Identify this machine. Please leave a comment with your guess. Maybe I’ll come up with some reward for the person who guesses correctly. Yes, it’s a real tool, it was even used on myself!
Okay, time to give the answer. This strange machine is used in certain chiropractic office, that practices atlas orthogonal adjustments. I guess it would be called an Atlas Machine?
If you’ve had this procedure done - please comment and let me know what you think.
The way it works it you like on a table, the machine in the picture is carefully setup near the base of your neck. The machine then “taps” your atlas bone back into correct position. By tap, I really do mean tap, you barely feel anything. The machine is NOT as scary as it looks (Yes it looks like a painful machine). I will admit at first it felt great once my “atlas” was aligned. I got turned off as soon as I walked into the hall of the office I was shuffled into an office for the quick hard sell. Suddenly the Doctor who I had talked to and been with through multiple appointments disappeared, and I was confronted with “treatment” options. I can remember the exact payment amounts, but I remember is being around $2000 for the spinal correction. This involved coming in almost everyday for a while, then gradually scaling back to a few times a week, then finally a few times a month.
The way the whole thing went down just didn’t sit well with me. It just felt way to much like a well-rehearsed marketing process. Now I understand they have to make money, but I shouldn’t feel like I’m at a used car sales office. I firmly believe much of the hype is meant to be mental, if you *think* you feel better, you will feel better.
You can make your own conclusion. I belive this is the “official” website for the practice method and machine. http://www.atlasorthogonality.com/
Also, Montel had the procedure done and raves about it here.