@carinadominguez6792 Thank you for checking it out!

@charhickok8680 yes it certainly can. We have had many patients with symptoms associated with burning mouth syndrome and have seen substantial and/or complete resolution in them.

@stephenzies8867 better believe it!

@stephenzies8867 ya ain't wrong!

@stephenzies8867 it certainly does!

@deandre22 thank you for tuning in and for your question. We cannot give specific advice on your individual case because we have never examined and assessed your spine or specific misalignment and correction. That being said, assuming you have been completely corrected, we generally see relief from dizziness and vertigo respond quite quickly. Have you been checked and found to be holding your correction yet? It would seem to be a good sign that it responded initially but I would expect it to stay away if you are in alignment and holding your correction.

@stephenzies8867 remove the interference and let the body heal itself! Love it!

@yonidaniel9173 fantastic question! Short answer: your posture (including pelvic alignment) is controlled in your brainstem which is located inside your atlas bone. Long answer: check out our videos on the Atlas Subluxation Complex parts 1-3

@ttilles the majority of our patients have upper cervical misalignments without the presence of EDS. However, we do have some patients with EDS and they tend to do just as well in recovery as our other patients.

@@trilliumspinalcare is “upper cervical misalignment “ the same thing as “CCI” ? If different, how?

@ttilles an upper cervical misalignment is not the same thing as craniocervical instability. An upper cervical misalignment can also be referred to as the atlas subluxation complex. For more info on the ASC, check out our videos on it, part 1-3. CCI can be caused by ligament laxity in some of the ligaments around the CCI. This can be a result of a genetic abnormality or from a major whiplash trauma.

@ttilles we usually recommend holding off on most neck PT programs for at least the first month under care. After that, we encourage exercise programs of all kinds.

@@trilliumspinalcare I developed spinning vertigo after 4 adjustments along with progressing tightening of upper back pain/tightness. Hard to ride in a car now. I didn’t have these synonyms before. what could be the cause? (Went to ER. Rules out of the scary stuff) My chiro doesn’t answer my questions like you.

@ttilles sorry to hear that you aren't getting your questions answered but the hard part about vertigo is that there can be a number of causes. BPPV is one of the most common and can be ruled out (and fixed) by a professional who performs the Epley's maneuver. We regularly see patients with vertigo and get them corrected and this takes care of it. Also, things like dehydration, medication reactions, food poisoning etc can all cause vertigo, among other things.

@ttilles thanks for watching and thank you for the question. We cannot give specific advice on your individual case because we have never examined and assessed your spine or specific misalignment and we have never verified your complete correction. Generally speaking, after an adjustment, we will many times have some soreness and tightness of muscles as the body changes how we are standing. This is normal. In most situations, new neurological symptoms would not be considered normal.

@desgood1495 thank you for tuning in!

@ramsinbabakhan3629 your story is very frustrating but not uncommon in the least bit. Absolutely, an atlas subluxation can cause all of the symptoms that you described. Additionally, the fact that you had sciatic pain at one point tells us that your structure is compromised which tells us that your atlas is essentially guaranteed to be subluxated. You would benefit greatly from care. Let us know where you are located and we can try to help facilitate your finding a good option for care in your area.

@@trilliumspinalcare thank you for answering, im located in Las Vegas NV. any help would be greatly appreciated because i feel so hopeless thinking i can't ever lead a normal life again.

@ramsinbabakhan3629 go to our website, trilliumspinalcare.com, and put your info in there. We will get in contact with you and help you find a doctor near you.

@cgregister thanks we think its pretty neat as well!

@cpaul57 Thank you for checking out our video! It is unfortunate but some people talk negatively about things that they don't understand. It sounds like your chiropractor could really benefit from seeing this video!

@cgregister thank you for taking an interest and we completely agree with your last statement, let the nerves do their thing!

@msftvsn9349 thank you for tuning in and for your question. We cannot give specific advice on your individual case because we have never examined and assessed your spine or specific misalignment and correction. That being said, assuming you have been completely corrected, we generally see some relief from dizziness and vertigo respond quite quickly. If the dizziness/vertigo is happening less frequently, lasting for a shorter amount of time or is less severe, I would assume those are signs that it is headed in the right direction. However, the ringing in the ears (aka tinnitus) is a very different story. Sometimes it goes away instantaneously, other times it never fully subsides. And there are other cases that is goes away gradually. Hope this helps!

@hummingbird7713 can you send us an email as to your location? We can help you navigate who may be best fit to help you out. You can email [email protected]

@hummingbird7713 we are hoping we can help you find someone near you!

@hummingbird7713 here is a link to a video on concussions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIbJd2ejl56JeZY

@hummingbird7713 here is a link to another video talking about whiplash which is related to concussion recovery: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWK3nX6QntymmpI

@hummingbird7713 yes! We see lots of patients suffering with post concussion syndrome symptoms and we are able to help them heal and recover. We also have a few videos on our channel talking about the mechanism behind the concussion and the healing process afterward. Feel free to check them out!

@saulmvv thank you for tuning in and for your question. We cannot give specific advice because we have never examined and assessed your specific misalignment and correction. However, assuming you have been completely corrected, we generally see relief from nerve pain and neurological dysfunction happens quite quickly. This relief usually happens within the first two weeks and many times much sooner. We often see sharp shooting pain be replaced with a dull, deep achey type of pain. This is typically a good sign that the healing process is underway. Hope this helps!

We're glad to see that you're loving them, Auntie Fuzzy! We're loving them too!

@PunchFucker there is no doubt that the placebo effect is a real thing. However, the neurological changes and healing mechanisms that we facilitate through NUCCA care are not the results of the placebo effect.

@blessingsinthemidwest730 some doctors use a heavier pressure than others, for different reasons. The big red flags that I would be concerned with are: 1. Is the doctor adjusting other areas of the spine? If NUCCA is done correctly, there is no need or benefit to doing this. 2. Did the doctor take specific pre and post x-rays (multiple if necessary) on the initial visit to get a very specific listing for your correction? This is a requirement for the work to be done correctly. 3. Is the doctor adjusting every visit? The goal should be to hold the correction for an extended period of time and require as few re-adjustments as possible. 4. Is the doctor using objective measurement data to determine if you need an adjustment on follow-up visits? Required to know when and when not to adjust. This is not an exhaustive list but this is a good place to start. Let us know if you have any other questions!

You are so welcome @topalaluiza9647, thank you for tuning in!

These are very good questions @leahann2655. The first thing we would want to know is if you are holding your correction for any length of time. You should be able to hold for weeks and then months. In our office, we do not adjust every time and most times, patients are holding and not requiring adjustments. Unfortunately, it is difficult to know whether what your feeling is related to healing or if it is something else without being able to assess your misalignment.

@@trilliumspinalcare thanks for getting back to me I don’t seem to be holding my atlas adjustments every week it seems and I get my atlas adjusted most times I go cause he says I’m not holding it and it has to be cause I have nothing else medical going on

@leahann2655 how long have you been getting care and do you know what technique is being used?

@@trilliumspinalcare it’s been almost 4 weeks so far and twice a week and it’s gonsted method

@leahann2655 the Gonstead technique is a specific type of chiropractic when it is done correctly but it is not an Upper Cervical technique, unfortunately.

Hi @leahann2655, we appreciate the question and while we cannot comment on specific patients or their cases, we can shed some light on how a patient with sleep issues typically responds. A sleep issue is commonly a disruption of the parasympathetic nervous system and when we restore the function of this area the response is almost immediate. We see patients who are sleep deprived zonk out after their first correction in the resting room and then sleep for double digit hours that night and multiple nights afterward. As they hold their correction and their body heals, then their sleep cycle will begin to normalize.

Thanks for tuning in Dr. Cashman!

There are times that the top two bones will counter-rotate and that adds a complexity to the misalignment. Glad you got it corrected!

What kind of symptoms did you have?

Who fixed it?

Thanks Auntie Fuzzy!

Thanks for the validation, Mike! Btw, we plan to have a permanent location back in the Rochester area at some point in the future. As of now, we are still seeing patients every Thursday in Eyota!

Thank you for the comment, Stephen! We agree that there are good and bad folks in any profession; medical professionals are definitely not an exception to that rule. We think the best thing to do is seek out competent, compassionate individuals for your health care, and when you find them, make sure to share them with your loved ones. Also, we completely agree about the body being a self-healing, self-regulating organism; "as long as you are alive, you have the ability to heal!"

A book that you might really enjoy is titled, "The Best Kept Secret in Healthcare" by Dr. Ray Drury. It is a fantastic read and does a good job of communicating what we do in a very clear way!

It’s an all over body sensation. Nothing local. Feels like I’m about to have a seizure or something.

Thanks for watching and sharing, Tasha! The impact of the Atlas Subluxation Complex can be pretty unbelievable at times. We do a thorough job of recording symptoms and the symptomatic changes for every patient that comes to our office and most NUCCA (and other Upper Cervical) doctors that we interact with do the same. Unfortunately, there is a very apparent lack of communicating these sorts of things with the general public. So you may have found a good topic for a future Health Talk!

it went in phases for me, but when i told my PCP during the pain all over phase i feel like im dying he laughed and said you cant die from back/neck pain. but the pain was bad, like a 10/10, it was so hard to manage it even with ibuprofen 800s. as for the neurological effects, i had sharp shooting pains down my arms to my finger tips and even my legs and toes. i was utterly confused, to the point id forget family members as they came off as strangers to me. any slight head movement led to the absolute worst dizziness ive ever felt, not that the world was spinning but that i can feel myself spinning across the world and with that came constant nausea. my vision was very hazy and foggy. i felt like i was floating as i was walking. thinking clear thoughts was nearly impossible for me and holding my head up was a task in itself. the 24 hour migraines that ran for 3+ months straight drove me to the brink of madness. it was during this phase i noticed crushing depression/anxiety, to the point where i was saying my goodbyes to the people i loved, i literally believed i was dying. with that, i started noticing tachycardia, my heart rate was 110+ sitting, id wake up to 130-140s and would have to lie completely still to get it to the low 100s, any slight movement would raise me right back to 115-120. i actually had to get checked into the hospital for my tachycardia and they still weren't able to understand why my heart rate jumped up when i never had this issue in the past. all my heart tests showed it was fine. it was at this point i started noticing erratic elevated bloodpressure when i was always on the normal spectrum in the past, i was completely healthy on a strict diet working out 7 days a week so this was very concerning to me. in the end i got released with blood pressure medication to help stop the tachycardia and erratic bloodpressure, and while it does help im still all over the map with my heart rate and blood pressure while even on the metoprolol. this has been the single worst thing i have ever dealt with, my PCP nor any doctor i dealt with in the hospital could understand what is going on. it wasnt until i was released i started finding these videos on CCI/AAI. i just assumed it was occipital neuralgia which i kept telling my doctors over and over, but neither ever thought to xray me or mri me which in hindsight i guess it wouldnt help them if i wasnt having Dynamic Digital Radiography done on me. i was lucky enough to find an orthopedic surgeon who is savvy to CCI/AAI but im having a hell of a time getting a referral from my PCP muchless knowing how long it would take me to see said doctor. at this point im mainly dealing with the erratic BP and tachycardia, chest tightness making it hard to breath even at lower heart rates, constant gas, neck soreness that keeps cracking everytime i move it including my upper back, some hip/sciatica pain that also shoots to behind the knee, heat intolerance and heavy fatigue. my vision is a lot less hazy but im seeing floaters everywhere, ive always seen floaters to a degree but its much more now.

I know exactly what you mean. It makes people like us feel invisible. We deal with so much more than Pain, numbness and tingling, some dizziness. I also stop breathing at times, experience fainting, extreme blood pressure fluctuations, paralysis, seizures, cognitive decline, elevated heart rate, and so many more strange symptoms that are so hard to describe. I do have instability of the ligaments as well, so I'm sure that's why my atlas is able to cause all this

It's true that some health care professionals look at the body one symptom at a time and try to address each piece like they are independent of one another. There are other ones, though, that take a complete view of your body as a whole and these are the ones that we suggest working with!

We completely agree, Stephen!

Great question Nikki! Theoretically, it makes sense that an Atlas misalignment can cause increased CSF pressure in the cranium which could then increase CSF space in an area around the brain. Not saying that is always the cause, but it makes sense that it could be coming from an Atlas misalignment.

Thank you for sharing your story Christine and allowing for others to have hope for a better future as well!

I dont believe that. If anything its a placebo.

Or you feel temporarily better from the endorphin release from the "adjustment". This is the main hypothesis for why people feel better after adjustments as chiropractic adjustments dont actually move bones

@theskatelife, we appreciate your comments and skeptical perspective. What sort of evidence would you need to see to change your mind about a placebo? Also, our pre and post x-rays prove that we move bones and align the neural canal. Our pre and post postural measurements, and follow up postural measurements show that the changes are not temporary. Not to mention all the functional changes. Again, thank you for the skepticism, it helps to keep us sharp. :)

Appreciate the question Wes! As for prolotherapy, we have had a very limited number of patients who have used it. The results have been promising but I am not sure that they wouldn't have been had they just went the normal NUCCA route. Unfortunately, I do not have much of an opinion based on experience. In theory, it seems like it would be beneficial if some of the specific ligaments that are involved in the holding the atlas in position were damaged and/or the patient were having a difficult time holding after a severe whiplash injury. The other issue is the administration of the therapy and this is a whole 'nother can of worms.

@@trilliumspinalcare Thanks Kalan, yeah I've kinda come to the same conclusion not sure how comfortable I would be having needles inserted into my ligaments so close to the brain stem that can produce inflammation and symptoms for possibly several weeks... and it's pretty spendy (insurance won't cover it). I spoke with a gal at a clinic near me she said the doctor there was trained by Dr. Chris Centeno in CO. So I watched some of his videos and he claims he has the only reliable method for fixing craniocervical instability and anyone else is a waste of time/money. I know what does work so think I'll stick to it.

Ya that is a tough one. I am usually wary of any scenario where this is the "only" way to fix something. If you are continuing to hold, your body keeps healing, and your function keeps improving, I would say just to stick with it.

I can tell you that prolotherapy was the ONLY thing that worked for me, but I have Ehlers Danilos Syndrome and no matter how many times a chiro or DO would adjust my neck, it’d be out again in minutes. The first time I tried prolo, I gave it a couple of treatments and seemed to get better for awhile and then regressed. I thought, “well, it doesn’t last.” After suffering for a year, I went back and talked with them, and their take was that several treatments (I went to 16, total, once a month, to the tune of many thousands of dollars) would actually thicken up the ligaments to the point that they’d be strong enough to hold. It worked. In the four years since, my neck has not subluxed, and while I make periodic trips to my DO for other things, she always checks my neck but still declares it “perfect.” Prolo is expensive, it’s painful, and it’s scary the first few times, but being free from headaches, free from vestibular issues, free from TMJ issues, and free from the fear of cervical spinal cord damage after living with those things for SO long is beyond extraordinary. It’s like anything else, there are good and bad practitioners. I found a great one. It’s funny, I have spoken to other people with my disease who angrily declare that prolo can’t work for EDS because we have bad collagen, but I have strengthened my soft tissues through prolo and weight lifting (very careful and controlled) and am far more symptom free at 45 than I was at 30. Like many chronic health issues, many with it like to sit around and feel sorry fo themselves and get incensed when they see somebody else be successful.

Thank you for the input!

Appreciate your question Lianne! An easy rule of thumb is that an adjustment is only bad if it is not needed. AKA if you are in alignment and you are adjusted that would very likely make issues worse and it is the reason that using objective measures to determine if someone is holding is so important. If you are out of alignment, an adjustment will benefit you no matter where you are in the healing process.

Thank you for tuning in als yard! And thank you for the vote of confidence!

R R that is a phenomenal question! As with most questions that require deep thought, a multi layered answer is necessary. First of all, when a patient is in a position to be adjusted, their neck muscles should be relaxed. When an athlete is competing in a sport, their neck muscles are usually contracted and supplying additional support for the CCJ. This helps because there is only soft tissue holding the Atlas bone in position. Shameless plug but here is a quick video on that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKCqdXdrmtKDncU Next, some people, have a much easier time holding their adjustments than others. This can be due to a multitude of reasons such as past injury, birthing process and complexity of it, size of the individual's foramen magnum in reference to neural canal, and many other factors such as amount of time spent in an aligned position along. Most NUCCA docs agree that certain "rules" need to be observed after the patient's initial correction to increase the likelihood that they will hold their correction. Lastly, sometimes we see someone experience an atlas subluxation in real time. Check out this video from ESPN talking about a championship boxing match from three years ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6ebhaWdmNuqgrs At the 1:15 mark in the video, the commentator talks about the boxer "getting caught behind the ear" and how it can be more damaging to our equilibrium than getting hit in the face. These answers are barely scratching the surface of the complexity of your question, but hopefully this is a decent starting point. Thank you for paying attention!

They’ll pay eventually. Trauma causes damaged grey mater to dissolve and is removed by the cerebral spinal fluid. Then other gray matter takes it’s place and learns the function. An old person moves not as agile because they have run out of gray matter to replace damaged or aged cells;among other things. The cilia in ependymal cells also get tangled and can’t move the fluid as well….yada, yada. Cilia of ependymal cells line the central canal. Not yet studied thoroughly enough…..research funding for health care, unfortunately goes to other areas that are more profitable.

Thanks for the question Mim! We usually discourage walking after an initial adjustment because resting is much more important. However, more than anything it depends on what the patient's consistent activity level was like before their first adjustment.

That's a great question GC! In our opinion, the very best way to correct the ASC is done by hand, with an especially gentle force, using pre and post x-rays to analyze and verify an orthogonal alignment. Another way of saying this is the NUCCA protocol ;)

Wes, that is so well-said! Thanks again for sharing!

Thank you for sharing and for the recommendations Kathryn!

Great question! Our general rule of thumb is to allow the body to heal for approximately 4 weeks after the initial correction before introducing any new exercises or workouts. For a patient to lose their initial alignment, it usually happens when someone feels stronger and more capable and pushes their body too far before it is ready. Maintaining the same activity level from before being aligned, for 4 weeks afterward, allows for our body to hold and heal.

@@trilliumspinalcare I find lifting anything over my head can knock my spine out of alignment.

Great question! What we see most commonly is more recent issues healing first and older issues healing after that. Also, when the body is healing and recovering in general, we typically see the healing begin more quickly in the axial skeleton before working to the extremities. Thanks for tuning in Lisa!

Thanks Myriam! Yes, we would definitely be interested in that!