Atlas Neurovascular Syndrome is term founded by Dr. Jeffrey Finnigan, a Board Certified Atlas Orthogonist and author of the book LIFE BEYOND HEADACHES. The book is available on amazon.com.
Many thanks to Dr. Finnigan for his clinical work in defining this syndrome and his explanation of how it causes severe neurological symptoms, including headaches, TMJ, radiating arm or leg pain, dizzinness, trigeminal neuralgia, other unresolved pain in addition to some seizure disorders. Atlas Neurovascular Syndrome also is the direct cause of many other conditions and contributes to many other complicated health issues.
Dr Nygaard is one of only 250 doctors world wide that is Board Certified in Atlas Orthogonality. He is trained and qualified to determine the presence of Atlas Neurovascular Syndrome.
Dr. Nygaard never charges for consultations. If you have been suffering from health issues and have been unable to get a proper diagnosis of the cause, it is possible that this syndrome may be the cause of your compromised health. Atlas Orthogonol Doctors, such as Dr. Nygaard are specifically trained in the diagnosis of this complicated disorder.
If you or loved have a condition and have been told “You are just going to have to learn to live with it”, you owe it to yourself to find out if your suffering is a result of Atlas Neurovascular Syndrome
The Atlas Neurovascular Syndrome is a condition found at the base of the skull. In this area the first cervical vertebra or "Atlas", a 2 ounce bone, holds the weight of your head, 10-15 pounds. This area is highly susceptible to injury through trauma such as falls, whiplash, or even birth trauma. Even if you do not remember a huge accident, it is highly likely that this area has been affected somehow if you are a headache sufferer.
In this delicate area, two very important structures are found:
Firstly, the vertebral arteries which come up the neck through small holes in the vertebra on their way from the heart, take four right hand turns as they string through the Atlas. They then go on to supply the brain with over 2/3rds of it's blood!
A side view of the brain, brain stem, and vertebral artery
A misalignment of the Atlas can thereby cause interference to the proper blood flow to the brain. A common complaint of migraine and headache sufferers is pressure or throbbing in the head or behind an eye. It can easily be seen how one might feel this if the major blood supply to the brain is being impinged upon at the base of the skull.
Secondly, the brain stem, your central nervous systems connection between brain and spinal cord, sits at the level of the Atlas. Many headache and migraine patients suffer with nausea and dizziness which can both be attributed to interference at the brain stem level along with a multitude of other symptoms since the brain stem is virtually your bodies nervous system control center.
Removing the impingement found at the level of the base of the skull/Atlas is the key to correcting the cause of most headaches. The Atlas Orthogonal Instrument does this effectively, precisely and non-invasively thereby allowing the blood flow and nervous system to regain it's proper uninterrupted state. This procedure is completely different than "traditional" chiropractic methodologies which attempt to free the area through more forceful means with some limited success in our experience.
An added benefit to Atlas Orthogonal Treatment is the fact that with the correction of the Atlas/skull misalignment allows for the correction of full spine distortion and body imbalance.
Read more about what happens when the skull is out of alignment...
You may ask "Why is it that my medical doctor or neurologist doesn't know about this?". We often ask the same question, as the effectiveness of the procedure is truely remarkable. We can only say that they are not trained to look for the problem and many of them do not believe that misalignment of skull/Atlas can happen through their medical perspective. It is unfortunate but we do see that more and more of the medical community is opening up to alternative concepts especially ones which are scientific and bear no risk to the patient as with the Atlas Orthogonal Procedure. Since there are so very few Atlas Orthogonist's in the nation, it may take some time for the word to spread but each of us are making strides in our own communities and hopefully many more people will become "headache free" as a result. More often then not patients come to the office with a stack of previous x-rays, CAT scans, and MRI's plus a list of doctors they have seen and drugs they have tried with no success.