What is the YES joint?

A pair of synovial joints, known as the atlanto-occipital joint connect the atlas and your skull. When you nod your head “yes,” that’s the atlas at work. It serves as a pivot, and it allows your head to move forward and backward. The atlas serves as a pivot, and it allows your head to move forward and backward.

Where is the yes joint?

The atlanto-axial joint is a joint in the upper part of the neck between the atlas bone and the axis bone, which are the first and second cervical vertebrae. It is a pivot joint.

What type of joint is in the vertebrae?

Facet Joints
The joints in the spine are commonly called Facet Joints. Other names for these joints are Zygapophyseal or Apophyseal Joints. Each vertebra has two sets of facet joints. One pair faces upward (superior articular facet) and one downward (inferior articular facet).

How do you know if your atlas is misaligned?

Typical symptoms of an atlas misalignment or an atlas blockage are:

1. headache and migraines.
2. deafness, tinnitus or noise in the inner ear.
3. pain in the jaw.
4. neck pain or a stiff neck.
5. extreme muscle stiffness and restricted shoulder movement.
6. back pain in the lumbar spine as well as hip pain and pelvic misalignment.

What does atlanto-occipital mean?

Medical Definition of atlanto-occipital : relating to or being structures (as a joint or ligament) joining the atlas and the occipital bone The atlanto-occipital joint straddles the spinal cord and the foramen magnum on either side and is V-shaped, slanting caudally and medially.—

What stabilizes the wrist joint?

The triquetrum bone is the last bone found in the first row of carpal bones. It’s located closest to the pinky finger. It helps to stabilize the wrist and allows the joint to bear more weight.

Which vertebrae allows you to shake no?

C2 is called the “axis” because it enables the head’s rotation around a longitudinal axis with left and right rotation as when shaking the head “no” (Figure 2, C2 – Axis). To accomplish this feat, the axis has a unique feature among the vertebrae: the dens (or odontoid process).

How many joints are in the vertebrae?

Each vertebra has four facet joints, one pair that connects to the vertebra above (superior facets) and one pair that connects to the vertebra below (inferior facets) (Fig. 6). Figure 6. The superior and inferior facets connect each vertebra together.

Is the vertebrae a synovial joint?

The intervertebral discs help to absorb shock[5] Facet joint, formed by the articulation of superior and inferior articular processes from adjacent vertebrae (synovial joint).

What happens when your atlas is out?

The atlas shifts out of place ever so slightly and presses upon, stretches, or otherwise impinges on the nerves of the brain stem. This causes interference in the nerve flow between the brain and body and most commonly affects the muscles along the spine, typically tightening the muscles along one side.

Can a chiropractor adjust your atlas?

Atlas Orthogonal (AO) is an advanced scientific instrument program to adjust the Atlas Vertebrae (top bone of the neck) without popping and cracking the neck. This method of chiropractic manipulation is gentle, effective and precise.

What is the hole in the occipital called?

1 Anatomy. The occipital bone is set at the rear of the cranium and articulates with the temporals, sphenoid, parietals, and the uppermost vertebra, the atlas. a. The foramen magnum is the large hole in the occipital through which the brainstem passes inferiorly into the vertebral canal.