Connections:
Your Spine and Nerve Roots

 Here is an abbreviated list of Nerve Root connections to illustrate the organs and body parts that can be affected when subluxations occur and nerve impulses are blocked. Reviewing the list below, it becomes readily apparent that our health and well being depend on a healthy and free flow of signals throughout the nervous system.

Side View 3front

Vertebrae Organs and Body Parts skull-C1 pituitary gland, scalp, brain, ears, eyes C1-C2 head, eyes, tongue, ears, heart C2-C3 face, neck, ear, shoulder, diaphragm C3-C4 face, neck, chest, diaphragm C4-C5 neck, vocal cords, shoulder, upper arm, diaphragm C5-C6 shoulder, arm, tonsils C6-C7 shoulder, arm, wrist, hand, thyroid C7-T1 head, neck, heart, thyroid, esophagus, trachea, shoulder, arm, elbow, wrist, hand T1-T2 head, neck, heart, lung, upper arm T2-T3 head, neck, heart, lung, chest, upper arm T3-T4 head, neck, heart, lung, gallbladder, upper arm T4-T5 head, neck, heart, liver, esophagus, blood circulation, upper arm T5-T6 esophagus, stomach, spleen, pancreas, duodenum, mid-back T6-T7 stomach, spleen, pancreas, duodenum, gallbladder, mid-back T7-T8 stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, adrenal glands, mid-back T8-T9 stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, reproductive organs, liver, small intestine T9-T10 stomach, spleen, pancreas, small intestine, reproductive organs, appendix, large intestine, leg T10-T11 kidney, reproductive organs, leg, small intestine, large intestine, bladder, adrenal glands, ileocecal valve T12-L1 kidney, reproductive organs, leg, small intestine, large intestine, bladder, upper /lower back, ileocecal valve L1-L2 abdomen, reproductive organs, leg, foot, large intestine, bladder L2-L3 reproductive organs, leg, foot, large intestine, bladder, appendix, abdomen L3-L4 reproductive organs, bladder, prostate, large intestine, leg, foot L4-L5 buttocks, leg, foot, toes, lower back L5-Sacrum buttocks, leg, foot, bladder, prostate Sacrum buttocks, leg, foot, reproductive organs, bladder, prostate Sacrum buttocks, leg, reproductive organs, bladder, prostate Sacrum buttocks, leg, reproductive, bladder, prostate Sacrum reproductive organs, anus Sacrum rectum, anus Coccygeal Plexus rectum, anus

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