LET’S TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT INFLAMMATION

Inflammation—we’ve all heard of it, and many people are beginning to understand just how damaging it can be to the whole body, especially the brain. 

Inflammation is our body’s natural defense system. When your body senses foreign invaders, a specific cascade of events is set off, in which your white blood cells and some special chemicals called cytokines mobilize to protect you.

This normal type of inflammation is a good thing. It helps your body protect and heal itself.  However, when your immune system shifts out of balance, inflammation can run rampant—causing a chronic, smoldering fire inside your body that contributes to disease and weight gain.

The causes of this type of inflammation are all around you.  The sugar you eat, high doses of the wrong oils and fats in your diet, hidden food allergens, lack of exercise, chronic stress, and hidden infections all trigger a raging, unseen inflammation deep in your cells and tissues.

And this inflammation leads to every one of the major chronic diseases of aging—heart disease, cancer, diabetes, dementia, and more.  

How Yoga Helps Reduce Inflammation

Inflammation is a common condition that everyone faces at some point in their life. Dr. Isaac Eliaz states that inflammation is the body’s reaction to harmful influences like germs, pollution, toxins, and injuries. However, if inflammation reaches a chronic state, it becomes problematic to your health. Dr. Eliaz also pointed out that if such situation occurs, you have higher risks of getting dangerous illnesses including cancer, diabetes, heart disease and Alzheimer’s. Senior citizens with inflammation are more likely to have their health and standard of living impacted. While there are over the counter medicines available, there are also plenty of exercises that can help reduce and prevent inflammation.

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Brain Laser or transcranial photobiomodulation can improve blood flow and improve healing in the brain.

Many health conditions can benefit from brain laser. Photobiomodulation improves brain blood flow and energy production. Dr. Karl R.O.S. Johnson, DC demonstrates how safe this therapy is for brain health. Laser can improve cognition, memory, depression, ability to focus and help the brain heal after a concussion. This is just one of the advanced techniques used at Johnson Chiropractic Neurology & Nutrition and Michigan Brain Health for Brain Wellness.

One of the complications of diabetes is peripheral neuropathy.

Transform your response to stress through heart coherence

Stress causes many problems including many musculoskeletal complaints such as joint and muscle pain, headaches and more. Many disorders are related to stress, as you can see in the inforgraphic below.

Johnson Chiropractic Neurology & Nutrition offers HeartMath heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback technology as part of its professional offerings to give patients a drug-free choice in dealing with stress. Thankfully, there are also several HeartMath tools that one can use at home to help you train yourself to become more stress resiliant (see the special web page link at end of aricle with a speical discount).