How can Chiropractic Care help with cold and flu?
What is a cold and what causes them?
The common cold is caused by viruses that affect the nose, throat, voice box, and sinuses. It is different than other bacterial and viral infections of the respiratory tract, in that it does not present with a fever. Symptoms typically include a stuffy, drippy nose, scratchy throat, congestion, and watery eyes. The important thing to understand about these viruses is that breathing them does not make you sick. In fact, research has shown that viruses planted directly in the mucous lining of the nose only caused the subject to become ill 12 percent of the time. The key for germs to thrive is a fertile environment (a weak immune system).
The Common Approach Challenge
Standard western medicine offers several “remedies” that can help people with colds to feel better but doesn't really do anything to help you function better. And in function, we mean to create a healthier immune system. Yes, it is miserable to deal with a cold, but you become healthier when you "suffer" a cold. Think about this - a cold virus enters the body and in order to combat the virus your body turns on its healing power of the Sneeze, cough, runny eyes and more. The virus doesn't cause these symptoms, the body reacts to the virus with these defenses. Sneezing is a way to eliminate the virus. Coughing is your body's way to remove the infection from the chest and and to prevent it from moving further into the body. Runny eyes helps to remove the infection from the eyes. Stuffy nose prevents the infection from moving up into the brain. It is your body's PROTECTION. The more we remove these protections by the medicines that make us feel better, the more harm we do to our natural defenses.
How Chiropractic Care Can Help
Chiropractic care is not a cure for the common cold however, regular chiropractic care will increase a person’s natural resistance to colds because the body can have a stronger immune system. This natural resistance also helps overcome a cold virus faster in the event when one does get sick.
This natural resistance we are talking about is your body’s ability to function optimally which can only happen if you are free of subluxations. Vertebral subluxations are misalignments in the vertebrae of your spine. They prevent proper nerve flow throughout your body and lower your natural resistance. Dr Ranicki’s job is to find subluxations and correct them with spinal adjustments. When the stress on the nerves is cleared, the body functions at a much higher level. This is the best form of prevention available.
What is The Flu?
Typical symptoms include fever, backache, runny nose, congestion, joint pain and muscle soreness, and throat irritation or cough and usually last three to four days. Although most people experience the flu as an annoying illness, it can, at times, escalate to more serious problems like pneumonia. As with colds, common medical practice will not help to cure the flu. In fact, lowering a fever will reduce your body’s defense against disease since it is your body’s way of helping to destroy infection.
Do Flu Vaccines Work?
There is great debate over the effectiveness of flu vaccines. Studies have found that people injected with the flu vaccine often present with negative side effects including paralysis and sometimes even death. Each year, thousands of people are urged to get the vaccine. The truth is, treatment effects may be scarier than the flu itself.
The cold and flu viruses are present in our everyday lives. This presence alone will not cause an illness. Getting adjusted by a chiropractor regularly will increase your natural resistance and the ability to overcome any illness at a much faster rate. In addition, eating a healthy, low-sugar diet, exercising regularly, getting an adequate amount of quality sleep, and cutting out stress from your life can help you to stay your best all year round.
Here is an article from the American Chiropractic Association with some additional helpful hints.
What is a cold and what causes them?
The common cold is caused by viruses that affect the nose, throat, voice box, and sinuses. It is different than other bacterial and viral infections of the respiratory tract, in that it does not present with a fever. Symptoms typically include a stuffy, drippy nose, scratchy throat, congestion, and watery eyes. The important thing to understand about these viruses is that breathing them does not make you sick. In fact, research has shown that viruses planted directly in the mucous lining of the nose only caused the subject to become ill 12 percent of the time. The key for germs to thrive is a fertile environment (a weak immune system).
The Common Approach Challenge
Standard western medicine offers several “remedies” that can help people with colds to feel better but doesn't really do anything to help you function better. And in function, we mean to create a healthier immune system. Yes, it is miserable to deal with a cold, but you become healthier when you "suffer" a cold. Think about this - a cold virus enters the body and in order to combat the virus your body turns on its healing power of the Sneeze, cough, runny eyes and more. The virus doesn't cause these symptoms, the body reacts to the virus with these defenses. Sneezing is a way to eliminate the virus. Coughing is your body's way to remove the infection from the chest and and to prevent it from moving further into the body. Runny eyes helps to remove the infection from the eyes. Stuffy nose prevents the infection from moving up into the brain. It is your body's PROTECTION. The more we remove these protections by the medicines that make us feel better, the more harm we do to our natural defenses.
How Chiropractic Care Can Help
Chiropractic care is not a cure for the common cold however, regular chiropractic care will increase a person’s natural resistance to colds because the body can have a stronger immune system. This natural resistance also helps overcome a cold virus faster in the event when one does get sick.
This natural resistance we are talking about is your body’s ability to function optimally which can only happen if you are free of subluxations. Vertebral subluxations are misalignments in the vertebrae of your spine. They prevent proper nerve flow throughout your body and lower your natural resistance. Dr Ranicki’s job is to find subluxations and correct them with spinal adjustments. When the stress on the nerves is cleared, the body functions at a much higher level. This is the best form of prevention available.
What is The Flu?
Typical symptoms include fever, backache, runny nose, congestion, joint pain and muscle soreness, and throat irritation or cough and usually last three to four days. Although most people experience the flu as an annoying illness, it can, at times, escalate to more serious problems like pneumonia. As with colds, common medical practice will not help to cure the flu. In fact, lowering a fever will reduce your body’s defense against disease since it is your body’s way of helping to destroy infection.
Do Flu Vaccines Work?
There is great debate over the effectiveness of flu vaccines. Studies have found that people injected with the flu vaccine often present with negative side effects including paralysis and sometimes even death. Each year, thousands of people are urged to get the vaccine. The truth is, treatment effects may be scarier than the flu itself.
The cold and flu viruses are present in our everyday lives. This presence alone will not cause an illness. Getting adjusted by a chiropractor regularly will increase your natural resistance and the ability to overcome any illness at a much faster rate. In addition, eating a healthy, low-sugar diet, exercising regularly, getting an adequate amount of quality sleep, and cutting out stress from your life can help you to stay your best all year round.
Here is an article from the American Chiropractic Association with some additional helpful hints.
