{"id":323,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"is-the-atlas-critical?","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=323","title":{"rendered":"Is the Atlas critical?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 153);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The critical role of the Atlas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 153);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/atlas_orth12.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 176px; height: 132px;\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/atlasAxis.jpg\" style=\"width: 186px; height: 132px;\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The little Atlas bone is the first vertebra of the spinal column (C1) and supports the weight of the head. It is concave on top to accept the convex base of the skull, and it is convex on the bottom to fit into the concave of the next vertebra. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Central to the vertebra runs the spinal cord, carrying a host of <a href=\"?p=507\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">body control messages from the brain<\/span><\/a>, via 2 pair of cranial nerves originating from the <a href=\"?p=217\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">cerebrum<\/span><\/a>, and 10 pair of nerves coming from the <a href=\"?p=565\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">brainstem<\/span><\/a>. Another 31 pairs of spinal nerves originate from the spinal cord. They travel throughout the body, reaching every millimeter of body tissue.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The slightest degree of subluxation (misalignment) anywhere along the spinal column but especially at the sensitive nerves close to the C1\/C2 joint causes irritation and inflammation. This in turn can cause headaches, neck pain, dizziness, and other health problems in the body. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">In order for nerve messages to flow freely through the nerves, like &ldquo;electricity through wires&rdquo; the atlas must be restored to a perfectly balanced position.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">When the atlas misaligns, it causes the head to tilt off center. By correcting the atlas precisely, it is possible to affect the lower spine, which may have been compensating for a misaligned atlas. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Adjustments done only to the Lower part of the spine are thus ineffective. The Upper Cervical correction enables restricted and misaligned vertebrae of the entire spine to achieve better alignment. This includes the pelvis and hips. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">It is a painless and safe spinal correction. The goal is to re-position the weight of your head over the center of your neck as close as possible.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=324\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The critical role of the Atlas &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The little Atlas bone is the first vertebra of the spinal column (C1) and supports the weight of the head. It is concave on top to accept the convex base of the skull, and it is convex on the bottom to fit into the concave of the next&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}