How the atlas affects balance
The upper neck contains a dense concentration of proprioceptors, the sensors that tell the brain where the head is in space. The vertebral arteries also pass through the atlas on their way to the brainstem. A rotated or tilted atlas can send conflicting position signals and affect flow, producing dizziness, a floating feeling, unsteadiness when turning the head, or vertigo. This is sometimes called cervicogenic dizziness and is easy to miss because standard tests look at the inner ear, not the neck.
What clients report
When dizziness is a side effect of headache or migraine, atlas correction helps in most cases. Clients with unexplained dizziness who have been through chiropractic, acupuncture and vestibular rehabilitation without lasting result regularly describe the dizziness settling after the atlas is corrected and the head rotation returns to normal.
After the Atlas Zone treatment the rotation of my neck is back to normal and I have not experienced headache or dizziness since. I had many chiropractic treatments, acupuncture and so on before, but that did not resolve the complaints.
Important
Sudden or severe dizziness needs medical assessment first to rule out cardiovascular, neurological or inner ear causes. Atlas therapy is for people whose dizziness has been investigated and remains unexplained, or is clearly linked to neck tension and headache.
