Embrace chiropractic! To those of us who discovered early the amazing life-enhancing benefits of chiropractic care, we find it a real shame that so many people remain in the dark. Whether you have an existing problem or you wish to improve your overall health and well-being, visiting a chiropractor can be a positive and beneficial step to better health.
Here I list ten of my favorite health benefits that myself, my friends and family, and our many clients enjoy.
1) Embrace chiropractic to reduce pain
Pain is always the body telling us that something is wrong. Chiropractic identifies the cause of the problem, whether it be postural or the result of trauma, and corrects, allowing the body to heal naturally.
Research and over 100 years of empirical evidence confirm that chiropractic adjustments are highly effective. Chiropractic not only decreases immediate pain and symptoms but also reduces the likelihood of future problems.
2) Decreased dependence on drugs
3) Better Posture
4) Fewer Hospital Visits
Hospitals are full of very unhealthy people, and if you want to stay healthy, you should try to avoid staying in these places as much as you can. We hear of older adults being admitted for something relatively minor but then contracting pneumonia and passing away.
The Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics reported that patients under chiropractic care experienced 43% fewer hospital admissions compared to those under medical care.
5) Healthier, Happier Kids
6) Improved Mood by embracing chiropractic
Research has demonstrated those suffering from anxiety and depression frequently have dramatic results with chiropractic care. These dramatic results occur because chiropractic has been shown to improve hormone balance. Decreasing the bad stress hormones, such as cortisol, and increasing the good hormones, such as dopamine and norepinephrine, makes a big difference in how the brain and body works and how a person feels.
7) Fewer Colds and Flu’s
Research, together with huge empirical evidence, indicates that Chiropractic patients have incredibly strong immune systems. Ronald Pero, chief of cancer prevention research at New York’s Preventative Medicine Institute, measured 107 individuals who had received long-term Chiropractic care. The Chiropractic patients were shown to have a 200% greater immune competence than people who had not received Chiropractic Care.
8) Embrace Chiropractic for Reduced Healthcare Costs
Chiropractic care has been clearly shown to be more cost-effective than the medical approach of drugs and surgery. For example, the 1993 Manga Report published by the Canadian government concluded:
“There would be highly significant cost saving if more management of low-back pain transferred from physicians to chiropractors. Users of chiropractic care have substantially lower health care costs, especially inpatient costs, than those who use medical care only.”
9) Embrace chiropractic for improved Sleep
There are numerous reasons you may suffer from poor sleep, but most will usually be associated with stress, or aches and pains. Sleep deprivation is a destructive and extremely unhealthy affliction that is increasingly widespread in this modern stressed out world. Sufferers would often do anything for a peaceful nights sleep and all to often turn to unhealthy pills for the answer.
Chiropractic can help enormously here, as very often stress is held in the spine and the nervous system within. Gentle chiropractic adjustments reduce pain, improve function, and reduce the anxiety associated with spinal misalignments, which often interfere with sleep patterns. In a double-blind study published in 2005, one-third of the chiropractic patients reported that their sleep patterns improved immediately after chiropractic adjustments.
10) Slows Down the Aging Process
Slowing down the aging process is my favorite advantage of receiving regular chiropractic adjustments.
By staying in alignment, you will suffer less arthritis and maintain a healthier immune system. You will ask smarter questions regarding health and make healthier decisions.
You will maintain better posture, walk taller, and be able to exercise longer into life. While your friends and associates are suffering the seemingly inevitable degenerative changes associated with aging, you will be running with the dog on the beach and living life large. You will get to enjoy your grandchildren, and you won’t become a burden to your family. To me, this is what it is all about.
We strongly believe that chiropractor should form an essential part of your halt care team. They are well trained, naturally minded professionals who undergo a rigorous education in the healing sciences, similar to that of medical practitioners. In fact, in some areas, such as anatomy, physiology, rehabilitation, postural correction, exercise, and nutrition, they receive more education than medical practitioners. If you wish to keep your family healthy and not succumb to all the degenerative conditions that wreck the lives of the majority then a chiropractor should certainly be part of your health care.
If you have any further questions about Chiropractic that we haven’t addressed here, then please call us or fill out the contact form in the right sidebar. We would love to help you get a greater understanding of the wonderful benefits of receiving regular chiropractic care.