Everyone has blood pressure. It is necessary to send your blood through
your miles and miles of blood vessels bringing oxygen and nutrition throughout
your body. Every time your heart beats it pumps blood through your arteries and
the force of this “push” is called blood pressure. Without blood pressure you
couldn’t live.
There is no “just right” blood pressure; 120 over 80 is just an average.
Like the idle of a car, some people run a little high, others a little low.
Blood pressure also fluctuates based on the time of day, exercise, age, sex,
emotional makeup, drug and alcohol use, emotional stress and many other
factors.
The cause of elevated blood pressure in most people is unknown and is
referred to as ‘essential,’ ‘idiopathic’ or ‘primary’ hypertension. In some
cases there is a specific cause, often kidney disease or medication use (such
as ibuprofen and other drugs).
Most MDs attempt to lower blood pressure
with prescription drugs. While there is some logic to that approach, the deeper
questions of 'What is causing the blood pressure to rise?,' 'Is high blood
pressure serving a purpose?' and 'Are we just treating symptoms?' are usually
not addressed.
Blood pressure medications can cause rash, hives, sensitivity to light,
joint aches, confusion, impotence, weakness, dizziness, lack of energy,
numbness in the extremities, depression, anger, moodiness, muscle spasms and
other symptoms. That may be why many people are investigating non-drug
approaches.
For over a century chiropractic care has been a drug-free blessing to
millions of people who thought they would have to face a life of medication.
Chiropractic journals have often described the blood pressure normalizing
effects that gentle, painless chiropractic spinal adjustments have on
individuals.
One of the best things you can do for your
blood pressure, as well as the rest of your body, is to see a doctor of
chiropractic. Doctors of chiropractic perform spinal adjustments to correct
vertebral subluxations or spinal nerve stress which upset body balance and
nerve health. When
your body is operating properly your blood pressure, like all other bodily
functions, will be right for you.
Getting rid of your pain,
Dr. Steven Ray, Chiropractor
Val Vista Chiropractic
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