Frankly here is my experience with it:

1- None of the serious doctors that I have seen (whether old style or open to experimental) saw this as legit. One of them told me: your atlas move all the time, how are they going to stabilize it?

2- They take so much Xrays that you have something to lose.

Nonetheless I went.

2- The famous clinic I went to is a shady operation. They display the typical features that I have been warned (by my doctors) to be watchful for:

A- They charge a LOT. They promise a LOT.
B- They want you to stop other therapies. RED FLAG.
C- They measured my atlas alignment (after all the xrays) by laying me down on a table and seeing whether one leg is sticking out more than the other. LOL.

Frankly, I have heard so many bad stories. I would steer away. I would try a regular chiropractor with no BS. Do not let them twist your neck. Just gentle.

bachissimo,

It is unfortunate you are such a skeptic about leg check. I refuse to be treated by a chiro who has not mastered leg check unless he has some amazing manual diagnostic skills. Very few do. I don't go for temperature differential, Gonsted x-ray analysis, or any of the other diagnostic protocols.

The very first time I had a leg check assessment was by a county fair exhibitor. They did not treat anybody and knew I was not within driving distance of their office. They were just demonstrating the protocol.

They nailed it. Without any touching of my back, the chiro knew exactly where my chronic problems were.

I prefer to be treated by chiros who do not ask me to mark the form or computer check-in with my complaints. It is their job to properly diagnose me. The good ones can.

Some Activator protocol chiros use slippers to do leg check but I find they do not make much difference.

Mark,

I frankly did not know. You educated me. Having said that, everything else about that Atlas business from my experience and what my doctors heard about it, did not sound good.

I do have a good chiropractor, he is masterful. I go with back pain, go out with none. He was also skeptical about me doing atlas adjustment and wearing a neck brace for a month. Which is what they had me do.

IBest treatments/care really depends on the provider , group or clinic..
I never had multiple x-rays, or any neck brace.
I went to private practice DC that studied a variety of healing therapies.