Ward Off the Back-to-School Kiddo Germs with Chiro Care

While many think that chiropractors are for musculoskeletal pain, we're actually focused on the function of your nervous system! When tension and stress build up in an area of the spine, it creates interference and overloads the nerve or nerves nearby, creating what is known as subluxation. This subluxation acts similar to a blown fuse in your house. When a fuse blows in your house, certain areas or appliances may not function until that power is restored. Similarly, by finding and correcting any subluxation in your spine, specific chiropractic adjustments help restore power and function to those parts of the body. For many of us, our first subluxation happened during the birth process! (It's why we see so many little ones here.

Now that school is in full swing again, I’ve noticed a lot of families are going through immune system challenges. Our nervous system is responsible for making sure our bodies have the capability to adapt. When a virus goes through a school or class, not every single child will get sick. This has to do with the way their body and immune system handles the pathogens that they come in contact with.

So how does chiropractic care play a role in this?

I’ve noticed that a majority of children who come in to get adjusted have had subluxation patterns - mostly C1, C2, and the sacrum. Okay, what’s that mean in layman's terms? Those subluxation patterns have implications in the immune system and the vagus nerve which helps the body come into balance and get out of fight-or-flight mode which increases adaptability.