Chiropractic Adjustments Keep Your Immunity Up!

Here is an article from Keloland.com about two viruses that are going around.  Chiropractic adjustments help to keep your immunity up to battle viruses and colds.  Have you been in for adjustment lately?

It's that time of year.  Time for coughs, sneezes, runny noses and lately, sour stomachs.

If you or your child has felt a little sick to your stomach these days or maybe you have a cough or are stuffed up, it's probably for good reason. There are a few viruses going around.

It's not seasonal influenza or H1N1 that's making the rounds this winter, rather adenovirus and parainfluenza.

Both can make you very sick.

Adenovirus attacks the respiratory tract, the eyes and the intestine.  It's a frequent cause of diarrhea. So what you thought might have been the stomach flu was something entirely different.

Parainfluenza shares symptoms with another illness as well.

“Runny nose, stuffy nose, you can have fever but you can also have this croupy cough that basically sounds like a seal,” Sanford Pediatric Infectious Disease physician Dr. Maria Carrillo said.

Carrillo says both viruses are typical this time of year and are just that - a virus. That means you'll have to let them run their course.

But look for symptoms that may suggest something more serious like pneumonia. If your child isn't eating or sleeping or just not themselves, it's time to call the doctor.

But Carrillo says if your child has a fever, you don't necessarily need to make an appointment.

“The fever itself is a symptom, basically an alarm or an alert of the body saying, 'Hey, something's going on,'” Carrillo said.

If your newborn has a fever higher than 100.4 degrees, call the doctor right away.  And for older children, anything higher than 101 should be cause for concern.

Carrillo says when it comes to these common illnesses, it's important to use good hygiene.

Since cases of seasonal influenza are showing up across the country, it's important to roll up your sleeve.

“By protecting yourself and we're not talking about only protecting our children, all of the family needs to be protected. Because in that way, we can protect the rest of the community, we can protect the people who cannot be vaccinated,” Carrillo said.

Creating what's called herd immunity, which will keep your family healthy.

Kids and Chiropractic

Adjustments for children can help with multiple problems including colic, indigestion, ear aches and bedwetting.  Here is an article from KELOLAND.com highlighting adjustments for kids.

http://www.keloland.com/healthbeat/NewsDetail6387.cfm?Id=107429

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Chiropractic Care for Bedwetting

Bedwetting: A Natural Cure for an Embarrassing Condition

Bedwetting is one of the biggest sources of embarrassment for a bedwetting child and even more so for a bedwetting teen. Although there are various opinions on both bedwetting causes and bedwetting cures, none of these really matter to bedwetters; the only thing they really care about is finding a way to stop bedwetting, for good.

Bedwetting Affects Children and Teenagers Too?

When you think of “bedwetting,” most people think “children.” Would it surprise you to learn that as many as 2% of all 19 year olds still wet the bed?

There are, of course, different causes of bedwetting in children and teenagers. In children, bedwetting may be an ongoing problem, where a lengthy period of dry nights has yet to be established. This is called primary enuresis (the medical terminology for bedwetting). Secondary enuresis occurs when a child or teenager begins bedwetting after having been dry through the night for an extended period.

Childhood Bedwetting Causes

If you have a bedwetting child, rest assured you have plenty of company. Childhood bedwetting is one of the most common pediatric conditions. Most girls stay dry through the night by the time they reach age six; some boys may still be bedwetters until they reach age seven. This should prove reassuring to parents who expect that their children will stay dry through the night at a much earlier age.
Bedwetting in children is usually caused by some type of condition that they will eventually outgrow. Typically, bedwetting boys are no different from bedwetting girls when it comes to reasons why they wet their beds; however, boys do outnumber girls as bedwetters.
Your child may be a bedwetter because:

• You were one – 75% of all childhood bedwetters have a parent who also was one.
• The communication link between their brain and bladder isn’t mature enough yet to function properly during sleep.
• He or she is a very deep sleeper; therefore, their brain just doesn’t receive the “full bladder” signal.
• He or she may have a lower level of anti-diuretic hormone (ADH). ADH tells the kidneys to stop producing urine when you sleep.
• He or she has a smaller bladder that can’t hold urine through the night.
• Your child is constipated and the bowel is putting pressure on the bladder.

Although many parents once thought that childhood bedwetting was due to laziness, this is far from the truth. What child would actually want to sleep in a wet bed all night? Thankfully, this attitude has changed for the most part.

Bedwetting: Causes in Teenagers and Adults

If it’s embarrassing to be a bedwetting child – how much more shame does a bedwetting teenager face?
In some cases, a teenager might never have achieved any extended period of dryness (primary enuresis); in other cases, the teenager might have been dry at night for years when he or she begins wetting the bed again (secondary enuresis).
Teenage bedwetting has a number of causes, some of which are the same as those for younger children, while some may be related to other causes or conditions:

• Lower level of the anti-diuretic hormone (ADH)
• Smaller bladder
• Deep sleeping
• Medical conditions, such as diabetes, urinary infections
• Stress or other emotional disorders, common to teenagers

Many teens who cannot stop bedwetting are too ashamed to go to ask for help. This can affect their emotional health and cause them to avoid sleepovers and any type of close emotional attachments because they fear that their secret will get out.

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Bedwetting Cures

Usually the parents of childhood bedwetters and teenage bedwetters try a number of different bedwetting cures, without much success. Bedwetting diapers, a bedwetting alarm that is designed to signal when the first drop of urine hits an undergarment, or even bedwetting hypnosis are common bedwetting remedies; in most cases, these solutions are unsuccessful and the bed is still wet.


With bedwetting children, age is typically the “cure.” They simply outgrow it. With bedwetting teenagers, the answers aren’t always as simple, especially if they have never experienced any period of dryness. They are often frustrated, alone, ashamed and lonely, having been teased for years by everyone who found out about their “secret.”


There is an all-natural solution, however, that has demonstrated a great deal of success in eliminating the causes of bedwetting. This solution is available though the sponsors of ChooseNatural.com, chiropractors who have highly developed skills and who receive years of specialized training to locate and correct the causes of bedwetting.


Don’t believe it? Need convincing? Read on…but only if you really want to stop the bedwetting!

Bedwetting Relief with All-Natural Chiropractic Care

We know you might be thinking, “Don’t chiropractors just treat people with bad necks and backs? Or people who have been in accidents or who have had some type of injury?”
Not at all and this is why chiropractic care has become the most popular alternative health discipline. Chiropractic offers bedwetters a drug-free and all-natural approach to reduce, or even eliminate, the incidence of bedwetting…and it works!
How does chiropractic care help to stop bedwetting?

• Chiropractic care locates spinal misalignments that can affect the nerves that travel to the bladder and communicate with the brain.
• Chiropractic adjustments are safe and natural; there are no side effects!
• Chiropractic adjustments attempt to restore proper function to the nerves that control the muscles that are responsible for bladder control. These adjustments can be effective in reducing or even eliminating the number of “wet” nights.

Bedwetting Relief, the Natural Chiropractic Approach

All of the sponsoring chiropractors at ChooseNatural.com are caring and compassionate professionals, who understand the embarrassment and shame associated with childhood and teenage bedwetting. In fact, there’s a good chance that quite a few have had first-hand experience with it themselves, either as a bedwetter or as parents of one.


Chiropractors can’t claim for certain that they can help someone who is a bedwetter. However, they do know that there is a good chance that chiropractic can help stop bedwetting, or at least reduce the frequency of “wet” nights, if the bedwetting is related to a spinal misalignment.


Several research studies have explored the effectiveness of chiropractic adjustments on bedwetters. In one such study, 25 % of children who received chiropractic adjustments experienced a 50 % or greater reduction in the number of wet nights. None of the children in the control group experienced this same result.
If you could be dry 50% or more of the time, wouldn’t you give chiropractic a try? Listen to the testimonials of those who have taken the “leap of faith” and found that all-natural chiropractic care is effective in reducing or eliminating the incidence of bedwetting in their homes.

Take Action Today!

Call one of the sponsors of ChooseNatural.com and feel free to talk candidly about your bedwetting frustrations and concerns. Listen to countless numbers of bedwetting stories, stories of the hope and help that chiropractic gave to children and teenagers who were chronic bedwetters and who are now “dry” through the night.


Call today, after all, what do you have to lose – except plenty of wet sheets, a whole lot of extra laundry, and a very unhappy child? Click here for a Choose Natural sponsor in your area.

Bedwetting Medications

Medical doctors might prescribe medication as a bedwetting cure, especially for teenagers. However, unlike drug-free chiropractic care, use of these medications can produce side effects that are just as problematic as the bedwetting itself!


Listed below are some of the most frequently prescribed medications for bedwetting, along with a list of possible side effects associated with each.

Research Explores Chiropractic's Effect on Diabetes

Here is an interesting article that was posted on the Chiropractic News Website.

 

Released: 2/5/2007 7:25 PM EST
Source: World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA)

 

Newswise — Diabetes is the fifth deadliest disease in the United States and a growing epidemic worldwide. Now, researchers are finding evidence that chiropractic adjustments might be able to make a valuable contribution to an overall program of wellness care to help diabetes sufferers.

A study published in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research (JVSR; http://www.jvsr.com), focused on the positive response to chiropractic when used as part of an integrative treatment in the care of a patient with adult onset diabetes. The disease was diagnosed by a medical doctor.

Along with chiropractic care, the patient also received nutritional and exercise guidance.

The chiropractic care was directed toward correcting misalignments in the spine, called vertebral subluxations, which affect the relationship between the nervous system and organs.

After one month of being on the program, the patient's glucose blood and urine levels had normalized and remained stable. His medical doctor, who monitored his progress, said the patient would not need insulin if the condition remained stable.

According to the author of the research paper, Charles Blum, DC, president of the Sacro Occipital Technique Organization-USA, "It is unclear how much impact chiropractic care might have on the primary or secondary care of patients with diabetes. Further study is necessary to determine if there is a subset of patients with diabetes that might respond to chiropractic care incorporated in a system of other integrated methods of care."

The study was one of several recent research projects exploring the impact of vertebral subluxations on human health and well-being and the potential benefits of chiropractic. In the past, chiropractic was thought to be of help mainly to adults suffering back pain or headaches but current research is showing it has far broader applications.

"This type of study is popping up everywhere," stated JVSR Editor Matthew McCoy, DC. "For more than 100 years, chiropractors have maintained that what they do affects organ system function and general health. Case studies like this demonstrate the urgency for more research funding from the public and private sector on chiropractic and its effects beyond neck and back pain."

The potential for chiropractic to help people with diabetes is a particularly important line of inquiry. Between 1990 and 1999, incidence of disease increased by more than 40 percent. By the year 2000, nearly seven percent of the population was affected. Unless something changes, the future looks bleak. Roughly one out of every three men and two out of every five women born in the year 2000 will suffer from diabetes in their lifetime.

The life expectancy of men diagnosed with diabetes at age 40, is shorted, on average, by 11-13 years. For women, the figures are even more disturbing: their life expectancy is cut by 12 to 17 years of life. The disease also takes a huge financial toll, accounting for about $132 billion of the $865 billion spent in health care in 2002.

"Given the devastating effects of diabetes on people's health and the economic implications it is well worth investigating other treatments like chiropractic for diabetes," Dr. Blum pointed out. "We need to examine if chiropractic can help with improving a patient's sugar handling difficulties or even just help a patient under medication improve their quality of life and only further research and investigations will uncover these answers."

JVSR, a peer reviewed scientific journal devoted to subluxation-based chiropractic research, is affiliated with the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA), an international organization representing doctors of chiropractic. The WCA promotes traditional, drug-free and non-invasive chiropractic as a means of correcting vertebral subluxations that cause nerve interference. An abstract of the research report is available at http://www.jvsr.com.

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Relief for Aching Backs

In an article that was released by Consumer Reports in May of 2009 there was a study done that posed the question: Who helped the most as far as being completely or very satisfied with their back-pain treatments.

               Professional                            Highly Satisfied

Chiropractor                           59%

Physical Therapist                   55%

Acupuncturist                          53%

Physician, specialist                  44%

Physician, primary care            34%

Chiropractic care for treatment of low back pain is a great alternative to the many pain relievers you may be taking in a day.  Call the office to schedule an appointment to see how chiropractic can benefit you!