Chiropractic Care and the Cardiovascular System
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Cardiovascular disease is one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity in the industrialized world. Cardiovascular health is one of the most important aspects of physical fitness. For these reasons, understanding the neurologic influence over cardiovascular tone is an important consideration for doctors of chiropractic (DC) who are interested in the role of subluxation correction in general and vertebral subluxation complex (VSC) correction in particular in the overall health and wellness of their patients.
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