Prepare for the Season with an Immune System Tune-Up

Fall is here and so is flu season. Increase your odds of fending off illness by doing your part to make sure that your immune system is primed and ready. Research has shown that the health of your spine can have a direct effect on the ability of your immune system to operate efficiently. This is due to the relationship between the nervous system and the immune system of your body.  Your spinal chord houses a large network of nerves, each charged with the responsibility to be defensive messengers against the bacterial forces that your body daily encounters and fights off. Spinal misalignments can cause interference with your nervous system which then affects your immune system.  If nerve pathways are obstructed, your immune system will never receive the messages it needs to fight off bacteria and microbes that invade your body. Chiropractic adjustments ensure that the nerves of your spine are free to send the messages your immune system needs.  Researchers in New York found that people committed to chiropractic care for more than five years demonstrated 200% greater immune function that those that didn’t seek treatment.  Visiting our expert chiropractic health providers and doctors at Texas Spine and Sports Therapy Center in Austin, Texas, can give your immune system a boost for fighting off illness and debilitating allergies.

Immune-System Related Ailments

Chiropractic physicians at Texas Spine and Sports Therapy Center support the science that for total body wellness you have to approach your body from the inside out.  Through regular chiropractic adjustments, you allow your body to attain better balance and appropriate system responses. Your immune system relies on nerves to send messages to the brain. When your nerves are compromised, your system suffers.

Do you find that you get sick often and can’t find a reason why? Scheduling a consultation with one of our chiropractic physicians is the first step to being well and staying well.  Our chiropractors will ensure that your immune system is primed and ready for whatever comes its way. Properly aligning your spine can safeguard your from immune-system related ailments like:  allergies, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, fibromyalgia, headaches, obesity, hypoglycemia, high blood pressure, heart disease, osteoporosis, and thyroid conditions.

The Nervous System and Immune System Relationship

The New York Times on May 13, 1993, reported in an article entitled: Nerve Cells Tied to Immune System, that the first anatomical connection between the nerve system and the immune system had been discovered. This connection pinpointed the relationship between the nerve cell endings and the white blood cells–both key parts to immune system functions. This research supports the need to observe to how the nervous system is functioning in order to attain total body wellness and maximum immune system defense.

Treating the Overactive System

Overactive immune systems cause different kinds of challenges for patients that suffer from them. Your brain, spinal cord, and the nerves that travel through your body regulate and control your immunity.  Stress, poor posture, irritated nerves, or unhealthy lifestyle habits can magnify your system response. Through chiropractic care at Texas Spine and Sports Therapy Center, we can diagnose, adjust, and treat these triggers to balance your immune system response.

The Link Between the Endocrine System and Immune System

Your immune system is also linked to your endocrine system and can greatly impact your body’s ability to fend off illness. The endocrine system uses epinephrine (also known as adrenaline), nor-epinephrine, and cortisol.  These molecules are produced in the adrenal glands which have direct connections with your nervous system through the sympathetic nervous system.  Cortisol is a stress hormone that inhibits the immune system (which is why stress really can make you sick!)  So if the sympathetic nervous system is overstimulated due to stress and subluxation, it can increase the adrenal glands’ synthesis of cortisol, inhibiting the immune system.

Immune System Tune-Ups with Spinal Adjustments and Lifestyle Changes

As a patient of Texas Spine and Sports Therapy Center, we prescribe specific adjustments and lifestyle modifications to minimize joint inflammation and nerve irritations in your body.  When spine and joints are out of alignment it puts extra strain on your joints. This extra pressure increases inflammation. While some of these misalignments and resulting conditions are products of normal aging some come from injury or lifestyle choices. Chiropractic care realigns the spinal bones to balance the neurological response. Restoring balance naturally boosts the healing response required for properly treating illness and disease.

Call for a Spinal Health Consultation

Regular attention to the alignment of your spine helps restore vitality and pain-free living.  Texas Spine and Sports Therapy Center provides you with the team approach you need to get to your desired goals safely and efficiently.  Conveniently located Near Seton Hospital on 38th Street in Austin, Texas, our team of multidisciplinary providers are trained and skilled to provide you with the regenerative medicine treatment you seek.  Call us at (512) 806-0015 today to make an appointment.