What is the BBC? Well, there's two meanings actually… the BBC does mean the British Broadcasting Company of London, but as a pertains to your health, it is the Brain Body Connection. I truly believe that this is one the most important concepts that you can understand from a chiropractic standpoint. And the reason for that is that the brain is connected to the body at the skull and very upper neck which is what we call the Upper Cervical or atlas/axis region.

The first bone in the neck is called the ATLAS. The atlas  because holds up the world, just like the first bone in your neck holds up YOUR world (your head and brain). Underneath it is called the AXIS or the second neck bone.  It is called the axis because when you turn your head the first 40 plus degrees of motion happened between your two neckbones. So literally, the axis is where your world turns on.  So, what's the significance of these two bones, as your HEAD literally sits on top of them. So anywhere these bones go, your head goes. The brain stem comes out of their head, down to these top two bones which becomes the spinal cord. This is the most significant area of your spine because the brain stem sends messages from this region to your heart, liver lungs, stomach, kidneys, down your arms, legs and even messages that go up into your head, face and neck all here from your brain stem. Then they go back up the skull to give you taste, vision, smell, hearing, and balance. Additionally, these nerves control the feeling, sensation and muscles in the face and neck regions.

So, the upper neck region is the most important area of your spinal column. That's why Upper Cervical chiropractors focus the majority of their attention on this key area. Because it's so vital for the rest of the body to work together and efficiently. From the general standpoint of working together as a team, the head must go wherever those upper neck bones take it. When you have a vertebra out of alignment in the top part of your neck for years without having any kind of neck pain or headaches. It can be interfering with the brain body connection (BBC) and how these messages go for the multiple parts of your body including all glands, organs, and tissues that they control. This could be throwing your system out of balance creating weaknesses and affecting your knees hips and back it's extremely worthwhile to be investigated also. When your upper neck is out of alignment this can drastically also affects your thoughts, clarity, focus and everything connected to how you think.

As an Upper Cervical (UC) chiropractor, it takes a very specific upper neck examination and detailed spinal x-rays to determine if you might have a problem with your upper cervical region that may be impacting your health in a negative way. This brain body connection is remarkably similar to the electrical fuse box system in your house/basement. When that upper neck region is out of alignment or subluxated, it could easily interfere with how the whole house will work especially, if there's an outlet or nerve disconnect or blown fuse. I hope this explains the importance of the BBC as I call it the most important connection of the body, the upper cervical spine. If you have any questions feel free to contact me and I'll be happy to answer thanks again for reading, Dr. Joe