When springtime comes, are you one of those unfortunate people who spends the entire season coughing and sneezing? Allergies and allergic reactions are no fun. While generally not life threatening, they can make day to day living a misery. Your eyes water constantly. You seem to cough and sneeze at the drop of a hat. You find yourself reaching for over the counter allergy medicine several times a day, and it helps, but only some. Is there anything else you can do?
Actually, yes there is!
Allergies are your body’s way of expelling things that have gotten into your system that it regards as threats. That’s why your body responds the way that it does. Many people who pay regular visits to their chiropractor, however, have reported a generalized (and often dramatic) improvement in their allergy symptoms.
At first glance, that may seem surprising. It shouldn’t really. Chiropractic therapies do a lot more than just crack your bones. That is, of course, what they’re best known for, but this type of therapy has a lot of other benefits besides better musculoskeletal alignment. For one thing, the therapy provides you with better blood flow and circulation. Here, we’re not just talking about the circulation of your blood, but also of your lymphatic fluids.
Even in people with relatively poor circulation, blood obviously still flows, because your blood supply has an advantage that your lymphatic system does not – the heart is its pumping mechanism. Your lymphatic fluids have no pump, relying on the movement of your body to help circulate those fluids, and your lymphatic system is what’s chiefly responsible for keeping you fit and healthy.
In addition to improving circulation though, chiropractic care also benefits your nervous system. When your spine is misaligned, nerves can become pinched. These pinched nerves send signals through the body that may confuse your immune system into action when it’s not needed. This can cause your immune system to jump at any little intrusion, which of course, makes allergy symptoms worse.
Don’t let allergies get the better of you. There’s a good chance that chiropractic case can reduce, and in some cases, even eliminate them. You’ve got nothing to lose by finding out, and everything to gain.
