Chiropractic Can Help Regulate Blood Pressure

As with many problems in the body, high blood pressure has a strong neurological component.  The medical term used to diagnose this condition is hypertension and the drugs used to decrease blood pressure mostly target the nervous and endocrine systems.  Did you know that about 30% of people are likely misdiagnosed with high blood pressure?  Many people get tense and stressed when they have their blood pressure measured at a doctor's office, resulting in a higher reading, and being falsely diagnosed and medicated for high blood pressure.  In fact, there's even a medical term for this, called White Coat Syndrome, as well as a diagnosis code.  

While having high blood pressure is indeed dangerous, using drugs to reduce your blood pressure has a wide range of risks and side effects, depending on the type of medication used.  About 10 years ago, one of my patients who was a retired medical doctor, told me that he refused to take high blood pressure medication, because it can weaken the heart muscles and lead to the necessity of a pacemaker. Fortunately, there are many ways of reducing your blood pressure naturally.  In this video, Dr Adam Story demonstrates how to reduce your blood pressure naturally in just a few minutes, with simple deep-breathing exercises.  While many doctors blame high blood pressure on genes, lifestyle habits play a much more significant role.  

Specific, neurologically-based chiropractic adjustments have also been shown to reduce blood pressure, by improving the function of the nerves that control the muscles of the heart, lungs, and the blood vessels of the entire body.  According to a study published in 2007, "50 individuals with a misaligned Atlas (C1) vertebra and high blood pressure, showed that after a one-time specialized chiropractic adjustment, blood pressure decreased significantly.  The decrease was equal to taking two blood-pressure drugs at once."  Regular care will likely have a longer-lasting effect.  It's truly amazing what the nervous system and the body can do when it's functioning well.

by SJ NANA, DC, DrNana.co.za

For more information:

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• WHITE COAT SYNDROME | How to lower Blood Pressure at Doctors office
  
• 3 Side Effects from Blood Pressure Medications
• White Coat Hypertension
• Everything You Should Know About White Coat Syndrome
• Side Effects of High Blood Pressure Medications
  
• A Path To Balance: White Coat Syndrome
  
• Generation Calm: White coat syndrome! Is your doctor causing your high blood pressure?
  
• Fifteen foods that help to lower blood pressure
  
• How to Lower Blood Pressure Naturally with Lifestyle Changes
  
• Special chiropractic adjustment lowers blood pressure among hypertensive patients with misaligned c-1 vertebra
  
• Reduction in Blood Pressure Following Chiropractic Care in a 52 Year old Female: A Case Study & Review of Literature
  
• Reduction in Arterial Blood Pressure Following Adjustment of Atlas to Correct Vertebral Subluxation: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study
  
• Atlas Vertebra Realignment and Arterial Blood Pressure Regulation in 42 Subjects
  
• Chiropractic care for hypertension: Review of the literature and study of biological and genetic bases

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