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Atlas MID disturbs posture by altering the secondary postural receptors: Stomatognathic apparatus (dependent on the C0-C1-C2-C3 joints) and muscle chains (convergent in the transitional zone of the neck). As a consequence of the cervical muscle hyperactivity, bruxism can be produced, which also induces postural pathologies.
Once the suboccipital muscles and fascias are treated in depth, the Atlas tends to normalize their position and generate a positive mechanical and neuromuscular response throughout the body. The posture of head and back usually improves a lot and the distribution of loads to the lower extremities becomes more balanced, which helps in the reduction of muscle pain.
The Atlas, compared to the steering wheel of a car, has the ability to generate actions that are responded to by the rest of the system. That is, it is capable of affecting the other segments of the spine. The minor misalignment of the Atlas causes postural dysfunctions such as the anteriorization of the head and the exaggeration of the dorsal and lumbar curves.
Today, the role of posture in human health and disease phenomena, especially in the biomechanical, is well studied. A bad posture leads to ergonomic disorders, such as postural migraine, headache by tension, cumulative trauma in arms and legs, problems with walking, increase of muscular contractures and pains, among others.
Poor posture and its associated back pain can be caused by several factors. Among them, dental malposition, spasticity due to neurological disease (cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, etc.) and congenital deformities of the spine (Scheuermann, etc.). All of them constitute a limitation for the effectiveness of the correction of the MID of C1.
The Atlas, compared to the steering wheel of a car, has the ability to generate actions that are responded to by the rest of the system. That is, it is capable of affecting the other segments of the spine. The minor misalignment of the Atlas leads to postural dysfunctions such as the anteriorization of the head and the exaggeration of the dorsal and lumbar curves.
Today, the role of posture in human health and disease phenomena, especially in the biomechanical, is well studied. A bad posture leads to ergonomic disorders, such as postural migraine, headache by tension, cumulative trauma in arms and legs, problems with walking, increase of muscular contractures and pains, among others.
Once the suboccipital muscles and fascias are treated in depth, the Atlas tends to normalize their position and generate a positive mechanical and neuromuscular response of the whole body. The posture of head and back usually improves a lot and the distribution of loads to the lower extremities becomes more balanced, which helps in the reduction of muscle pain.
The correction of the Atlas helps the mechanical and neuromuscular rehabilitation of the posture of the human body. Although there are other essential factors in the maintenance of bad postures, it is very important to eliminate one of the main causes: the misalignment of the Atlas.
In the following examples: we can see postural changes before and after the AtlasPROfilax® treatment:
AtlasPROfilax and bad posture
Gran cambio postural y aumento de la energía, capacidad física e intelectual
Gran beneficio sobre postura, equilibrio y visión
"¡De verdad que la vida me cambió!"
"¡De uno a 10, lo califico con 10!"
"¡Su nivel de vida ha mejorado mucho!", afirma la mamá de la paciente.
"¡Se me quitaron los dolores!"
Please read our disclaimer.
It is not our intention that readers of this website assume that the Minor Intervertebral Derangement of the Atlas is the only cause of the health problems listed earlier in this section. Pain is usually a warning sign that there is an actual or potential tissue damage, so it is necessary to see a specialist to determine its possible causes.
E.g. headaches or local pain can have many causes and can also be a sign of an ongoing disease. Even apparent benign muscle pain can indicate a metabolic, immune, vascular or joint condition. Therefore, if you have any of these health problems, please contact your doctor and follow the proper treatment. Remember to manage your health quickly.
AtlasPROfilax® is a kinesiological method that supports allopathic and natural medicine as well as orthopedic dentistry. In no case does it interfere with or replace medical and/or dental treatments or medicines. The only purpose is to correct the MID of the Atlas to improve the quality of life of the patient and turn their body into a more fertile ground for any subsequent treatment and therapy.
The same way that a large number of patients react quite well to complementary medicine specialties (homeopathy, neural therapy, acupuncture, naturopathy, aromatherapy, nutraceuticals, osteopathy, chiropractic, massages, energy therapies, etc.), there is always a population that, due to a lack of receptivity to these techniques or due to the condition of their own health, does not have the expected results.
Likewise, as Chilean biologists Maturana and Varela state, "Living beings are networks of molecular productions where the produced molecules generate their interactions in the same network that produces them". This principle of autopoiesis, which deals with self-production and self-regulation, explains why some patients evolve favorably with a therapy while others don't.
All the above is to point out that the atlas MID correction has been shown to be highly effective in reducing benign chronic myofascial pain, in some functional alterations of posture as well as in the rearrangement of the Tonic Postural System. However, as in any specialty of complementary medicine, the results are proportional to the patient's autopoiesis.
There are several probable etiologies for the development of problems and pain in the body, from endogenous (genetic, congenital, autoimmune, etc.), exogenous (allergic, iatrogenic, pathogenic, etc.), environmental (mechanical and postural, ergonomic, professional, etc.) and multifactorial (neoplastic, idiopathic, psychosomatic, etc.) alterations.
The misalignment of the Atlas had not been taken into account up until the development of Osteopathy in 1874 by A. Taylor Still, M.D. and the birth of Chiropractic in 1895 by D. D. Palmer. The concept of Minor Intervertebral Desarrangement was included in 1969 by R. Maigne, M.D. The MID of the Atlas, studied in depth for 20 years by Dr. R.-C. Schümperli, E.M., was published in 1993.
The MID of C1 is one of the factors that triggers myofascial pain, but it is not the only one. Minor Intervertebral Derangement of any area of the spine may be painfully projected into certain muscles and ligaments. This to point out that the MID of C1 is not a justification for all myofascial pain, although the correction of this MID helps to reverse MIDs from other areas.
The correction of the MID of C1 has been highly favorable for the following cases:
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