BLOOD PRESSURE

At this moment you have a blood pressure. But don't worry, everyone has blood pressure. You need it to sent your blood throuh your miles and miles of arteries and capillaries bringing oxygen and nutrition through out your body. Everytime your heart pumps blood through your arteries and the force of this push is called blood pressure. Without blood pressure you couldnt live.

There is no just right blood pressure . 120/80 is just 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 , gender, emotional make up,drug, and alcohol use, emotional stress and many other doctors. When blood pressure is abnormally low, its called hypotension and when it is abnormally high its called hypertension. 

Idiopathic Hypertension

In most cases, medical doctors do not know the cause of hypertension. These cases are referred to as essential idiop[athic or primary hypertension. In some cases (secondary hypertension) there is a specific cause often kidney diseaseor medication use ( such as ibuprofen and other drugs)

The Medical Approach

Most MDs attemp to lower blood pressure with prescription drugs. While there are some logic to that approach, the deeper questions of " what is causing th blood pressure rise ? Is high blood pressure serving a purpose? and " Are we just treating symptoms? are usually not addressed. One physician in discussing this states that high blood pressure ... really isn't a disease in itslef but is rather a symptom of smoking , obesity or perhaps inactivity...perhaps physicians should stop taking blood pressures and should start weighing people and asking them about exercise, diet, smoking and work habits.

A Defense

A possible role of high blood pressure for some people may be that it is a defense agaisnt damage to your brain and spinal cord due to unbalanced spinal cord and body structure. An elevated blood pressure may help protect your brain and spinal cord from compression due to spine and structural stress. However, your body cannot keep this form of protection around indefinetely . Eventually, the elevated blood pressure can cause serious health problems so the underlying cause should be addressed. High blood pressure has also been seen as a compensation for dehydration and many people have found that simply by drinking more water, their blood pressure drops to normal. 

Side effects of Medication

Blood pressure medication can cause rash, hives, sensitivity to light ,joint aches, confusion, impotence, weakness, dizziness, lack of energy, numbness  in the extremeties, depression, anger, moodiness, muscle spasm, and other symptoms. That maybe why many people are investigating non-drug approaches, A the late Robert Mendelson, MD said, "Patients with coronary problems and high blood pressure are investigating, nutrition  , allergy , acupuncture, chiropractic, biofeedback, meditation and exercise...medical schools do not produce physicians who posses this kind of knowledge.

The Chiropractic Approach

One of the best thing you can do for your blood pressure, as well as the rest of your body, is to see a doctor of chiropractic. Doctors of chiropractors perform adjustments to correct subluxations that cause nerve stress which upsets body balance and nerve health. For over a century chiropractic care has been a drug-free blessing to milions of people who thought they would have to face a life of medication. Studies and case histories have often described the blood pressure normalizing effects that gentle , painless chiropractic adjustments have on individuals.

The Chiropractic Message

Chiropractic corrects a serious form of stress caused by subluxations that interferes with normal body function. Chiropractic philosophy teaches us to promote optimal body function.through good nutrition/organic foods, exercise, hydration and avoidance and removal of toxins. Chiropractic philisophy also encourages us to seek out more natural, conservative ways of approaching health care such as natural, drug-free childbirth , accupuncture , homeopathy, herbs, massage, aromatherapy, naturopathy,and other methods before submitting to more radical (i.e. drugs and surgical) approaches.