Thyroid
Importance of thyroid
Thyroid hormones control your metabolism. Every cell in your body has a receptor site for thyroid hormones. Thyroid hormones are responsible for the most basic aspects of bodily functions that impact all of the major systems of the body and are extremely sensitive to minor imbalances in other area of physiology. Thyroid hormones directly act on brain, GI tract, cardiovascular system, bone metabolism, gall bladder and liver function, glucose metabolism, lipid an cholesterol metabolism, body temperature and regulation, and other numerous systems in our body, That is how important it is to your health that your thyroid is functioning at optimum level.
Thyroid hormones control your metabolism. Every cell in your body has a receptor site for thyroid hormones. Thyroid hormones are responsible for the most basic aspects of bodily functions that impact all of the major systems of the body and are extremely sensitive to minor imbalances in other area of physiology. Thyroid hormones directly act on brain, GI tract, cardiovascular system, bone metabolism, gall bladder and liver function, glucose metabolism, lipid an cholesterol metabolism, body temperature and regulation, and other numerous systems in our body, That is how important it is to your health that your thyroid is functioning at optimum level.
Variety of symptoms due to thyroid function disorders
Disorders for thyroid function are very prevalent in the US population and continue to increase every year.
Many people with hypothyroidism suffer from a variety of musculoskeletal complaints, such as autoimmune joint disease (i.e. Rheumatoid arthritis), muscle weakness/ aches/ tenderness/stiffness, joint pain/stiffness/swelling, headaches, low back pain caused by obesity, poor recovery from muscle/tendon injury, and other issues that lead them to seek the care of a chiropractor.
But many people don't realize musculoskeletal symptoms are caused by hypothyroidism, and it is not uncommon for us to run lab work and identify the underlying problems if there are indications from the patient history and exam. Believe or not, prior to seeing us, many of these patients have been to their primary care physicians, but they are mostly failed to get detected their hypothyroidism.
Disorders for thyroid function are very prevalent in the US population and continue to increase every year.
Many people with hypothyroidism suffer from a variety of musculoskeletal complaints, such as autoimmune joint disease (i.e. Rheumatoid arthritis), muscle weakness/ aches/ tenderness/stiffness, joint pain/stiffness/swelling, headaches, low back pain caused by obesity, poor recovery from muscle/tendon injury, and other issues that lead them to seek the care of a chiropractor.
But many people don't realize musculoskeletal symptoms are caused by hypothyroidism, and it is not uncommon for us to run lab work and identify the underlying problems if there are indications from the patient history and exam. Believe or not, prior to seeing us, many of these patients have been to their primary care physicians, but they are mostly failed to get detected their hypothyroidism.
Our goal and role when working with people who have thyroid functional disorders
The duly licensed doctor of chiropractic is not trained in just spinal manipulation, but also in proper differential diagnosis. Differential diagnosis is a list of possible medical causes behind the symptoms (complaints) or signs (physical findings). Laboratory diagnosis is a part of primary focused area of education in chiropractic school, beside anatomy, physiology, histology, pathology, diet and notion, physical examination, and radiology.
We understand that the treatment for a disease of hypothyroidism is thyroid hormone replacement, and if we identify such a disease, we refer the patient to a medical doctor for proper treatment.
If you have hypothyroidism, our role is to detect underlying functional health problems and provide guidance for a healthy lifestyle, proper nutrition, and a good diet. We know that health comes from within, and trust that the body will heal itself if we correct underlying health problems. Our goal is not to treat the disease. In fact, about 90 percent of cases of hypothyroidism in the United States are Hashimoto's Hypothyroiditis, which is an autoimmune thyroid condition that can not be cured but instead, alleviated or put into remission with dietary change and lifestyle modification. This approach can greatly improve function and quality of patient life. This also greatly helps to manage musculoskeletal complaints caused by hypothyroidism while we may provide a chiropractic or soft tissue care on the area of complain.
People who have hypothyroidism need proper management of hypothyroidism with hormone replacement with a medical doctor, but they also need to change their diet, nutritional status, and lifestyle to put themselves in their best environment to maximize their healing ability and achieve a better quality of life.
The duly licensed doctor of chiropractic is not trained in just spinal manipulation, but also in proper differential diagnosis. Differential diagnosis is a list of possible medical causes behind the symptoms (complaints) or signs (physical findings). Laboratory diagnosis is a part of primary focused area of education in chiropractic school, beside anatomy, physiology, histology, pathology, diet and notion, physical examination, and radiology.
We understand that the treatment for a disease of hypothyroidism is thyroid hormone replacement, and if we identify such a disease, we refer the patient to a medical doctor for proper treatment.
If you have hypothyroidism, our role is to detect underlying functional health problems and provide guidance for a healthy lifestyle, proper nutrition, and a good diet. We know that health comes from within, and trust that the body will heal itself if we correct underlying health problems. Our goal is not to treat the disease. In fact, about 90 percent of cases of hypothyroidism in the United States are Hashimoto's Hypothyroiditis, which is an autoimmune thyroid condition that can not be cured but instead, alleviated or put into remission with dietary change and lifestyle modification. This approach can greatly improve function and quality of patient life. This also greatly helps to manage musculoskeletal complaints caused by hypothyroidism while we may provide a chiropractic or soft tissue care on the area of complain.
People who have hypothyroidism need proper management of hypothyroidism with hormone replacement with a medical doctor, but they also need to change their diet, nutritional status, and lifestyle to put themselves in their best environment to maximize their healing ability and achieve a better quality of life.
