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HAVE ASHTMA? GET ADJUSTED! Patients with asthma may benefit from spinal adjustments in terms of symptoms, increased immune capacity, and endocrine effects; an audience was told on October 5, 2002 at the 9th International Conference on Spinal manipulation in Toronto. The investigative team, headed by Dr. Ray Hayek, Ph.D., has been conducting a trial at 16 treatment centers in Australia involving 420 patients with an average age of 46 in an effort to find out what effects spinal adjustments have on symptoms, depression and anxiety, general health status, and the levels of immunity. Dr. Hayek reported that only the patients receiving spinal adjustments displayed significant improvement in asthma symptoms, depression, and anxiety scores. In addition, patients undergoing spinal adjustment displayed dramatic increases in the strength of immune system, reflecting increased capacity to fight off subsequent asthmatic attacks. These biochemical changes not only suggest that the effects of spinal adjustment are more far-reaching than commonly believed, but that they may be more long-term as well. The gain in the strength of immune system following spinal adjustments would be expected to reduce the incidence and severity of bacterial and viral invasion of the airways. |
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Dr. Tooka Shahriari |