Asthma

Many chiropractors consider their role in caring for people with asthma, especially those subject to severe attacks. They do regular spinal adjustments and check-ups to make asthma sufferers more comfortable by helping relieve the muscle soreness and discomfort that can develop during asthmatic flare-ups.  We commonly find subluxations at the mid-dorsal levels of the spine, which houses the nerves going to the lungs (imbalances are also commonly found on the sEMG we perform).  Chiropractic adjustments may help reduce the frequency and severity of asthma attacks and it is even possible, depending on the cause of the asthma, for it to be completely resolved through proper spinal alignment. The achievements of chiropractic in promoting overall wellness, including enhancing the patient's capacity to cope with chronic ailments, make chiropractors an important part of the health care team that can help asthma patients live more normal lives, minimally encumbered by this medically incurable, but controllable condition.

The principal goal of chiropractic is to remove nerve interference, which often reduces asthma sufferers' need to rely on the many medications prescribed to prevent and treat asthma. These medicines (or combinations of medicines) can have many troublesome and even dangerous side effects, including making patients increasingly dependent on ever-larger doses. Preventing asthma attacks is the key to living a normal life in spite of having asthma. In practical, day-to-day, quality-of-life terms, stopping asthma attacks before they start is better than taking medicines to stop the attack and restore pre-attack normality.

Chiropractors have the knowledge to provide a highly supportive program of "clinical ecology" to teach patients how to identify and avoid the particular environmental factors or irritants that cause their asthma attacks. We can help you pinpoint which causes trigger your attacks and how to keep those causes out of your life. Contact us today!