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By Dr. Matthew Hannikainen DC — The Well Adjusted Chiropractic Centre, Toronto If you've been dealing with jaw pain, clicking, tension, or headaches that your dentist hasn't been able to fully resolve, there's a structural component that often gets missed entirely — your cervical spine. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction is typically managed as a jaw problem. At our downtown Toronto clinic, we consistently find that the cervical spine — particularly the upper cervical

By Dr. Matthew Hannikainen DC — The Well Adjusted Chiropractic Centre, Toronto "Pinched nerve" is one of those terms patients use to describe a wide range of symptoms — but when it comes to the spine, it has a specific clinical meaning that's worth understanding clearly. Because how you treat a pinched nerve depends entirely on what is doing the pinching, where it's happening, and why. At our downtown Toronto clinic, spinal nerve compression is one of the most common presenta

By Dr. Matthew Hannikainen DC — The Well Adjusted Chiropractic Centre, Toronto Most people have never heard the term cervical kyphosis — but many of them are living with it. Your cervical spine is designed to have a gentle forward curve (lordosis) that opens toward the back of the neck. This curve isn't cosmetic. It distributes the weight of your head evenly across your discs and joints, protects your spinal cord, and allows your neck to absorb the mechanical stress of daily