Jeff Langmaid reviews research on how chiropractic adjustments affect cortisol and oxytocin. Studies show adjustments do change these hormones, which may explain why patients report feeling calmer and safer after treatment.
So the researchers analyzed, uh, scientific literature examining what happens to two key hormones after manual therapy: cortisol, our primary stress hormone, and oxytocin, sometimes called the connection or bonding hormone. And the question they asked was really, really simple: does manual therapy actually change these hormones in the human body? And the answer is pretty interesting, pretty fascinating, and more importantly, I'm gonna say it gives us as chiropractors something really powerful, which is a physiological explanation for why patients often feel calmer, safer, better after the care that you deliver.
