Chiropractors are well-known for being able to relieve neck and back pain as well as muscular tension and discomfort. However, those who regularly see a chiropractor know many of the true health benefits of chiropractic care. Chiropractors are experts in total body wellness and reducing stress on the nervous system. They understand how each part of the body works in relation to the rest of the body allowing them to find the true root of your pain, removing any interference and promoting homeostasis allowing the body to heal itself.
Do you suffer from:
- Chronic headaches
- Hypertension
- Allergies
- Asthma
- Joint pain
All of these conditions can be treated by a chiropractor naturally in a drug-free environment.
Chronic Headaches
Chronic headaches can be caused by a number of factors – stress, tension, inflammation, muscle tightness, and more. Chiropractors have the ability to prevent, treat and ease discomfort of headaches and migraines. For example, one of the most common causes of a tension headache stems from vertebral subluxations in the neck or upper back. This means there is a slight spinal vertebral misalignment in that area creating tension in the nervous system, muscle spasms and ligamentous tightness causing head pain. This happens often in people with desk jobs or who work on the computer for extended periods due to poor posture or recurrent-repetitive motions. A chiropractor will help keep your spine in proper alignment, reduce muscle spasm and ligamentous tightness, as well as help you re-educate your posture in an effort to resolve the headaches and prevent them from returning in the future.
Hypertension
Hypertension, also commonly referred to as high blood pressure, can be reduced through regular chiropractic adjustments and natural treatment protocols. One chiropractic adjustment has been proven to have the same effect as two blood pressure-lowering drugs in several recent studies. When a chiropractor removes vertebral subluxations (spinal misalignments), the body is able to create a homeostatically balanced environment, allowing your blood pressure to normalize naturally. These spinal vertebral subluxations can impinge nerves, disrupt normal smooth blood flow, and impede proper communication between the brain, heart and blood vessels. Nervous system interference can have negative effects on the circulatory system causing blood vessel constriction, increasing the internal arteriole and venous pressures, whereby driving up your blood pressure!
Allergies
Believe it or not, regular chiropractic adjustments can help some individuals combat seasonal allergy symptoms. Chiropractors work with the nervous system to receive and transmit proper signal perception between the brain and body. Spinal vertebral subluxations, or misalignments, can cause a focal irritation or nervous system tension in the spine. This creates an abnormal signal perception in the central nervous system that is not always received correctly by the brain or transmitted back to the body. The improper forgoing response can cause a hypersensitivity reaction, which in turn will cause irritating allergic reactions to occur. If the body has trouble perceiving its environment in relation to itself, than an improper response or reaction can occur…..this can be perceived as an allergy! By seeing a chiropractor who can regular adjust vertebral subluxations, the symptoms of an allergic reaction can be reduced.
Asthma
Also by working with the nervous system to relieve tension and stress, chiropractors are able to help those with Asthma relieve some of their symptoms. Several factors can contribute as to why Asthma occurs in some individuals and not others. One factor chiropractors see frequently is when an irritation occurs to the nerves that control and supply the lungs causing the airways and ducts to constrict, making it difficult to breath. A chiropractor is able to help bring the body back to its original state of homeostasis and balance by releasing tension in that focal spinal area, allowing the nerves and organs (lungs) to function properly. Additionally, asthma sufferers from a purely musculoskeletal perspective, may have issues with their ribcage or intercostal muscles not functioning correctly, postural imbalances, or spinal misalignments . Chiropractic care can help fix these issues, whereby allowing the lungs, ribs, diaphragm and thoracic cavity to function normally and promote normal respiration.
Joint Pain
You probably know that chiropractors are well-versed in treating neck and back pain successfully, but that’s not all they know about. They can help relieve pain or correct dysfunction from almost anywhere in the body, including the knees, hips, ankles, feet, hands, wrists, shoulders, and elbows. Sometimes the aforementioned extremity areas can be of localized pain, dysfunction, or various syndromes, other times those areas can be a source a referred pain from spine. No body part works independently, nor can proper pain-free range of motion occur without unimpeded nerve impulses transmitted from the spine. Joints are connected via ligaments and muscles move the joints, this is all controlled by the nerves that exit the spine and the signal impulses that the brain sends through the nervous system. Chiropractors are experts when it comes to the spine, extremities, muscle function, and restoring proper range of motion. Therefore, they are able to help restore normal function and relieve pain and discomfort from almost anywhere in the body, not just your neck and back.
If you’re experiencing chronic pain, headaches, hypertension, allergies, asthma, muscle or joint pain, or any other health condition that you feel isn’t being properly treated, call us for a free consultation. Dr. Philip Altieri has been successfully treating patients with proven long-term results in the Toms River area for over 20 years. Our office offers the latest in treatment techniques and advanced treatment protocols to help you obtain the very quickest results possible.
