Sarasota Upper Cervical Can Help!
By Dr. Drew Hall
Neck pain affects 25 percent of the US population. Neck pain affects work performance, reduces the enjoyment of life, and limits activities that bring people joy. In our Sarasota Upper Cervical Clinic neck pain is the number one condition that walks through our doors. Prior to opening in Sarasota, our offices in Los Angeles helped over 12,000 patients regain their health through precision upper cervical corrections. Our practice employs 3-d imaging to locate the spinal misalignment. Our corrective procedure does not use twisting, popping, or pulling.
Listen to what one of our patients says about their recovery:
“I went to see Dr. Hall this week after a whiplash injury that left me with chronic headaches, neck and shoulder pain, ear problems, and halos in my vision. After doing extensive research about Upper Cervical, I decided to fly from Michigan to Sarasota so that I could be seen by Dr. Hall. He examined me and then scanned me using a cutting-edge 3D Cone Beam CT scan (the scan literally took 10 seconds, I was amazed) and then showed me exactly where I was out of alignment. There was a very noticeable subluxation in my axis (C2) and my atlas (C1) was also out of alignment to a lesser extent. He adjusted my axis first, then gently turned me over and adjusted my atlas, and the headache that I had had since the injury was INSTANTLY gone. That night was the first time I had been able to get a good night’s sleep in weeks. I owe Dr. Hall my life, and if you have any reservations about seeing him for your health concern, just know that he’s the best at what he does and that you’re in very skilled hands. I was scared to get adjusted, but Dr. Hall only delivers precision adjustments exactly where you need them so he’s not “cracking your neck” like regular chiropractors. I am beyond grateful… thank you so much Dr. Hall, you gave me my life back! Verifiable on google reviews for Sarasota upper cervical!
If you suffer with chronic neck pain or other chronic health conditions, we would love to help!
Neck Misalignment, Trauma, and Neck Pain
The large majority of chronic neck pain results from prior trauma. Trauma injures the soft tissue that surrounds the joints in the neck. Normal joint motion keeps the spinal muscles relaxed and balanced. When injury occurs to the soft tissues surrounding the joints, loss of normal joint motion ensues. Reduced motion in the joints leads to chronically tight imbalanced muscles throughout the spine. Most neck pain has its roots in this mechanism.
If the cervical spine has been injured, it is less able to adapt to stressors that are commonplace in today’s society. Desk jobs, long commute hours, long hours hunched over texting all exacerbate underlying imbalances in the spine. In our clinic we take great care to locate the underlying cause of your issue and remove it so the body can heal itself!
Read what another one of our patients has to say about her healing journey in our office!
In my 41 years of life, I’ve generally been a healthy active person. Days after Christmas 2017, my neck started to have sharp pain. The pain then went down my left shoulder blade, through the scapular area then down my left arm. Then my left arm went numb…It was a type of chronic pain I’ve never experienced before! Days later, my left ear was clogged, and I couldn’t hear clearly… the symptoms are worse than labor pains!!!! And I have 3 kids! I Immediately went to a medical doctor, and they ran tests to make sure it wasn’t a stroke. They wanted to prescribe me prescription medication, however, I refused. I was miserable! It disturbed my sleep. I was starting to get irritable & depressed. I was wondering if I was going to live like this and adjust my entire life… I was then advised to see an orthopedist. They did an MRI and diagnosed me with Cervical Stenosis and Radiculopathy. I was given 4 options: 1) Live with the pain 2) Figure out how to manage the pain 3) Do some epidural type treatment 4) or surgery where they would infuse a metal plate to keep my vertebrae’s spaced out so that it wouldn’t pinch my nerves.
Immediately, I scheduled with Dr. Hall for my second opinion. After my first visit and adjustment, I was able to sleep that night. The pain was there, however, the intensity wasn’t as high. Dr. Hall also made sure for me to NOT take any ibuprofen. So the next 2 days, I went without taking the ibuprofen. That night, the pain was starting to intensify again, however, I resisted taking ibuprofen because I knew I was going to see Dr. Hall that day. The next morning until my appointment, the pain had decreased. I didn’t need any adjustments made. Dr. Hall was very thorough and explained how we have to give our bodies time to heal and that it’ll fluctuate…
It has been only 4 days since I started treatment with Dr. Hall, and honestly, I’m starting to see light at the end of this tunnel… I have hope that this pain will go away. I can honestly say that my pain is about 85% gone!!!!
I am left speechless, yet again. I know of Dr. Hall because he treated my son when numerous doctors just wanted to prescribe him dangerous prescription drugs for his Post-Concussion Syndrome…. however, that’s a whole other review to write about 🙂 When you walk into his office and sit in the lobby, you’ll see a sign. It says EXPECT MIRACLES… I’ve experienced 2 so far…… Thank you, Dr. Hall!
What Exactly Does a Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractor Do?
Blair Upper Cervical doctors are specially trained to locate spinal misalignments in the upper cervical spine and correct them. Spinal misalignments are located by running a battery of neurological tests that locate the spinal segments that have been injured and misaligned by a prior neck injury.
Once located, precision imaging in the form of cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) is used to precisely determine which joint has misaligned and the angulation of the misaligned joint. Each person’s anatomy is different and therefore imaging is used to uncover the blueprint to be used to correct each patient’s individual misalignment pattern. Once this information is gleaned, a gentle, light correction is made without twisting, popping, or pulling. The patient is then monitored overtime to ensure that the correction is holding. If the testing indicates the need for another correction, then it is performed. However, the goal of Blair Upper Cervical Care is for the patient to stay in “adjustment”. It isn’t the correction that produces healing. It is the removal of nerve irritation and the adjustment “holding” in its normal position that allows the body to function better and proceed through a healing process.
This is how Blair Chiropractic care can often help remove the underlying cause of many who suffer from occipital neuralgia, tinnitus, Vertigo, Meniere’s disease, neck pain, migraine headaches, and other chronic health problems by supporting the body in healing itself.
Sarasota Upper Cervical Chiropractic
941.259.1891
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