Toxic Release From Chiropractic Treatment

 

As many as 20% of all first-time visitors to a chiropractor will experience flu-like symptoms or
those which mimic the common cold, in the aftermath of that initial visit. Of course, this feeling
will have nothing to do with actually contracting the flu at the chiropractic clinic, but is instead a common condition known as toxic relief. This is actually a very positive reaction to your treatment, and it occurs because a number of body toxins have been released by the manipulations performed by your chiropractor. Toxic relief is merely the result of your body adjusting to the expulsion of all those toxins at one time, and in all cases the unpleasant symptoms will pass very quickly.
 

Your body's reaction to treatment
In addition to the previously mentioned flu symptoms, you might also experience general fatigue, tight muscles, night sweats, mild headaches, and possibly diarrhea. It happens very often that patients feel very tired after having gone through an initial chiropractic treatment session. All of this is due to your body making adjustments to the new status quo after the release of large amounts of toxin. Many patients prior to treatment have had their nervous systems obstructed in part by subluxations, and after being manipulated, nerves are freed up to work optimally again. This can all be very tiring to the body, if it has been hindered or obstructed for quite some time.

Body adjustments
You might be surprised if you could actually see the total effect brought about by chiropractic manipulation on your body. Under normal conditions, your body is constantly reacting to chemical signals issued by the brain, and which are sent directly to the spinal cord for distribution throughout the nervous system. When that flow of signals gets disrupted or impeded by any kind of spinal subluxations, the whole process becomes bogged down and much less efficient. Once those hindrances have been removed, and all the nerves in the spinal cord are again operating optimally, there is a natural period of adjustment which follows. During that time, it is entirely possible for you to feel extremely fatigued, and possibly nauseous or sick while your body adjusts.

The garden hose
This whole situation can be thought of as being very similar to water flowing through a common garden hose. Whenever there's a kink in the hose, the flow of water is severely obstructed, and you will see much less water emerging from the end of the hose. The nervous system is very similar in that whenever there is any kind of obstruction in the spine, the flow of signals and energy can be blocked to a large extent, and pressure will then begin to accumulate. This pressure can trigger a number of different problems within the body, for instance headaches of varying degrees of severity, as well as chronic pains throughout the body. When you visit a chiropractor who is skilled in the profession, gentle manipulations will release that pressure so that the appropriate flow of energy and signals can be restored. Your body's reaction to this sudden restored flow of energy is really what triggers the flu-like symptoms and any other effects which you may experience. These will never last for a very long time, so you don't have to worry about feeling sick for days. On the other hand, the benefits which you experience from spinal manipulation and restored energy will make any temporary inconvenience worthwhile. You'll have a whole new outlook on life, and you will feel a great deal better when your body is again performing optimally. Visiting Modern Chiropractic Center, our Boise Idaho chiropractor, will get you on that path.

Modern Chiropractic Center

Address: 8505 W Overland Rd, Boise, ID 83709
Phone: +12086291904
URL: https://www.modernchiropracticcenter.com/