Allergy season is knocking at your door, are you prepared? Not sure? We can help you ascertain both your needs and effective treatment options. At Spine Correction Center of the Rockies we believe it is critical to treat the body as a whole system. Inflammation can exaggerate and intensify pain experienced in the body. It is important to address inflammation when testing pain syndromes in order to achieve the best results possibles.
Allergies – What Do They Look Like?
Seasonal allergies hit and if you are sensitive, they can make you feel pretty miserable while your immune system struggles to fight all the new antigens. Sneezing, stuffy nose, runny nose, watery eyes, itching of the nose, eyes or the roof of the mouth and fatigue are common assailants. So what can you do about it? Prepare before allergies hit, by priming your immune system for the upcoming battle with our team at Spine Correction Center of the Rockies.
Allergies By the Numbers
According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, more than 50 million Americans suffer from allergies each year. The 6th leading cause of chronic illness in the U.S. are allergies!
Symptoms of seasonal allergies occur in spring, summer and/or early fall. They are usually caused by allergic sensitivity to pollens from trees, grasses, weeds, or to airborne mold spores.
Allergies and Your Immune System
Your immune system is tasked with safeguarding you from the invasion of harmful microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, and fungi). Allergic reactions begin in your immune system. When a nontoxic substance such as dust, mold, or pollen enters an allergic person, the immune system may overreact by producing antibodies that “attack” the allergen.
Allergies are one of the most common chronic health conditions in the world and more prevalent in patients that have a family history for certain kinds. Hay fever (allergic rhinitis), eczema, hives, asthma, and food allergy are some types of allergic diseases. Allergy symptoms can range from mild to a serious, life-threatening allergic reaction called anaphylaxis.
Immune System Health and Your Spine
Did you know that spinal health can affect how you react to allergies? You spine houses your spinal cord and thousands of nerves that send communications all through your body. Compression on your nervous system from misaligned spinal structures can seriously impede the performance of essential spinal cord nerves.
These unnatural pressures on key areas of your nervous system limit proper immune system communications for fighting allergens. Our spinal professionals can remove these misalignments in your spine, and thus eliminate undue nervous system stress.
An aligned spine is more able to aid the body in the healing process and in the fight against allergens.
ALCAT Helps Identify Unknown Allergens
If you need help identifying what allergens you need to watch out for, the ALCAT test may be the your answer. The core technology is a blood test that measures the body’s cellular response to challenges from a wide range of substances. Substances tested include foods, additives, colorings, and chemicals, many of which are cross-reactive and present in plants, trees and grasses.
The ALCAT test results are easy to understand and clearly identify foods to be avoided, reduced or should be rotated with the customized 4 day rotational diet.
Other Factors That Can Cause Inflammation
Inflammation, allergies and a chronic activation of the immune system are often caused by food intolerance and have been linked with:
- Digestive disorders
- Migraines
- Obesity
- Chronic fatigue
- ADD/ADHD
- Pain and aches in joints
- Skin disorders
- Arthritis
- Sinus allergies
- Skin rashes and eczema
At Spine Correction Center of the Rockies we believe it is critical to treat the body as a whole system. Inflammation from allergies can exaggerate and intensify pain experienced in the body. It is important to address inflammation in order to achieve the best results possibles.
