Chicago Chiropractic Health Concerns

Your neck bones are called cervical vertebrae. Cervix is the Latin word for neck meaning a constricted area (the uterus and urinary bladders have a neck or cervix too.) You have seven small neck bones or cervical vertebrae, numbering C-1 to C-7 from top to bottom. C-1 has a special name - the atlas, because, like Atlas in mythology, it balances a globe, your skull. C-2, the axis, permits neck movement in many different directions. All the vertebrae work together to balance your head and protect your spinal cord, a continuation of your brain. That is extremely important because a spinal cord injury can result in paralysis or death.
Your vertebrae are connected to each other by muscles, ligaments and discs that help give the neck its curve. Between the vertebrae are little openings called interbertebral foramina where nerves, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels and other tissues are found.
Cervical nerves can become irritated, inflamed or "pinched," causing head, neck, face, shoulder, elbow, arm, wrist, hand and finger pain; numbness; pins and needles; increased sensitivity or other symptoms.
Chiropractic spinal care corrects a severe form of spine and nerve stress known as the vertebral subluxation complex ("subluxation"). This restores proper movement to your spinal column, permitting greater energy, information and nutrients to flow over your nerves and tissues and throughout your body. When corrected, your entire spine begins to re-balance. That is why, for example, people with lower back problems, after receiving a neck adjustment from their chiropractor, find, to their surprise, that their low back pain not only starts feeling better (as well as many other problems) but they have more energy as well.

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