Our goal at Health Living Spinal Care is to correct and balance the entire spine, using a top – down approach, focusing on the head/neck relationship.When these two bones are aligned, your head is “on straight” and your brain can effectively communicate with your body to achieve optimal function, simple!
The nerve system controls every function in your body.
Nerve impulses or messages travel from the brain to every part of your body via the brain stem which starts at the base of your skull and passes through the top two bones.
Those two bones are unlike any other bones in your spine. They have no interlocking joints which allow them to turn our heads left/right and up/down. These bones are also at a higher risk to become subluxated or misaligned.
If they become misaligned, pressure is applied to the brain stem and the healing messages are distorted and do not reach their intended destination at 100%. This is when symptoms develop.
Upper Cervical care is a rapidly growing form of chiropractic that focuses on the intimate relationship between the first two bones in the neck, called the Upper Cervical spine, and a vital portion of the nervous system, known as the brain stem. This relationship is essential to the body’s ability to preserve and restore health.
It extends down an opening in the base of your skull, making it vulnerable to injuries or irritation around the upper neck. The brain stem works like a telephone cable with thousands of individual wires or nerve fibers sending signals back and forth between the brain and spinal cord to every cell, organ and system in the body.
The top two vertebrae, the Atlas and Axis, are especially vulnerable to injury or misalignment because they are the most mobile segments of the spine. A misalignment here can produce nerve irritation/pressure to the brain stem that can affect nearly all vital functions and systems in the body.
People suffering from a variety of health conditions have had their health restored through Upper Cervical care. This “natural approach” confirms the fact that the body is a self-healing organism directly controlled and coordinated by its central nervous system. The nerve system is responsible for all communication within the body. It controls your immune system, emotions, vision, hearing, balance, breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, muscle tension, posture, hormones, and many other functions. Irritation or pressure within the central nerve system can interrupt communication between the brain and the body, thus creating a variety of health problems.
When all six pieces fit together, your body is free to function, adapt, and thrive the way it was designed to.
