How Does It Do That?

My children and other patients come to me with things that trouble them. Maybe it's a sore muscle, maybe it's a sore throat. Sometimes it may even be a bit of trauma experienced at school today. "Check me please!" So what does that mean...?
Getting checked means having your upper cervical doctor look to see if your spinal cord is screaming "OUCH," and to see if any of your joints (such as elbows, wrists, ankles or foot bones)are stuck in the wrong place. If they are not happy, we correct the abnormal pressure and the spinal cord relaxes, limbs move smoothly and normal sensation and function returns. The most common question is, "How does it do that?"
If the head isn't on exactly straight (to the tune of, like, the thickness of a piece of hair) the nerves are pinched and the brain cannot run the show. (Remember High School Biology - the nerve system runs everything in the body). What does that look like? Hair falling out, legs don't work, can't feel the feet, stomach upset, can't go to the bathroom, can't stop going to the bathroom, hands numb, shoulder bursitis pain, all the other pain syndromes...
Well, your body isn't stupid, it just cannot get the signals through the pinching!
Give your body a chance to heal. Get checked!