Along with these scary episodes where he’d “pass out,” he was experiencing heart palpitations, elevated blood pressure, dizziness, vertigo, and severe anxiety attacks. Several months ago, I was caring for a practice member who was a model of perfect health until he turned 39 and began randomly losing consciousness. By the same token, a misaligned atlas bone is like putting a kink in the spinal cord and can lead to a variety of dysfunction. Obviously, kinking the hose instantly affects water flow.
I often compare this to kinking a garden hose right where the hose leaves the house. Your body starts compensating while communication between the brain and the body is increasingly interrupted. This is because the head cannot rest properly on the spine. Hence, you feel and function great! When it’s tilted or twisted, you’re likely feeling pretty miserable but aren’t sure why. When the atlas bone is aligned, it can bring the entire head, neck, spine, and hips into alignment as well - thus creating a clear communication pathway between the brain and the rest of the body. It is ring-shaped and weighs a mere 2 ounces, but it supports the entire weight of your head while also allowing your head to move in all directions. Without getting too scientific, the atlas bone (also called the C1) is the spine's very first bone (or cervical vertebra) and is located at the top of your neck right at the brain stem. Many people have never heard of this bone and couldn’t point it out on a chart, but I promise you that when it is misaligned, tilted, or twisted, your body will not function the way it is supposed to and could result in some pretty significant health challenges.
But one area of the spine that I really nerd out on is the atlas bone. So many aspects of my job as a chiropractor get me excited - to the point where, if I’m being honest, there are too many to count.
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