Injuries to your spine can have far reaching effects on your health. The Atlas Orthogonal chiropractic procedure, which Dr. John Ellwood utilizes, has helped many suffering patients regain their health. If you are in pain, this procedure may help you too.

 

When trauma to the spine occurs the top vertebrae of the spine, the atlas vertebra, can misalign from its proper position. The misalignment can be the result of a sudden accident or the result of forces that occur gradually over time, such as poor posture while working or playing.

The atlas misalignment causes a distortion in the rest of the spine due to the complex biomechanical relationship of the head, the atlas vertebra, and the lower cervical spine. The body compensates for the distortion by forming an abnormal curvature of the spine, a long and short leg, a high and low hip, and muscular imbalance.

The spinal column houses the delicate spinal cord. When the atlas misaligns it not only affects your musculo-skeletal structure, but also affects both the neurological and vascular link between the brain and the rest of the body. Thus, an atlas misalignment may produce disruptive changes in tissues and organs throughout the body, often leading to one or more of the following:

• Neck pain
• Migraines
• Headaches
• Low back pain
• Pain, numbness, and tingling in the arms and legs
• Disc problems
• Degenerative arthritis of the spine
• Abnormal movement of the entire spine

Spinal injuries are often deceiving since the symptoms may appear far from the cause of the problem. Thus, treating the symptom alone is not enough. The cause of the symptom must also be corrected.