08/17/2026
* add final two slides in the other 8/17 post
The whole house has passed the same cold around twice this month, and you’re the one holding it together on no sleep. 😮💨
You wipe down the doorknobs, push the vitamin C, run the humidifier all night, and you’re still the one who catches whatever is going around.
📣 This is important to hear first: getting “sick” now and then is part of being human, and your body is built to handle it.
In fact, some research suggests that early and repeated immune challenges play a role in building a more balanced, resilient immune response over time.
In short… we aren’t here to fear microbes! 🦠
But the study in these slides is a fun one!
It’s small, early research, not a cure-all, but researchers found a quick, measurable bump in the body’s front-line immune defense after a single neck adjustment.
That kind of resilience is something we get to watch show up in our patients all the time.
Save this for the next sniffle season, and send it to the friend who somehow catches every bug that comes through daycare. 🤧
Our DMs are open if you’re curious whether it’s a fit.
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J Chiropr Med. 2021 Sep;20(3):121-127. doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2021.10.003. Epub 2022 Apr 6.
PMID: 35463842; PMCID: PMC9023133. | via Dr Mo Knows | Applied Neuroscience Education