Chiropractic adjustments have repeatedly demonstrated improved immune function to those being receiving it. Evidence shows that nowhere do people experience this truth more than when suffering from allergies. Allergies exist because of an immune system problem. Those who receive chiropractic adjustments experience allergy relief.

Many people across the world experience the immune-boosting benefits of Chiropractic. Chiropractic adjustments do not treat allergies or the immune system, they remove interference to the nervous system and allow the body to function and fight like it was designed to do.

A study published in 2004 showed amazing immune-boosting results for a group that started getting spinal adjustments that included allergy relief. In this particular study, 1,028 people had some form of allergies (the most common was atopic dermatitis and bronchial asthma). X-Ray evidence and physical exams proved that 98% of these allergy patients had remarkably similar vertebral misalignments in their mid-back. Over 88% of the people with dermatitis who received consistent spinal adjustments showed massive improvement in skin itching and over 71% showed improvement in overall skin condition. Compare that to 0% improvement of the patients who did not receive adjustments.

This conclusion comes directly from the study: We can state that a treatment that cannot fundamentally treat spinal problems will not fundamentally improve conditions such as atopic dermatitis, bronchial asthma, pollinosis, and allergic coryza.

This study is just another profound example showing how detrimental a vertebral subluxation is to human health. The problem continues to be a lack of education. People who do not know the scientific evidence continue to believe the profiteering message of pharmaceutical companies. All allergy drugs are dangerous and proven to produce nasty side-effects. Chiropractic evidence proves that the solution to most allergy problems already exists within the body. Remove the interference and people are given the freedom to heal without drugs and chemicals. Society desperately needs to understand and receive the life-changing benefits of Chiropractic.

Reference: Relationship Between Vertebral Deformities and Allergic Diseases The Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery 2004; Volume 2; Number 1 Yasuhiko Takeda and Shouji Arai

Have fun this weekend! We will be “back” Tuesday July 7th ready for damage control :)

All jokes aside, please don't forget to pause and reflect on what this day really means for citizens of the United States. Here's a link to help you all remember and for those that are new citizens or visitors to one of the Greatest Countries in History:

http://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/fourth-of-july/

To all our Patients (friends) in Austin Texas and around central Texas, we appreciate and love all of you and thank you for standing by us in the effort to bringing health and wellness through spine corrective care to our community!

Sincerely,

Dr. Daniel

Brandy

Joseph

Remember: Misalignments in the spine influence / alter nerve function, causing ‎back pain,  neck pain, discomfort, organ dysfunction and eventually disease. Our goal is to realign the spine back to health and restore vital nerve flow to your body.

Waiting for Pain is Dumb.

When is the last time someone felt their arteries getting clogged?
Do you know anyone that has ever felt their Diabetes developing?
Did anyone ever complain about the blood clot that was developing prior to their stroke?

Did you know that Chiropractic care and aligning your spine is more than back pain relief?

Like all other diseases, most people wait for symptoms of “back problems” before seeking back pain relief or to get evaluated for alignment of the spine.  Yet, science has proven that “any misalignment” regardless of how you feel, is considered a health risk.  Researcher and Physiologist IM Korr states, “When the motion of intervertebral (Spinal) joints is even slightly amiss, there will be autonomic (organ) effects, with resulting circulatory, metabolic, and visceral repercussions.”

This means that small amounts of abnormal shifts in the spine will cause changes in our organs, blood flow, metabolism, respiration, digestion, hormone balance, et.

Dr. Korr himself experienced changes in his own health from spinal adjustments. When his health was slipping in his early 40's and he was treated by spinal adjustments. After one treatment he went for a walk and found an irresistible urge to break into a jog, which he hadn’t done in years. Soon he was breathing heavily and propped up against a tree when he took a deep breath in and felt his rib cage fully expand, literally tearing several small adhesions. Not only did Dr. Korr recommend spinal adjustment for back pain relief, but for other organ related ailments as well.

There have been countless studies done by medical, Chiropractic, and Osteopathic researchers published in the *Index Medicus on the scientific basis of subluxation or what is called a “Spinal lesion,” it’s negative impact on the central nervous system, and how it “Organizes disease.”

From that moment he described a transformation in his life!

Korr attributes his long life (lived into his mid 90’s) and prolonged intellectual activity to having received quality traditional osteopathic and chiropractic care. Korr passionately showed that the medical approach of glorifying the viscera, which are merely organs designed to maintain the musculoskeletal system (in his view), misunderstands the true nature of the human being.

He enjoyed pointing out that doctors and scientists of that time made the common error (when teaching and creating textbooks) of showing multitudes of nerve endings traveling to each internal organ but only a few scant branches connected to the joint and soft tissue in spinal joints, discs, and muscles attached directly to the vertebrae.

He would laugh as he described this was backwards, since the musculoskeletal system had 90% of the connections with the nervous system.

DO YOU HEAR THAT …..the spine and structure of the body have 90% of the connections to the brain and nervous system.

Roger Sperry, a nobel prize winner on brain research, said

“90% of the stimulation and nutrition to the brain is generated by movement of the spine”!!

Korr helped prove that the spine was much more than just a structure that helped us stand more erect and protected the spinal cord. He pointed out the importance of taking care of the “whole person” in healthcare instead of the reductionist viewpoint of picking out just a diseased organ or part shoving it full of pills or cutting it out all together.

The bottom line is that misalignments of the spine create a sort of stress that causes disease within the body. You will not feel this tiny amount of stress until it becomes so obviously apparent that you're deeply sick with it.

Don't wait for pain to make a choice in life.

A study performed in 2011 revealed the impact of one single chiropractic adjustment on the human nervous system. This is HUGE. Chiropractic care has been thought of as a treatment for pain related disorders only. However, new research is beginning to shed light as to why it's so beneficial when someone hurts. Chiropractic care is all about removing interference within the body. Anything that interferes with your brains ability to maintain optimal function will result in disease.

Recently, scientists were able to take a radioactive analogue of glucose as a marker to measure brain glucose consumption as it would indicate brain metabolic activity after a chiropractic adjustment. Their findings were AMAZING!

8 PhD's and 1 Chiropractor took several participants and scanned their brains Before and After a Chiropractic Adjustment. What they found next was astonishing!

All the patients who received a chiropractic adjustment showed a decrease in parts of the brain related to increased stress levels. Specifically, sympathetic tone was inhibited, salivary amylase was decreased (indicating a decrease in fight/flight physiology), regional brain metabolic changes occurred, and muscle tone & pain intensity decreased following ONE single chiropractic adjustment.

This means that Chiropractic adjustments help to

• reduce emotional stress
• reduce physical stress
• decrease tightness in muscles
• decrease pain intesnity

TELL ME THE SPINE ISN’T ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT STRUCTURES IN
THE BODY THAT MUST BE CARED FOR
FROM BIRTH TO DEATH….

FOR MORE REASONS THAN YOU THINK!

Chronic increased stress hormones are linked through numerous studies directly to a host of diseases including but not limited to cancer, glaucoma, bi-polar disorder, type I & type II diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune disease, osteoarthritis, excessive body weight, hypertension, asthma, immune system function. (“Autonomic and Autocoid Pharmacology” 2009)

This modern study supports the link between chiropractic care including chiropractic adjustments and limbic emotional function based on the changes noted by the PET brain scans. This brings to life the power of a chiropractic adjustment and its proven effect on human physiology. It is my opinion that every one should know about, understand, and be able to communicate the results of this study to their friends, family members and the community at large.

Here's the most important take aways from this article:

1) There is no way to be healthy without a healthy spine.

2) There is no way to know if you have a healthy spine unless you have it checked, regardless of pain or symptoms.

3) The health of your body is dependent on the health of your spine.

4) These are reasons backed by science why you and everyone in your family should have a Chiropractor from birth to death.

References:

Ogura T, Tashiro M, Masud M, Watanuki S, et al. Cerebral metabolic changes in men after chiropractic spinal manipulation for neck pain. Alternative Therapies 2011;17(6):12-7.

Haavik Taylor, H. & Murphy B.A. (2007) “Cervical spine manipulation alters sensorimotor integration: A somatosensory evoked potential study” Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 118(2):391-402

One of the most important parts of a Chiropractor’s job is getting communities to understand the true benefits of how regular adjustments for the spine and nervous system affect every organ and system in the body. Having a Chiropractor on your healthcare team to achieve optimal health and function is no longer just a theory, it is a proven necessity. One of the most effective ways to understand this perspective begins with looking at the devastating effects a bad spine has on human health.

Everyone hears clichés about eliminating bad posture. But few truly know how dangerous poor posture is to overall health. Memories of being told to sit up straight come to mind as much as any other important tip for improving health. A ground-breaking study published in 2004 proved a significant relationship between bad posture and early death from atherosclerosis and pulmonary disease. That statement bears repeating; poor posture directly related to heart and lung related deaths. The actual study determined a 44% higher risk of death in those with the poorest posture. Medical doctors being completely unaware of this data is just as astonishing.

The study pointed out that the posture with the most dangerous influence on heart and lung health was the sitting posture. Sitting posture presents with hunched shoulders, the head forward, a rounded mid-back, and a forward-tilting pelvis. Sixty percent of the entire work force spends nearly eight hours a day in this position at computers and desks.

Poor posture directly relates to the pandemic of ever increasing cases of heart and lung diseases in America. Medical solutions to this problem begin with drugs and surgery. Drugs and surgery not only cover up the symptoms, they have dangerous side effects that reduce quality of life. The true cause of many of these unwanted symptoms and diseases are being overlooked by almost every other healthcare provider except corrective care Chiropractors. Anyone standing in a Chiropractic office stands in a place of corrective health. Every Chiropractic adjustment improves health and quality of life. That statement is not theory, but proven fact.

Everyone needs to be checked and adjusted on a regular schedule.

Reference: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Volume 52 Issue 10 Page 1662 October 2004 Deborah M Kado, MD, MS. Mei-Hua Huang, DrPH. Arun S. Karlamangla, MD, PhD. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD. and Gail A. Greendale, MD.

 This weeks Spine & Wine Topic: Overcoming the Fear of Death

by Kelvin H. Chin, Life After Life Expert

What is Death?

Death is inevitable. But what is death? Is it the end, the beginning, or a transition? How we understand and view death directly affects how we respond to the death of a loved one and how we think about our own death. Helping people overcome their fear of death involves increasing that understanding and can, in some cases, also involve opening one’s awareness and receptivity to one’s past memories that may go back many years, even lifetimes.

Beliefs about Death

It doesn’t matter what your beliefs are about death. Everybody can overcome their fear of death. Whether you’re like my father was — “…stick me in the ground when I die, I’m gone! No body, no mind!”, or whether you believe that your mind will continue to be alive after your body dies, and even if you believe that not only will your mind stay alive, but it can also choose to come back in another lifetime in another body — whichever of the many different beliefs you hold, you can overcome your fear of death.

Why care about the Fear of Death?

Fear is not helpful if you want to lead an effective, productive, happy life. Fear contracts our experience and thinking — it limits us. And the fear of death is “the big one” that most people have — it is only rivaled (according to studies) by the fear of public speaking! The fear of death is like the proverbial “elephant in the room” — no one wants to acknowledge it’s there, and though it is huge and obviously there, we fool ourselves into thinking that if we don’t look at it, maybe it will disappear and go away. Similarly, we don’t want to think about death. We fool ourselves into thinking if we don’t think about how we feel about death, it too will go away and leave us alone. But in reality, the subtle (and in some people not so subtle) fear of death is there lingering in the background just beyond our conscious awareness. And if it hasn’t made itself known to us beforehand, it will very likely rear its head and make itself very painfully known at or near our death. Plus, while it’s there lingering in the background even if it’s just beyond our conscious awareness, it is eating up valuable energy — mental, emotional, psychic and physical energy — that we could be using for other much better purposes — like loving ourselves and our loved ones, performing better at our jobs, creating the next new invention, and being the world’s next most successful diplomat. So, there are some very practical reasons for overcoming the fear of death, sooner rather than later.

My Approach

Each individual’s beliefs and experiences are fundamental to their perspective on death – I respect those beliefs and adjust our discussions accordingly to each audience I address or individual who consults with me. Because my own memories reach back thousands of years, and include many different traditional approaches to death, I can more easily assist others when they are dealing with death head on, and help them to develop within themselves a broader understanding so they can lessen their fears about death now – and then continue on their own until they overcome all those fears. So, as I said, it doesn’t matter what one’s belief is about death.

My Background

I have been involved in self-exploration for many years, and have been lecturing, conducting trainings, and leading workshops for more than 40 years to over 2,000 audiences worldwide. Topic areas span a wide range – personal development and relationships, legal services, negotiations, mediation, and meditation. Recently I was asked by some old friends to rekindle and expand a similar project on death and dying that I began in the 1980s, so now I’ve returned to helping people overcome the fear of death, whether it be a loved one’s or their own. This project on overcoming the fear of death was also discussed as part of a presentation in November 2014 in Alexandria, VA (see www.30thNovember.com for more details). I learned to meditate at age 19 and have continued to teach meditation and other methods of “turning within” to thousands globally over the past 40 years in living rooms, corporations, schools, and on the Internet, both in person and on the phone. I’m a graduate of Dartmouth, Yale, and Boston College Law School, live in Austin, Texas, and have lectured throughout the United States and in 6 other countries.

Contact

For my lecture dates and locations, see the nonprofit charity, Overcoming the Fear of Death Foundation atwww.OvercomingtheFearofDeath.org. My lectures and courses are made available to the public by the Foundation without charge. Contact me with your personal questions or to share your stories and insights with me. I look forward to our next conversation.