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What Does Your Quality Of Sleep, Health And Chiropractic Care Have To Do With One Another?

  How do you sleep at night? Do you sleep so soundly and so deep that you wake up refreshed and energized? Or, is your sleep so light, interrupted and non-restorative that when you wake up you are exhausted? Numerous studies have shown that your quality of sleep has a direct correlation to your overall health and your body's ability to heal. Harvard University's Men’s Health Watch noted, "About 70 million of us sleep poorly, and for more than half, it’s a long-term problem" (Article). "“Sleep is a quiescent period where the cells are doing a lot of repairing. Your hormones act differently when you’re asleep, and your immune system as well,” says Lisa Shives, MD, DABSM, founder of Northshore Sleep Medicine in Chicago" (WebMed). Your body's immune system is affected as well, "Donna Arand, PhD, DABSM, clinical director of the Kettering Sleep Disorders Center in Dayton, Ohio says “What’s going on is your immune system is degraded.” The less sleep you get, the weaker your immune system is, leaving it less able to fight off colds, flu, and other infections" (WebMed). The National Institute Of Health notes that "Sleep deficiency is linked to many chronic health problems, including heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, obesity, and depression" (NIH). So, how can chiropractic care help? Acute and chronic pain can severely affect the quality of our sleep. Chiropractic care can help relieve that pain by addressing the causes of pain as well as restore proper healing and high quality of sleep. A study evaluating the effects of chiropractic care on insomnia found that "One third of the 154 patients who completed the semistructured interview reported their sleep pattern was changed immediately after their chiropractic adjustment" (JMPT). If your sleep is interrupted or non-restorative please know that chiropractic can help!
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