ANS Integration Flashcards
What is the particular value of knowledge of ANS function?
Deep integrated understanding of human health and function.
What happens if you don’t fight or run away?
Supression of the response builds pressure, tension and Adrenalin in the system causing physiological disturbances and disfunctions.
How does the sympathetic NS affect the digestion?
It inhibits digestion in order to focus on getting something done.
Which ANS division provides the fight /flight response?
Sympathetic
What is ‘autonomic discharge’?
Shaking or trembling after a build-up of pressure, a shock or tricky situation at work.
Can you discharge any other way?
A physical workout, e.g. a run in the park.
What is ‘dynamic balance’ in the ANS?
A balance between the 2 divisions - Cooperative responses to the stimuli of life.
How to help with ANS balancing lifestyle changes?
Help the patient see their response is the stress then suggest bespoke solutions.
9 associations with all visceral problems?
1) The actual organs
2) Sensory nerves to them
3) Motor nerves to them
4) Vertebral levels - facilitated segments
5) Nerve origins
6) Dural associations
7) Fascial connections
8) CNS connections
9) Psycho-emotional connections
Others associations?
Pulmonary plexus
Parasympathetic vagus
Emotional factors - possibly from an historic shock
Restriction in upper thoracic area
Where is the ileo-caecal valve?
Where the small and large intestines connect. On the right, between iliac crest and umbilicus.
Difference between IBS and ileo-caecal problem?
IBS is both sides, ileo-caecal just on the right.
What injury might cause IBS on left?
Falling on sacrum.
What if you suppress autonomic discharge?
You become continually stressed and may continuously overreact to minor irritations and eventually become ill.
What are the 2 main components of addressing ANS disturbance?
1) Understanding the specific ANS associations of the condition.
2) Understanding the need to balance the system.
What is the order to address ANS problems?
Physical first, although psycho-emotional and physical are always interlinked.
Apart from stress, what can disturb the balance of the ANS?
Structural imbalances, vertebral restrictions, nerve impingement, neurological damage, physical injury, visceral pathologies and infections.
Usual cause of IBS?
Stress - but can be physical.
What are the symptoms of continuous ANS over-stimulation?
Pain, strain, palpitations, ulcers, IBS, headaches, migraine, heart disease, digestive problems, menstrual issues, sexual disfunction, miscarriage, infertility, exhaustion, collapse and breakdown. Doesn’t sound great does it?