After I used TAVNS on these patients in the same day, I realized they had some things in common. Both very athletic and hard workers. One patient comes in for hot flashes/Pms, the other anxiety. Both of them had a
This is data from a new patient’s first visit. She has a hypersensitive vagal response, so can feel ill/nauseated and dizzy under certain conditions. This case may prove to be out an outlier of what I usually see in the
This is an almost picture perfect example of an overall decrease in stress levels with acupuncture. This, of course, does not always happen. But this data illustrates a few aspects evaluating the data that I’ve been interested in. Her overall
This is the subsequent visits from this patient. He’s feeling better, with less anxiety. As we mentioned before, because of his relative high RMSSD and Pnn50, the DFAα1 can be more representative of the autonomic response. So you can see
I’ve been testing my HRV protocol for years now looking at TAVNS, or transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation, since it made sense to me that I should be able to see more vagal enhancement, increase in HRV, and decreased sympathetic
You may need to bear with me here. This data is from a new patient who came in for the first time last week. He has had severe anxiety compounded by the fact that he has a chaotic sleep schedule.
This data is from a young patient with intractable daily migraines for 1 1/2 years. She has tried any and all treatments. Drugs from betablockers, to anti-Alzheimer, to anti-depressants, to tryptans. Chiropractic, acupuncture… Everything. She came in for consulation and
Here is another data set looking at long term stress reduction/improvement in HRV over time. from a patient who has been treated for 2 years for hypertension and anxiety. Her blood pressure is controlled without medication and the anxiety very
This data is from a patient we’ve looked at before. One overriding goal of this HRV project (looking at stress levels and autonomic balance in conjunction with acupuncture) is to explore and document stress levels over time with consistent treatment.
My ongoing work to use HRV (heart rate variability) to document improved autonomic activity (stress levels) has as one of its foci the use of TAVNS and if there appears to be improved stress levels with its use. Even though
