Comments on: High blood pressure and chiropractic

By: drtim

drtim — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:37:24 +0000

Thanks for the testimonial, Ray. Have you told your friends about chiropractic?

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:10:57 +0000

I started going to a chiropractor in December 2008. My symptoms were headaches, nervousness, high blood pressure (averaging about 160/100 and spiking to 190/115 in the afternoon), and insomnia. I hated going on blood pressure meds but I couldn’t take the suffering anymore and the doctor prescribed beta blockers. After 3 months of adjustments I began to sleep much better and my BP was going down. I have weaned myself off the beta blockers and haven’t taken them now for over 3 months. My blood pressure averages about 136/86. I hope and suspect it will come down a little more but I’m so happy to be off the meds and their side effects.

By: fan

fan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:03:53 +0000

i found the article very interesting and plan to visit a chiropractor with this info. however i must disagree with your statement that most doctors don’t suggest less stress,diet and excercise for lowering blood pressure. they do that is their first line of defense. i do agree that blood pressure medicine is something i wish i had avoided. the side effects are not good. i always feel bad and i have other issues i believe were caused by the use of beta blockers and the like. your article is very informative and i will be visiting a chiropractor

By: daniel

daniel — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:34:58 +0000

when you say specific upper cervical for best results, do you mean NUCCA?
(love this post info)

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:48:04 +0000

What about atrial fibulation & irregular heart beat? I did have a abration procedure. It did eleviate the flutter, but does reocur sometimes when the irregular heart beat trigers it–according to my doctor. My BP is all over the place. 140–170’s systolic. My diostolic is always in the 50’s-70’s. My “normal” pulse is also in the 50’s-70’s. sometimes 80’s.
But my pulse today is 116 at rest–after a nap, with a bp of 134/74.
I’m taking Exforge amlodipine-10mg, valsartan-160mg–1X/day, for BP & Flecinide for arrhythmias 100 mg-2X/day.
Last week i had several days of high pulse 117-142. It normalized in nine days after doubling the flecinide from 50 to 100.
Dave

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:49:30 +0000

I really enjoyed this article, or blog entry, whatever you want to call it. I’m also glad to find another source for chiropractic information on the web.

By: Wendy Xavier

Wendy Xavier — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:32:28 +0000

well this is shocking. i do believe that drugs do not help cure hypertension but mask its symptoms however i never knew adjusting you neck bones would help treat high blood pressure. oh my this puts me to think. any way great information