AtlasPROfilax® and natural resorption of herniated discs

Atlas misalignment. Downward loads, coefficient of elasticity and disc herniation

All the structures of the human body have a certain level of elasticity. Bones, cartilage, muscles, tendons and ligaments have coefficients of elasticity. The Coefficient of Elasticity refers to the property of a tissue to stretch and then return to its original length.

The Coefficient of Elasticity points to what is the maximum elastic power of a tissue. Bones are relatively elastic but can break if a load exceeds their coefficient of elasticity. The same happens with muscle strains. In the case of intervertebral discs, their coefficient of elasticity depends on age and also on the type of disc. Lumbar discs have a higher coefficient of elasticity than cervical discs, due to their larger diameter and height. Herniated discs are usually caused by the rupture of the coefficient of elasticity because the disc is maintaining or permanently supporting an incorrect downward load (vertebral, fascial, tendinous and muscular) from the skull downwards with a poor vectorial distribution of forces. The irregularity in the distribution of the loads due to the displacement of the center of gravity of the cranium and the spine, due to the bad angle of rotation of the Atlas, is one of the main causes that favor the appearance of herniated discs.

The minor intervertebral derangement, either of the Atlas or of another group of vertebrae, usually multiplies the loads that the disc should normally support up to 6 or 10 times higher than what is biophysically reasonable and natural, which is why the disc ends up protruding, having exceeded its coefficient of elasticity.

When the minor intervertebral derangement of the Atlas is corrected, a progressive downward domino effect is produced in which the vertebrae gradually tend to seek the zero axis. This realignment of the bones also includes a better distribution of loads on the intervertebral discs. The moment the discs begin to align due to the improvement and alignment of the vertebrae themselves, the discs begin to recover the elasticity they had lost because the lesser the load, the greater the coefficient of elasticity. This allows the person to experience an improvement or reabsorption of the herniated disc, in a natural and non-invasive way. Although it is advisable to improve nutrition and monitor overweight and certain physical activities or movements such as lifting certain weights or making certain sudden movements.

3D CT Scan Atlas Cranio-Flux Diversion (Photo: MRI-Diagnosticum)

AtlasPROfilax® and disc herniation resorption

Rotoscoliosis due to Atlas Misalignment. Negative domino effect with asymmetric loads on vertebrae. Cases like this usually cause cervical or lumbar disc herniation due to a vectorial effect

Therefore, the reason why lumbar disc herniations tend to be reabsorbed weeks or months after the application of the AtlasPROfilax® Method (see case below) is logically given by a corrective movement of the descending fascia from the occipital to the sacrum. This fascial correction mechanism is produced by the Atlas misalignment correction itself, and generates a corrective movement that starts to reverse the loss and displacement of the center of gravity of the skull and spine. The spine tends to return to its natural axis with which the discs have to recover the natural coefficient of elasticity. In many cases, raw material is needed for this to happen, besides the disc being relatively well preserved and life habits improving (good diet to avoid disc dehydration, learning to lift weights properly). However, the main reason that makes the disc tends to be preserved and to reabsorb the hernia, provided that there is not a too marked and unrecoverable protrusion, is due to a biomechanical cause. If the Atlas in a bad rotation angle displaces the center of gravity of the cranium and this translates into a displacement of the center of gravity of the spine, by correcting the Atlas the center of gravity of the cranium is recovered at the level of the sphenoid, occipital, parietal and temporal bones, distributing much better the loads at the cranium level with which the spine is positively influenced, being forced to follow the same axis of the cranium and correct its position. This change can take place in weeks, in a few months or in many months, depending on the age of the person and their health and habits. The previous degree of deviation of the spine and the degree of protrusion of the disc are factors that will also influence the capacity and time of recovery and reabsorption of the hernia. The autopoietic factor of each person makes the recovery time vary, being able to extract an average recovery and reabsorption time of approximately 9 to 14 months in the patients examined (more than 700 patients were the subject of the study), without however there is a fixed pattern in the recovery of herniated discs and associated symptoms such as pain from radialgia or neuralgia.

In many patients, especially in women, the improvement and reabsorption of herniated discs and their associated symptoms, after the application of the AtlasPROfilax® Method, is followed by a noticeable reduction and normalization of lumbar hyperlordosis, an improvement that is maintained over time.

On the day of the therapy, the patient M.C.O. provided an MRI previously performed together with an independent radiological report that showed the diagnosis of L4-L5 disc herniation with extrusion and small bulges in L2-L3 and L3-L4.

On the day of the check-up, 6 months after therapy, the patient provided another recent MRI in which the L4-L5 disc herniation was no longer visible, as it had been reabsorbed, and the bulging in L2-L3 and L3-L4 had improved, all according to the report of the independent radiologist who followed up with his private medical insurance.

The radiologists who made the reports and after the application of the AtlasPROfilax® Method that diagnosed a herniated disk (before) and a total reversal of it (6 months after the application of the therapy) did not know, neither before nor after, that the patient had undergone such a method. The MRIs were performed in independent centers, as were the diagnoses and reports.

Reabsorption of the herniated disk in 6 months. Associated symptoms improved by 95%

On the day of therapy the patient refers the following symptoms:

SYMPTOM	SINCE HOW LONG	FREQUENCY	PAIN (0/10)
Trapezium pain	5 years	2 episodes per week	8/10
Brachialgia - right	5 years	2 episodes per week	5/10
Chronic low back pain that is especially acute in the morning and at the beginning of the walk (with 2 hospitalizations for acute pain)	5 years	Permanent, all day	from 2 to 10/10
MID sciatica that increases in seating	5 years	Frequent	from 3 to 10/10
Cramps in MMIID	5 years	Frequent	8/10
Irritable colon	Several years	Frequent	-
Numbness and stiffness in twins in the morning		Frequent	-
Epistaxis	-	Very frequent	-

El día del control (6 meses después) el paciente refiere los cambios siguientes:

SYMPTOM	SYMPTOM IMPROVEMENT	FREQUENCY
Trapezium pain	70% improvement	Very sporadic
Brachialgia - right	70% improvement	Very sporadic
Chronic low back pain that is especially acute in the morning and at the beginning of the walk (with 2 hospitalizations for acute pain)	70% improvement	Almost none. Now he makes efforts, practices sports and activities that were impossible before
MID sciatica that increases in seating	100% improvement	It didn't occur again
Cramps in MMIID	70% improvement	Very sporadic
Irritable colon	80% improvement	Rarely
Numbness and stiffness in twins in the morning	65% improvement	Sporadic
Epistaxis	100% improvement	Bleeding episodes did not occur again

Radiologist's report prior to AtlasPROfilax® therapy:

Study in 159 cases of cervical disk herniation with lateral protrusion: evolution of hernia and pain before and after the application of the AtlasPROfilax® method

A team of doctors followed the evolution of 584 cases of herniated discs for more than two years, between 2007 and 2008 to evaluate the effectiveness of the AtlasPROfilax® Method in its reabsorption and improvement of the symptoms.

Average age of patients:	Separation by gender:
54 years old	68% men/ 32% women

Before therapy, MRIs of the lumbar spine were performed in axial and sagittal sections. The type of pain, especially low back pain or sciatica, its frequency and intensity were noted in the clinical history. The AtlasPROfilax® technique was practiced on all patients and a follow-up control was made every month to know about the evolution of the painful symptoms associated with the hernia. A second control was performed one year later, which included a lumbar radiological examination by MRI in order to be able to establish comparisons with the first MRI showing the disc herniation. In the case of the analysis in the improvement of the associated or referred pain, the scientific method VAS (Visual Analogic Scale) was used to measure the pain.

The results of the herniated disc reabsorption based on the two MRIs compared to one year apart were as follows:

Hernia resorption (MRI viewing before and after therapy)

	No. of patients		Percentage
Cases with total reabsorption*		220	37,7%
Cases with partial resorption		265	45,4%
Cases without reabsorption		99	16,9%
Total Cases		584	100%

*The average time of total reabsorption cases was 14 months. 95% of the patients who presented a total reabsorption of the hernia, had not made other therapies that interfere in the evaluation of the results.

Evolución del dolor asociado a la hernia

	No. of Patients	Percentage
The pain improved considerably or disappeared completely	523	89,5%
The pain did not get better or worse	13	2,2%
The pain got worse	48	8,3%
Total Cases	584	100%

These statistics do not include cases of Lumbar Hernia with Post-Marrow Protrusion, in which patients do not report significant improvement in either the first or second control.

A high percentage of remission or partial or total improvement of the pain referred by patients is observed after AtlasPROfilax® therapy. Interestingly, even in the segment of patients in which the herniated disc showed no change or improvement and remained extruded, a high percentage of these patients reported improvement of symptoms. This is due to the fact that part of the pain attributed to the herniated disk may not be caused by radiculopathy or neuralgia associated with the hernia, but rather by muscle-tendon pain coming from descending chains from the occipital. This explains why people who do not experience improvement in the extrusion of the hernia after the technique are able to report improvements in the symptoms and pain.

STUDY IN 159 CASES OF CERVICAL DISC HERNIATION WITH LATERAL PROTRUSION: EVOLUTION OF THE HERNIA AND PAIN BEFORE AND AFTER THE APPLICATION OF THE ATLASPROFILAX® METHOD

A team of doctors followed the evolution of 159 cases of herniated discs for more than two years, between 2007 and 2008 to evaluate the effectiveness of the AtlasPROfilax® Method in its reabsorption and improvement of the symptoms.

Average age of patients	Separation by gender
52 years old	59% men/41% women

Before therapy, MRIs of the lumbar spine were performed in axial and sagittal sections. The type of pain, especially cervicalgias or cervicobrachialgias, its frequency and intensity were noted in the clinical history. The AtlasPROfilax® technique was applied to all patients and a follow-up control was made every month to know about the evolution of the painful symptoms associated with the hernia. A second control was performed one year later, which included an MRI cervical radiological examination in order to establish comparisons with the first MRI showing the disc herniation.

The results of hernia reabsorption based on the two MRIs compared with one year apart were as follows:

Hernia resorption (MRI viewing before and after therapy)

	No. of Patients		Percentage
Cases with total reabsorption*		63	39,6%
Cases with partial resorption		34	21,4%
Cases without reabsorption		62	39,0%
Total Cases		159	100%

The results of hernia reabsorption based on the two MRIs compared with one year apart were as follows:

*The average time of total resorption cases was 9 months. 93% of the patients who presented total reabsorption of the hernia, had not performed other therapies that interfered with the evaluation of the results.

Evolution of pain associated with the hernia

	No. of Patients	Percentage
The pain improved considerably or disappeared completely	123	77,5%
The pain did not get better or worse	6	3,6%
The pain got worse	30	18,9%
Total Cases	159	100%

These statistics do not include cases of Cervical Hernia with Post Marrow Protrusion, in which patients do not report significant improvement in either the first or second control.