Ever wonder why your neck suddenly hurts—even though you haven’t had an injury?
At HealthWorks in Plano, TX, we see this all the time. The pain seems to come out of nowhere, but the root cause is often hiding in plain sight: the atlas, the top bone in your neck.
Unlike other vertebrae, the atlas doesn’t have a disc above or below it. It’s supported only by ligaments, which makes it incredibly flexible—but also highly vulnerable. Long periods of sitting, travel, or even poor posture can all stress this area and knock it out of alignment, without you realizing it.
Plano chiropractor explains how keeping this bone aligned through gentle upper cervical care can make your spine more stable—and why it matters more than you think.
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