ATLANTO OCCIPITAL JOINT

(Keywords: ATLANTO OCCIPITAL JOINT, Grays anatomy, headache chiropractic, symptoms of whiplash )The Atlanto Occipital Joint is the first joint in the neck. The bone that makes up the base of the skull is called the Occiput. If you place your hand on the back of your neck, and slide it up, those first boney protruberances you feel are the occiput. The first bone in the neck is called the Atlas. It's really just a ring.

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So the joint between them of course is called the Atlanto-Occipital joint. It's where the nodding action of the head occurs.Structurally, it requires some very demanding engineering features. It has to be - Extremely strongly bonded, or else the head would fall off the neck the first time a person experienced some trauma. Not good! This is achieved with very powerful stiff ligaments, and equally strong but flexible muscles.
Here you can see it on an x-ray. Fearfully and wonderfully made! For more about Whiplash Chiropractic , click on the picture ...

- The spinal cord passes through a hole in the base of the occiput (called the Foramen Magnum), and down through the large hole in the Atlas. This is a cross-sectional view, as seen from below, looking up at the skull. All sorts of interesting structures have to pass through the hole.

- Two important arteries wind their way up inside the spine, and find their way through the Foramen Magnum too.

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And lastly, because this region must be fully movable, it has to have a joint. Two, in fact. The joint surfaces are covered with very hard cartilage that fortunately doesn't usually become arthritic. But they can become jammed up, for fixated as we call it. Then the neck becomes very stiff, and headaches start. A = C0-C1 facet joint. The ATLANTO OCCIPITAL JOINT In due course, I'll add a page on the muscles of the region. Vitally important they too are in the management of
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Symptoms of whiplash
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For those who survive whiplash there are a myriad of symptoms of whiplash from very severe symptoms (paralysis) to quite minor irritation (occasional headaches). Others include lack of concentration, dizziness ...
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Prevention
ATLANTO OCCIPITAL JOINTProlonged flexion of the occiput on the atlas, the nodding action, as in reading a book on a flat desk, places the suboccipital muscles under ongoing stretch. Devices such as this simple device are a must for every student, teacher, accountant ... in my view no home should be without it. At a cost, delivered, of about three chiropractic consultations, it will pay for itself with weeks. Click on the pic.

If you spend long hours at the computer then intermittent ergonomic exercises are vital if you want less atlanto occipital joint pain, and general backpain, arm pain...
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