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Typical emotional stressors include relationship problems, financial worries, harassment at work, etc. Chemical stress refers to medications, pesticides, poor diet, mineral deficiencies, pollution etc. Physical stress pertains primarily to spinal misalignments that appear to deviate from the norm on an X-ray, but are not considered to be a medical problem by the medical community. A holistic therapy should always aim to find out what kind of stress is involved and to reduce it (or all of them). Changes in blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, thyroid levels, sleep, etc., will then return to the physiological norm and often make pharmaceutical treatment unnecessary.

The parasympathetic nerve is the counterpart that reduces heartbeat, regulates sleep, lowers blood pressure, strengthens thyroid activity, stimulates digestion and induces tissue healing. At the upper cervical medulla, below the cranial dome, is the nucleus of the so-called “vagus nerve,” one of the most important parasympathetic nerves. This nerve is responsible for a multitude of functions, including nerve supply to the bronchi, lungs, heart, esophagus, stomach, intestines for muscular contraction, but also, and even as a primary function, transmits sensory impulses from the intestines and the other internal organs to the brain. It can be restricted or irritated in its function by subluxations or malpositions of the upper cervical spine or the skull itself. Furthermore, a large parasympathetic nerve plexus lies in front of the coccyx on the pelvis, whose functions can be impaired or irritated due to malpositions of the pelvis, after accidents or after birth and can lead to sleep disorders, digestive problems, mood swings and increased susceptibility to infections.