High Blood Pressure and Chiropractic
54
There are quite a few benefits to chiropractic and one major one is reducing high blood pressure. The TV show “Good Morning America,” reported on a study done by the University of Chicago recently and came away rather surprised, the same feeling the doctors who conducted the study came away with. The study strongly suggested that a chiropractic adjustment of the neck could lower high blood pressure in millions of people affected by hypertension.
Fifty people were in a double-blind study to see if a simple adjustment or manipulation could actually work on decreasing blood pressure in people who had high blood pressure readings. Half the group was given false adjustments, and the other half were
adjusted correctly. The doctors measured the group’s progress over a period of eight weeks and found, astonishingly, that the correctly adjusted half of the group decreased their blood pressure readings by an average of 17 points. This double-digit drop usually only occurs with the ingestion of two blood pressure medications taken simultaneously.
The other half of the group, without the proper spinal adjustment, stayed the same, as far as blood pressure readings.
The adjustment of the C-1 vertebra, at the top of the spinal column, is the apparent magic button of this whole procedure. When the spine, in general, is out of alignment, the body tends to be in pain and unhealthy. When it is aligned properly, the nervous system is allowed to do its work and run the human body in the efficient manner in which it is supposed to operate.
The significant drop in blood pressure due to the chiropractic neck adjustment threw a lot of people, medical doctors included, off guard. One doctor commented that while there were still unanswered questions, it absolutely deserves more study. The M.D. went on to say that it is certainly imaginable that adjusting the anatomy in that area, (the vertebra at the top of the neck), may have an effect on regulating blood pressure.
The study caused some M.D.s to take notice of the obvious benefits chiropractic can have on blood pressure. Chiropractic is really about improving the function of the nervous system. When that happens then the function of every other body system is improved.
If you or someone you know is suffering from high blood pressure in Temecula Valley, the doctors at Complete Health Chiropractic are here to help. We are a group of chiropractors offering chiropractic in Menifee, Murrieta, Temecula, Fallbrook and Lake Elsinore.
