A Healthy Heart with Chiropractic
Keeping your heart strong and healthy with chiropractic
The quickly approaching Valentine's Day means we will soon be seeing red hearts all over. This is a good reminder to get that last minute box of chocolates and card for someone that holds that special place in our heart. Valentine's Day is also a good time to remind ourselves how important our heart health is. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 600,000 in the US people die each year of heart disease.
There are many ways to make sure your heart is as healthy as possible including healthy diet, exercise, stress management, weight management, smoking cessation and you guessed it...chiropractic care. There are two main ways chiropractic care can be a part of having a healthier heart:
1. Reducing blood pressure
According to a study reported in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT), chiropractic patients had a significant decrease in blood pressure when measured both pre and post-adjustment, concluding its positive effect on cardiovascular health.
2.Heart Rate Variability
Reduced heart rate variability (HRV), to put it simply, is the relationship between the sympathetic and parasympathetic portions of the Autonomic Nervous System. It has been associated with congestive heart failure, diabetic neuropathy, depression and susceptibility to SIDS. A study by John Zhang, MD, published in JMPT concluded that HRV was indeed increased with chiropractic adjustments, again proving its positive effect on heart health.
