• Wilson J

• Adult
• Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / therapy
• Diversified Technique
• Female
• Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome / therapy

Objective: The purpose of this report is to report on the positive health outcomes following chiropractic in a patient with clinically diagnosed postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).

Clinical Features: The patient is a 31-year-old Caucasian female previously diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome by her cardiologist when she was 18. Her symptoms were so bad that she was placed on long term bed rest.  She also suffered from chronic neck pain.  The patient was assessed during a chiropractic examination which found multiple vertebral subluxations in the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and pelvic regions of the spine. Thermal scanning revealed dysautonomia.

Interventions and Outcomes: Diversified Technique was used to analyze and adjust the patient over the course of 26 weeks where she recorded 45 visits to correct the vertebral misalignments in the spine.  The patient reported a decrease in the occurrence and severity of her postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome along with decrease in her musculoskeletal complaint of neck pain. Thermographic scans revealed a decrease in dysautonomia.

Conclusion: Chiropractic care may be beneficial in the management of patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. More research is needed to explore the role of chiropractic in this population of patients.

Author keywords: Chiropractic, Diversified Technique, Subluxation, Adjustment, Spinal manipulation, Segmental Technique, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Syncope, Orthostatic Hypotension

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