductive organs, including ovaries, vagina and uterus.
  • Correction of infertility.
  • Improvement or amelioration of gynecological conditions such as menstrual pain, bloating and PMS.
  • Less severe morning sickness.
  • Less discomfort during pregnancy.
  • Easier childbirth and reduced labor.
  • Reduction in menopausal symptoms such as depression hot flashes, back or joint pain, irritability, headaches and/or fatigue.
 

Body Structure Effects

  • Less pressure on body in general.
  • Weight is carried more evenly.
  • Better posture.
  • More balance.
  • Greater energy.
  • Muscles are strengthened and balanced.
  • Trigger points and hot spots are removed.
  • Increased flexibility.
  • Chemical balance is enhanced.
  • Excess free radical production is reduced.
 

Sports Performance

  • Improved reaction time.
  • Increased speed.
  • Improved overall performance.
  • Increased endurance.
  • Improved sense of body position.
 

Significant Children Benefits

  • Improved immune system for greater resistance to disease.
  • Lessening and decreased severity of colds.
  • Absence of decreased intensity of childhood diseases.
  • Help for bet-wetting.
  • Relief from tonsillitis.
  • Fewer ear infections (faster recovery).
  • Improved hearing.
  • Better lung and bronchial health.
  • Asthma relief.
  • Improved IQ scores.
  • Alleviation of attention deficit and learning disorders, autism, neuromuscular conditions, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, juvenile myasthenia gravis, muscular dystrophy, lupus erythematosis.
  • Protections from and possible reversal of arthritis.
  • Bone growth in better relationship to gravity.
 

Nervous System

  • Nerve irritation is relieved.
  • Pathological reflexes are blocked, eliminated or altered.
  • Meningeal stress is reduced.
  • Nerves receive improved blood flow.
  • Improved sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve balance.
  • Homeostasis is enhanced.
 

Neck and Head

Types of Headaches Graphic

  • Relief from headaches including migraines.
  • Relief from head pains, acute and chronic neck pain, acute and chronic whiplash, and post concussion syndrome.
  • Healthier discs.
  • Reduced disc pressure.
  • Disc healing from protrusion and herniation.
  • Better spinal balance.
  • Less wear and tear on joints and discs.
  • TMJ syndrome relief.
 

Male Sexual Organ Effects

  • Improved sexual function.
  • More energy.
  • Improved function of reproductive organs including prostate.
  • Relief of testicular pain.
  • Correction of infertility.
 

Digestion and Elimination

  • Improved digestion and elimination.
  • Improved function of throat, stomach and duodenum, small and large intestines, colon and anus.
  • Relief from ulcers.
  • Greater nerve supply to entire digestive tract liver and gall bladder.
  • Help with kidney, bladder, colon.
  • Improved nerve supply to organs of elimination.
 

Lower Back and Disc

  • Relief from acute and chronic lower back pain.
  • Relief from acute and chronic whiplash.
  • Healthier vertebral discs.
  • Reduced pressure including disc healing from protrusions and herniations.
  • Prevention of future back surgery.
  • Increased low back stability.
  • Hips and spine more balanced.
  • Less wear and tear on joints and discs.
 

Lower Extremities

  • Hips, knees and feet are more balanced.
  • Less pressure on nerves and joints.
  • Better balance.
  • Improved posture.
  • Relief from sciatica and leg pain.
  • Improved lower body mobility.
 

Hormonal Effects

  • Improved thyroid function.
  • Better weight regulation.
  • Diabetes symptoms alleviated.
  • Decreased need for insulin.
 

Joint Effects

  • Joint GraphicProtections from and possible reversal of arthritis.
  • Release of pressure on weight-bearing joints.
 

Significant Infant Benefits

  • Balanced symmetry of facial and cranial bones.
  • Correction of foot and jip inversion, club foot and hip dysplasia.
  • Improved ability to breast-feed.
  • Improvement of colic, pyloric stenosis, constipation and fever.
  • Protection from crib death.
  • Better sleep.
  • Correction of torticollis.
  • Improved neurologic development.
  • Relief from seizures.
  • Reversal of muscular dystrophy.
 

Foot Note

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A book of reference from chiropractic, medical, osteopathic and other sources supporting this research is available from Koren Publications at (800) 537-3001

 

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