By: Daniel O. Clark, D.C.,
Retired Upper Cervical Doctor
Brain health and healing messages leave the brain by way of the brain stem,
pass through the neck, down the spinal cord and out over
the entire nervous system to all parts of the body.
These messages control, maintain and monitor all body functions.
They also direct all body healing.
Head/Neck misalignment can cause interference at the top
of the neck and prevent the brain from sending efficient healing messages to the body.
When the weight of the head
(8-14 lbs.) is shifted
off the center of the top of the neck and held in a misaligned position by muscles and ligaments, the body is imbalanced.
In its effort to keep the head balanced over the center of the neck, the rest of the body
will compensate to the shift of weight.
The spine will twist, causing one shoulder to drop down, one hip is pulled up bringing the leg with it, creating body imbalance.
This gives the appearance of one leg being shorter than the other and is a direct result
of head/neck misalignment.
When you stand or walk, the weight of the body is not equally divided. One side of the body
is carrying more weight
than the other.
Misalignment Interference
at the top of the neck can prevent the brain from sending its normal health and healing messages to some part of the body.
Any part of the body that cannot communicate efficiently
with the brain will begin
to develop health problems.
These health problems will remain and magnify until normal
brain to body communication
is restored.
The Upper Cervical Doctor's specialty is to correct misalignment interference at the top of the neck to restore the normal flow of brain health and healing messages to the body, so its natural self healing process can begin.
All Upper Cervical doctors have the same objective regardless of the corrective procedure they choose to use;
restore head/neck alignment
and help each patient maintain their alignment correction,
so there is no interference in the body’s natural self healing process until it is stabilized
and completed.
Upper Cervical Corrective Health Care is a logical, effective and scientifically proven procedure in the Chiropractic profession.
Its purpose is to restore the body’s natural ability to heal itself and maintain optimal health, without the use of drugs
or painkillers.
Acute and chronic health problems respond to the specific Upper Cervical Corrective Procedure.
It provides the ultimate in wellness health care for children and adults of all ages.