EP 8: Resetting Your Autonomic Nervous System

In this week’s episode, Dr. Agolli and Dr. Warren examine chronic debilitating care, as well as how Dr. Warren resets the patient’s nervous system using his chiropractic methods. Dr. Agolli also revisits a few success stories from Dr. Warren’s methods. During today’s journey, they address the following questions:

1. What is the “spark plug” of the body?
2. Why are integrated respiratory circuits so pivotal to our health?
3. What is a parasympathetic state? Why is it so vital to the healing process?
4. Which part of the human body is always different from person to person?
5. How does Dr. Warren determine whether someone is a candidate for an upper cervical reset?
6. What does Dr. Warren feel is absolutely necessary to “invite a newborn into the world with a fully functioning neurology?”
7. What is re-tracing?

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is a division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body’s involuntary functions, such as heart rate, digestion, and breathing. The ANS is divided into two branches: the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS). The SNS is responsible for the body’s “fight or flight” response, while the PSNS is responsible for the body’s “rest and digest” response¹².

Chiropractic adjustments have been found to have an effect on the autonomic nervous system. Researchers have measured changes in “Edge Light Pupil Cycle Time” (ELPCT), which is one of the light reflexes of the eyes controlled by the ANS³. Chiropractic care and spinal manipulation regulate the autonomic nervous system at a peripheral level and its projections to the central nervous system. In particular, they may activate the parasympathetic system to counterbalance the activity of the sympathetic system⁴.

Retracing in chiropractic refers to a process where a patient who has received an upper cervical adjustment experiences a temporary worsening or reoccurrence of symptoms. This phenomenon is thought to occur as the body adjusts to changes in neck and spinal alignment that have been corrected by the adjustment⁵.