Asthma and Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic does not treat asthma.  So why do a lot of patients often comment they have had improvements with their asthma symptoms since seeing their chiropractor?

Subluxations (interference to the normal nerve function due to misalignments in the spine) can cause problems with bronchiole constriction at the levels of T2-T4 in the thoracic spine. Because chiropractors remove these subluxations the nerves at these levels function better and this can open the airways.

Spinal nerve levels C2-C4 also supply the diaphragm (which pulls air into the lungs) and correction of any spinal problem at this level can help breathing.

Even patients without asthma do comment that they can breathe so much better after having been treated.