Tag: Acupuncture and HRV
Stress Reduction: St.Jo. Edition Tales from the Clinic
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] This is data from a new patient who presents with a few conditions, bladder irritability and anxiety among others. This is the data from her first four visits. As you can see it shows (with the exception of the second visit) a decrease during treatment…
Read MoreAltered sympathovagal balance and pain hypersensitivity in TNBS-induced colitis.
This study reinforces the brain/gut relationship that is key to understanding and treating GI problems. Here, they look at HRV in conjunction with experimentally induced Irritable Bowel Syndrome in animals. Arch Med Sci. 2017 Feb 1;13(1):246-255. doi: 10.5114/aoms.2015.55147. Epub 2016 Dec 19. Altered sympathovagal balance and pain hypersensitivity in TNBS-induced colitis. Ciesielczyk K1, Furgała A1,…
Read MoreTAVNS and Acupuncture in the Clinic: J.L. and C.H. edition
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 pronounced drop in their LF/HF with the TAVNS. Is it reproducible? We will see. I’m…
Read MoreHRV in the Clinic: R.Tr edition
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 clinic. I usually try to increase vagal activity/decrease sympathetic activity. In this case I may…
Read MoreHRV Stress Levels in Acupuncture Clinic: Na.Am edition
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 HRV RMSSD and Pnn50 are midrange from 25-40, and .07 to .25 respectively. With this…
Read MoreHeart Rate Variability with Acupuncture: Ma.Co. revisit
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 the spikes in stress levels after treatment. But if you look over time with the…
Read MoreHRV and Acupuncture Treatment: Pa.Co. edition
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 activity. It is anything but consistent. I wanted the protocol to show effect so that…
Read MoreHeart Rate Variability as a Measure of Response to Acupuncture Treatment
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. His date illustrates some of the subtleties and complexities of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) analysis. …
Read MoreFMRI Biomarker for TAVNS for Depression
If you substituted HRV for fMRI in this abstract, you would get the idea of what I’m trying to find using HRV. I’m collecting data to see if one can identify which patients/treatments are most like to correlate with clinical success. HRV is noninvasive and basically free, so it would be a real breakthrough. We’ll…
Read MoreClinical Case Intractable Migraine and HRV
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 treatment and in the end decided to continue with what she was doing rather than…
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