Correct sleeping position

We know that any prolonged habitual stress leads to an adaptation of the structure concerned. In this case, the adaptation produces a worsening result. Even if, from time to time, one changes position during the night, the damage is clearly visible and evident. If we add to sleeping on the stomach, in a position that traumatises the jaw, the negative consequences of a permanently misaligned Atlas, we get quite a picture!

There are people who wonder why they wake up in the morning more tired than they are going to sleep, even though they are resting on a comfortable bed, while others seem to sleep well even on rocks. The first to get blamed are the mattress and the pillow. We meet people who have tried many pillows and even several mattresses, without being able to improve the situation.

No one doubts that good sleeping support is essential for a good night's sleep, but the combination of an inadequate sleeping position and a cervical spine with misaligned first vertebrae is detrimental. After spending up to thousands of Euros to buy the best bed available, many find that the situation and their pain have not resolved. It is not uncommon for people undergoing Atlantomed to say that if they had discovered the method earlier, they would have saved a lot of money and pain.
It is certainly not easy to change a deeply rooted habit from childhood and get used to sleeping in a new position, but it is a necessary step.

Another phenomenon to be aware of: the walls of the veins are not as rigid as those of the corresponding arteries, but tend to collapse in on themselves. It is gravity and the weight of the falling blood that keep them open. When you are lying down, this help is lacking and all the pressure needed to circulate the blood must be generated by the heart.

For this reason, lying down can exacerbate certain physical problems affecting the veins and circulation. If we add to this the compression of the vessels, caused by a misaligned Atlas or epistrophe, and a further constriction due to twisting the neck to keep the head turned to the side for many consecutive hours, you can imagine the result for yourself.

A blockage of the first cervical vertebrae restricts the rotation of the head to one side and forces one to sleep with the head always turned to the opposite side. This situation limits by 50% the freedom to alternate between the two sides during sleep. Prolonged pressure on the masticatory apparatus, hinders blood circulation, traumatises the teeth, gums, jaw joints, nerves and muscles involved.

As the situation is repeated every night for many hours, over time permanent damage is done to the masticatory system, the teeth deteriorate and the jawbone deviates (dental malocclusion), with negative repercussions on the rest of the body.

It may reassure you to know that sleeping on your stomach does not change the alignment of the Atlas.