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Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve To Rewire Your Brain

By Vivi Yu on August 16, 2022

At times, you might feel stressed and overwhelmed. Well, you’re not alone. We all have been down that road when we feel it’s too much and wants to get the burden off our shoulders. In fact, stress is inevitable for a human being. It is actually a normal response of the body when faced with […]

Vagus Nerve Block

By Vivi Yu on August 9, 2022

Before learning what a vagus nerve block is, what is a vagus nerve and it’s functions?The Vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve in the body. Among the cranial nerves, the vagus is the longest, traveling through the esophagus, lungs, and heart that carries a considerable amount of indicators from the organs to connect the […]

Healing the Vagus Nerve

By Vivi Yu on August 2, 2022

Current research is greatly focused on the optimum function of the vagus nerve or in other words the vagal tone, especially with respect to its relationship with the management and treatment of chronic diseases. The vagus nerve spans from the brain stem up to the gut and provides power to the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). […]

Vasovagal syncope

By Vivi Yu on July 29, 2022

What is Vasovagal Syncope? Syncope is a sudden loss of consciousness resulting from a transient decrease in the blood supply to the brain, leading to the loss of consciousness. Reflex syncope is the medical term for the type of syncope that occurs due to the vasovagal system reacting to something, such as the sight of […]

Website Fixes

By Vivi Yu on July 28, 2022

Please excuse any errors you may notice as we update our website layout and styling. To make an Omelette you have to break some eggs, and right ours is still a little runny. Rest assured that orders are still secure and shipping is unaffected. So come back on Monday if you like things well done, […]

Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Side Effects and Long Term Use

By Vivi Yu on July 26, 2022

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a type of neuromodulation involving a device that sends electrical impulses to stimulate the vagus nerve. This treatment is done to alter the activity of the nerves. Vagus nerve stimulation(VNS) requires the implantation of a device that sends mild pulses of electrical energy through the vagus nerve in your neck […]

Current Control or Voltage Control?

By Vivi Yu on July 23, 2022

Current control or Voltage control - what's the difference, really? What is the difference between a voltage control and current controlled stimulator? We often get asked to explain the difference between a tens device - which is a voltage controlled output and our tVNS which is a current controlled output. They sound the same so […]

Where is the Vagus Nerve?

By Vivi Yu on July 21, 2022

Vagus Nerve Anatomy-Where is the Vagus Nerve? Nerves play a very important role in our body. Nerves form the basis of message conduction in the body. Some take messages from the brain to the body via spinal cord and some nerve fibers are responsible for conducting messages from the body parts like organs to the […]

Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation

By Vivi Yu on July 19, 2022

Introduction Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a neurostimulation method that consists of stimulating the vagus nerve with regular, mild pulses of electrical energy. VNS was first applied to humans in clinal trials in the 1990s, showing potential for the treatment of epilepsy (Penry & Dean, 1990). The technique has since been tested for the treatment […]

Vagus Nerve Damage Testing

By Vivi Yu on July 17, 2022

There are various ways in which the vagus nerve can be tested as it innervates and controls many functions in the body. Before we can talk about the vagus nerve damage test, we need to learn what the nervous system is and the functions of the vagus nerve. The nervous system is the connecting network […]

Key VNS Malfunction Signs That You Should Never Ignore

By Vivi Yu on July 1, 2022

While the COVID-19 pandemic started over two years ago, many people still feel its effects daily. Research suggests almost 30% of Americans who had the COVID-19 virus qualify for a long-COVID diagnosis. But what is long-COVID, and why is it so debilitating? Unfortunately, it is fairly new and poorly understood, leaving several people with side effects like low blood […]

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