When the weight of the head is shifted off the center of the neck and held in that position by tense muscles of the neck to cause body imbalance, it can produce stress, tension and pressure around the brain stem. This pressure can restrict of distort the transmission of health and healing messages from the brain to the body. That area of the body serviced by the restricted brain messages will no longer function properly. This can result in health problems and pain that can be felt in any part of the body. The above image is used with permission from Daniel Clark, D.C.	WHY IS WHAT WE DO SO DIFFERENT FROM OTHER METHODS OF CHIROPRACTIC? Body imbalance is only the beginning of the problem. Here's why: Brain to body messages control and maintain ALL body functions. These messages are a must for healing. Trillions of nerve fibers carrying these messages from the brain to the body "bottle-neck" through the small opening in the first bone in the neck (atlas) as they flow down into the spinal cord and out to every cell in your body. If the head and neck are not in proper alignment, it can cause spinal cord compression or irritation at the point where the head and neck join, and disrupt or distort vital brain messages to any part of your body. This can cause countless health problems and pain anywhere in the body, including organ dysfunction and other conditions that you would not normally relate to a problem originating at the top of your neck.
CONSIDER THE BASIC CONSTRUCTION OF YOUR BODY AND NERVOUS SYSTEM AND HOW IT CAN CHANGE YOUR HEALTH! Your head (10-14 lbs.) rests on a 2 oz. bone at the top of your neck called the atlas. Wherever your atlas moves, your head moves with it. If this top bone in your neck has shifted out of position ever so slightly, no more than the thickness of a fingernail, it can move your head off center. In an effort to keep your head over the center of the neck, you spine and pelvis will twist, pulling one hip up and one leg with it. You are now walking around on one leg that is shorter than the other.	THE FIRST STEP IN THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO YOUR HEALTH WITH THE BLAIR UPPER CERVICAL CHIROPRACTIC METHOD! Why do Chiropractors use Thermography? The focus of chiropractic care is proper nervous system function. Since the nervous system controls and coordinates every function in the body, normal nervous system function becomes the core reason for good health. These nerves run from the brain, down the spinal column and affect various organs throughout the body including your eyes, ears, lungs, kidneys, skin and even your heart. Chiropractic focuses on a specific condition that robs the body of normal nerve impulses. This condition is called spinal subluxation. The subluxation is defined as an abnormal positioning and/or mechanical function of the spine that interferes with the normal function of the nervous system. By using the Tytron/thermography and comparing differences in temperature between opposite sides of the spine and comparing them to established normal values, a chiropractor can make important decisions about the health of your nervous system and what care may be needed. The results of these tests are readily available to discuss and view.
Dr. Forest measures postural imbalances with the SAM machine.	AN OPINION ON UPPER CERVICAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR EFFECT ON HEALTH FROM A RESPECTED ORTHOPEDIST! Effects of Body Imbalance/or Spinal Misalignments "Compression of the spinal cord and traction on the brain stem may give rise to symptoms and findings which tax one's diagnostic and prognostic ability. Such injuries may be responsible for many of the so called psychoneurotic symptoms such as dysphasias, difficulty in concentrating and remembering, loss of balance, tinnitis, transient deafness, dysphagia, restlessness, nervousness, depression, insomnia and vague pains and parathesias of the lower extremities." Ruth Jackson, M.D., Vol. 24 of Clinical Orthopedics.