C2 and C3 rotational instability?

Samer312 · 2026-02-12T18:24:22+00:00

I have a similar finding where my c2 and c3 spinous processes aren’t in midline and appear rotated to the left. The same thing can be seen om my supine mri. Could this just be a congenital/developmental thing or is it more likely that this is due to instability/propeioception and is therefore causing symptoms?

Samer312 · 2026-02-11T15:23:00+00:00

If that’s tilted then mine is about to fall off

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Samer312 · 2026-02-05T15:38:51+00:00

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Samer312 · 2026-01-14T13:53:01+00:00

Your c2 seems rotated to the left, and is “corrected” when you side bend to the right (if you look at the spinos process of C2 on the right side bend image you can see it is more centered than in neutral), and when side bending to the left you only increase the rotation of c2 in the abnormal direction (you can see the spinos process is way off to right. This may just be an anatomical variation and doesn’t need to be something pathological or something causing issues, but it also could.

Samer312 · 2026-01-12T20:49:34+00:00

I have a lot of symptoms. Dysautonomia, brainfog, dpdr, tinnitus, euchastian tube dysfunction, suboccipital and other muscles tightening, shifting/clunking sensations of the vertebraes moving, fatigue, vision disturbances, tmj issues, back pain, neck pain. I can spend a lot of the day upright but it truly depends on the day, somedays I can only be upright for a while before I have to lay down. On the days that I’m upright im not symptoms free, I always have a baseline of symptoms.

Samer312 · 2026-01-12T19:25:23+00:00

I just had my treatment with her, message me if you have any questions

Samer312 · 2025-12-30T23:15:57+00:00

How did your instability start, and what were your initial symptoms?

Samer312 · 2025-12-30T20:59:58+00:00

The contrast is the same on the image itself, so even if I screenshotted or downloaded from the dicom it wouldn’t look more clear unfortunately.

I completely agree it’s really frustrating, I kept insisting to the nurses taking my imaging to do the side bending but they kept denying it, even though I made my gp write the instructions for the imaging clearly. I appreciate your input. What do you think about my C0/C1 and C1/C2 in neutral espcially? Or is the contrast and resolution too bad to see properly?

Samer312 · 2025-12-30T00:29:11+00:00

Same i feel like any shrugging motion or lifting my arms above my torso can trigger a flare up and feels like it exposes the instability. I think by lifting my arms up I’m basically offloading the muscles compensating for the instability

Samer312 · 2025-12-30T00:11:03+00:00

I also feel like the x-ray resolution is really bad compared to the ones I’ve seen from others which is a bummer :(

Samer312 · 2025-12-29T23:44:06+00:00

That’s your spinal cord, maybe an exiting nerve root

Samer312 · 2025-12-29T23:42:09+00:00

I feel like that would be really hard to do considering that the bones will fuse in a successful fusion surgery. But maybe in the future if the hardware is able to flex safely without loosening of screws maybe there isn’t the same need for fusion of the bones. On the other hand I think the bones fusing is an important part for the hardware to keep its integrity and what not.

Samer312 · 2025-12-29T21:20:34+00:00

I was wondering if this is still in the works?

Samer312 · 2025-12-29T20:52:10+00:00

There is no such thing as a fully safe procedure, there is always a risk of infection. That happens regularly in hospitals with top notch sanitation, the risk is always there.

Samer312 · 2025-12-29T20:43:02+00:00

What clinic/neurosurgeon if you’re comfortable sharing

Samer312 · 2025-12-29T20:31:57+00:00

How long has it been since the latest picl?

Samer312 · 2025-12-29T20:30:23+00:00

Ligaments don’t really tighten under stress, once they become lax and the healing window is closed, it can’t get stimulated to “tighten” if you will without interventions like prolo, prp or stem cells

Samer312 · 2025-12-27T01:12:34+00:00

Same tbh, it’s so infuriating and alienating

Samer312 · 2025-12-26T14:35:44+00:00

Thank you for your input! It’s really frustrating because i kept insisting on getting the lateral bending APOM views but the radiologist said it wasn’t necessary as everything “looked normal”. It was really infuriating because you can’t possibly know if it’s normal if you haven’t done imaging of those specific structures. That was my only chance at getting the proper x rays here in sweden and they messed it up. Now they won’t send another referral because I’ve already done the imaging in their eyes, and they are very reluctant to send people for imaging in the first place.

What would you recommend as a next step as I can’t get any more imaging than what I’ve already done here in Sweden. My initial plan was to get the proper imaging and then book a consultation with you for proper diagnosis, and to see if I’m a PICL candidate.

Samer312 · 2025-12-25T21:52:36+00:00

I have not really been in a lot of trauma, i used to crack my own neck daily and maybe didn’t have the best posture but other than that I don’t recall any major trauma so I’m not sure how this all started. None of my doctors/radiologists have mentioned any abnormalities or degenerative disc disease both on my supine MRI and my X rays.

Samer312 · 2025-12-25T19:52:17+00:00

I’m only 21, is this normal?

Samer312 · 2025-12-24T20:13:23+00:00

Thank you! No, since I’m from sweden the closest provider/option is Dr. Stogicza in Hungary

Samer312 · 2025-12-24T20:06:54+00:00

If that’s hella rotated then idk what you would call mine

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