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Pain in Neck, Back, Arms, Legs and/or Joints

Pain in the spine (neck, upper back, mid back, low back), limbs (arms, legs), and joints (shoulders, knees, hips, ankles) is frequently linked to spinal trauma in medical literature. Often, trauma is directed at the neck during auto accidents, head injuries, sports accidents, and falls. When the upper cervical spine is misaligned due to trauma, the head moves off center, and can sit tilted upon the injured neck. This creates imbalance from head to toe as more weight shifts to one side of the body compared to the other, and can lead to joint pain.

Rotation of the upper neck can cause twisting of the entire spinal structure, including the pelvis, so that one leg becomes shorter than the other, and can lead to pain in the low back, pelvis, and knees. Because the brain stem contains the control center for the postural muscles of the spine, an injury at the upper neck can interfere with the brain's normal control over the postural muscles, leading to muscular weakness, imbalance, atrophy and spasm throughout the neck and back. Spasm of the spinal muscles can lead to compression of the spinal vertebrae, to compression of the cervical, thoracic, and/or lumbar intervertebral discs, and to pain throughout the limbs and joints.

While many pain sufferers recall specific traumas such as head injuries, auto accidents or falls, which could have injured their spines, some do not. An upper cervical examination is necessary in each individual's case to assess whether an upper cervical injury is present and whether benefit from upper cervical care can be achieved.

 

 

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