The Power of the Chiropractic Adjustment!

​Perhaps what you feel and hear is the “crack” of the spine, then you’d notice that you can move better, feel taller, posture is improving, and the back/neck pain is gone. They’re all great things but is that all an adjustment can do!?
A new publication released 2024, an Integrative Review of many studies explored how Chiropractic care influences health and wellness of the nervous system, endocrine system and immune function1.
Chiropractic care is more than just for your back and neck. Research suggests that Chiropractic care:

• Improves HRV (Heart Rate Variability) – ensuring the body can remain “balanced” and not stuck in either sympathetic or parasympathetic state
• Promotes healthy immunity – better immune cells activities, less prone to sickness
• Regulates blood pressure – helps with cardiovascular system function
• Decrease cortisol – helps to reduce stress
• Improves sleep – important for healing and regulation of nervous system
• Reduces inflammation – helps in fighting against various systemic issues
• Elevates performance – for daily activities and athletic endeavors2

Another great recent RCT study also found that Chiropractic adjustment is even more “powerful” when delivered at the level or segment that is “subluxated” or “dysfunctional” or in other words, adjusting the area that truly needs it3. The goal is to improve the flow of communication between the brain and the body, which leads to better function of various systems of the body.
Chiropractic care can help back pain, neck pain, and other joints and muscle issues. However, Chiropractic care as it is truly intended from the beginning is that it can influence so much more. Everything is connected at the end of the day; all functions of your body are connected through that nervous system of which an adjustment influences.
Consider Chiropractic if you want to thrive. It doesn’t matter if you’re young or old, in pain or not. If you’re interested in living life to the full for as long as you can, spending quality time with your loved ones, then book an appointment with us and we’d love to guide you to be that better version of yourself.
 
References:

1. Haas A, Chung J, Kent C, Mills B, McCoy M. Vertebral Subluxation and Systems Biology: An Integrative Review Exploring the Salutogenic Influence of Chiropractic Care on the Neuroendocrine-Immune System. Cureus. 2024 Mar;16(3).
2. Haavik H, Kumari N, Holt K, Niazi IK, Amjad I, Pujari AN, Türker KS, Murphy B. The contemporary model of vertebral column joint dysfunction and impact of high-velocity, low-amplitude controlled vertebral thrusts on neuromuscular function. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2021 Oct;121(10):2675-720.
3. Niazi IK, Navid MS, Merkle C, Amjad I, Kumari N, Trager RJ, Holt K, Haavik H. A randomized controlled trial comparing different sites of high-velocity low amplitude thrust on sensorimotor integration parameters. Scientific Reports. 2024 Jan 12;14(1):1159.