29 Sep Is Your Immune System Ready for Fall?
Is your immune system ready to fend off this year’s round of bacteria and viruses? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States experiences epidemics of seasonal flu each year. This time of year is called “flu season.” In the United States, flu viruses are most common during the fall and winter months. Influenza activity often begins to increase in October and November. Most of the time flu activity peaks between December and March and can last as late as May. Make sure your immune system’s performance is not compromised by misalignment in your spine that limit nervous and immune system co-functioning. Mile High Spine & Pain Center offers an integrated medical model allowing medical staff to work alongside chiropractors and practitioners of physical therapy. When you become a patient at Mile High Spine & Pain Center, you have a whole team of doctors at your disposal ready to help you in every way they can.
How are Chiropractic Health and Your Immune System Related?
Patients are often surprised to learn about the connection between your spinal health and your immune system. Misalignments in your spine have been shown to disrupt the proper functioning of your nervous system. Your nervous system regulates your brain, spinal cord and nerve activities. It is also charged with managing the chemical reactions between the endocrine and immune tissues that work to keep foreign bacteria from making you sick. Misalignments in your spine can cause interference between your nervous system and brain that cause ripple effects on your immune system. Chiropractic adjustments and spinal manipulation help maintain balance in your autonomic nervous system and stimulate your immune system. Researchers in New York found that people receiving chiropractic care for more than five years showed 200% greater immune function that those that didn’t. Mile High Spine & Pain Center in Broomfield, Colorado, offers our patients regular examinations to help support the immune system so it can fight off illness and debilitating allergies.
The Nervous System and Immune System Connection
The New York Times on May 13, 1993, reported in an article entitled: Nerve Cells Tied to Immune System, that the first anatomical connection between the nerve system and the immune system had been uncovered. The connection that they made was specifically between the nerve cell endings and the white blood cells–both key players in immune system defense. The chiropractic physicians at Mile High Spine & Pain Center know that to achieve total body wellness you have to work on your body from the inside out. By committing to regular sessions with us, your body can achieve better balance and an improved immune response. Your immune system depends on nerves to send messages to your brain. When your nerves aren’t functioning properly, your immune system suffers.
How Does the Endocrine System Fit in?
The nervous system, the endocrine system, and the immune system are linked, and each have an important part to play in keeping you healthy. When it comes to your immune system health, one of the things these three systems have in common is a messenger molecule called interleukin 2 (IL-2) which is commonly referred to as the immune system molecule. The levels of IL-2 and T-cells–key players on your immune system defense team–have been shown to increase following chiropractic adjustments. Spinal adjustments can actually influence and improve your biological immunity.
Spinal Alignments for Better Immune System Performance
Spinal misalignments create neural dysfunctions that are stressful to the body and trigger abnormal actions and poorly coordinated immune responses. To combat this, you need regular chiropractic adjustments to restore proper functioning. Your body has the ability to heal and to fend off disease and illness. Your role as caretaker of your body is to ensure that you are doing everything you can to keep your body tuned and ready for whatever may come its way. Be ahead of the game this Fall by scheduling a chiropractic consult to ensure that your spinal health is intact.
Call for a Immune System Health Consultation
Boosting your immunity through spinal adjustments and lifestyle changes can help you live a happier, healthier life. Chronic illness and pain greatly impact your quality of life. Let us help you find total body wellness and the energy you need to achieve your daily goals. We have brought together specialists, diagnostic tools, extensive examination and cutting edge treatment methods to be used together to provide you with the most comprehensive and all-encompassing plan of care specific to your condition and symptoms. We do not just provide standardized treatments for symptoms. No two plans are alike since no two people are alike. To make an appointment, or to learn more about our state of the art facility and team, contact us at (720) 507-0080 today to schedule your free consultation at our Broomfield chiropractic office!