Stress reduction may be the key to reducing your allergy symptoms!

In the New York Times for August, 17th 2009, the title was “REALLY: Stress Can Make Allergies Worse?” The Times wrote about the recent research done showing how psychological factors like stress and anxiety could exacerbate allergy symptoms. Scientist believe that the increase in symptoms is due to the fact stress can affect the immune system response, causing elevated levels of substance that heighten the allergic response. With the general population being overly stressed, it’s never been more important to include some form of stress reduction to your daily routine. The scientist went on to say that this could be why some allergy sufferer’s are unaffected by using standard treatments for hay fever, like antihistamines. The most recent study on the affects of stress on allergy symptoms was done at Ohio State University.

“On two different days the scientists subjected hay fever sufferers to a series of skin prick tests to measure their responses to allergens, including the size of the wheals they developed. On one day the subjects gave speeches to a panel and then had to solve math questions in their heads, this was the stressor group. On the other day they had less stressful tasks, like reading magazines. Wheal diameters increased after the stressor, the scientists wrote, compared to a slight decrease following the control task. Even a day after the stressor, the most anxious subjects continued to show severe symptoms, suggesting a lingering response from the anxiety.”

This is a great article showing how stress not only causes symptoms related to muscular tension, headaches, lack of energy but also its affects on a more biological level. The fact that increased stress from an emotional stressor can alter the way your body reacts to your environment is very important. Studies like the one done at OSU has lead to the most innovative, alternative therapy to reduce stress from thousands of potential sources. Several years ago, Bioveda Technologies, developed the BAX3000 based on the fact that stress either causes or exacerbates 80-85% of all illness and disease. BAX3000 provides
positive reconditioning through Neurological Stress Reduction Therapy so the body no longer reacts inappropriately to a harmless substance such as dog dander. As stated previously, your nervous system triggers a reaction or series of events because it sensed something in your environment to be stressful. By training the nervous system to NOT become stressed from a harmless substance during substance specific exposure, we are able to stop the reaction or event, before it becomes a symptom or condition. In other words, your body is now OK with dogs because your Autonomic Nervous System no longer sees things related to dogs as a threat and does not launch a heightened immune response. Living with Motion Chiropractic has been using the BAX3000 for over a year with success rates as high as 75-80%. We have the technology to modulate the stress response using light therapy to help many patients with numerous conditions, with allergies being at the top of the list. Follow the link to see more on the BAX3000 and how stress reduction is achieved with this amazing technology! www.livingwithmotion.com