How Does Cranial Cervical Instability (CCI) presented by Dr. David Saperstein Work?

Cranial Cervical Instability (CCI) is when your head and neck don’t move smoothly together like they should.

Imagine you're wearing a backpack that's too heavy, it wobbles around as you walk. That’s kind of what happens with CCI. Your skull and the top part of your spine are supposed to work like a team, but when there's instability, they don’t move in harmony anymore.

Think of your head as a spinning top. If the base isn't stable, the top wobbles. In CCI, the connection between your head and neck is loose or stretched out, like if you tied a rubber band around the bottom of the top instead of using a steady base.

This wobbling can make your head feel like it's moving on its own, even when you're standing still. It might cause headaches, dizziness, or even trouble focusing, kind of like trying to read in a room that’s shaking!

Sometimes, this instability is caused by something happening in the joints at the top of your spine. These joints are like hinges, and if they’re not working right, everything up there gets affected.

It's not magic, it's just how your body moves when things aren’t quite lined up!