Chronic Inflammation - What your Chiropractor can do

Chronic inflammation can be the cause of many long-term health conditions.

Inflammation in itself is not harmful. In fact, it’s a normal and healthy attempt by the body to preserve itself. Inflammation helps remove harmful debris like irritants and pathogens from the body so that the healing process can begin. The problem begins when regular inflammation becomes chronic. At this point, the body creates more inflammation in direct response to the existing inflammation—a cycle that can have dire consequences.

What Causes It?

Chronic inflammation is caused by an imbalance in the immune system. Your acquired immune system develops over time via exposure to our environment, and the more successes it has, the stronger it becomes.

That’s why it’s important for us to avoid taking unnecessary antibiotics—learning to fight bugs and allergens makes our acquired immune system stronger. In addition, certain foods and lifestyles can increase the risk of chronic inflammation.

Not getting enough rest, too much stress and a high carbohydrate diet are just a few ways you increase your risk of chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation can also be the result of the body’s inability to eliminate the cause of acute inflammation or an autoimmune response where the immune system mistakes healthy tissue for unhealthy pathogens.

How can my Chiropractor help?

Studies have shown that adjustments help reduce the production of two inflammatory cytokines, which can reduce inflammation throughout the body.

Chronic inflammation responds very well to lifestyle changes. Your chiropractic team can talk to you about how to begin an anti-inflammation diet that’s filled with nutrient-dense, low calorie foods like fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meat and fish. Supplements like vitamin D and magnesium may also provide relief from chronic inflammation.

Set up an appointment today by stopping by or calling at (802) 557-8568. Visit our website at www.elevatehealthchiropractic.com, or Like us on Facebook.

Sports and Chiropractic Care

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  Have you been suffering from a sports related injury? Are you looking for ways to improve your endurance and mobility at the gym or on the team? Chiropractic care may be just what you're looking for!
  Sports and exercise are great ways to keep healthy, but there are often risks involved. Most often, excessive training, inappropriate training methods or perilous exercise equipment can be a cause of injury. However, structural abnormalities and muscle imbalances/weakness can also be culprits leading to injury, including the ankles, knees, elbows, shoulders or spine.
  Chiropractors are trained to assess, diagnose and manage sports-related injuries as part of their core competencies. In fact, through a comprehensive history and physical examination, chiropractors can help determine the cause of pain and dysfunction as well as recommend an appropriate plan of management.
  Conservative care offered by chiropractors, dependent on the injury and mechanism, may include joint manipulation and mobilization, soft tissue therapies, adjunct modalities, rehabilitation and individualized exercises and lifestyle advice to restore proper function, enhance healing of damaged tissue and reduce pain.
  Give us a call or visit our South Burlington office to schedule an adjustment today with Dr. Paul Samuel. Stay strong and elevate your health! Don't forget to like us on Facebook!
www.elevatehealthchiropractic.com (802) 557-8568

What is Chiropractic care?

If you haven’t visited a chiropractor before, you might be missing out. Millions of people around the world have experienced the incredible benefits of chiropractic care.

One of the best things about chiropractic care is it’s a drug-free and surgery-free path to healing naturally.

People have reported chiropractic benefits help to improve:

• Back pain
• Headaches
• Ear infections
• Neck pain
• Arthritis and joint pain
• Scoliosis
• Asthma
• Blood pressure
• Healthy pregnancy
• Organ function
• Surgery prevention

There are a lot of misconceptions about chiropractic practices and how chiropractors are trained. In fact, did you know many chiropractic programs also incorporate an entire year of PhD-level advanced nutrition training?

However, most of the benefits of seeing a chiropractor come from getting a chiropractic adjustment.

Dr. Paul Samuel can provide adjustments, nutritional and supplemental care, and a drugless approach to pain management. Elevate your health, and get adjusted today by calling (802) 557-8568, or stop by our South Burlington office.

Stay strong and balanced!

New Partnership: Elevate Health Chiropractic and Body Therapy

South Burlington chiropractor, Dr. Paul Samuel DC at Elevate Health Chiropractic llc, is excited to announce massages are now available at our office. We have been serving exceptional chiropractic care to the greater Burlington and Shelburne areas for the past 2 years, and during this time, we have been searching for the right massage therapist to join our team. This August, we are happy to announce Body Therapy LLC, with DeAnna Bevilacqua, has recently become a part of our wellness family and will be offering services specializing in deep-tissue, Swedish, and Thai massage. Check out her website: 
http://bodytherapyllc.massagetherapy.com/home (518) 331-6380

To commemorate this special occasion, we are raffling off a 1-hour custom massage with our new partners Body Therapy! The drawing will be live on 9/20/16, and entries can be made via Facebook. Like this post to be entered once, or share for 2 entries. Give us a call for more information or to schedule an ‪#‎adjustment‬.
Stay ‪#‎healthy‬ and ‪#‎balanced‬ ‪#‎VT‬! www.elevatehealthchiropractic.com (802) 557-8568