Upper Cervical Spine Center - Spinal Pain
Channel: The Upper Cervical Spine Center
Date: 2020-08-18

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My name is Dr. Zach Shaw and I am with the Upper Cervical Spine Center. Today, I want to talk to you about spinal pain, which includes neck pain, upper back pain, and lower back pain. Now this pain does not actually come from the bones in the spine, rather it comes from the muscles, and all of the pain you may be experiencing throughout your spine is all due to a misalignment at the top of the neck. When that atlas vertebra, or the first bone of our neck, is subluxated, or misaligned, compensations form throughout the rest of the spine.
The brain has its own reflex, called the righting reflex, that forces the brain to always be level. However, when the atlas is misaligned, taking the brain off center, the brain sends messages down the spine, forming a chain reaction of compensations throughout the spine. What this looks like is bending, twisting, turning, rotating - whatever the spine has to do to get that head level again. When the atlas is misaligned, it forms a chain reaction through the spine causing a low shoulder, a low hip, and then finally a short leg at the bottom. Now, with gravity pushing down over time, these compensations throughout the spine form weak spots. These weak spots are what attributes to your neck pain, upper back pain, low back pain, all the way down to hip, knee, and foot pain.
If you are experiencing pain throughout your spine, I think it is your best bet to check out an upper cervical doctor, so that they can adjust the atlas and put it back to where it needs to be, meaning your body does not need the compensations anymore! If you are not in Charlotte, please give our office a call and we will be happy to try to find someone in your area. If you are in the Charlotte area, give our office a call at 704-588-5560. I promise we will help you as best as we can. If you want some more information, visit uppercervicalspinecenter.com, where you can see plenty more blogs like this, and plenty more coming. Stay tuned for the next one!