Chiropractic Care to Battle High Blood Pressure Naturally
High blood pressure (also known as hypertension) raises your risk of heart disease and can increase your chance of a stroke or heart attack -- the number one cause of death for both men and women in the United States.
While certain lifestyle factors like obesity, smoking, high stress, and significant alcohol intake may make you prone to high blood pressure, this is not always the case. Some people who suffer from hypertension have none of these issues yet still have high blood pressure. Therefore, the only way to be sure if you have hypertension is to be tested.
Doctors will almost always prescribe medication to patients with hypertension. Fortunately, there are natural remedies to control your high blood pressure which include regular aerobic exercise.
Additionally, recent studies of nearly 300 people have shown that blood pressure can be lowered naturally through chiropractic adjustments. Traditionally, people with high blood pressure may have to take two medications to achieve similar results in lowering their blood pressure vs. a natural remedy like seeing a chiropractor.
Through manipulation to the base of the skull in the neck area your chiropractor will use a specific chiropractic technique to realign and readjust this area. The result of this chiropractic technique is the reduction of hypertension and lowering of high blood pressure.
Incredibly, studies show that people who took no medication and received the specialized manipulation from their chiropractor received the same health benefits as patients who were only taking blood pressure medication. During an eight week period, patients receiving this chiropractic care for their high blood pressure realized a 14 point drop off their top number and an 8 point drop from their bottom number.
As might be expected, patients with high blood pressure also experience neck pain. This stiffness and tightness of the neck muscles is exactly what a chiropractor focuses on when they treat you for high blood pressure. By realigning the atlas, your chiropractor releases pressure on the surrounding muscles and joints. This pressure is what causes chronic neck pain.
As a result of your chiropractic treatment, you'll not only see your blood pressure reduced, but the pain in your neck and the surrounding area should also be alleviated.
For more information on how ANSH Chiropractic and Dr. Neemisha Desai can help with your hypertension, please contact us today.
ANSH Chiropractic services Metuchen and Edison, New Jersey and the surrounding areas of Middlesex County, NJ.