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Living With Asthma?

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The American Lung Association reports that an astonishing four million children under the age of 18 had an asthma attack in the past 12 months. In fact, this chronic condition accounts for more childhood hospital admissions than any other condition. It’s the most widely reported reason for chronic absenteeism from school.

But is asthma something you and your child "just have to live with?"

Not necessarily. Asthma results from an inflammation of the bronchial air passages, resulting from such things as allergies, respiratory infections, irritants (air pollution, cigarette smoke, strong odors) carried through the air and of course vertebral subluxation complexes. Approximately 75 percent of children with asthma also have significant allergies and are strongly genetically predisposed for the disease.

While there is no known cure for asthma, traditional medicine treats it with drugs, including inhaled corticosteroids, allergy injections, bronchodilator inhalers, and by stressing trigger avoidance behavior.

Several articles that have appeared in Today’s Chiropractic Magazine relate that nerve interference caused by vertebral subluxation complex is often present in children with asthma. Time and again in our practice, we have found that regular chiropractic care diminishes the frequency of the asthma attacks and the severity of the condition.

It is certainly worth it to consider chiropractic as an alternative to the traditional medical approach to childhood asthma, for your child’s sake, given the research that suggests to promising outcomes.

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What's the difference between sick care and health care?
Sick care is largely about relieving or suppressing symptoms. Health care is about improving performance. While sick care is about how you feel, health care is about how you function. Sick care is what you do to treat an obvious problem, and health care is what you do to avoid the problem and advance your well-being.
Why does chiropractic work?
Chiropractic works because your nervous system, consisting of your brain, spinal cord and all the nerves of your body, controls and regulates every cell, tissue, organ and system of your body. A chiropractor locates and reduces areas of nervous system compromise (usually along the spine) so your capacity to heal is restored. Chiropractic works by helping your body work as it was designed.