You can have high blood pressure (hypertension) for years without any symptoms. Uncontrolled hypertension puts you at an increased risk of serious health problems, including heart attack and stroke. High blood pressure typically develops over the course of many years and, fortunately, can be easily detected. Once you know you have high blood pressure, you’re able to make changes to get it managed.

But what if there’s a missing piece to the puzzle? It sounds strange that your spine could be connected to hypertension, but several research studies have shown that it may be the case. Structural Shifts of the spine, particularly in the upper cervical area, have been found to cause a decrease in blood supply to the brainstem and an increase in systemic blood pressure.

If you’re familiar with scientific research, you’ll know that a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study is about the most unbiased you can get. A study of this nature was done to see how correcting the Atlas Displacement Complex would affect blood pressure. The results of the study were remarkable – over the course of the 8 weeks the patients were observed, those in the group that received the chiropractic adjustment saw as much improvement in their blood pressure as the group that took two different antihypertensive medications.

At Precision Chiropractic, outcomes are extremely important to us. This is evident in our process and procedures.  In other words, we’re keeping score.  We know there is no “high blood pressure adjustment”, and this is exactly why we measure each patient’s status and need for an adjustment on each visit. What we do know for sure is that helping our patients to not only correct, but also stabilize their adjustments, leads to the best possible outcomes. Maybe you’re tired of all the medications, or maybe you’re just looking for a different approach.  Either way, our complimentary consultation is the perfect way for us to get to know you, for you to get to know us, and to see if a Structural Shift of the spine may be contributing to your hypertension.

The most difficult part of the NeuroStrucutral cases we accept in our office is not whether we can make a single correction. It is whether the body has the ability to hold and stabilize that correction in order to make a long-term sustainable solution.

Patients usually come in with structural and physiological baggage from having a Structural Shift that has been left uncorrected for a long period of time. This makes it harder for patients to HOLD their adjustments.

Most commonly, we see Secondary Conditions such as disc degeneration, spinal arthritis, headaches, neuropathy, and muscle pain as a result of unchecked and uncorrected Structural Shifts in the spine.

This is exactly why we check children in our office for underlying Structural Shifts.

Most children have very little baggage and can have easier corrections then adults who have a history of degeneration and detrimental muscle memory.

Children that get checked avoid most of the Secondary Conditions that afflict our adult patients

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They need FEWER adjustments and hold their corrections for LONGER periods of time.

Our specific correction is tailored to each patient – adult or child – and as a result is safe and effective.

The most common signs for children with a Structural Shift are digestive issues (constipation/diarrhea/reflux), difficulty concentrating, and headaches.

As Benjamin Franklin once said, “An ounce of Prevention is worth a Pound of Cure.”

Fall has arrived and with the cooler temperatures, many people have been asking us about ways they can avoid the usual aches, pains, and ailments that usually accompany the shift in weather.  In our daily lives we are bombarded by a lot of information about the best methods to keep our kids healthy at school, fight off a cold or cough, or avoid getting the flu.  Were we supposed to feed that fever or starve it?!  How do we know if our body is working as hard as it can to stay healthy?

Bolstering immune function is important to everyone – from infant to elderly, everyone benefits from an immune system that is running optimally.  At Precision Chiropractic, we receive calls all the time from parents and patients asking if they should reschedule their appointment because they have the sniffles or a tickle in their throat.  Our answer is always the same – if you’re able to make it in to get checked, then you should.

This may seem counter-intuitive, but allow me to explain.  Since our focus is on NeuroStructural Corrective chiropractic care, our goal is not just placing a Band-Aid over a bigger problem – it’s to make a lasting correction to an underlying Structural Shift of the spine.  Oftentimes, this Structural Shift is responsible for creating secondary conditions, or symptoms, including feeling run down or getting sick more often than those around you.

In order for the immune system to work at its highest capacity, the nervous system must also be free to work at its highest capacity, since the nervous system governs the function of all the other systems of the body.  Because we perform a specific NeuroStructural analysis on each and every visit, we are able to know without any doubt if a Structural Shift, or Subluxation, is preventing your nervous system from working at its best.  If YOU were feeling under the weather, wouldn’t you like to KNOW that your immune system was fighting as hard as it possibly could to get you back to normal?

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Structure and Function

Conventional chiropractors are well known for their goals of decreasing muscles spasm, increasing range of motion, and temporarily relieving pain through spinal manipulations. The focus of a conventional chiropractic approach is mainly structural. However, the NeuroStructural care at Precision Chiropractic also addresses the function of the body with specific NeuroStructural Corrections.

If you ask any engineer or architect they will tell you that structure determines function. It’s no different in the human body – our hands are designed with opposable thumbs for grasping objects, our teeth have different designs based upon where in the mouth they are located to perform different jobs like tearing or grinding of food, and even on a cellular level, the shape of our individual proteins determines if they will function as a transporter of molecules, control growth, or even transmit nerve impulses.

When does care end?

As a Chiropractor I meet a lot of people in the community with the question, “ If I go to a Chiropractor, do I have to go for the rest of my life?”

This is a very good question and most CONVENTIONAL chiropractors would say yes.Lifetime care is suggested in maintaining a healthy spine.

In the modern age of medicine we have more options for treatments than ever before in human history. But do more options lead to better choices? From general physicians to specialists you can find anything you want as a consumer.  Conventional chiropractors also play a role in this modern medical landscape by offering temporary relief for neck and back aches.  But who is offering the option of prudence? The saying “less is more” might be truer than ever before in a world where there are more medications, more surgeries, more interventions, more adjustments.  Is there a time and place for medications, surgeries, and other types of interventions?  Yes, of course, but the important point is knowing when and where.

At Precision Chiropractic, our goal is to identify and stabilize the underlying shift in the spine. Instead of adjusting 4-5 different vertebrae on every visit, our diagnostic tools allow us to identify the specific vertebrae that need to be adjusted. More importantly, the same tools allow us to know when a vertebra is still in place and when an adjustment is NOT necessary.  If the bone were in the correct position, an adjustment would be worst thing that could happen.  Is the goal to get as many adjustments as possible? Or is it to have the underlying shift corrected AND stabilized?  Does your wound heal quicker if you pick at your scab?

My advice? Leave well enough alone.