why checking your spine for potential problems is a good idea

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Back pain relief

 

A study of more than 100 adults with chronic lower back pain looked

at the relative benefits of yoga, conventional therapeutic exercise,

and the instructions from a popular back pain book.

Those who took weekly yoga classes for 12 weeks experienced the

greatest decrease in the need for pain medication, and the biggest

increase in function.

Viniyoga, Physical Therapy, and The Back Pain Handbook

The study participants were between 20 and 64 years of age, mostly

women in their 40s, and suffered from chronic back pain. One group

took classes in viniyoga, an easy to learn style of yoga that

emphasizes safety.

The second group attended therapeutic exercise classes taught by a

physical therapist. The third group was instructed to read a copy of

The Back Pain Helpbook.

78 Percent Improved

78 percent of the group taking yoga classes improved by at least two

points on the Roland Disability Scale, which assesses how easily

people can perform daily. 63 percent who took the exercise class

experienced an improvement of at least a two points, as did 47

percent of those who read the book.

Use of Pain Medication Dropped by Almost Two-Thirds

In addition, by the end of the study, only 21 percent in the yoga

class were taking pain medication, down from close to 60 percent at

the start. Use of pain medication in the exercise group dropped to

some extent, but the number of those who read the book using pain

medication increased from 50 percent to 59 percent.

Yoga may be effective in helping with back pain by making people more

aware of how they move their bodies. However, a larger study may be

needed before yoga can be said to be better than other therapies for

this purpose.

 

Correction of Sublaxation

 

With a spinal adjustment your doctor of chiropractic will correct or

relieve your vertebral subluxation complex. Remember, the

chiropractic purpose is to relieve spinal pressure on all your

nerves, including those that go to the digestive system.

 

 

 

Water

 

Along with spinal health it has been discovered that drinking water

(about 8 oz. an hour) can correct many digestive problems, including

ulcers, constipation, colitis and dyspepsia and that most people are

dehydrated and don't know it.

 

 

 

Research

 

As early as 1921, it was discovered that spinal abnormalities could

cause stomach, esophagus, duodemum and intestinal disorders. Later

87% of a group of adolescents suffering from duodenal and/or gastric

ulcer were found to have " pelvic distortion " and " blockage " in the

spine.

 

 

 

Spinal care has helped those with dysphagia (difficult swallowing)

and " abdominal nausea. " The famous researcher Maigne has written

relief of interference of the nervous system helps digestive pains

and " pseudo-ulcers, " others find spinal adjustments help " dyspepsia

and epigastric distress. "

 

 

 

In one fascinating study scientists surgically created an artificial

vertebral subluxation in rabbits; within 2 ½ minutes there were

changes in the stomach and duodenum. " These changes could make the

upper gastrointestinal tract vulnerable to disease and dysfunction. "

 

 

 

Of 100 people with stomach and duodenal ulcers, 86 had spinal

abnormalities of the area that supplied the stomach with nerve

fibers. Spinal misalignments produce disease by irritating the nerves

that supply various organs and correction of the spinal problem

relieved stomach ulcers, gastritis, colitis and spastic constipation,

according to others.

 

 

 

The job of a chiropractor is to ensure that the stomach and the rest

of the digestive system are receiving an unobstructed nerve supply.

 

 

 

In Conclusion

 

The digestive system can weaken, work improperly, and fall prey to a

multitude of diseases. The job of the chiropractor is to ensure that

the stomach and the rest of the digestive system (as well as all the

other organs of the body) are receiving an unobstructed nerve supply.

This promotes body harmony, enhanced ability to cope with stress and

improved resistance to disease. Remember, if the nerves are impinged

upon by vertebral subluxations, no amount of drugs will relieve the

pressure. A chiropractic spinal adjustment is what your body needs.

Postscript: You can always benefit from a healthy spine no matter

what disease or condition you have. It is as important for healing as

proper nutrition. A doctor of chiropractic will remove your spinal

nerve stress (vertebral subluxation complex) to help you better tune

in to your natural innate healing ability (your internal healer) for

better physical, mental and emotional healing. That is the goal of

your doctor of chiropractic: to strengthen your inner healing

ability. Are you, your family, your friends carrying the silent

killer; the vertebral subluxation complex, in your spines? Only a

chiropractic spinal checkup can tell.

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