Vertigo & Dizziness - It's about Brain-to-Body Bandwidth | Upper Cervical Chiropractor Spokane
Channel: Dr Jeffrey Hannah
Date: 31/05/2023

Dr Jeffrey Hannah 
Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractor @ Clear Chiropractic
Spokane, Washington

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0:00 The Big Idea
1:15 How Old Injuries lead to Dizziness
2:37 Bandwidth in Vestibular Disorders
4:55 Brain Function 
8:35 Reducing your Bandwidth
12:30 The Early Warning signs that Lead to Dizziness & Vertigo
19:50 Finding the Cause of Vertigo & Dizziness
23:40 How your Body Heals
25:50 Summary

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It is estimated that approximately 20% to 30% of individuals will experience vertigo or dizziness at some point in their lives.

We know that your brain is comprised of 100 billion neurons that coordinate the activities of 100 trillion cells in your body to the tune of 40 quadrillion bits of information every second. We also know that 99.99% of all these processes occur without your conscious awareness. From the blood flowing through your veins to the air you breathe to the food in your stomach … and also to your sense of balance and equilibrium, all of these processes occur at the unconscious level. It is only when these functions infiltrate our conscious awareness that we become aware of problems with our health and wellbeing. 

Here is where an understanding of “bandwidth” is important. We also call this phenomenon the general adaptative potential (GAP), stress capacity, or processing power. Your brain is effectively a supercomputer. However powerful it is, it is still subject to the same types of stresses that can affect any computer.

Imagine that you turn on every single program on your computer all at once. It will start running sluggish, won’t it.

However, there is another source of stress that many people overlook when it comes to bandwidth, and that is how physical stress affects your brain’s ability to process information. 

Your spine, especially the top vertebrae in your neck, function as a sort of surge protection for your brainstem by means of the ligaments that anchor the C1 and C2 vertebrae to your spinal cord. Under normal circumstances, these ligaments maintain the structural and functional integrity of your brainstem. Under abnormal circumstances, however, such as when these vertebrae may become locked into a misaligned position, the resulting tension in these ligaments can produce physical irritation of your nervous system.

Studies have demonstrated that neural tension decreases the flow of normal vital life information between your brain and body. In other words, physical tension from the vertebrae in your neck can effectively decrease your bandwidth.

Now, you may be wondering how this relates to vertigo and dizziness. 

The answer is simple: the sensory information that your brain receives from your neck in order to maintain your upright posture is huge! However, when there is a physical problem that distorts or decreases your brain’s bandwidth or capacity to process this information, the normally unconscious process can spill over and become a conscious problem.

While so many treatments then are directed toward decreasing the sources of mental and chemical stress, these often only treat the symptoms, like trying to reduce the number of cars on the road without doing anything to restore the road back to a normal 6-lane highway.

This is the importance of understanding the role of your neck health in vertigo, dizziness and ultimately restoring your bandwidth, and thus your balance.

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The Blair technique is a special division of general chiropractic that focuses on the alignment, motion and stability of the atlas vertebra because of its unique relationship with your nervous system, which controls every function in your body. Unlike general spinal manipulation, there is no twisting, cracking or stretching.

The Blair technique is a gentle and precise approach that utilizes a series of physical, neurological and diagnostic tests in order to provide the highest level of personalized healthcare.

When your atlas is aligned, your body has the potential to be healthy. However, when it is misalignment, your brain and body (simply put) are not able to work as efficiently as they otherwise would, and the inevitable consequence is where problems start to occur.

The big idea of the Blair technique is that by restoring the normal alignment, motion and stability at the junction between your head and neck, your own nervous system and its innate mechanisms are free and able to do what your body is designed to do: heal itself. And when that force is able to flow freely through your body from above-down, inside-out, anything it possible.

Call us to schedule an appointment at 509-315-8166.

Dr Jeffrey Hannah
Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractor @ Clear Chiropractic 
Spokane, Washington