sympathetic dominance leads to inflammation: control your nervous system and control your inflammation
OVER-STIMULATION OF THE SYMPATHETICNERVOUS SYSTEM LEADS TO INFLAMMATIONSQUASH IT BY STIMULATING YOUR PARASYMPATHETICS! “Neural reflex circuits regulate cytokine release to prevent potentially damaging inflammation and maintain homeostasis. In the inflammatory reflex, sensory input elicited by infection or injury travels through the afferent [sensory] vagus nerve to integrative regions in the brainstem, and efferent [motor] nerves […]
chronic neck pain: tension headaches -vs- cervicogenic headaches; which is the more accurate description?
CHRONIC NECK PAIN: TENSION HEADACHES -VS- CERVICOGENIC HEADACHES It’s estimated that about half the adults in the UK experience tension-type headaches once or twice a month, and about 1 in 3 get them up to 15 times a month. About 2 or 3 in every 100 adults experience tension-type headaches more than 15 times a […]
sympathetic dominance, low heart rate variability, and your ill health
The HYPOTHALAMUS is a small part of your brain responsible for a lot of big things. Among others, it helps regulate the part of your nervous system that deals with unconscious (or “automatic”) bodily functions such as heart beat, respiration, blood pressure, and digestion known as the Autonomic Nervous System. The Autonomic Nervous System […]