or case study reported in the Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research suggests that chiropractic adjustments can help reverse and prevent heart disease.
Heart disease is a widespread problem that afflicts hundreds of thousands of Americans. Every year, 600,000 of us die from heart disease and related diseases. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent in research efforts, looking for a cure. Many causes contribute to people developing heart disease, including obesity, stress, smoking and lack of exercise. Everyone has the power to take preventive measures. But when we have entered the danger zone, what can we do? New research is proving this chiropractic adjustment can reverse heart disease. This development is bringing hope to those of us unfortunate enough to have developed it.
Human heart health changed by chiropractic.
According to case studya 54-year-old man undergoing chiropractic care experienced normalization of his lipid panel after six months chiropractic adjustments. Fascinatingly, no other interventions (eg diet or exercise modifications) were implemented within this time period.
The patient initially came to the chiropractor's office with a chief complaint of high cholesterol and was taking more than 10 medications to manage his condition. With a past history of heart attack and angioplasty, he was considered “high risk”. One month before starting chiropractic care, he had a lipid panel drawn that showed abnormal levels of cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides. According to an interview with the patient on YouTube, he listened to that chiropractic can help lower cholesterol and tried it because he wanted to get off his prescription drugs. If you are looking for similar transformative care, a chiropractor in Irving, TX, or your area can offer expert adjustments and personalized care.
Natural health experts speak out.
According to Dr. These spinal disturbances lead to nerve interference and can result in a host of disorders because the body's homeostatic mechanism is thrown off course.”
“It makes a lot of sense when you think about it,” said Dr. Matthew McCoy, a chiropractor, public health researcher and editor of the journal that published the study. “If you damage or compress or otherwise interfere with the neurological structures in the spine, it can have far-reaching implications for how the body functions. Through research reports like this one, we are finding that correcting the distortions or abnormal movements associated with these spine problems it reduces nerve interference and people experience improvement. In this study, there was a man who had risk factors for cardiovascular disease.”
Vertebral subluxation
“Finding the cause of cardiovascular disease and reducing those risks is a much better strategy,” according to the study. One such risk is thought to be spinal misalignment and/or abnormal movement of the spine, called “vertebral subluxations” by chiropractors, which result in structural and neurological interference with the spine and nervous system. It is this interference that can trigger a cascade of neuroendocrine events leading to abnormal cholesterol metabolism. The theory is that once these spinal misalignments are corrected, the body is better able to balance its physiology.
of the chiropractor diagnosed the patient with vertebral subluxations in the neck, pelvis and sacrum. Follow-up lab work revealed that his cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and triglycerides had all improved, and he reported an improvement in his mental and physical health, and his musculoskeletal complaints had resolved. The authors call for further studies in a controlled setting.
Not surprisingly, other researchers have found similar results regarding heart disease risk factors that are managed by chiropractic adjustmentsand this case is one of several new studies describing this phenomenon. The most notable was published in the Journal of Human Hypertension. The 100-person pilot study made national headlines and was even aired on Good Morning America. The results proved that one above chiropractic cervical adjustment has the same effect as two pills designed to normalize blood pressure, which it was innovative.
