Many chiropractors consider their role in caring for patients with

asthma, especially those subject to severe attacks, as complementary to

the medical management of the disease. We do regular spinal adjustments

to make asthma sufferers more comfortable by helping relieve the muscle

soreness and discomfort that can develop during asthmatic flare-ups.

Chiropractic adjustments may help reduce the frequency and severity of

asthma attacks. The achievements of chiropractic in promoting overall

wellness, including enhancing the patient’s capacity to cope with

chronic ailments, make chiropractors an important part of the health

care team that can help asthma patients live more normal lives,

minimally encumbered by this incurable, but controllable condition.The principal goal of chiropractic is to reduce asthma sufferers’

need to rely on the many medications prescribed to prevent and treat

asthma. These medicines (or combinations of medicines) can have many

troublesome and even dangerous side effects, including making patients

increasingly dependent on ever-larger doses. Preventing asthma attacks

is the key to living a normal life in spite of having asthma. In

practical, day-to-day, quality-of-life terms, stopping asthma attacks

before they start is better than taking medicines to stop the attack

and restore pre-attack normality.
Chiropractors have the knowledge to provide a highly supportive

program of “clinical ecology” to teach patients how to identify and

avoid the particular environmental factors or irritants that cause

their asthma attacks. We can help you pinpoint which causes trigger

your attacks and how to keep those causes out of your life.

Special thanks to Dr. Neal Wieder and Holistic Wellness Now for their addition to the guides categories.