Thelma had been a patient of mine during the past 10 years. She would come in a couple of times a month for a tune-up, or "maintenance..."
Thelma developed high blood pressure and had a heart attack. A few weeks ago, her blood pressure was on the rise and she asked me to adjust her to help lower her blood pressure as it has done so in the past. We check her blood pressure before and after the adjustment and noticed a significant drop. Thelma is not alone. Many people suffering from hypertension have been treated successfully with chiropractic.
According to a study published in the March issue of Journal of Human Hypertension, chiropractic adjustments to the upper neck can significantly lower blood pressure in patients with Stage-1 hypertension.
Dr. George Bakris, principal investigator of this study, supplied patients from his clinic at the Rush University Hypertension Center in Chicago for the research.
He said the chiropractic technique studied "has the effect of not one but two blood pressure medications given in combination. And it seemed to be adverse-event free. We saw no side effects and no problems."
In describing why chiropractic was effective, Bakris discussed a "subpopulation of hypertensive patients that have neurogenic hypertension." In this case, it is thought that misalignment of the atlas vertebrae (the top vertebrae in the neck) results in changes in the vertebra artery and "are associated with the relative ischemia of the brainstem circulation and increased blood pressure."
...Thelma and I continue to work together. She is in her 80s now, and I appreciate her and the time we have together in friendship and health.
This is the opinion of Michelle Greenspan, a doctor of chiropractic and a certified chiropractic extremity practitioner. She can be reached at www.greenspanchiro.com.
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