TAVNS 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 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…
Read MoreStress Reduction Over Time: Hypertension Te.Ca. edition
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 rarely occurs. I would love to be able to show this consistently. But, of course,…
Read MoreImprovement in HRV, Autonomic Balance Over Time? Vi.Le edition RMSSD
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. Of course correlation doesn’t mean causation, but it is something that is of tremendous interest…
Read MoreTAVNS Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation and HRV: Clinic data Ly.Ma edition
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 there are studies showing that TAVNS activated autonomic centers in the brain, I have not…
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