How Does Chiropractic Care Treat Allergies and Asthma?

Many patients find relief for their allergies and asthma when under chiropractic care. This supportive approach can reduce symptoms and help reduce or eliminate the need for medications.

Can a Chiropractor Help with Breathing Problems?More than 26 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with asthma, and approximately 50 million or more suffer from environmental allergies.1 Many of these people have discovered that regular chiropractic adjustments can provide relief.

Allergies create a set of symptoms which reflect the immune system’s reaction to what it mistakenly identifies to be an invading organism. Asthma is a more serious condition where exposure to pollutants or stress triggers shortness of breath, wheezing, and coughing. The airways constrict as the result of irritation, making it hard to get enough oxygen during an asthma attack.
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​How Does Chiropractic Care Help Reduce Asthma and Allergy Symptoms?

​Allopathic medicine provides a maintenance approach to these conditions, using inhalers and medication to control symptoms. Chiropractic treatment for asthma or allergies offers a supporting therapy that provides these benefits:

• Realigning the spine to improve nerve function
• Improving circulation to the lungs and sinuses
• Regulating blood pressure
• Calming the immune system​

By creating the best possible environment for healing and encouraging the immune system to work as it should rather than over-reacting, patients may use their inhaler less often and experience fewer allergy or asthma attacks.2

For those with asthma or severe allergies, there may always be a need for emergency inhalers, injections, and/or daily preventative medication. At McCann Family Chiropractic, we will work with you and in cooperation with your other doctors to help improve your well-being and quality of life.

Breathing Easier with Supportive Chiropractic Care

At McCann Family Chiropractic, Dr. Matt will do a full evaluation and provide a recommended treatment plan to help reduce your symptoms and relieve any contributing factors which might be impeding the proper function of your immune system. As part of a total wellness approach, we might recommend:

• Regular chiropractic adjustments to improve nervous system function.
  
• Massage therapy and relaxation techniques to reduce stress-related triggers.
  
• Recommended dietary changes, herbal remedies, or nutritional supplements.
  
• Therapeutic exercises and stretching techniques to maintain the benefits between adjustments.
  

Learning about you as an individual is an important part of building a relationship of trust and support together. As we get to know more about your unique system stresses, past injuries, and environmental challenges, there may be other alternative therapies we can offer to provide chiropractic sinus relief and ease your allergies or asthma.

We look forward to working together toward your optimal health. Contact us today to find out more about how chiropractic care can improve your quality of life!

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1. https://www.aafa.org/asthma-facts/
2.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1479235412000065