WAIT, is my Anxiety and Depression coming from my spine being out of whack?

ANXIETY CAN BE CONNECTED TO A DISCONNECTED NERVOUS SYSTEM.

In a world that moves fast and demands even faster responses, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck in cycles of depression. What if part of the answer wasn’t just mental—but physical too?

At Restoration Chiropractic, we believe healing happens when your mind, body, and spirit are aligned. And one often-overlooked key to mental wellness is your nervous system—specifically your vagus nerve, brain stem, and the top bone in your neck: the atlas.

Chiropractic & Mental Health: What’s the Connection?

The vagus nerve is like the body’s emotional expressway. It connects your brain to your heart, lungs, and gut—the very places you “feel” stress, anxiety, and even depression. When this nerve isn’t functioning at full capacity due to spinal misalignment or inflammation, your ability to regulate stress and mood drops dramatically.

Your atlas, the top bone of your spine, protects the brainstem and supports your entire nervous system. When the atlas is misaligned, it can disrupt brainstem function and vagus nerve signaling—leading to increased cortisol (stress hormone), poor sleep, chronic fatigue, anxiety, and depressive symptoms.

We’ve seen it time and time again: when the spine is corrected and nervous system communication is restored, patients begin to feel like themselves again.

Is your anxiety tied to your spine being out of whack?

5 Critical Steps to Take if You Struggle with Anxiety or Depression:

1. Get Your Atlas Checked

• This is the top priority. Misalignment here disrupts the flow between your brain and body. A precise, gentle adjustment to the atlas can restore calm, clarity, and balance.

2. Assess Your Vagus Nerve Function

• We perform neurological testing to check the health and tone of your vagus nerve. When it’s optimized, your body can shift out of fight-or-flight and into rest, healing, and peace.

3. Address Brain Stem Interference

• Your brain stem controls automatic functions like breathing, heartbeat, and mood regulation. If it’s compressed or stressed due to spinal misalignment, symptoms of depression and anxiety can worsen.

4. Focus on Nervous System Flow, Not Just the Symptoms

• Medication and therapy are important, but if the “electrical wiring” of your body is off, healing will stall. Chiropractic opens the flow—naturally.

5. Get Moving—Quickly

• Your body was designed to move. When your spine moves correctly, your brain gets better blood flow, oxygen, and stimulation. We help restore that motion so healing can begin fast.

Our specialists and Doctors will spend 90 minutes with you on your first visit to perform a detailed exam, most likely including x-rays and motion x-rays, range of motion testing, a spinal alignment and movement exam.

Call or email to get your spine checked. We are here for you!

Office Number:

(303) 688-2225

Office Email:

Healthy@RestorationChiropractic.Us