Chiropractic Decreases Hypertension

Decrease in blood pressure in patients with hypertension. A 1988 study in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics looked at 21 hypertensive patients. They received chiropractic adjustments in the T1-T5 area of the spine. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings decreased significantly in the group receiving real chiropractic adjustments, but not in the placebo or control groups.