Looking at recent “ugly” data (data that doesn’t verify my various hypotheses), I realized it would illustrate a point. That is that there are lots of factors in measuring HRV. That is why you need to collect fairly large amounts of data
I might as well publish this here, since it seems to take forever for submissions to see the light of day. (Update May, 2017 published and in the waiting room!) This was a short submission in answer to a call
This data is from a patient I successfully treated for fertility a few years ago. She is now back for “round two.” I will probably keep this data on draft until we know what happens vis a vis pregnancy. Given
We have discussed this patient who has multiple sclerosis before, but this is her updated data. Keep in mind this is a patient who is presently asymptomatic, and comes in for treatment to lower her stress in order to optimize her immune
More data from one of the migraine patients featured here. Remember decreasing stress levels as measured by HRV, improves pain, immune function, mood and longevity. In the case of migraine, it raises the threshold that will lead to migraine. In
This data has been collected since the first treatment. He had severe migraines, 3/week and was in the last year of an extremely high pressure, public project. Insomnia was another issue and it affected the migraines, with poor sleep often
Two recent migraine cases. Two young women, both dramatic clinical responders with headaches decreasing within a few sessions. I want to point out a few things in their data, or rather pose some questions. Look at the dramatic increase in
As part of my ongoing research on stress response and acupuncture treatment, today’s post features data from a patient seeking treatment for hypertension, and also knee stiffness after bilateral knee replacements. I’m featuring his Heart Rate Variability (HRV) data (
This is my submission in reply to a call for papers to the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Journal concerning functional movement disorder. Acupuncture and Vagal Tone: Cervical Dystonia and Intention Tremor Patients with functional movement disorders have lower
In this post, I cited the article that looked at electro at LI11. In this study it decreases sympathetic activity. I am usually looking at parasympathetic activity, but decreasing sympathetic (fright/flight) is of huge interest also. This point is also
