The immune system, like every other system in the body, is coordinated and controlled by the nervous system.  Specific immune organs including the spleen, thymus, and lymph nodes are all in communication with the master control – the brain – through nerves which connect them.  Picture a telephone wire.  During an immune response, the brain and the immune system “talk to each other” and coordinate the body’s response to the exposure.  This process is essential for maintaining homeostasis or balance in the body.  If the nervous system is not functioning properly, then the immune system cannot function properly, and the body becomes susceptible to bacteria, viruses, and illness which it can usually fight off. 

The immune system, like every other system in the body, is coordinated and controlled by the nervous system.  Specific immune organs including the spleen, thymus, and lymph nodes are all in communication with the master control – the brain – through nerves which connect them.  Picture a telephone wire.  During an immune response, the brain and the immune system “talk to each other” and coordinate the body’s response to the exposure.  This process is essential for maintaining homeostasis or balance in the body.  If the nervous system is not functioning properly, then the immune system cannot function properly, and the body becomes susceptible to bacteria, viruses, and illness which it can usually fight off.

Call us at 919-303-2213 to get your nervous system checked and boost your Immune System!

Chiropractic care should be the first-line approach for all Scoliosis patients. At Dawn of Health Chiropractic our approach to treating scoliosis is very effective at stabilizing the spine to help prevent the curve from progressing. At least 70% of the patients achieve some degree of reduction in the size of the curves. Approximately 15% of Scoliosis patients achieve total correction. All of this is done with a minimum of cost and no pain! Research and experience have proven Chiropractic care is definitely effective in the stabilization and reduction of Scoliosis! Spinal Fusion surgery is very painful, expensive, and will alter the lifestyle of the patient forever. Surgery should be considered the last alternative in treating Scoliosis. Wearing a Milwaukee Brace is uncomfortable, limits physical activity, offers no correction, and is mostly ineffective in stabilizing the spine.

Call us at 919-303-2213 if you or someone you know suffers from symptoms associated with Scoliosis or to get your children checked! www.dawnofhealthchiropractic.com

Fibromyalgia is a difficult problem to diagnose or determine its cause. Since exercises, diet, and weight loss can be so helpful to fibromyalgia patients, we may think they can completely solve the problem.

Chiropractors recognize the importance of good spinal posture in affecting a variety of health problems, including fibromyalgia. It’s important to not think of the disease as having a single solution, but rather as a more complex entity, needing a comprehensive approach. But is there any research on the spine being involved in patients with fibromyalgia?

Recent research (Holman AJ. Positional cervical spinal cord compression and fibromyalgia: a novel comorbidity with important diagnostic and treatment implications. J Pain 2008; May 20 epub.) has looked into a specific problem seen in fibromyalgia patients: spinal cord compression. The scientist took MRIs of fibromyalgia patients with the neck in different positions such as max forward and backward bend. These positions can show the spinal cord is compressed/pinched, where a neutrally positioned MRI or CT scan may not. In the study, 71% of patients with fibromyalgia had positional cervical spinal cord compression.

So what does this mean? It means if you have fibromyalgia there may be an undetected cervical (neck) compression problem that may also be affecting you!.

Good neck posture and mobility are keys to good health. We can evaluate your condition and see if there is a spinal component to your problem that may have been overlooked. Sometimes it’s the low back pain that keeps us from exercising and ultimately getting rid of the fibromyalgia-inactivity-pain cycle. And, as the research above suggests, maybe the problem is in the neck and this needs to be addressed in a specific and comprehensive manner. Sometimes immobility in one area of the spine is compensated for in another, which can make it difficult to heal.
Maybe the neck has been a concern of yours for a long time… did your fibromyalgia symptoms come on following a neck trauma such as a whiplash injury? If you also suffer from headaches and have spinal pain, these are important indicators that some of your symptoms may be related to your spine.

It’s important to view your fibromyalgia symptoms from a global perspective, and not just think of one isolated issue as the root cause. If you would like a complimentary consultation to begin to address your health concerns, just give us a call at The Dawn of Health Chiropractic Center at 919-303-2213, to make an appointment.

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As the twig is bent ….. so grows the tree
Spinal degeneration begins at a young age (if uncorrected) and is from repetitive falls and motions.
Most adult spinal problems, aches & pain, begin in childhood yet go undetected or unnoticed until adulthood.
Have your children checked by a Chiropractor for spinal problems to secure a healthy future!
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Discs have pressure in them just like a car tire.
When you lay on your back, the pressure inside a disc is 25 lbs/sq. inch.
Standing is 100 lbs.
Sitting jumps to 140 lbs.
Bending from the waist without bending your knees is 150 lbs.
Seated slouched is an amazing 200 lbs.
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2013 is off to a GREAT start! Many success stories and our best month to date. Thanks to all of our patients for your many referrals and entrusting us with your health! http://ow.ly/i/1s7zC