CoVid-19 Pandemic – Chiropractic and your Immune System
As of March 2020, there are no cures for COVID-19 accepted in the scientific community. There are no recognized cures in conventional medicine or alternative health approaches for COVID-19. There are no vaccines, no drugs, no natural remedies, no alternative therapies that have been tested and the outcomes peer reviewed to meet any credible evidence-based standard in science.
The issue of anxiety and stress has become so prevalent that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have begun promoting information to the public. From the CDC’s website “Stress during an infectious disease outbreak can include:
- Fear and worry about your own health and the health of your loved ones
- Changes in sleep or eating patterns
- Difficulty sleeping or concentrating
- Worsening of chronic health problems
- Increased use of alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs
“While other professions are concerned with changing the environment to suit the weakened body, chiropractic is concerned with strengthening the body to suit the environment.” Dr. B.J. Palmer
There are numerous clinical studies or documented cases which have shown that Chiropractic care naturally boosts the immunity of patients by 200% or more. I have included just a few for you here.
- Author Katie Gilbert’s great article, “Immune Boost: This is a Spinal Zap covering how immune function is greatly improved with regular chiropractic care” was published in Psychology Today 24 August 2006. It contained the following Interesting paragraph on the flu:
“Chiropractic care was first linked to improved immunity during the deadly flu epidemic of 1917 and 1918. The funny thing was: Chiropractic patients fared better than the general population. This observation spurred a study of the field. The data reported that flu victims under chiropractic care had an estimated .25 percent death rate, a lot less than the normal rate of 5 percent among flu victims who did not receive chiropractic care.” This equates to Chiropractic patients having a 20 fold (20 times better) result.
A paper published by Dr. Rhodes’, D.C. peers in the Texas Chiropractic Association.
“The 1917 – 1918 influenza epidemic swept silently across the world bringing death and fear to homes in every land. Disease and pestilence, especially the epidemics, are little understood even now and many of the factors that spread them are still mysterious shadows, but in 1917-1918 almost nothing was known about prevention, protection, treatment or cure of influenza. The whole world stood at its mercy, or lack of it.”
He continues, “Chiropractors got fantastic results from influenza patients…” The statistics speak for themselves: In 1918, a time when there were no validated treatments for flu, the epidemic killed millions world-wide.
| Data Provided from the 1918 Spanish Flu Comparing Treatment/Death Numbers | |||||
| Location | Patients Treated by Medical Doctors (MDs) | Deaths in Medical Patients | Number of Patients Treated by Doctors of Chiropractic (DCs) | Deaths in Chiropractic Patients | |
| Davenport, Iowa |
4,953 |
274 | 1,635 |
1 |
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| State of Iowa | 93,590 | 6,116 (1 in 15 deaths) | (Excluding Davenport)– 4,735 | 6 | |
| State of Oklahoma | 3,490 | 7 | |||
| In Oklahoma, after medical doctors gave up 233 patients as lost, chiropractors were called in with 208 survivors and 25 deaths | |||||
| Nationally | 46394 | 54 | |||
| New York City Influenza | For every 10,0000 | 950 | For every 10,000 | 25 | |
| New York City Pneumonia | For every 10,000 | 6400 | For every 10,000 | 100 | |
- Another study performed by the chief of cancer prevention at New York’s Preventive Medicine Institute and professor of medicine at New York University – Ronald Pero, Ph.D. In his 3 year study Dr. Pero found that the 107 chiropractic patients had a 200% greater immune competence than people who had not received chiropractic care, and in fact a 400% greater immune competence than other people who had cancer or other serious disease. Further he found that the immune system superiority of those under chiropractic care did not diminish with age. Dr. Pero commented, “I have never seen a group other than this chiropractic group experience a 200% increase over the normal patients. This is why it is so dramatically important.” Specifically the study demonstrated that the cells responsible for engulfing and destroying viruses, bacteria, parasites and cancer cells are anywhere from 2 times to 4 times more active in people who get regular chiropractic care. Scientifically the study demonstrated that the “phagocytic respiratory burst of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) and monocytes were enhanced in people that had been adjusted by chiropractors.” These are the cells in your system that are part of the first line of defense against infection and are powerful effectors of inflammation. They also modulate the balance between humoral and cell-mediated immunity by contributing to the promotion of a TH1 or TH2 response.
- Another study published in Chiropractic Research Journal, 1994; 3(1) showed that Chiropractic adjustments increase immune cell counts 48% in AIDS patients. At the same time for the control group who did not receive any Chiropractic care the immune cell counts actually fell 8%. So the patients receiving the Chiropractic care were very much better off for it.
For all disease the central nervous system plays a major role in healing, chiropractors are the only professionals specifically trained to locate and adjust subluxations thus removing nerve interference. Dr. Bradley Shapero, D.C. continues to take post graduate courses annually to stay on the cutting edge of health and wellness. In addition, to serving the community for nearly 30 years in the area of functional disease and Chiropractic I have done extensive research on the situation surrounding the CoVid-19.
If you have any questions or concerns about this or know of someone who has been infected feel free to contact our office for a consultation on how you can maximize your immune function and minimize your exposure.
Yours for Better Health, Dr. Shapero
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