Overview
The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of the procedure of medical acupressure of the suboccipital muscles according to the Atlas-Standard method on the normalization of the position of the first cervical vertebra and the angles of the spinal column in patients with diagnosed chronic subluxation with objectification of the results by radiography and inclinometry.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with chronic subluxation of the first cervical vertebra with complaints of pain in the occiput/cervical/thoracic/lumbar spine/limitation of head rotation in one or both directions.
- Scoliotic deformity of the spine 1-2 degrees.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Fractures of the first / second cervical vertebra in history
- Fractures of the spine in any of the departments in the anmenesis
- Assimilation of the atlas with the occipital bone or the second cervical vertebra
- Operations on the spine using metal structures
- Scoliosis 3-4 degree
- Botulinum toxin injections in the suboccipital region within the last year
- Taking muscle relaxants
- Corrective surgery on muscles and bones
- Braces
- Active period of dental implants installation
- Postoperative period (any operation, including on the eyes) less than 6 months
- Acute infectious diseases - less than 2 weeks from the start of recovery
- Skin diseases with inflammatory manifestations in the neck
- Oncological diseases
- Recovery period after injury (cervical and brain injury) or stroke less than a year
- Established mental illness
- Extreme malnutrition (cachexia)