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The Chiropractic patients had 200% greater immune

competence than people who had not received
Chiropractic care, and 400% greater immune
competence than the subjects with cancer.
“Chiropractic may optimize whatever
genetic abilities you have…”
Dr. Ronald Pero, Ph.D.
Chief of Cancer Prevention Research
at New York Preventative Medicine Institute

Two other studies may indicate that not only is immune

function greater without subluxation, but that subluxation
may be responsible for a lowered immune system
response. In 1992 researchers performed a study on
“healthy” patients to see what effect a thoracic adjustment
would have on the immune system. They found that 15
minutes after being adjusted, there was a significant in-
crease in the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood
cell that fights invading bacteria (as compared to 15 min-
utes before the adjustment).
In 1994 a small controlled study was done on HIV patients
looking at the effects of removing nervous system
interference on the immune system. Half of the patients
were adjusted and half were not. After 6 months, the non-
adjusted group (who doctors pretended to adjust) had a
reduction in the CD4 count by 8% compared to the
adjusted group whose count decreased 48%! (The CD4
count indicates the progression of the HIV infection. A
higher count indicates further progression of viral
invasion).

Some effects of subluxation cannot be explained by pressure on a single nerve,

but are the result of general irritation of the entire nervous system.

Dr. Steve Hoffman

590 Rancho Santa Fe Road
Encinitas, CA 92024
760-943-7040