The atlas (plural: atlases) is the first cervical vertebra, commonly called C1 .

If you have chased your atlas for years, this is for you. C1 is important, yet it also reflects what the rest of your body is doing. Many patients find short term relief from C1 only care, then the same symptoms return because the driver was never addressed. Why that happens. The atlas neighbors the brainstem junction, vertebral arteries, and cranial nerve pathways. Signals from the upper neck converge with trigeminal input, so neck irritation can present as head or face pain and can amplify mig