GandB,

Now, it will be very important for you to establish good head and neck posture disciplines. Your neck needs to heal without further trauma. Often, just sleeping with the head and neck in a bad position is traumatic and prevents proper healing. Icing after a treatment will also help.

It takes months of discipline for the ligaments to heal enough to support the proper C-1 and C-2 position. Learning to sleep flat on your back can be helpful. I sleep flat on my back with a pillow curled up to support my head from tipping off to the side.

Hope this helps. It took me quite some time to get sustained healing.

My best to you.