Is Chiropractic Care Considered a Safe Treatment Option for Asthma?

sthma is not simply a health issue that causes difficulty breathing but a medical condition that if not properly treated can lead to death. Today, the number of people who live with the effects of asthma has skyrocketed. The significant increase in asthmatics is due to diets consisting of processed foods that cause allergic reactions and high levels of environmental pollutants. While some people control asthma using more conventional methods, many people have turned to chiropractic care.

Asthma is a life-threatening illness that commands proper maintenance and treatment. Because chiropractic care takes an entirely different approach compared to standard medicine, people want to know if it is a viable treatment option. Of course, people with asthma want something that will work but also a treatment that is safe. With growing interest in alternative medicine, we felt it important to offer information on the subject of asthma control in the form of chiropractic care.

Proper Diagnosis and Symptoms

Before treatment can begin, an individual suspected of having asthma would need a firm diagnosis. After all, there are other health issues that cause similar symptoms so seeing a doctor would ensure the right illness is being treated but also help determine the best treatment plan. In addition to taking patient and family history, a doctor would conduct several tests and consider clinical presentation to determine if asthma is in fact the problem.

Regarding symptoms, there are actually a number of things a person would experience with asthma. The most obvious is difficulty breathing, which is the result of a person's airway narrowing and becoming inflamed. However, chronic coughing, wheezing, and a tight sensation in the chest are also expected. Even when an asthma attack is minor, the experience can be frightening, especially for children but during a full-blown asthma attack, the situation becomes dire.

Asthma Attack Triggers

Most people who have asthma also suffer from allergies, which is one of the primary triggers for an attack. However, some of the other things known to trigger an asthma attack include the following:

Cold weather
Cigarette, pipe, and cigar smoke
Pet dander, especially from cats
Exercise
Food preservatives
Specific food items such as some fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, shrimp, and other shellfish, cow's milk, peanuts, eggs, wheat, and soy
Obviously, these and other triggers should be avoided at all costs but regardless, someone with asthma would need to be on a maintenance plan to prevent attacks. Some people take medication and use inhalers to fight off attacks while other people turn to the benefits offered by chiropractic care. In addition, some asthma suffers get the most relieve with a combination of both.

Chiropractic Care for Battling Asthma

Multiple studies have been conducted in recent year to determine the effects of chiropractic care on asthma. The results show that children and adults who get regular spinal adjustments, achieve significant improvement. The improvements were seen as fewer numbers and less frequency of asthma attacks but also less severity.

By using spinal adjustments, misaligned vertebrae (subluxation) are put back in the proper position, which allows signals traveling down nerves to reach various parts of the body. Because of this, the entire body functions better but this also allows healing to take place naturally. Keep in mind that in addition to correction of Vertebral Subluxation Complex reducing the effects of an attack, this also prevents attacks from occurring in many instances.

Chiropractic care causes no pain, is 100% natural, produces no bad side effects, and works in an effective and safe manner. These are all benefits for adults who live with asthma but even more beneficial to children. Compared to conventional medicine and standard treatments, it is easy to see that chiropractic care for asthma is a better solution for many people of all ages.

Dr. Rick Galla, Chiropractor. Do you have asthma? Are you looking for a natural solution? Tired of being on medication and the serious side effects? Then please come to my office to see if you have nerve interference (subluxation) affecting the function of your lungs. Thermography and electromyography will