Asthma Helped by Chiropractic

A Case Study:

A case study published on November 26, 2007 in the scientific periodical the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research documented the case of a 7 year old asthmatic girl whose life was changed with chiropractic. This documented case followed the care of this little girl who had suffered from chronic asthma since age two.

The study noted that by the age of 4, she was diagnosed as having asthma. Her mother reported that almost anything from dust to cold drafts would trigger an asthmatic attack. Her asthma was so bad that the 7 year old girl was taking oral medication twice a day and utilizing three different inhalers four times per day each, for a total of 24 inhalations per day.

As a complication to her asthma, she was suffering from a cough and persistent fevers. Because of this, she was using more than ten other medications to attempt to manage the cough and fever. Even with this extensive level of medications, this little girl's life was problematic. The study noted that she experienced daily attacks, almost constant wheezing and coughing, and a persistent tight and heavy chest. As a result, she was unable to engage in any physical activities. Her condition was so severe that she would be forced to go to the emergency room for treatment approximately five times per year.

Finally at age seven, the child was brought into an office for chiropractic care. A chiropractic examination showed the presence of vertebral subluxations, and care was initiated. She was seen and given specific chiropractic adjustments for 2-3 times per week for an initial period of 3 weeks.

The results for this little girl were life changing. After just the first adjustment, the case study reported that she had a noticeable reduction in her symptoms that evening, with the cough discontinuing. Over the next three weeks of care, she experienced no asthma attacks and no coughing. Additionally, her wheezing, and chest tightness and heaviness had subsided.

The girl's mother reported that her daughter was able to increase her activity without the usual increase in symptoms. Three months following the start of chiropractic care, an examination with the girl's medical doctor documented a significant improvement in respiratory function. Her pediatrician was elated with her progress and attempted to give credit to the medications. When the girl's mother explained they had stopped giving her several of the medications prescribed and that she was receiving chiropractic care, the pediatrician did not approve and terminated his care thus forcing the parents to change pediatricians.

In the conclusion of the case study the authors summed up this case by stating, "We presented the chiropractic care of a patient with severe asthma and chronic cough. Perhaps this case will encourage future testing and screening for subluxations which could potentially cause dysponesis, resulting in a variety of symptoms that include asthma.

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Vaccines and Autism

Scientists believe they have found a direct link between childhood vaccinations and autism, asthma and ADHD!

These shocking results come from a ground-breaking study released in June 2007 by Generation Rescue. The research, privately funded without ties to the pharmaceutical industry or the medical community, included an extensive interview of 17,674 vaccinated and unvaccinated children.

When compared to non-vaccinated boys in the same age group, researchers found the following statistics:

- Vaccinated boys age 4-17 are 155 percent more likely to have neurological disorders, are 224 percent more likely to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and 61 percent more likely to have autism.

- Older boys, in the age range of 11 to 17, who were vaccinated were found to be even more susceptible to autism. They are 158 percent more likely to have a neurological disorder, 317 percent more likely to have ADHD, and 112 percent more likely to have autism.

- Vaccinated boys were 224 percent more likely to develop ADHD.

- Vaccinated boys and girls were 120 percent more likely to develop asthma.


Younger boys that have been vaccinated show less symptoms of autism, however researchers believe that these lower numbers will rise over time as professionals are more able to accurately diagnose the early symptoms of autism in younger children.

Scientists who conducted the study now believe that the mercury found in routine childhood immunizations plays a major role in the ten-fold increase in autism cases over the past two decades.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in every 150 children will develop autism.


[Source: article “The Age of Autism: Study sees vaccine risk” at www.sciencedaily.com,

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Breathing Exercises Improve Asthma Symptoms

In the United States, about 20 million people have been diagnosed with asthma; nearly 9 million of them are children. The most common treatment for Asthma has been the use of corticosteriod inhalers.

A new study found that breathing techniques can cut the use of asthma reliever inhalers by more than 80% and halve the dose of preventer inhaler required in mild asthma, research finds.

The new study, published in the journal Thorax, compared the impact of two breathing techniques on symptoms, lung function, use of medication and quality of life among 57 adults with mild asthma.

One technique focused on shallow, nasal breathing with slow exhalations, and the second technique used general upper body exercises, accompanied by relaxation.

The participants, who used a preventer inhaler and required reliever inhaler at least four times a week, were randomly assigned to one or other breathing technique.

Participants practiced their breathing exercises twice a day for around 25 minutes over a period of 30 weeks. They were also encouraged to use a shorter version of their exercises in place of reliever inhaler, and to use reliever if the exercises did not work.

Researcher Professor Christine Jenkins, of the the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, found that the use of reliever medication fell by 86% in both exercise groups, a process which began within weeks of starting the exercises, and was maintained over eight months. She writes: "Breathing techniques may be useful in the management of patients with mild asthma symptoms who use a reliever frequently."

By the end of the study, the participants dropped from using around three puffs of their reliever inhaler each day to approximately one puff every third day. Preventer dose requirements were also cut in half.

In addition to breathing exercises, other things that you can do to reduce asthma symptoms are:

� Use air filters to help clean air in your home.
� Cover mattresses and pillows with dust covers and use hypoallergenic bed clothing to reduce exposure to dust mites.
� Choose a more vegetarian-type diet. Animal proteins found in meat include arachidonic acid�a precursor for inflammation.
� Include foods with omega-3 fatty acids in the diet�such as fish or fish oil.
� Supplement with vitamin C, which helps reduce allergic reactions and wheezing symptoms.
� To reduce stress in your children, spend quality time with them and limit their exposure to TV programs that include violence.
� Get regular chiropractic care.

Does childhood medicine cause allegies and asthma?

Take a closer look at the results of independent scientific studies, and you’ll notice that there may possibly be a link between the medicine we give our children and the rise in health problems that children are experiencing later in life—namely allergies and asthma. Of course, the federal government denies any such data, nor will the media talk about it. But they should, because the well-being of our nation’s youth could be at stake.

So, what’s really causing the rise in childhood allergies and asthma?

In one circle of health reporting, doctors in the media blame a rise in youth health problems on the hygiene hypothesis. This idea suggests that because more children are growing up in cities and suburbs, away from country farms and wildlife, their immune systems are unable to build up a tolerance to allergens, and therefore are becoming susceptible to many more immune disorders than ever before—namely allergies and asthma.

Another possibility for the rise in childhood health problems was delivered in mid-March 2006. Researchers from the University of British Columbia reported a possible link between antibiotics and asthma. Scientific data from seven studies suggests that infants under one-year in age, who had been given antibiotics—may be more likely to develop asthma when they get older.

Here’s one more possibility—vaccines. Some researchers believe that a child’s immune system needs to be exposed to the real allergen—not a smaller, controlled version of the allergen, as is administered in vaccines. The lack of exposure to the real thing could “confuse” the body’s immune system, causing it to attack its own tissue, which could lead to allergies, asthma and many other autoimmune disorders like juvenile diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and possibly even autism.

Again, the government and the media are not talking about these types of reports and the theories developed from the research. But we can’t overlook it, especially when our government suggests that all children receive a particular vaccination—like the MMR inoculation against measles, mumps and rubella—and shortly thereafter a major decline in childhood health occurs. Things aren’t measuring up. Maybe the truth is that medicine is trying to solve a problem that medicine created in the first place.

[Source: National Vaccine Information Center, www.nvic.org]