This alone is a stress response, but activities like yoga, meditation, and even stretching can slow and deepen your breathing in a way that activates the
parasympathetic nervous system.
It contains two branches, the sympathetic and the
parasympathetic, which work against each other to maintain a healthy balance of activity.
Instead of focusing solely on the autoimmunity, the chronic infection, or the other "diagnoses" the patient may have, the hypothesis that this case report aims to address is that improving or strengthening the
parasympathetic nervous system through craniosacral therapy is a more effective root-cause holistic treatment approach to dysautonomia that results from underlying chronic stress.
The Sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) is a triangular shaped
parasympathetic ganglion which is located in the pterygopalatine fossa about 5 mm in size, anterior to the pterygoid canal and posterior to the middle turbinate8.
In contrast, the contribution of the
parasympathetic nervous branch to the cochlear innervation is relatively unknown though there is some evidence suggested by few studies about the possible
parasympathetic innervation of the inner ear.
Sympathetic tone is counteracted by the
parasympathetic, "rest and digest" nervous system.
The
parasympathetic innervation plays an important role during salivary gland development and regeneration as it keeps progenitor cell population in an undifferentiated state so that these cells can be used when required during organogenesis.21 The
parasympathetic nerves develop side by side along with the developing parenchyma of the salivary glands.
The trend-line associated with data points of a myocardial response to incremental increases during exercise can be explained by general assessments of two neural responses referred to as
parasympathetic and sympathetic activity.
MacKenzie, who is the co-author of three sports-related books including Unbreakable Runner, teaches his clients how to use nasal breathing to optimise their athletic performance and be more"metabolically efficient." Breathing through the nose activates the
parasympathetic nervous system, which helps people remain calm and alert, improves their peripheral vision and encourages them to maintain better posture and mechanics, which results in fewer injuries, Mackenzie said.