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Spinal problems affect immune system
Research highlighted in the1989; 12(4) issue of the Journal of Physiological and Manipulative
Therapuetics shows tat the inmune system may well be under direct control of the nervous syslem. This coincides with the discovery of various neurological receptor sites on the surface or while blood cells, part of the body's immune system.
The while blood cells, known as T-lymphocytes, have been found to have receptor sites for chemicals produced by the nerve system called ncurohormones and neuromodulators. These chemicals stimulate or inhibit the activity of the white blood cells.
The research also found that white blood cells also produce the neurohormone and neuromodulator chemicals which suggest that the while blood cells can also communicate with the nervous system.
The autors of the study summarize that spinal misalignments, subluxations, can negatively affect thebody's immune response by illlerfering with the communication link between the nervous system and the immune system. Chiropractic adjustmcnts correct spinal subluxations and help restore this communication link.
By way of commentary, this research simply proves what Chiropractors have known for years, that the nervous system is in direct control of the body's immune system and that interfering with it in any way can adversely affect how it functions. Any malfunction of the body, especially a malfunction of the immune system, will cause the body to become unhealthy. Chiropractic Wellness Care keeps your body, and your immune system, functioning the best they possibly can for a lifetime.

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