Evidence is on the side of wellness care offered by doctors of chiropractic for positively affecting behaviors and wellness, as well as reducing the cost of health care overall. However, it was not until recently that information surfaced about how chiropractic adjustments could influence the chemistry of biological processes on a cellular level. Chiropractic thus met the field of genetics.
A study found that chiropractic care could affect the basic physiological processes that influenced oxidative stress and how Burnaby chiropractor repairs itself. Findings such as this one point to scientific explanations for the positive effects reported by chiropractic care patients. Despite the fact that more research is needed to further support the chiropractic role in countering biological processes, current evidence in favor of chiropractic care is very promising.
Researchers measured serum thiol level in patients under both short-term and long-term chiropractic care, with the results being evaluated against those who were treated with non-chiropractic methods. Serum thiols are primary antioxidants that measure human health status. Its test offers a substitute estimate of DNA repair enzyme activity that is shown to coincide with lifespan health and aging factors.
The findings showed that long-term chiropractic care of two years or longer could re-establish normal physiological states for a wide spectrum of patients. Patients who were free of symptoms while undergoing chiropractic care regimens showed higher mean serum thiol levels than patients with an ongoing disease. These patients also showed serum thiol levels in higher concentrations than normal wellness values.
Throughout a person’s lifespan, one experiences chemical, physical, and emotional stress which affects the functioning of the nervous system. Experts stipulate that nerve function could affect oxidative stress and DNA repair on a cellular level.
A widely accepted theory of how we age claims that oxidative stress, which comes in the form of metabolically-generating free radicals, is how we age and develop disease. Oxidative stress arrives in the form of DNA damage and keeps the DNA from repairing itself. DNA repair is the way to fix the damage caused by environmental impact.