From Wikipedia: Chiropractic is a health care approach and profession that emphasizes diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine, under the hypothesis that these disorders affect general health via the nervous system.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Can Blood Pressure be Affected by Chiropractic Care?

Yes! Chiropractic care can improve your blood pressure. A 2007 study demonstrated that upper neck adjustments are just a effective at lowering blood pressure as two-drug combination therapy.

The researchers in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Rush University Hypertension Center in Chicago, IL hypothesized that restricted movement in the upper cervical spine caused decreased blood flow to the brain stem. As a result, the body compensates by increasing the blood pressure to ensure the brain stem gets the needed blood. Chiropractic correction of the upper neck allows the blood pressure to return healthy levels.

The 2007 study followed 50 people with high blood pressure for 8 weeks. The top number (systolic blood pressure) dropped an average of 17 points and the bottom number (diastolic blood pressure) fell an average of 10 points. Those results are no better than you could expect had you taken a combination drug for the same 8 week period! And you did not have to add any chemicals to your body.

Link to the study.


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  2. I am a great believer in Chiropractic treatment. When my kids were small I had a very bad back and was laid up in bed for 10 days on Pethidine for the pain. I eventually decided to go see a Chiropractor and within 3 weeks he had my back fixed and I was off all painkiller drugs.

    My advice is if your back hurts, go and get it fixed.

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  19. My husband is currently Suffering with numbness to the Hands every morning. he does have a lower back injury, which i thought would affect his legs, not hands. he does have to carry heavy items on his shoulder when training, so maybe this is doing damage. is this something a chiropractor can determined and rectify. much appreciated. also his blood pressure is low,i didn't know that it could relate.

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