Spinal manipulation therapy and the immune system… As promised, this week we’ll be talking about how you can optimize your immune system with chiropractic treatments. I hope that you take a brief moment each day to read this 5 part serious. This is an important, yet all too often understated, advantage of routine chiropractic care. Even if you’re in “good health”, or “pain/injury free”, routine visits to your chiropractor can still offer you an enhanced health regime, by focusing on longevity, vitality, and disease prevention. With eighty-one percent of Americans taking at least one medication per week, disease prevention should be on the forefront of everyone’s mind.

Prevention, rather than “pill popping”, would save you time, money, and possibly even your life. However, between popping an acetaminophen for joint pain, then a narcotic when that’s no longer enough, to taking an antibiotic to fight an infection or illness, we’ve become a pill reliant society. Unfortunately, we are, in too many cases, cutting off our nose to spite our face. I’m not suggesting that you stop taking a medication that has been prescribed to you by your doctor, in fact, my advice is against that. My suggestion is, however, that you talk to your doctor about alternative treatments. For example, chiropractic aliments have been proven to assist your body’s natural healing responses. The benefits of chiropractic treatments go much further than relieving neck and back pain.