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In this blog article, Dr. Hall will discuss the mechanism that puts spinal arthritis in motion, trauma. When joints lose normal motion due to trauma, the body as an adaptive mechanism lays more bone down to strengthen the area. Long term this leads to inflammation, joint pain, and spinal bone structural changes.
The upper cervical spine is the controlling factor when it comes to postural muscle tone and posture. Upper cervical spine injury leads to postural imbalance and can be at the root cause of the genesis of spinal arthritis problems. Correcting the upper cervical spine can help reduce pain, improve posture, and stop the underlying cause of spinal arthritis.
What causes spinal arthritis?
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Spinal arthritis is in large part the body's natural adaptation to trauma and imbalanced posture. The brainstem, located inside of the top two cervical vertebrae, is the seat of control for postural muscle tone. Injury to the neck sets the stage for spinal misalignment, subsequent irritation to the brainstem and nervous system, which then leads to body and postural imbalance.
Forward head posture, one hip and/or shoulder higher than the other, all-cause imbalanced loads on the spinal joints, discs, and muscles. Over time joints that are carrying more stress than others start to degenerate and as a protective mechanism the body lays more bone down in the areas taking more stress.
When a doctor tells you you have spinal arthritis this is the mechanism that has to lead the body to that point. Instead of understanding the cause, the mainstream medical model offers anti-inflammatory medications to reduce inflammation in the joints.
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Correcting the underlying cause of postural imbalance can lead to better outcomes for spinal arthritis sufferers
Upper cervical spinal misalignment is caused by blunt-type trauma. Because the head weighs 10-12 pounds and sits on the top vertebrae in the neck, weighing two ounces, this area is susceptible to misalignment because of its precarious engineering.
Once someone has progressed to the point of having advanced spinal arthritis the areas of the spine that have adapted to the load imbalances will not return to their prior normal condition. With that said, correcting spinal misalignment in the neck removes irritation to the brainstem and associated spinal nerves, increases nervous system function, and can lead to reduced inflammation and either reduction in spinal arthritis pain or resolution.
Over the past twenty years, we have seen thousands of patients suffering from chronic pain caused by a multitude of different conditions and upper cervical correction has had a profound effect on reducing pain in patients under consistent care. When the upper cervical spine is moving normally it reduces stress and strain on the central nervous system which leads to better posture, less tension, and imbalance in the postural muscles, increased healing potential and helps the body heal from a plethora of conditions.
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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 overtime 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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