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Could AFib Be Helped by Chiropractic?

Aug 12, 2014
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Chiropractic showing spine anatomy model to their patient

Chiropractic for AFib

Your heart is well connected to both parts of your nervous system – the sympathetic and parasympathetic. So if chiropractors work on the spine, affecting the nervous system directly through spinal manipulation, does it make sense that it’s possible chiropractic adjustments could make a difference in your atrial fibrillation?

What the Research Says

Let’s look at some research to reason it through. At Logan College of Chiropractic in Missouri, 96 chiropractors investigated what their treatments were doing to the sympathetic and parasympathetic parts of the nervous system.

They used a heart rate variability device to collect data, along with subjective patient questionnaires before and after each chiropractic manipulation. The patients were followed for up to four weeks.

Here's What Happened After One Chiropractic Adjustment:

  • There was a significant reduction in pain from 3.7 on the questionnaire to 2.1.
  • Mean heart rate was reduced from 76.7 to 74.3.
  • Other electrical components and frequency components taken by the device improved significantly.
  • Pain was reduced significantly before and after each visit.
  • The reduction of pain from each treatment was not maintained over the four weeks.
  • The changes in the electrical components of the heart, total power of the heart and low frequency components were statistically significantly improved.
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Here's What Happened After Four Weeks of Adjustments:

Right here with this research we have evidence that chiropractic treatment is positively affecting the heart.

Study #2

In another study that took place at New York Chiropractic College, chiropractors measured autonomic nervous system function in those who had an acute back or neck problem. Acute means the injury or pain occurred recently in the past week.

They discovered that the interaction between the skin and blood vessel sympathetic neurons of the nervous system did change as a result of the injury; there was a greater number of sensory neuron responses, which caused changes in autonomic function. That’s a mouthful! All it’s saying though is chiropractic causes a deeper reaction in the nervous system that can affect the heart rate and blood pressure.

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Donna Schwontkowski
Dr. Donna Schwontkowski is a retired chiropractor with two degrees in nutrition and a Master's in herbology. She is convinced that every illness can be improved significantly through diet and nutritional protocols. See all of Donna's articles
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Resources
  • PubMed.gov (Effect of chiropractic care on heart rate variability and pain in a multisite clinical study.)
  • PubMed.gov (Autonomic nervous system function among individuals with acute musculoskeletal injury.)
  • PubMed.gov (Sympathetic and parasympathetic responses to specific diversified adjustments to chiropractic vertebral subluxations of the cervical and thoracic spine)
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