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Thirty years ago I was dropped upside down on my head while wrestling with a friend. When I landed, I heard a crunch sound at the base of my skull. Little did I know that that moment would change the entire trajectory of my life. The following two and a half years I sunk into chronic health problems and I had no idea it was the result of that neck injury.
Thirty years later I am practicing the Blair Upper Cervical Technique that ended my two and a half year nightmare of living with fibromyalgia and all of the symptoms that come with it. In this article we would like to discuss the upper cervical spines roll in the disease process and how most people suffering with fibromyalgia do not know how trauma is usually at the root of their condition.
How Injury to the Upper Cervical Spine Can Cause Fibromyalgia - Fibromyalgia Doctor Sarasota and Tampa Bay
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The skull-neck junction houses the most vital part of the nervous system called the brainstem. The brainstem is the seat of control for most functions in the body that we do not consciously control including : cardiac function, respiratory function, postural muscle tone, thermoregulation and more. If the brainstem is compromised by postural imbalance that has resulted from trauma , the brainstem can be aberrantly affected leading to a host of health issues including fibromyalgia.
The hallmarks of fibromyalgia are chronic muscle pain, cognitive deficits, sleep disturbance, fatigue, headaches, and a multitude of other symptoms. Unfortunately the large majority who suffer are shuffled around the health system and often are told that it’s all in their head. The good news is if you venture outside of the mainstream health system there are things you can do that can help your body function better and allow you to heal!
How The Blair Technique can help you Find Relief - Fibromyalgia Doctor Sarasota and Tampa Bay
Blair upper cervical chiropractors are trained to specifically correct spinal misalignments that are interfering with the central nervous system. All symptoms are the end result of the body not working right. We often tell patients that they do not have a medication deficiency but a function deficiency. Getting better from a chronic health problem like fibromyalgia requires supporting the bodies natural healing system. Correcting upper cervical spine misalignments reduces interference and stress on the most vital structure of the body, the brainstem. Keeping the neck clear over time allows the soft tissues around the joints to mend and repair, which over time restores normal joint motion and supports the normal function of the nervous system. When the nervous system functions optimally it allows the body to heal through many different issues including fibromyalgia.
What Exactly Does an Upper Cervical Doctor Do?
Blair Upper Cervical doctors are specially trained to locate spinal misalignments in the upper cervical spine and correct them. Spinal misalignments are located by running a battery of neurological tests that locate the spinal segments that have been injured and misaligned by a prior neck injury.
Once located, precision imaging in the form of digital x-ray or cone-beam computed tomography (Cbct) is used to precisely determine which joint has misaligned and the angulation of the misaligned joint. Each person’s anatomy is different and therefore imaging is used to uncover the blueprint to be used to correct each patient’s individual misalignment pattern. Once this information is gleaned, a gentle, light correction is made without twisting, popping, or pulling. The patient is then monitored over time to ensure that the correction is holding. If the testing indicates the need for another correction, then it is performed. However, the goal of Blair Upper Cervical Care is for the patient to stay in “adjustment”. It isn’t the correction that produces healing. It is the removal of nerve irritation and the adjustment “holding” in its normal position that allows the body to function better and proceed through a healing process.
This is how Blair Chiropractic care can often help remove the underlying cause of many who suffer from occipital neuralgia, tinnitus, Vertigo, Meniere’s disease, neck pain, migraine headaches and other chronic health problems by supporting the body in healing itself.
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