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ese allow us to roll our eyes up, down, right, or left. We can extend our field of vision even further if we use the neck muscles to move our head. CN XI, the spinal accessory nerve, controls the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles. These muscles move our head so that we can look up, down, and

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e state of our autonomic nervous system. 102 EFTA00810104 The Polyvaga I Theory—A New Paradigm for Health Care? Shoulder, Neck, and Head Pain: CN XI, Trapezius, and SCM In addition to being one of the five "social engagement" nerves, cranial nerve XI (the "spinal accessory nerve") has a special

disappear. 161 EFTA00810163 I I EFTA00810164 CHAPTER 7 Autism Spectrum Disorders The term autism spectrum disorders (ASD) includes autism, Asperger's syndrome, and other conditions. (ADHD is not defined as an autism spec- trum disorder.) ASD encompasses a wide range of symptoms, levels of impai

he levator scapulae, which is innervated by spinal nerves C3—05. This kind of stiff neck will not be eliminated solely by improving the function of CN XI and the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles. (See "The Levator Scapulae Muscle" on page 104). Part of the stiffness may also come from a hia

(as Porges discovered) and not CN VIII, the auditory nerve, often incorrectly assumed to be exclusively responsible for hearing. When an autistic, Asperger's, or otherwise challenging child comes to my clinic, I ask the parents about their child's hearing. Invariably, they say that their child's hearin