Articles

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Hypertension has a new foe with upper cervical chiropractic. One study shows that there is as great a value in upper cervical chiropractic adjustments as in high blood pressure medications. Some of the participants in the study showed normalization of their blood pressure and were able to, under their family medical doctors’ supervision, stop taking their medications all together.

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In the April 26, 2004 issue of the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, a literature review is highlighted that documents the health benefits of chiropractic care to people who have no symptoms.

Vertebral subluxations are misalignments of the small bones of the spine that interfere with the nervous system, the primary communications system between the brain and the body, which ultimately determines overall body function and health.

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Chiropractic manipulation has been demonstrated to be effective as an alternative or in addition to medication for the headache patient. The special work of Atlas Orthogonal (AO) Chiropractic can offer even greater benefit, no manipulations, rather adjustments. Chiropractic’s ability to correct biomechanical dysfunction may decrease the factors that contribute to headache pain.

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Researchers now know that there is a critical link between the body’s central nervous system and the immune system. Something chiropractic researchers have been aware of since the 1918 flu epidemic, when it was found that the rate of chiropractic patients that got the flu was less than half that of non-chiropractic patients.

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Wellness care by doctors of chiropractic may reduce health care costs, improve health behaviors, and enhance patients’ perceived quality of life. In 2005, both Medical News Today (March 7) and The Journal for Vertebral Subluxation Research (Feb. 18) reported major advances in how chiropractic helps to relieve stress in those who are under chiropractic care.

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There has been a debate in the past few years about the role chiropractic should have in the health care of children…