In 2007, George Bakris, the world expert on hypertension, published a study with a team of researchers in the Human Journal of Hypertension showing that one upper cervical chiropractic adjustment had the same effect as two blood pressure-lowering drugs. Also, the effects of just one adjustment lasted more than six months. Compared to the placebo-treated patients, those who got the real procedure saw an average 14 mm Hg greater drop in systolic blood pressure (the top number in a blood pressure count) and an average 8 mm Hg greater drop in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom blood pressure number). [Link to Source]‍​Other studies have shown similar findings with hypotensive patients. Chiropractic care raised their low blood pressure to normal levels. This highlights the body’s ability to create a homeostatic balanced environment once vertebral subluxations are removed.