Hypertension is a common clinical disease and a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. With people's in-depth research, hypertension is categorized into two types: primary and secondary. Cervical hypertension is an elevation of blood pressure due to cervical spondylosis, therefore, cervical hypertension is secondary hypertension.

Cervical hypertension is caused by pressure on different areas:

1. Cervical cord compression: The cervical cord is compressed by the intervertebral discs, posterior longitudinal ligament and embellished bones, leading to insufficient blood supply in the spinal cord and then hypoxia, which affects the function of the spinal cord and causes elevated blood pressure.

2. Vertebral artery compression: the brainstem is mainly supplied with blood by the basilar artery, which is mainly formed by the left and right vertebral arteries in the occipital foramen magnum converging and rowing into the cranial brain, when the cervical spine lesions, causing the vertebral artery compression will further lead to ischemia of the brain and the brainstem, the human body's compensatory ability to play a role in order to supply the blood, resulting in elevated blood pressure.

3. Cervical nerve root compression: when the intervertebral disc herniation and vertebral joint displacement, it will compress the cervical nerve root, causing abnormal body sensation and movement, and causing high blood pressure.

4. Hidden cervical spondylosis: Some patients do not have obvious symptoms of cervical cord compression, vertebral artery compression, or cervical nerve root compression, but cervical spondylosis can cause elevated blood pressure.

Some cervical spine hypertension does not have obvious symptoms caused by cervical spine disease, or only manifests as elevated blood pressure and abnormal cervical spine morphology. However, there are still some patients who, in addition to elevated blood pressure, have stiffness and discomfort in the shoulders and neck, dizziness, head swelling, blurred vision, and even symptoms such as chest tightness and palpitations. Some studies have shown that after effective correction of cervical vertebrae in patients with cervical spine hypertension, the patients' hypertension can be effectively improved or even returned to normal. Oral antihypertensive drugs can only temporarily control the symptoms and blood pressure level, and active treatment of the original disease is the fundamental treatment of cervical hypertension, and at present, the main cause of treatment, chiropractic treatment, acupuncture and needle knife treatment.

Answer: Gao Xiaoqian, M.S., M.A.

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This is a good question, and some scholars and doctors today are focusing on the relationship between whiplash and hypertension.

What is cervical hypertension? As you can see from the name, cervical spondylosis is the premise and hypertension is the result, which is a cause and effect relationship, that is to say, cervical spondylosis is the cause and hypertension is the result, which belongs to a more special kind of secondary hypertension.

Clinically, when diagnosed with hypertension, it is necessary to distinguish between primary and secondary hypertension, and cervical hypertension is one of the secondary hypertension, which is not well treated by internal medicine, but can be controlled by cervical spine treatment to stabilize the blood pressure. Primary hypertension can be controlled by diet, exercise, medication and health education.

Cervical hypertension, the main manifestation is the symptoms of cervical spondylosis, such as neck pain, accompanied by pain in the upper limbs, panic and chest tightness, nausea and vomiting, accompanied by elevated blood pressure, but the general blood pressure is lower than 160/100mmhg, most of them are in the critical state of high blood pressure (140/90mmhg fluctuations around oh), will not reach or even exceed the high blood pressure level 2.

Cervical spine hypertension, mainly commonly caused by sympathetic cervical spondylosis, cervical spondylosis stimulates sympathetic nerves, causing vasoconstriction, blood pressure is mildly elevated, the effect of internal medicine treatment is not good, through the neck of the acupuncture, massage and other treatments can be controlled by the blood pressure stable.

Cervical hypertension, as the name suggests, is high blood pressure caused by cervical spondylosis. You heard right, cervical spondylosis can also cause high blood pressure, which is called cervicogenic hypertension. If you are a middle-aged or elderly person, you should be careful, because you may already have high blood pressure, and if you add cervical spondylosis, it will become "worse".

Today, we're going to look at how cervical hypertension occurs and what patients can do about it!

How does cervical hypertension occur?

Let's take a look at what high blood pressure and whiplash are all about and what the dangers of each are, and then we'll look at the connection between the two.

01 / What's the deal with high blood pressure?

When blood flows inside the blood vessels, it causes a certain side pressure on the walls of the blood vessels, which is the blood pressure, and if this pressure becomes too great, high blood pressure will be formed. There are primary and secondary hypertension, secondary hypertension is mostly seen in young people, often and kidney, adrenal gland, renal vascular disease has a direct relationship, primary hypertension and genetic factors, smoking and drinking, high sodium diet, obesity, lack of exercise, emotional depression, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and other factors have a relationship, we generally say hypertension mainly refers to the primary hypertension, commonly found in middle-aged and elderly people and obese people. We generally refer to primary hypertension, which is common in middle-aged and elderly people and obese people.

What are the dangers of high blood pressure? Our blood vessels are smooth and elastic, high blood pressure will cause increased pressure on the blood vessel wall, over time will lead to the elasticity of the blood vessel wall becomes brittle and thin, and even cracks, and the blood components if a large number of "stuck" in the blood vessel cracks, to a certain extent will appear in the blood vessel blockage, resulting in atherosclerosis, blood pressure 越升越高，甚至会造成脑溢血。

A short-term increase in blood pressure does not usually cause damage to the body, but if long-term high blood pressure, it will start from the blood vessels, the human heart, brain, kidneys, retina and so on, causing serious harm, and in serious cases, even directly to death. And now, with the improvement of people's living standards, changes in the way of exercise, more and more people suffer from high blood pressure, so for the middle-aged and elderly people, people who have a hobby of smoking and drinking, obese people, these high blood pressure risk groups, should do a good job of blood pressure monitoring, and will not take a lot of effort.

02 / What's wrong with whiplash?

Cervical spondylosis usually originates from degenerative changes in the cervical spine, the most important of which is degenerative changes in the cervical intervertebral discs, from which a series of pathologic changes evolve. Cervical spondylosis is actually a group of syndromes, such as cervical disc herniation, cervical osteoarthritis, hyperplastic cervical spondylitis, cervical nerve root syndrome and other diseases are cervical spondylosis.

The causes of cervical spondylosis are very varied, starting with degenerative changes in the cervical spine, a problem we all face as we age. In addition to the natural aging of the cervical spine, congenital dysplasia of the cervical spine, chronic strain due to poor posture, history of trauma, and exposure to cold can lead to the onset of cervical spondylosis.

Cervical spondylosis is divided into cervical cervical spondylosis, neurogenic cervical spondylosis, vertebral artery cervical spondylosis, sympathetic cervical spondylosis, spinal cord cervical spondylosis, esophageal compression cervical spondylosis, and mixed cervical spondylosis according to the different tissues around the cervical vertebrae, and the different types of cervical spondylosis have different pathological manifestations, the mild cases may only manifest symptoms such as shoulder and neck pain or numbness of the fingers, and the patients with severe conditions may have unfavorable activities, The serious condition of the patient may not be able to move, bedridden, or even cause paralysis. Therefore, once suffering from cervical spondylosis, we should pay attention to it, like spinal cord cervical spondylosis is very harmful, and usually the effect of conservative treatment is not good, the patient needs to be through the surgery to release the compression, so as not to cause serious consequences. Cervical spondylosis patients should seek early medical treatment, according to different types and stages of symptomatic treatment, in order to minimize the harm of cervical spondylosis.

03 / What is the relationship between whiplash and hypertension?

The first relationship between whiplash and hypertension, as we all know, is that they can occur at the same time. The high incidence age of cervical spondylosis is in the middle-aged and old-aged stage, and as it happens, the high incidence age of metabolic diseases such as hypertension is also in the middle-aged and old-aged stage, so it is very easy for middle-aged and old-aged people to suffer from these two diseases at the same time. Young people are also prone to cervical spondylosis if they have long-term bad posture or bad habits such as smoking, drinking and lack of exercise, which are also the triggers of high blood pressure, which provides the possibility for young people to suffer from hypertension and cervical spondylosis at the same time. Therefore, no matter which age group of the old, middle-aged or young, it is not difficult for cervical spondylosis and hypertension to occur at the same time. However, our main focus today is that cervical spondylosis can lead to hypertension, or cervicogenic hypertension, which mainly includes the following causes:

• First.When the cervical transverse processes of cervical vertebrae from cervical 4 to cervical 6 are misaligned, and when the transverse processes of transverse vertebrae from 4 to cervical 6 are misaligned anteriorly, the muscles anterior to the transverse processes are strained or the transverse processes are bony displaced, or the hook vertebral joints are misaligned causing tension in the trapezius muscles and the fascia, all of which can be strainedCarotid sinus stimulation(located in the middle and lower cervical vertebrae in front of the cervical 6 transverse process), which causes fluctuation of blood pressure, and is most commonly associated with elevated blood pressure. In this case, the patient will have symptoms such as dizziness or vertigo, stiffness in the neck, heavy discomfort in the shoulders and back, and if the patient has multiple misalignments in the cervical vertebrae, symptoms such as tightness in the chest, shortness of breath, or arrhythmia can be accompanied.
• Second.Displacement of the transverse processes by cervical subluxation, or aseptic inflammation due to injury from cervical subluxation, can lead tosympathetic arousalAnd the occurrence of cerebral vasospasm, if the stimulus persists, it may be secondary to affect the function of the cerebral blood diastolic center and develop into a systemic small artery spasm, so that the blood pressure continues to rise. In this case, patients often have headache, dizziness, insomnia, memory loss and other symptoms, and may also have generalized weakness, palpitations, chest tightness, tinnitus, blurred vision and irritability and other symptoms.

How can patients with cervicogenic hypertension treat themselves?

Hypertensive patients, if there is no combination of diabetes, hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular disease, and the blood pressure is within 160/100, patients can temporarily not take antihypertensive drugs, but by controlling the amount of salt, appropriate exercise and other methods to lower blood pressure, if the blood pressure is still persistently elevated in three months, or more than three months, the blood pressure can not be lowered to normal, then it should be used in the dietary control and exercise regulation on the basis of the antihypertensive drugs.

Hypertension caused by cervical spondylosis, and cervical spondylosis condition activity has a relationship, for patients, active treatment of primary cervical spondylosis is the root cause of the problem, if the cervical spondylosis has caused persistent high blood pressure, the patient should likewise under the guidance of the doctor for blood pressure lowering treatment, so, the home is always equipped with blood pressure meter is also a cervical spondylosis patients should do things.

For patients with cervicogenic hypertension, self-treatment should start from two aspects, one is for hypertension and the other is for cervical spondylosis.

01 / How to self-treat high blood pressure?

• High-salt foods should be eaten sparingly--A large number of data show that the incidence of hypertension and the population's dietary sodium intake was significantly positively correlated with the sodium in table salt, is a major "culprit" of hypertension, heavy taste like to eat salty people, be extra vigilant about high blood pressure. How much salt should I eat every day? The Chinese Hypertension Alliance recommends a daily salt intake of no more than 6g (a beer cap), where salt includes table salt, soy sauce, pickles and salt in pickled foods, and the salt we use directly in cooking should be less.

• Balanced nutrition is key-Dietary balance and comprehensive nutrition are very beneficial to health, and patients with hypertension are no exception; they should eat more food that is helpful to their condition and less food that is unfavorable to their health. Patients are advised to take appropriate protein supplements, increase fresh vegetables and fruits, and increase the intake of dietary calcium, dietary magnesium and dietary potassium. Such as tobacco, alcohol, strong tea, spicy and stimulating food, fast food (high oil and high salt) and other unfavorable food, should be eaten sparingly.

• Proper exercise is indispensable-Moderate exercise has a preventive effect on all chronic diseases, and patients should reasonably choose the mode of exercise and intensity of exercise according to the different physical qualities of individuals. For hypertensive patients, endurance training (aerobic exercise) is appropriate, such as walking, jogging, swimming, cycling or joint exercises, etc., should not be strenuous competitive sports, such as ball games, fast running, etc., if the combination of coronary heart disease patients, exercise to the point of sweating is the limit, and daily life should be less to do a short period of time to catch up with the behavior, so as not to cause accidents.

• Beware of invisible salt.-At the salt we think of is table salt, in fact, we eat a lot of food in the invisible salt, these "invisible salt" everywhere, such as bread, steamed buns, tofu, pickles contain sodium, we seasoned with soy sauce, soybean paste, Oyster sauce is sodium salt "big", many people like to eat snacks, melon seeds, potato chips, dried tofu, spicy strips, pickled chicken claws in the salt is also quite a lot, so the over-salt diet is a very common phenomenon, patients with hypertension should pay attention to controlling the intake of these foods to limit salt.

• Monitor your blood pressure yourself-For the prevention of hypertension, we do it ourselves in addition to diet and lifestyle habits on the control, through the monitoring of blood pressure value and monitoring the weight value, is helpful in the early detection of high blood pressure and take timely measures to control blood pressure. Generally pharmacies can measure blood pressure, and often have free blood pressure measurement activities, hypertensive patients can also buy a blood pressure monitor, so that it is more convenient to measure at home, will be measured every day to record the value of their own blood pressure, according to a period of time, blood pressure changes can be found in a timely manner to deal with the problem.

02 / How to self-treat whiplash?

• Bad posture should be changed-Bad posture makes cervical spondylosis more and more common and younger. Poor posture mainly refers to the cervical spine out of the normal physiological curvature of the posture, such as sedentary office workers, like to play cell phone crowd, easy to probe, buried head, resulting in the cervical spine in the same position for a long time, or flexion pressurized posture, it is easy to lead to cervical spine around the soft tissue strain, cervical vertebrae physiological curvature changes as well as accelerated degeneration of the intervertebral discs, which triggered cervical spondylosis. Therefore, patients with cervical spondylosis should first change these bad postures to reduce the risk of continued injury to the cervical spine.

• Trauma and cold should be avoided-Trauma is a risk factor for cervical spondylosis and can lead to morbidity and aggravation. In general, the cervical spine is not easily traumatized by violence, but athletes engaged in dance, martial arts and other sports may be traumatized due to neck-supporting movements. In addition, napping with the head down in a high-speed car is also likely to lead to cervical trauma due to inertia in the event of emergency braking. Many people do not pay attention to the cervical spine to keep warm, for patients with cervical spondylosis, if the cervical spine is often subjected to cold stimulation, but also easy to lead to the onset and pain aggravation.

• Functional exercises to do--Exercise is an important treatment method for chronic diseases, whether it is metabolic diseases or bone and joint diseases, exercise therapy is indispensable. Cervical spondylosis patients, according to the degree of development of the disease, cervical spine joint exercise, such as "rice" exercises, etc., in the process of exercise, the action should be as slow as possible, the amplitude should not be too large, we are mainly exercise to support the cervical spine muscles as well as to maintain cervical spine mobility, if the exercise is too much instead of aggravating the injury of the cervical spine.

• Bad habits go away.-Like smoking, drinking alcohol, too high a pillow, and sleeping in an improper position are not conducive to the recovery of cervical spondylosis, so patients should develop good dietary and sleeping habits in their daily lives, which are also very beneficial to the recovery of the condition.

• Whole body health is critical--Any disease is not a "single fight", if not properly controlled, may be combined with other pathologies, cervical spondylosis is no exception, may also cause other symptoms throughout the body, if in the combination of other diseases, will lead to double the harm. Like the cervicogenic hypertension mentioned in our article, if the patient himself has more serious hypertension, he may be more likely to have extreme conditions such as stroke and threaten the patient's life with the addition of cervical spondylosis. Therefore, patients should keep the whole body in good condition through good self-management, which is something that should be done in the treatment of all diseases.

To summarize, with the cervical spondylosis and hypertension patients are more and more common, at the same time suffering from these two diseases or by the cervical spondylosis triggered by hypertension is not uncommon, although these two diseases are chronic diseases, but it is easy to be ignored by the patient or underestimated, in fact, each of these diseases can cause unbearable consequences, the two together is even more dangerous, I hope that by reading this article, to raise the importance of these two diseases! We hope that by reading this article, you will raise your awareness of these two diseases, and do a better job of self-management from your life to prevent whiplash and hypertension.

Hi, I'm glad to answer your question. Cervical spondylosis can cause hundreds of diseases, and cervicogenic hypertension is one of them. Here's what you need to know about what cervicogenic hypertension is all about.

First of all, to clarify, the formal term is called cervical hypertension or cervicogenic hypertension, which is a type of functional, secondary hypertension that is not effective with conventional antihypertensive medications or will temporarily stabilize the blood pressure.

Cervicogenic hypertension, mainly due to the cervical spine related tissue balance disorder, such as intervertebral disc herniation, osteophytes, etc., stimulation and compression of the vertebral artery, or sympathetic nerves, leading to the vertebral artery to appear temporary contractile dysfunction, the emergence of temporary high blood pressure, mainly to the diastolic blood pressure increase is dominant, that is, the low pressure is high.

Generally before the onset of cervicogenic hypertension, there will first be localized discomfort in the cervical spine, for example, cervical spine soreness, headache and dizziness, swelling and pain in the back of the head, nausea and vomiting, etc., and then it will lead to an increase in blood pressure.

If the blood pressure is high and the routine use of antihypertensive drugs has no effect, you can consider the possibility of cervicogenic hypertension. If it is accompanied by various reactions of the cervical spine, consider hypertension caused by cervical spondylosis.

If cervicogenic hypertension occurs, we must start from the cervical vertebrae, adjust the balance of the cervical vertebrae, and reduce the pressure and stimulation of the vertebral artery and sympathetic nerve. You can choose acupuncture adjustment, small knife treatment, orthopedics, etc., usually after a systematic and correct conditioning, can slowly return to normal.

In the clinical encounter so many patients, are this situation, after symptomatic treatment, usually once can reduce blood pressure, the effect is good, suggest that we have a similar situation can refer to.

Cervical spondylosis and hypertension, in the eyes of the uninitiated, are two completely unrelated diseases, but Prof. Luo can clearly tell you that they are two related diseases, and there is even a certain connection between the two.

Hypertension caused by cervical spondylosis is very common in the clinic, as long as the patient to remove the focal point of cervical spondylosis, while lifting the nerve excitability, hypertension is able to return to normal levels, but cervical spondylosis is divided into seven three categories, cervicogenic, neurological, spinal cord, among which the neurological "sympathetic cervical spondylosis" will lead to patients with high blood pressure. Hypertension occurs, these three categories of cervical spondylosis treatment, there is a big difference, can not be treated indiscriminately, so the patient wants to treat, need to be carefully differentiated.

Why cervical spondylosis can trigger high blood pressure

The yellow color is the nerves and the red and blue are the blood vessels.

Hypertension is not a blood problem, but a vascular problem. Hypertension is a condition in which the ejection pressure of the blood is too great, resulting in too much pressure on the walls of the blood vessels to withstand the flow of blood. The pressure on the walls of the blood vessels, called the blood pressure, and the pressure on the blood is too great, called hypertension.

When the cervical spine is proliferated, twisted or protruded, it will compress the sympathetic nerves around the cervical spine, the nerves and blood vessels are interrelated, once the nerves are compressed, they will continue to be excited so that the corresponding blood vessels will continue to spasm due to the excitement of the nerve discharges, the blood vessels are constantly being stimulated, and over time, they will be thinned out and sclerosis. After the blood vessels become thin and hardened, blood supply, oxygen supply will be a problem, so that the heart's ejection pressure will become greater, so as to ensure blood circulation throughout the body, due to the heart's ejection pressure becomes greater, the walls of the blood vessels will be subjected to greater pressure, this is a vicious circle, when the walls of the blood vessels are under too much pressure, but also continue to let the blood vessels are stimulated to spasms, which will lead to higher and higher blood pressure.

Cervical hypertension is actually considered a kind of pseudo-hypertension in my eyes. Although it can be controlled by antihypertensive drugs just like other hypertension, it is often difficult to recover from the symptoms, and can only return to normal after lifting the underlying lesion.

Cervical hypertension refers to the cervical spine strain, degeneration, trauma and other reasons, the emergence of aseptic inflammation, and cervical intervertebral disc bulging or protruding, direct or indirect stimulation of sympathetic ganglion or vertebral artery and cause vasodilatation, dysfunction, insufficient blood supply of the basilar artery, which will lead to changes in blood pressure, cervical hypertension has the following characteristics, first, the blood pressure increases or decreases with the cervical vertebrae, the disease symptoms attack Synchronization, second, hypertension occurs quite a long time before the occurrence of blood pressure fluctuations, the patient may appear dizziness, memory loss, general weakness, third, antihypertensive drugs, insensitive to hypertension, fourth, for the treatment of cervical spondylosis, blood pressure to improve, and fifth, the degree of elevation of blood pressure and cervical spondylosis degree is related to the cervical spondylosis, cervical spondylosis, the more serious, the elevation of blood pressure.

First of all, thank you for your question. So what is cervical hypertension all about? Cervical hypertension refers to the central blood pressure abnormality caused by cervical strain, degeneration, trauma and other reasons, which makes the cervical intervertebral tissues unstable and misaligned, produces aseptic inflammation, and directly or indirectly stimulates the cervical sympathetic ganglion or vertebral artery, which causes vasodilatory dysfunction and ischemia in the brain, and thus leads to the abnormality of the central blood pressure. With the increasing incidence of cervical spondylosis. According to physiological anatomy, when C1-C4 intervertebral joints are misaligned, it will cause excitation of parasympathetic postganglionic fibers, leading to cerebral vasospasm, which in the long run will lead to imbalance of cerebral vasodilatation function, and then develops into generalized small arterial spasm, which will make the blood pressure rise continuously. In addition, the carotid sinus is located in front of the C6 transverse process, due to the C6 intervertebral joint dislocation, the transverse process in front of the muscle tension caused by the diagonal muscles, fascial tension, will involve the stimulation to the carotid sinus effector site, will also make the blood pressure fluctuation, and sometimes the blood pressure will be suddenly raised or lowered. It is often accompanied by headache, dizziness, neck stiffness, shoulder and back heaviness and other symptoms. For patients with long-term hypertension, unsatisfactory blood pressure control with medication, no family history of hypertension in the family, and symptomatic episodes with characteristics similar to cervical spondylosis, it may be worthwhile to take cervical spine X-rays or cervical spine CT films to rule out cervical spondylotic hypertension. Patients with cervical spondylotic hypertension tend to have elevated blood pressure synchronized with the onset of cervical spondylosis, which is one of its very important characteristics. The second is that hypotension or fluctuating blood pressure occurs for a considerable period of time before the onset of hypertension. Then there is the fact that their own hypertension is mostly insensitive to antihypertensive drugs, while the treatment of cervical spondylosis, the effect is remarkable.

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Thanks for the invite.Cervical spondylosis can cause hypertension because the sympathetic ganglion on the neck is attached to the transverse process of the cervical vertebrae, or the aseptic inflammation caused by cervical vertebral subluxation injuries, and cervical vertebral subluxation displace the transverse process, which can cause sympathetic nerve excitation, and cerebral vasospasm occurs, and the blood pressure is elevated. If the stimulus persists, it will secondary affect the function of the cerebral vasodilatory center, and develop into generalized small artery spasm, so that the blood pressure continues to increase.

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Cervical hypertension is due to hypertension caused by cervical spondylosis, this kind of hypertension is often accompanied by cervical spondylosis, not only the symptoms of hypertension, but also cervical spondylosis, cervical spondylosis manifested as dizziness, cervical spine discomfort, numbness of the upper limbs, and rattling when moving the cervical vertebrae and so on. Wind and cold, overwork, long time low head work, are easy to aggravate cervical spondylosis, on the one hand, to control blood pressure, but also to treat cervical spondylosis, generally use antihypertensive drugs and drugs for the treatment of cervical vertebrae, treatment of cervical spondylosis can also be combined with acupuncture therapy, massage therapy, or paste ointment treatment, to stay away from cervical spondylosis triggering factors, and to do cervical spondylosis health care exercise is better. Cervical spondylosis affects the sympathetic nerves, leading to vegetative nerve dysfunction, according to the situation of the treatment.

Hypertension due to cervical spondylosis is clinically known asCervicogenic hypertension。

I. Causes

Human blood pressure is determined primarily by the rhythm of the heart beat and the degree of vasoconstriction. Sympathetic control is the single most important mechanism for controlling the state of the heart and blood vessels.The main trunk of the body's nerves exists in and around the canal of the cervical spine.. A problem with the cervical spine can excite the sympathetic nerves, leading to a rapid heart rate or spasms of the small arteries throughout the body.Blood pressure will continue to soar.。

II. Symptoms and characteristics

(1) Cervical spondylotic episodes are often accompanied by changes in blood pressure

Blood pressure rises when symptoms associated with whiplash, such as pain in the back of the neck, headache or dizziness, occur. After the symptoms are relieved, the blood pressure will drop as well. This feature is particularly evident in the early stages of the disease.

(2) Treatment of cervical spondylosis is more effective than antihypertensive drugs

Patients with cervicogenic hypertension are insensitive to antihypertensive drugs, and the treatment of cervical spondylosis is highly effective in lowering blood pressure. As the condition of cervical spondylosis improves, the blood pressure will gradually stabilize.

(3) Blood pressure drops during treatment of whiplash and rises again between treatments

When traction and manipulation are performed to treat cervical spondylosis, the patient's blood pressure may decrease by 20 to 30 mmHg and increase again between treatments.

III. High-risk groups

Cervical problems are most associated with poor lifestyle habits. In general, the following people are more likely to develop cervicogenic hypertension:

(1) Sedentary:Office workers, computer workers, accountants, writers, and other long-term deskbound workers.

(2) Partial occupations:Teachers, drivers, assembly line workers, etc. are prone to osteomalacia when they remain in one position for more than five hours a day and remain inactive for half a day.

(3) Elderly people:Middle-aged and elderly people in their 40s and 50s are prone to cervical spondylosis. It is the result of years of hard work, coupled with little exercise in general, which makes the bones age naturally and the muscles strain. Middle-aged and elderly people who need to take care of their grandchildren are more likely to suffer from the disease.

Cervicogenic hypertension and treatment options have been included in our column, which can be found by clicking on: "A Guide to Self-Medication for High Blood Pressure to Stay Away from Side Effects".