Upper Cervical CARE
The new health care provider, that more than 100 different health problems have responded to. Brain health and healing messages leave the brain by way of the brainstem, pass through the neck and down the spinal cord and out over the entire nervous system to all parts of the body.
The brainstem can be compared to a great switchboard with thousands of operators working non-stop. This is exactly how our brainstem functions. It directs all nerve communication coming from the top down to the rest of our body system. There is not a single thing that the brainstem does not control. These messages control, monitor and regulates everything that goes on in the body. They direct ALL body function and healing!
The Upper Cervical (Atlas & Axis aka C1 & C2) are extremely mobile & they are the ones that house and protect this vital portion of the nervous system. Due to this incredible mobility, a fall or bump, an automobile accident, any trauma to the body of head or even a difficult birth can cause an Upper Cervical misalignment. Where the top 2 bones actually slip out of its normal position. When that happens, it can create nerve pressure in this vital area of our nervous system. That pressure may result in disruption or irritation to the brainstem.
One of my childhood heroes while growing up was Superman. The actor that played Superman was Mr. Christopher Reeves. Many years later, Mr. Reeves had a freak accident. He was thrown off a horse, as he was falling down, the horse kicked him in the neck. This resulted in his top 2 vertebrae, the Atlas & Axis being completely fractured. Immediately, he began to lose normal function of his upper and lower body. His vital organs begin to shut down and he had to be on 24-hour assistance for the rest of his life. Sadly, Mr. Christopher Reeves eventually died of infection due to bed sores.
What happened to Mr. Reeves is instantaneous, while ours is slow growing, due to the misalignment of the top 2 bones. An upper cervical misalignment can cause brainstem compression (nerve pressure) to a point where the communication that goes on in the brainstem get interferred and irritated. This can cause major mis-communication between the brain and the body. The misalignment will prevent the brain from sending its healing messages to some parts of the body. The part of the body that is not able to communicate efficiently with the brain will begin to develop health problems. It will weaken our immunity to infections and illnesses, causing a state of compromised in our nervous system. These health problems will continue to develop & grow worse until the brain to body communication is restored.
So, an Upper Cervical misalignment will happen to a point where it actually causes 2 things:
1) Nerve Pressure - Brain To Body Communication Disrupted, Interferred.
2) Body Imbalance - Keepin' Your Head On Straight
Keepin' Your Head On Straight
In order to understand what it means to keep you head on straight, lets take a closer look at the Atlas bone. It is named after the greek mythology - Atlas, who holds the world upon his shoulders.
Our top bone, holds our world as well, the head. This 9-14 Ibs. equivalent to a bowling ball is cradled and balanced by this 2 - 5 ounce bone called Atlas.
Do you recall when we are growing up, how our moms' would warn us, when we did something wrong or stupid. She would say these words "You'd better keep you head on straight!". Well guess what, our moms are right!
The top 2 bones in our neck is what's keeping our head on straight. The Upper Cervical is where the head is cradled and balanced. Due to falls, automobile accidents or trauma to the head or body, the Upper Cervical bones can slip out of its normal joint position and misaligned themselves. This is known as the Upper Cervical misalignment and this will cause the head to tilt and become off-balance.
When that happens, the brains will send signals to the body to correct the equlibrium (balance), because it needs to be horizontally balanced in order to function properly. So in an effort to bring the head tilt (not the Upper Cervical misalignment) back to where it should be, the rest of the spine will have to twist and turn, to compensate for the Upper Cervical misalignment.
As the skeletal framework shift and compensate for the off balance on the top, All the muscles and joints down the spine on one side will be affected. As a result, it can cause wide spread pain anywhere in the joints and muscles of the body. This is Body Imbalance.
With the state of body imbalance, injuries are prone and waiting to happen. Most often, we do not realised this condition until an injury or pain takes us by surprise. Body Imbalance can precedes before the injuries or the pain.
It does not matter what our jobs may be, a full-time mom, an office worker or a professional athlete. Whatever it may be, Body Imbalance can cause the structural framework of our body to be weaken and compromised, thus affecting our daily lives and careers.
Upper Cervical CARE - Restoring Brain To Body Communication & Keepin' Your Head On Straight
Upper Cervical CARE is about correcting the misalignment in the top 2 bones. It is an effective and scientifically proven procedure in the chiropractic profession. The procedure is designed to restore the alignment in Upper Cervical, to remove interference at the point where the head and the neck join. And to reactivate brain to body communication.
Upper Cervical doctors will make x-rays of the head & neck, and will show the degree of misalignment. This also enable the doctor to develope a correction formula to restore perfect head & neck alignment. This procedure is barely felt by the patient and require no forceful twisting, pulling or jerking motion of the head or neck. On each follow up visit, the doctor will help the patient maintain their alignment correction so there is no interference in the healing process until it is complete.
Upper Cervical CARE also helps to restore body imbalance, a condition that causes pain anywhere in the body due to compensatory changes affected by the top 2 bones. The Upper Cervical Correction helps to stabilize spinal problems related to the muscular and skeletal system . Also, minimizing the effects of injury related conditions and achieve balance in our skeletal framework.