{"id":1045,"date":"2007-05-20T12:49:13","date_gmt":"2007-05-20T17:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2011-01-19T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T18:50:09","slug":"chicago-tribune-chiropractic-lowers-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/chicago-tribune-chiropractic-lowers-blood-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Tribune: Chiropractic Lowers Blood Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent news article in the Chicago Tribune, chiropractic adjustments have been proven to reduce blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>The actual article has photographs of a doctor of chiropractic making cervical adjustments.<\/p>\n<p>The article is based on a study done at the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>This is wonderful validation of chiropractic and should be communicated to your patients.<\/p>\n<p>The  article can be a useful marketing tool for existing patients as well as  new patients.\u00a0 It can be printed and handed out to patients, used in  your patient newsletter, or included in a special workshop you give to  patients, their family and friends, or to local companies.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Tribune <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/features\/health\/chi-0705041135may08,1,1678537.story?ctrack=1&amp;cset=true\">link<\/a><br \/>\nPDF of article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmaworks.com\/main\/uploads\/lowers_blood_pressure.pdf\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the article\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA  one-time chiropractic adjustment of a misaligned neck vertebra has been  shown to significantly reduce blood pressure in people with  hypertension, according to a pilot study by University of Chicago  researchers.<\/p>\n<p>When the vertebra, known as the Atlas, or C1, was  manipulated in 25 people with high blood pressure, both their systolic  and diastolic readings decreased significantly, equal to taking two  blood-pressure drugs at once.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent news article in the Chicago Tribune, chiropractic adjustments have been proven to reduce blood pressure. The actual article has photographs of a doctor of chiropractic making cervical adjustments. The article is based on a study done &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/chicago-tribune-chiropractic-lowers-blood-pressure\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chiropractic-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1046,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions\/1046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}