Chiropractor offers tips that can help tackle fall allergies

Dr. Vincent Monheim of Soul Purpose Wellness shares tips to alleviate fall allergies as the seasons shift from summer to autumn.

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00:00So what type of allergies are most common this time of year and then what are those symptoms that follow?

00:06This time of year ragweed and grass pollen are pretty high. Then you get into mold into the fall.

00:14Symptoms would be itchy eyes, runny nose, cough, nasal congestion.

00:21Due to the high histamine in your body can make you really tired, even irritable. So if your kids

00:26are going crazy that can be a sign. You can even get neck pain, headaches also from that high

00:35histamine. That's a lot going on and this time of year that can be tough with kids going back to

00:40school and maybe folks going back to work. So how can the body work that a chiropractor do also help

00:45alleviate allergy symptoms? As the chiropractic part we can do cranial bone adjustments so like

00:53the bones of the face, the head to open up the sinuses. We can also adjust the cervical spine

01:01to help kind of relax the nervous system and to control that immune system that is kind of on the

01:06fritz due to the high histamine. There's a lot of other things we can do as far as testing for

01:14high histamine. You can get into some supplements and stuff like that. When you think about the

01:22chiropractic work is that instead of an allergy medication or would that kind of go hand in hand

01:27with an allergy medication? It can go hand in hand. Sometimes allergy medications can be somewhat of

01:35a band-aid. They block histamine and they don't allow the body to get rid of that histamine

01:41and through chiropractic work you can help with that. I can also take certain supplements,

01:47things like N-acetylcysteine. You can do methyl folate, quercetin, bromelain. It helps the liver

01:56clear the histamine out of your body to actually lower the level of histamine so that you don't

02:01have that really high inflammatory hormone floating through your body. Those are some

02:06pretty big words. If someone is suffering from allergies you probably need to reach

02:10out to a professional. How can someone watching find out if a chiropractor could help them?

02:17Most chiropractors are able to help. Not all of them do cranial adjusting but most will all do

02:24cervical spine adjustments which can help. I would try to look for someone that does

02:30applied kinesiology. That's the muscle testing. They can test for the high histamine and help

02:37with the natural supplements that you can take. I would say most chiropractors can help.

02:44Excellent. Dr. Vincent Monheim out of Sole Purpose Wellness. We appreciate you joining

02:48us here on this Labor Day and all your expert information. Thank you Ari. No problem.