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One of the many benefits of Chiropractic care is it can provide excellent help toward fighitng against and warding off the flu.  Spinal adjustments provided by chiropractors have an excellent track record in increasing the immune function of the body and helping it to stay healthy - especially during cold and flu season!

The reason for this success is because Chiropractic works to increase the function of the immune system.  It does so by correcting spinal misalignments, known as subluxations.  These subluxations are known to cause interference with the proper function of the nervous system by placing pressure or stress upon the nerves themselves.  As the nervous system controls all bodily functions, including those of the immune system, chiropractic adjustments go a long way toward contributing to overall health and wellness.

The interaction between the nervous and immune systems has been shown to be positively affected by chiropractic adjustment.  “Through research, we know that Chiropractic has beneficial effects on immunogobluins (a natural occurring antibody), B-lymphocytes (white blood cells), pulmonary (lungs) function and other immune system processes,” said Dr. Matthew McCoy, who serves as the editor of the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research.

One such study tested the response of white blood cells as important infection fighters.  When a Chiropractic adjustment was applied to the middle of the back, it was found that white blood cells were present in significantly higher number than prior to the adjustment.  These white blood cells are what find and destroy invading viruses and bacteria, including the flu virus!

Chiropractors are concerned with the total well-being of the individual and educate their patients toward positive health and lifestyle choices.  Regular adjustments, getting ample rest, drinking adequate water, regular exercise, choosing a proper diet, and correctly  using multivitamins and minerals are essential to staying resistant to colds and flu.

In Health,

Dr Jason Hoisington

Healthcare costs are skyrocketing.  Insurance premiums continue to rise year after year, while insurance coverage for the patient is decreasing.  The healthcare system cannont be sustained at the rate we are going.  It si true that healthcare reform is needed.  This reform needs to be more than just cutting costs and limiting care in the current medical system.  We can’t continue treating diseases and symptoms while ignoring the causes of these problems and expect any real reform to take place.  In the words of Albert Einstein, “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” is the definition of insanity.

Health comes from inside.  We need to do everything we can to ensure our bodies are working well from the inside out, not the other way around.  Chiropractors recognize this and are poised to be the leaders of the reform that is truly needed.  Statistics of patients who regularly utilze chiropractors as their primary care physicians show it reduces the need for:

• Hospitalizations by 60.2%
• Hospital days by 59%
• Pharmaceutical usage by 85%
• Outpatient surgeries and procedures by 62%
• Overall global health care cost by 50%

Numbers tell a story and these numbers clearly show chiropractic can and should play a major role in refoming healthcare and controlling the astornomical costs in the current health care system.  Getting adjusted regularly is a win-win.

See your chiropractor and you will benefit from better health and save money too! 

Dr. Jason

Hoisington Family Chiropractic                  Faribault, MN              507-332-8623

Flu season is here again.  People are lining up at every corner to get their flu shots in hopes of staying healthy this season.  Contrary to popular belief, the flu shot is not very effective at preventing the flu or flu related deaths.  The real key to staying healthy at this time of year (and always) is having a STRONG IMMUNE SYSTEM.  This is our primary defense against the flu and any other invader that tries to take over our body.  It prevents illness and helps you recover should you become ill.  You might ask “What can I do to ensure my immune system is in great shape to keep me healthy?”

HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR BOOSTING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM:

• Get Adjusted:  When you get adjusted you increase immune function.  Research shows Chiropractic to have an influence on white blood cell and antibody levels (which are important components of your immune system)
• Eat a Healthy well balanced Diet:  Give your body the fuel it needs to run well.   You wouldn’t put diesel fuel in a gasoline engine.  Your body also needs proper fuel to function
• Limit Sugar:  Sugar wipes out your immune system.  Soda, candy, sweets, treats, and juices are loaded with sugar.  Also watch out for and limit High Fructose Corn Syrup (which is also sugar) in many of the processed foods we eat.
• Exercise:  This will give your immune system a boost!  It increases blood supply and oxygen to your body, which is important in healing.
• Get Enough Rest:  Sleep is vital to staying healthy.  Your body needs sleep to recover and heal from the daily grind.  Minimum of 6-8 hrs.
• Vitamin D:  The sunshine vitamin.  If you live in Minnesota between September and May you are low in vitamin D and need to supplement.  It’s important not only for your immune system but also for combating the winter blues (also called Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD)
• Probiotics:  This is the good bacteria that lives in the intestines and is important in maximizing your immune health.

Health comes from inside.  Following these tips will have your body in great shape to stay healthy this winter.

Spring is here at last!  For those of us living in the upper Midwest it is an exciting time of year.  Sub-zero weather is in the rearview mirror and we can look forward to sunshine, budding trees and blooming flowers.  For millions of Americans it is also a time for their dreaded allergies to come back to life.  Itchy watery eyes, dripping noses, tickly throats and sneezes are here.  For this reason many people dread spring rather than look forward to enjoying the beautiful outdoors.  Allergies do not necessarily have to be a life sentence.  There is hope.

Allergy sufferers have praised chiropractic for over a century.  Many have experienced dramatic improvement or elimination of their dreaded allergy symptoms as a result of chiropractic care.  Chiropractic care is not a treatment for allergies however.  The goal of chiropractic care is to locate and correct a serious type of spine and nervous system stress call the vertebral subluxation complex.  By releasing stress on the nervous system, chiropractic permits the immune system to function more effectively:  something all allergy sufferers need since a nervous system with less stress functions more efficiently.

One review of patients at a chiropractic college clinic found that pediatric patients commonly had complaints of allergy, ear infection, sinus problems, bed-wetting, respiratory problems and gastrointestinal problems.  Complete or substantial improvement occurred in 61.6%.[i]

For over a hundred years chiropractors have, by reducing nervous system stress caused by vertebral subluxations, helped people adapt better to all the stresses in their environment, including those relating to allergies.

Let chiropractic help you build better health from the inside!