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How do you align Atlas bone?
Atlas adjustment stretches
- Sit in a chair with your back straight.
- Reach in front of your face and place your hands on the crown of your head.
- Pull your head down until you feel a stretch along the back of your neck.
- Check to make sure that your thoracic spine (upper back) is straight.
What causes a misaligned atlas?
The most common cause of atlas misalignment is an injury, which could happen to any of us at any stage of our life. Whether you’ve been in a car accident or a sporting accident, you might find that your atlas is misaligned as a result of this. On top of that, poor posture can often be a cause of atlas misalignment.
What causes the atlas to come out of alignment?
What can a misaligned atlas cause?
Below are some symptoms of atlas displacement complex:
- Pain in the neck.
- Reduced range of motion in the neck.
- Headaches and migraines.
- Poor hearing or deafness.
- Extreme muscle stiffness and reduced shoulder movement.
- Back pain.
- Vertigo and dizziness.
What are the benefits of Atlas Orthogonal treatment?
An adjustment brings the atlas bone and the spine back into alignment. The ideal benefit is reduced, even eliminated pain, and a reduced risk of symptoms. Atlas orthogonal treatment is a chiropractic technique that brings the C1 vertebra back into alignment.
What is atlas bone correcting?
This technique is a painless and safe upper cervical chiropractic spinal correction of the atlas bone that restores a person’s balance and stimulates the natural-healing capabilities normally present in the body which results in the amazing byproduct of pain relief and greater function.
What is the atlas vertebra?
Of course, this entire area of the upper cervical spine is commonly known as the neck. In contrast to the rest of your spinal vertebrae, the atlas vertebra has no vertebral body. It consists of an anterior and a posterior arch, plus a thick bony mass connecting the two arches.
What is Atlas Orthogonal chiropractic?
Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractic, an upper cervical chiropractic technique, is a way of healing that can help restore the body’s balance and promote an ideal state of well-being. Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractic is a very gentle chiropractic technique; there is no “cracking” associated with the procedure.