Does your heart start racing simply because you stood up?

Maybe you also feel lightheaded.

Your vision gets weird.

You feel exhausted.

Or you have to sit back down because your body just doesn't seem to tolerate being upright.

For some people, these symptoms are associated with a condition called POTS, or Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.

POTS is one form of dysautonomia, which means there's a problem with how the autonomic nervous system regulates certain automatic functions in the body.

Your autonomic nervous system helps control things you don't have to think about.

Your heart rate.

Blood pressure.

Digestion.

Temperature regulation.

And how your body responds when you go from lying down to standing up.

This is why POTS can cause symptoms that seem completely unrelated.

What does this have to do with Upper Cervical Chiropractic?

The upper cervical spine sits directly beneath the skull near important neurological structures involved in communication between your brain and body.

Upper Cervical Chiropractors use precise imaging to evaluate this area and determine whether an upper cervical misalignment is present.

Upper Cervical Care isn't a replacement for appropriate medical evaluation or management of POTS.

But if you're struggling with dysautonomia and looking at your health from every angle, your upper neck may be another area worth investigating.