The key to the treatment of almost all chronic pain conditions is the deregulation (or calming) of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS), and the release of physical/mental blockages which seem to keep the ANS in “high” drive.

Upregulation of the Autonomic Nervous System (also referred to as “hypersensitivity”) may be caused by nerve root entrapment, called radiculopathy, misalignment of the spine or mandible, emotional stress such as anxiety or depression, or scars which innervate or energetically influence (through the acupuncture meridians) the hands or face. Whatever the actual cause, the patient is very hypersensitive and displays hypertonic muscles with very tender trigger points. These tightened neck and face muscles result in a patient’s reduced ability to open the mouth.

In order to calm the patient and relax their muscles and reduce anxiety, there are several well known parasympathetic acupuncture points that you can treat with the Dolphin Neurostim™, located on the wrists and top of the head that significantly reduce the Sympathetic Nervous System, calming the patient, reducing muscular tension and permitting deeper tissue work without patient guarding.

From a modern medical perspective, acupuncture represents a wonderfully simple technique of manipulating the nervous system. Another way of looking at this process is by comparing acupuncture’s balancing system (Yin/Yang) with the western neurological (sympathetic/parasympathetic) nervous systems. Like acupuncture, disruptions in the sympathetic/parasympathetic systems will adversely affect organs, emotions, neuro, and muscular activities. Like traditional acupuncture, disruptions in the Autonomic Nervous System will adversely affect organs, emotions, neural and muscular activities, producing pain and disease throughout the body.

Protocols specifically target key points that provide the strongest parasympathetic response and muscular relaxation benefits to the suffering patient. For example, Heart 7 (an acupuncture point located on the inside of the wrist) is labeled as the Valium point for its immediate calming benefits throughout the body after stimulation with the Dolphin Neurostim™.