Study Finds Special "Atlas Adjustment" Lowers Blood Pressure

A recent placebo-controlled study suggests chiropractic adjustment can significantly lower high blood pressure. According to the study leader, Dr. George Bakris, director of the University of Chicago hypertension center, chiropractic adjustments have the effect of not one, but two blood pressure medications given in combination. The study showed that there were no side-effects.

Eight weeks after undergoing the procedure, 25 patients with early-stage high blood pressure had significantly lower blood pressure than 25 similar patients who underwent a sham chiropractic adjustment. Because patients couldn't feel the technique, they were unable to tell which group they were in. X-rays showed that the procedure realigned the atlas vertebra - the doughnut-like bone at the very top of the spine - with the spine in the treated patients, but not in the sham-treated patients. Compared to the sham-treated patients, those who got the real procedure saw an average 14 mm Hg greater drop in systolic blood pressure (the top number in a blood pressure count), and an average 8 mm Hg greater drop in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom blood pressure number).

None of the patients took blood pressure medicine during the eight-week study.  See our testimonials sections to find out how our patients have responded with Chiropractic care.

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Richmond,VA 23238