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The Blair Chiropractic Technique Can Help Immune System Deficiency

Immune System Deficiency

What is Immune System Deficiency?

Immune system deficiency arises when the body’s natural defense against pathogenic threats is compromised, making an individual more susceptible to infection or disease. People who experience immune system deficiency are more likely to become unwell and generally take longer to recover from illness.

Signs and Symptoms of Immune System Deficiency

There are several different reasons why a person may naturally experience lowered immunity, particularly if they make unhealthy lifestyle choices or have a genetic predisposition to low immunity. However, immune system deficiency is generally a symptom of a more serious issue. Some medical conditions that can cause immune system deficiency include HIV/AIDS, diabetes, or lupus disease. 

While symptoms are bound to vary amongst patients suffering immune system deficiency, most patients will experience frequent bouts of cold and flu, slow healing wounds, gut-health issues such as bloating or frequent diarrhea, and chronic lethargy.

How the Upper Cervical Spine Affects Immune System Deficiency

When attempting to treat immune system deficiency, few people think to consider the health of the upper cervical spine and how it may be contributing to their condition. However, the nervous system and the immune system are closely linked. 

Because of its proximity to the central nervous system (CNS), the upper cervical spine plays a key role in supporting the flow of nerves along the spinal cord. A misalignment in the upper cervical vertebrae can thus have a cascading effect on the function of the CNS. More specifically, a vertebral misalignment can delay or obstruct the transmission of electrical signals to the organs and cells which make up the body’s immune system. If left untreated, ongoing disruption to nerve flow from the CNS can quickly lead to the development of an immune system deficiency. 

How Our Upper Cervical Treatment Works for Immune System Deficiency

Our immune system deficiency specialist, Dr. Gordon Elder, is an expert in the Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic Technique. Unlike traditional chiropractic techniques, Blair Chiropractic employs targeted and precise spinal correction techniques to reboot the body’s natural healing mechanisms.  

Dr. Elder employs a two-step treatment regime for patients with immune system deficiency. Firstly, patients undergo a 25–30-minute consultation to establish their history and determine whether a vertebral misalignment could be responsible for their condition. Following this procedure, you’ll be provided with a comprehensive report on your spinal health and treatment plan. Of course, you’ll also have the opportunity to ask Dr. Elder any questions about your condition. Note, that the diagnostic process typically involves the use of advanced 3-D imaging techniques to pinpoint the specific location of any misalignments.

In future sessions, Dr. Elder will use low-force, non-invasive Blair chiropractic adjustment techniques to gently correct the misaligned cervical vertebrae, restoring natural alignment to the spinal column and kick-starting the body’s natural healing mechanisms. 

After your first treatment session, patients do need to return for regular check-ups (for at least 3-5 months) to ensure their adjustment has set. Most patients average between 10 and 15 appointments with Dr. Elder to achieve long-lasting results.  

If your quality of life is suffering because of immune system deficiency, get in touch today to speak with Dr. Elder about the health of your upper cervical spine. Located in Lubbock, Texas, Dr. Elder also services Amarillo, Midland, Odessa, Abilene, El Paso in Texas, and Hobbs in New Mexico.

Published by Vic Belonogoff: A Blair Chiropractic doctor helped heal vertigo, among other conditions that Vic Belonogoff suffered from, and it gave him his life back. He continues to see an upper cervical chiropractor as a preventative measure. Vic Belonogoff is passionate about upper cervical chiropractic and how much it helps patients.

Asthma

Dr. Elder briefly discusses the connection between asthma and a neck injury.

“Ive helped a lot of people with asthma”

I’ve helped a lot of people with asthma.


I have not helped every single one of my patients that has asthma. Asthma can come from a lot of different conditions, immune problems, or allergies. What I’ve noticed, though, is that generally speaking, people with asthma, when they are in alignment and the nerves are working properly, they can breathe better and manage the asthma better. For some of them, it goes away entirely. For most of them, they can live a higher quality of life.



How Does Upper Cervical Chiropractic Work [Video]

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Dr Gordon D. Elder of The Blair Chiropractic Clinic, Lubbock Texas explains how Upper Cervical Chiropractic works and how it’s different from other forms of chiropractic.

The brain controls everything in your body.

If you think about it it controls your heart rate, your blood pressure, your immune system, your hormones, and obviously when you want to make a movement of some kind. The most important part of the central nervous system is the brain. It’s protected pretty well by the skull, but then all the nerves have to go down through the neck. So if you injure the neck then it will cause pressure on some certain nerves. Depending on what nerves are affected will depend on how it affects your health. One of the ways that the body accommodates to that though is to change your posture. So if you’ve got a problem in your neck you may start getting bad posture. You might not even realize that it’s affecting your health until you get some back pain because of the bad posture. 

The neck is the weakest part of the spine 

If we can find and fix that correctly, then a lot of times a body will straighten up. Not only will it take off pressure that is going to of nerves that are going to your stomach or to your heart, but then it allows the body to go back to normal and take care of symptoms that way.

Visit us at

Blair Chiropractic Clinic

1802 East 50th Street , Ste 112
Lubbock, Texas 79404
United States (US)

Phone: (806) 747-2735


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