Hi Ashley! I’m really grateful for sharing your knowledge and experience with us! You know, as a massage therapist myself, I was dealing with shoulder pain for a long time, and before you uploaded the video I realized it is somehow associated with the vagus nerve! It’s a big lesson for me how gentleness is the “food” for the nervous system and how we should not ignore the stress factor we experienced in the past… caring and gentleness is not boring or useless. After 14 months in pain after I started bring awareness what kind of information is in that area, my receptors felt attention and caring with understanding, so my pain immediately started to dissolve! Just a reminder for me and everyone who deals with the same problem. A lot of carried stress emotion (anger, sadness etc) is carried till you release it. How you can release? When you realize you don’t have to carry! You can face it, feel it, understand it, and let it go from your mental body. And not just working with muscles but stimulating the receptors by gentle massage. So, thanks a lot! 🙏
Wow this is such a profound and insightful comment, thank you! Hopefully this will help a lot of people. It's not my area of expertise for sure but I know enough to agree with your comment. I hope you continue to make huge improvements in your pain and your health! Best wishes, Ashley
Your holistic description of the function and complexity of this nerve system is really helpful. This is a hot topic in the Counseling world for working with trauma and you expanded my knowledge of this important system. I’m looking forward to the next video with exercises to support it. People suffering with trauma can be so positively impacted by learning how to regulate this system. Thank you Ashley!
You're most welcome! I'm glad you found the video insightful. Feel free to subscribe to my channel (if you haven't already) and click on the notification bell to get alerts when I release new videos. Best wishes, Ashley.
Hi Makund, just so you know my latest vagus nerve video is out which talks about how to stimulate it. You can see it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nZFQvWbPXIU.html Best wishes, Ashley
Hey Ana, thank you I'm glad you liked it; it was something different to normal. My next video will go into a few things that can help the vagus nerve. Best wishes, Ashley
Hey Ana, I'm just letting you know that my video about how to stimulate the vagus nerve is out. You can watch it here@ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nZFQvWbPXIU.html Let me know what you think. Best wishes, Ashley
Hey Fionna here is a link to the video about stimulating the vagus nerve: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nZFQvWbPXIU.html I hope you find it useful. Best wishes, Ashley
Hi Ayhan. You are most welcome. Feel free to subscribe to my channel (if you haven't already) and click on the notification bell to get alerts when I release new videos. Best wishes, Ashley.
Hey Ayhan here is my latest video about stimulating the vagus nerve: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nZFQvWbPXIU.html I hope it is helpful for you. Best wishes, Ashley
Hi Dinah, as promised, here is the latest video about how to stimulate the vagus nerve: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nZFQvWbPXIU.html I hope you find it helpful. Best wishes, Ashley
You're welcome. I cannot say for sure because I have not seen any direct research or results from my treatments of patients. Theoretically any manual therapy to the neck could influence the vagus nerve but I would also think that the work would need to be carried out regularly, like daily, over a period of time. But in combination with a number of other interventions could be helpful. I hope that helps. Best wishes, Ashley
From personal experience, I'd say avoid chiropractic adjustments. I was adjusted mid-January 2024 and have been experiencing more neck pain as well as tingling in face, neck, upper back, and chest. My chiropractic adjustments have caused me to lose a lot of sleep due to trouble getting comfortable and avoiding neck pain/face tingling.
