Dr. Baker also notes that the highest amount of air-borne pollen is released in the temperate mornings and evenings, with significant reductions in pollen release during the heat of the day and cold of the night. He advises that those suffering from seasonal allergies would do well to stay indoors during the morning and early evening hours while the temperatures are going through their greatest change.
A more allopathic approach would be to scrub the air of such allergenic particles in your homeand workplace so that you're system is not insulted in your sleep or at work. An indoor HEPA-style air filter does a good job of this.
And Dr. Baker makes a point that getting adjusted will help. How could adjusting the spine help with seasonal allergies? Well, the benefits are both direct and indirect:
- Very often, allergies cause a great deal of sneezing and/or coughing. This can easily cause misalignment of the neck and upper back or lower back. It is also very easy to misalign the heads of the ribs that make up the rib cage. These misalignments can create local joint and soft tissue irritation which will cause an increase in nerve stress for those organs served by the nerves that eminate from the spine at the affected levels.
- Spinal misalignments or subluxations also affect the autonomic nervous system (I like to call this the automatic nervous system because its actions require no conscious thought) which can exacerbate or amplify your immune reaction to the allergens.
In the end, someone suffering from allergies needs to develop healthy natural strategies to deal with these seasonal episodes in order to avoid the over-the-counter or prescription medications that will inevitably skew your natural biochemical internal processes in unintended ways. While we may not notice the bad side effects of every dose of medicine we take, there are unquestionably effects that are not positive and that will affect us over a lifetime. Those who have a condition such as this that may well last a lifetime would do well to find a natural way to deal with it.
Edward Harriott, DC
Mission Viejo Chiropractic
24896 Chrisanta Dr. #120
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
(949)360-1112
http://www.mvchiro.com
Tyler Baker, D.C
Active Motion Chiropractic
13027 Arbor Street
(402) 334-2244
ActiveMotionChiro.com
http://www.activemotionchiro.com/Blog.html
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Active Motion Chiropractic
Address: 13027 Arbor St., Omaha, NE 68144
Phone Number:(402)334-2244
ActiveMotionChiro.com
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