02/16/2026
Fever gone and feeling better after spinal flow! Is your immune system struggling? I've helped a couple people this past week who were sick and running fever, drop their fever and start feeling better within one session. How can Spinal Flow help with improving immune function? By allowing your nervous system to shift into a healing state.
🧠 The Nervous System Controls Your Immune System More Than You Think
Did you know your immune system doesn’t operate independently?
It is constantly receiving signals from your nervous system — especially through the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which regulates stress, safety, and recovery.
When your nervous system is chronically dysregulated (fight-or-flight mode), your immune system shifts into a pro-inflammatory state.
When your nervous system is regulated and balanced, immune function improves and inflammation decreases.
Here’s how it works 👇
🔥 Chronic Stress = Immune Dysregulation
When the sympathetic nervous system (fight-or-flight) stays activated:
• Cortisol rhythms become disrupted
• Inflammatory cytokines increase (IL-6, TNF-α, CRP)
• Gut barrier permeability increases
• Viral reactivation risk rises
• Autoimmune activity may worsen
🌿 Regulation = Immune Resilience
When the parasympathetic system (rest-and-digest) is activated:
• Vagal tone increases
• Inflammation decreases
• Gut barrier function improves
• Immune balance (Th1/Th2/Treg) stabilizes
🔬 Clinical Takeaway
If someone has:
• Autoimmunity
• Chronic infections
• IBS / IBD
• Fatigue
• Mold illness
• Lyme
• Persistent inflammation
— nervous system regulation is not optional. It is foundational.
You cannot out-supplement a dysregulated nervous system.
Immune health relies on nervous system regulation.
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📚 Research Highlights:
• Chronic stress is associated with elevated inflammatory markers and impaired immune regulation (Slavich & Irwin, 2014, Psychological Bulletin).
• Stress alters glucocorticoid receptor sensitivity, leading to inflammatory dysregulation (Cohen et al., 2012, PNAS).
• Sympathetic overactivation increases NF-κB signaling, a key inflammatory pathway (Bierhaus et al., 2003, PNAS).
• The vagus nerve directly suppresses pro-inflammatory cytokine production (Tracey, 2002, Nature).
• Higher vagal tone (measured by HRV) is associated with lower systemic inflammation (Thayer & Fischer, 2009, Biological Psychology).
• Mindfulness-based stress reduction lowers CRP and inflammatory gene expression (Black & Slavich, 2016, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity).
