Audrey Bedouch Ostéopathe

09/02/2026

Petit article intéressant expliquant les modalités de rupture ligamentaire du genou en ski.

C’est impressionnant et c est pourquoi le ski reste un sport qui sollicite énormément les genoux.

Les blocages au niveau de la cheville, du bassin ou du rachis peuvent augmenter les contraintes mécaniques sur les genoux adaptant les autres zones raides ou bloquées.
N’hésitez pas à venir faire un bilan avant les autres zones départ à la neige pour profiter un maximum de votre glisse ⛷️

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Audrey Bedouch Ostéopathe
À bientôt 👋

05/02/2026

Vous avez mal aux cervicales?

L’utilisation prolongée du téléphone portable, notamment lors de la lecture ou de la consultation des réseaux sociaux, entraîne souvent une inclinaison excessive de la tête vers l’avant.

Cette posture, adoptée de manière répétée et parfois inconsciente, sollicite fortement les muscles et les articulations de la région cervicale.

Lorsque la tête est inclinée, son poids apparent augmente considérablement pour la colonne cervicale.
Les muscles du cou doivent alors fournir un effort continu pour maintenir cette position, ce qui peut provoquer des tensions musculaires, des raideurs, des douleurs cervicales, voire des maux de tête ou des irradiations vers les épaules et le haut du dos.

Ce phénomène est parfois appelé le « text neck » ou syndrome du cou penché.

À long terme, cette mauvaise posture peut contribuer à une fatigue chronique des muscles cervicaux, à une diminution de la mobilité du cou et à une altération du confort au quotidien.

Si vous ressentez un inconfort ou des douleurs au niveau de cette région, n’hésitez pas à consulter votre ostéopathe.

À bientôt !

Audrey Bedouch Ostéopathe
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Nice Fabron - Nice Est - Fayence - Tourettes

26/01/2026

Allez un peu d’humour en cette fin de soirée 🤗🤭

31/12/2025

Je vous souhaite d’excellentes fêtes de fin d’année !!
Une belle clôture de l’année 2025 et une belle entrée dans 2026!! 🥳🥳
N’oubliez pas vos nouvelles résolutions notamment de prendre soin de vous et de votre corps!!
À bientôt ✌🏻
Audrey Bedouch ostéopathe

25/12/2025

Votre Ostéopathe vous souhaite un Joyeux Noël et de belles fêtes entourées de vos proches 🥳🎄🎁🍾

16/12/2025

Très bel article: Un petit tour du côté du nerf Vague

🧠🦠 CONCUSSION, THE VAGUS NERVE & THE BRAIN–GUT AXIS:
WHY SEROTONIN, INFLAMMATION & AUTONOMIC BALANCE MATTER MORE THAN YOU’VE BEEN TOLD

When someone suffers a concussion or head injury, the focus is almost always on the brain itself — headaches, dizziness, memory problems, visual strain, brain fog.

But neuroscience is becoming increasingly clear:

👉 The brain does not heal in isolation.
👉 The vagus nerve and the brain–gut axis play a critical role in concussion recovery.

A recent comprehensive review published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI) highlights how gut signaling, vagal pathways, serotonin, and neuroimmune responses directly influence brain health, inflammation, mood, cognition, and recovery after neurological injury.

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🔌 The Brain–Gut Axis: A Two-Way Neurological Highway

The brain–gut axis is a bidirectional communication network connecting:

• The brain and brainstem
• The autonomic nervous system
• The immune system
• The gut microbiome
• The endocrine (hormonal) system

At the center of this network sits the vagus nerve (cranial nerve X) — the primary sensory highway sending information from the gut to the brain.

💡 Up to 80–90% of vagal fibers are afferent, meaning they carry information from the body to the brain, not the other way around.

This makes the gut one of the most powerful sensory organs influencing brain function.

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🧠 What Happens to the Vagus Nerve After Concussion?

After concussion or head trauma, several things commonly occur:

🔻 Reduced vagal tone
🔻 Autonomic imbalance (sympathetic dominance / “fight-or-flight”)
🔻 Impaired heart rate variability
🔻 Increased neuroinflammation
🔻 Altered gut motility and permeability

This dysregulation can drive persistent post-concussion symptoms, including:

• Nausea and GI upset
• Anxiety and mood changes
• Poor sleep
• Fatigue
• Brain fog
• Head pressure
• Light and sound sensitivity
• Exercise intolerance

These symptoms are not psychological — they are neurophysiological.

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🦠 The Gut, Inflammation & Brain Injury

The MDPI review highlights that after brain injury:

⚠️ The gut microbiome can become disrupted
⚠️ Intestinal permeability (“leaky gut”) may increase
⚠️ Immune signaling from the gut can amplify brain inflammation

This is critical because neuroinflammation delays neural recovery and interferes with synaptic plasticity — the brain’s ability to rewire and heal.

The vagus nerve normally helps suppress excessive inflammation via what’s known as the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway.

When vagal signaling is impaired, inflammation can remain unchecked.

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🌟 SEROTONIN: THE MISSING LINK MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT

One of the most important — and misunderstood — pieces of the brain-gut axis is serotonin.

🧬 Over 90% of serotonin is produced in the gut, not the brain.

Serotonin plays a critical role in:

• Mood regulation
• Sleep–wake cycles
• Pain modulation
• Cognitive flexibility
• Autonomic balance
• Neuroplasticity

Gut-derived serotonin communicates with the brain primarily through the vagus nerve.

After concussion:

🔻 Serotonin signaling can become dysregulated
🔻 Vagal feedback to brainstem nuclei is altered
🔻 Mood changes, anxiety, irritability, and depression may emerge
🔻 Sleep and circadian rhythms are disrupted

This is one reason many post-concussion patients experience emotional and psychological symptoms — even without a prior history.

Again: this is biology, not weakness.

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🧠 Brainstem, Vagus & Higher Brain Centers

The vagus nerve projects directly into the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) in the brainstem — a key hub that connects to:

• The locus coeruleus
• The raphe nuclei (serotonin centers)
• The hypothalamus
• Limbic and emotional regulation circuits

This means vagal input from the gut can directly influence:

✔️ Arousal and alertness
✔️ Stress responses
✔️ Emotional regulation
✔️ Cognitive clarity
✔️ Recovery capacity

If this system is offline, the brain struggles to regulate itself.

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🩺 Why This Matters at The Functional Neurology Center (FNC)

At FNC, we recognize that persistent concussion symptoms are often driven by network dysfunction, not structural damage alone.

That’s why our approach looks at:

🔹 Autonomic nervous system balance
🔹 Vagal tone and brainstem integration
🔹 Gut–brain signaling
🔹 Inflammatory load
🔹 Neuroplastic recovery pathways

We don’t just ask “Where does it hurt?”
We ask “Which systems are failing to communicate?”

Because restoring communication is how healing happens.

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🧠✨ The Big Takeaway

Concussion is not just a brain injury.
It is a whole-system neurological event.

The vagus nerve and brain-gut axis — especially serotonin signaling — play a central role in:

• Persistent symptoms
• Mood and emotional changes
• Cognitive recovery
• Autonomic regulation
• Long-term brain health

Understanding and addressing these pathways can be the difference between stalled recovery and meaningful healing.

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📩 If you or someone you love is struggling with lingering concussion symptoms, know this:

👉 There is more to the story
👉 There is a physiological explanation
👉 And there is hope

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https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/26/3/1160

Interaction of the Vagus Nerve and Serotonin in the Gut–Brain Axis
by Young Keun Hwang 1ORCID and Jae Sang Oh 1,2,

16/12/2025

Une belle image de la zone charnière du crâne et des premières cervicales avec tout l aspect fascial en lien direct. Ainsi q’une très belle explication des effets neurologiques « du coup du lapin ».
Lors d un accident de la route important avec « le fameux coup du lapin », le mouvement générer par le choc vient mettre en tension toute la zone mais également le bas des cervicales.
Il est intéressant de passer entre les mains d un ostéopathe pour soulager la zone cervicales ainsi que « l’axe cranio-sacré » afin de relâcher les tensions dues au choc même si il n’y a pas de symptomatologies.
N’hésitez pas à contacter votre ostéopathe pour avoir plus d informations.
À bientôt
Audrey Bedouch Ostéopathe

🧠🚗 WHIPLASH & THE TECTORIAL MEMBRANE

Why a “neck injury” can become a brain–body integration problem

Most people are told that whiplash is just a neck strain.
Modern neuroscience and craniocervical research tell a very different story.

Whiplash is an acceleration–deceleration injury that can disrupt:
• Deep craniocervical ligaments
• Brainstem-adjacent structures
• Central neural pathways involved in posture, balance, and autonomic regulation

One of the most critical—and most overlooked—structures involved is the tectorial membrane.

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🦴 THE TECTORIAL MEMBRANE: A CRITICAL STABILIZER AT THE BRAIN–NECK JUNCTION

The tectorial membrane (TM) is not just another ligament.

🔹 It is the superior continuation of the posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL)
🔹 It runs from C2 (axis) to the clivus at the base of the skull
🔹 It lies directly in front of the spinal cord and brainstem, blending with intracranial dura

🧠 Why this matters:

The tectorial membrane acts as a protective barrier that:
• Limits excessive flexion/extension and translation at the craniocervical junction
• Helps prevent the dens (odontoid process) from migrating toward the brainstem
• Plays a role in brainstem stability, dural tension, and CSF dynamics

When this structure is stressed or injured, the consequences are neurological, not just mechanical.

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🚗 WHAT WHIPLASH DOES TO THE TECTORIAL MEMBRANE

During whiplash, the head moves violently relative to the torso. This places enormous shear and tensile forces on the upper cervical ligaments—especially the tectorial membrane.

📌 A Cureus study demonstrated that:
• Tectorial membrane injury is frequently present in adult trauma patients
• TM disruption is commonly found in cases requiring occipital–cervical fusion
• Injury may exist even without obvious fractures or gross instability on initial imaging

👉 This means ligamentous failure can occur silently, but still destabilize the brain–neck interface.

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🧠 WHIPLASH IS ALSO A NEUROLOGICAL INJURY

Research published in Frontiers in Neurology (2019) adds another layer:

Key findings:
• Patients with mTBI + whiplash had worse postural control than mTBI alone
• Advanced diffusion imaging showed greater injury to the corticoreticulospinal tract (CRT)
• CRT is a central pathway controlling posture, axial tone, and balance
• These changes occurred even when standard MRI looked normal

🧠 Translation:
Whiplash can simultaneously injure:
• Peripheral sensory systems (neck proprioceptors)
• Central neural pathways
• Craniocervical stabilizing ligaments

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🔄 THE SENSORIMOTOR CASCADE AFTER WHIPLASH

When the tectorial membrane and upper cervical structures are compromised, the brain receives distorted information from multiple systems:

1️⃣ Cervical Proprioception

Damaged neck receptors send inaccurate head-position data, creating sensory mismatch.

2️⃣ Vestibular System

The inner ear depends on stable cervical input. Distortion here leads to:
• Dizziness
• Motion sensitivity
• Balance loss

3️⃣ Visual System

Eye movements rely on neck–vestibular coordination. Disruption causes:
• Visual motion intolerance
• Tracking difficulty
• Visual dizziness

4️⃣ Brainstem & Central Pathways

TM injury and abnormal motion at the craniocervical junction can:
• Alter brainstem signaling
• Increase autonomic dysregulation
• Stress pathways like the CRT

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🌀 WHY SYMPTOMS PERSIST

When these systems fail to reintegrate, the nervous system stays in a state of uncertainty.

Common symptoms include:
• Dizziness & imbalance
• Head pressure and headaches
• Brain fog & poor concentration
• Neck tension that never “lets go”
• Fatigue & stress intolerance
• Heightened fight-or-flight responses

These symptoms are not psychological.
They are the brain’s response to conflicting and unreliable sensory input.

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🧠 A FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGY INTERPRETATION

From a functional neurology perspective:

✴ The upper cervical spine is a neurological gateway, not just a hinge
✴ The tectorial membrane plays a role in brainstem protection and sensory integration
✴ Whiplash can disrupt ligaments, sensory receptors, and central pathways simultaneously
✴ Symptoms reflect integration failure, not just tissue damage

This explains why:
• Imaging can look “normal”
• Pain-focused care alone often fails
• Patients feel dismissed despite real dysfunction

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📌 KEY TAKEAWAY

Whiplash is not simply a neck strain.

It can involve:
🔹 Injury to the tectorial membrane
🔹 Craniocervical instability at a micro level
🔹 Altered brainstem and sensory processing
🔹 Central pathway disruption (e.g., CRT)
🔹 Long-term neurological adaptation

Understanding this shifts care from pain suppression to restoring brain–body integration—the foundation of true neurological recovery.

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🧠 Knowledge changes outcomes.
At The Functional Neurology Center, we evaluate whiplash through the lens of neurology, not just orthopedics.

https://www.cureus.com/articles/53894-tectorial-membrane-injury-frequently-identified-in-adult-trauma-patients-who-undergo-occipital-cervical-fusion-for-craniocervical-instability #!/

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Coronal-illustration-of-the-craniocervcial-junction-from-a-posterior-orientation-with-cut_fig1_358874140

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2019.01199/full

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13/12/2025

Une jolie image qui montre la bio mécanique de notre cou en lien avec le système musculaire. Les tensions situées à l’avant des muscles des cervicales peuvent générer des douleurs aux cervicales descendant jusqu’aux épaules et entre les omoplates.
Si cela vous arrive, n’hésitez pas à consulter votre ostéopathe pour être soulagé!
À bientôt
Audrey Bedouch ostéopathe

Cranial balance….not just your spine

Upper cervical issues continually coming back? Gotta keep going for adjustments? Maybe check out that TMJ complex

Can really see the yang / governing vessel vs yin / conception vessel from this angle.