Is high blood pressure a concern for you? With high obesity rates, heart disease and stressful lifestyles, the need for concern is on the rise.

When most of us think of the term high blood pressure, we think of a home monitoring kit and a variety of pills that help keep things in check.  Yet instead of thinking about solutions to an existing problem, why not stop the problem before it happens and concentrate on living a healthy lifestyle instead?

While western medicine puts the emphasis on prescription remedies for high blood pressure, there are also natural alternatives that can provide answers. One of these alternatives is chiropractic care. A recent study shows that this type of care may offer a wealth of benefits for high blood pressure.

The procedure involves chiropractic care on the Atlas vertebrae. The Atlas vertebrae are the spinal area that holds up the head. There are two centers at the base of the brain along the Atlas area that control all of the muscles in the body. When this vertebrae and the two centers are adjusted and manipulated by a chiropractor, it can have significant positive effects on high blood pressure.

When a patient goes in for this procedure, the chiropractor does an evaluation. They realign the vertebrae through repositioning and basic chiropractic methods. This treatment is performed over the course of several consecutive sessions. Patients tend to show positive results within the first eight treatments. There also have been no reported side effects or problems with this procedure.

The findings and reports on patients who have participated in this type of care to lower their high blood pressure have shown improvement in blood flow. They have also shown a decrease in high blood pressure and related conditions with repeated Atlas vertebrae realignment and treatments.

For patients with high blood pressure or high blood pressure concerns, this chiropractic care could offer several answers. Dieting and proper exercise, along with consecutive chiropractic care visits with alignment of the Atlas vertebrae as the main focus, a patient could potentially see drastic results. For those patients seeking a natural alternative to their high blood pressure this care plan is a potential non-chemical alternative.

A very important bone in your spine – one that is often overlooked and forgotten – is the Atlas vertebra. The next time you have pain in your neck, this bone could be the source.

The Atlas vertebra is a small bone at the top of your neck. It weighs only two ounces and supports the entire weight of your head. This tiny bone protects the upper part of your spinal cord, as well as your brain stem. It is a very important bone – quite possibly the most important bone in your body. Just like any other bone, it can become damaged and cause significant trouble.

If your Atlas vertebra becomes unlevel, for any reason, it can throw off your entire spine. Your head becomes out of balance and the rest of your body works to find a way to re-balance the head. This usually means that the spine, pelvic, and other areas of the body twist as your body adjusts to the off-balanced head. All of this adjusting and twisting causes strain on your entire body – joints, bones, and muscles, along with other parts.

The longer your Atlas vertebra stays out of balance, the more pain you will begin to feel. You will need physical treatment to realign the tiny bone and get your body straight again. The treatment process can take time and you may have to endure adjustments to various parts of your body that have grown used to be twisted and turned. The Atlas vertebra is a tiny bone that is, essentially, the center of your body’s universe – without it being in the proper place and condition, your entire body is thrown out of whack.

Luckily, as studies are now showing, there may be a route to lower blood pressure through chiropractic care. The data from these studies shows an affective method being used that has no side effects, and may revolutionize the care of patients with high blood pressure.

Chiropractors work on spines to improve and protect anything from the nervous system to posture, and have found that the answer to lowering blood pressure may be in the spine. The key area is the Atlas, or C-1 vertebra, which is responsible for holding the head in place. An Atlas vertebra that is even a millimeter off can cause problems in the body, and can restrict normal blood flow in the spine, or cause arteries to remain contracted. When this happens, high blood pressure may be one of the results. Which means through simple chiropractic manipulation, original blood flow may be restored.

And by lowering blood pressure to more normal levels, in some cases, it may be enough to stop taking medications.

If you are suffering from high blood pressure, chiropractic care may allow you options to your treatment routine. Not all blood pressure problems stem from the Atlas vertebra, but it is possible that your vertebra may be misaligned. If this is the case, then a simple realignment may just be your path to a healthier and longer life.

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In the old west, the mortal punishment of choice was hanging.  Many people mistakenly think that hanging kills by strangling the victim, this is completely untrue.  Hanging kills the same way that subluxations kill, by causing interference to the mind body connection.

When a person is hung the force causes a fracture of the second cervical vertebra, called a hangman’s fracture (big surprise!), that damages the spinal cord.  When the spinal cord is damaged with this type of force it can cause a complete interruption of the flow of information from the brain to the body and the body to the brain.  This complete disruption is also known as DEATH.

Subluxation causes the same phenomenon to occur.  When the spine doesn’t function properly it loses its ability to protect the nerve system and becomes an irritant by pinching, rubbing, or stretching the spinal cords and nerves.  This causes the same loss of communication between the brain and the body as the Hangman’s fracture, but to a lesser degree so the damages may take months or even years to accumulate. Either way, the end result will be the same. 

The moral of the story is:

People are hung for the sole purpose of breaking the mind body connection, subluxation just does it slower!

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There are many natural ways to lower blood pressure consistently.  One is simply DRINK MORE WATER!  No, coffee, tea, soda, or alcohol of any kind does not count.  You need (we all need) more water.  Secondly, we could all afford to eat more fruits and veggies.  Raw is best, and the more, the better.  Juicing can help get lots of great nutrients quickly.  I feel that for the money the Jack LaLanne Juicer is the best, and is easy to find on sale, too.  Third, and possibly most important, have your atlas adjusted by an upper cervical(neck) specialist of which I am one.

These specialized chiropractors can be hard to find because there are a relative few of us.  For instance, I practice an upper cervical technique called Blair.  There are 3 of us in the entire state of Colorado, therefore I see patients from all over Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Kansas.  A couple of great places to find an upper cervical doctor near you are: www.blairchiropractic.com and www.upcspine.com.

Recently, Good Morning America had a special news segment on the effectiveness of specific atlas adjustments and reducing high blood pressure.  Click on the link for the video.  The overall lesson is that Blair Chiropractic is more than just neck pain, back pain, and headaches (although, we are great at fixing these, too).  It is about restoring health and your body’s own ability to heal itself, as long as there is no interference to the function of the nervous system.  Enjoy the video.

High blood pressure and chiropractic on GMA