Discover the Fascinating Benefits of Chiropractic Care on Your Body's Chemical Balance
- Julian Simpson
- Dec 9, 2025
- 1 min read
Discover the Fascinating Benefits of Chiropractic Care on Your Body's Chemical Balance
The research looked into the effect of neck adjustments on the levels of Oxytocin, neurotensin, and orexin levels
So what do each of these biomechanical markers do?
Oxytocin is an intrinsic ANALGESIC that’s involved in pain-relieving properties
Neurotensin is essential for pain relief as it has a major role in analgesia and enhanced pain responses - it is found in the Central Nervous System and the Gastrointestinal Tract
Orexin modulates pain PERCEPTION in the spine and the supraspinal levels, it is involved in several pain models including thermal, mechanical and chemical-induced nociception
The study found that an adjustment may modify neuropeptide expression by IMMEDIATELY increasing the serum concentration of nociception related biomarkers
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Original Research Papers
The immediate effects of cervical spine manipulation on pain and biochemical markers in females with acute non-specific mechanical neck pain: a randomized clinical trial
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