DYSAUTONOMIA
Dysautonomias are disorders of the autonomic nervous system. This part of the nervous system controls vital functions that happen automatically, including heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, digestion, body temperature and other reflexes that are essential to survival. Living with dysautonomia can be very challenging. Your NeuroRescue Program is designed to support how your nervous system regulates these functions, with the goal of helping you feel and function better.
Our care works alongside your physician, cardiologist and other providers, never in place of them. Please don’t change or stop any medication without talking with your prescriber. Call 911 right away for fainting with chest pain, a racing or irregular heartbeat that doesn’t settle, trouble breathing, fainting during exercise, or fainting with a head injury.
WHAT IS DYSAUTONOMIA?
Dysautonomias are disorders of the autonomic nervous system. This part of the nervous system controls vital functions that happen automatically, including heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, digestion, body temperature and other reflexes that are essential to survival. Living with dysautonomia can be very challenging. Your NeuroRescue Program is designed to support how your nervous system regulates these functions, with the goal of helping you feel and function better.
Dysautonomia is a term for a group of conditions that affect the autonomic nervous system. This system controls important processes you don’t have to think about, including blood pressure, heart rate, breathing and digestion. People living with dysautonomia have trouble regulating these functions, which can lead to lightheadedness and fainting, unstable heart rate and blood pressure, digestive problems and more. Dysautonomia can occur on its own or as a result of other conditions, such as diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, autoimmune conditions, concussion or a viral illness.
CONDITION TYPES
POTS | Vasovagal Syncope | Orthostatic Hypotension | Post-Concussive Dysautonomia
OUR TREATMENTS
To evaluate and train the reflexes that link the brainstem and the heart, we use a motorized tilt table. While we monitor your heart rate and blood pressure, we slowly tilt you from lying down toward standing and watch for the point where these reflexes start to struggle. We then use carefully controlled tilt training and neurological rehabilitation, staying within what your body can handle, with the goal of building endurance in these reflexes over time and helping you stay upright with a steadier heart rate and blood pressure. Tilt training is closely supervised, and we stop or adjust it if you start to feel unwell. Read More
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Dysautonomia includes many different types, such as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), orthostatic hypotension and vasovagal syncope, and researchers continue to learn more about these conditions. We use this research to help guide your testing and the therapies we choose for you. You can find some of this research here. Learn More
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Our Brain-Based Approach To Dysautonomia Recovery
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We use computerized neurological testing and targeted rehabilitation strategies designed for your brain and condition.
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We offer intensive programs with frequent therapy sessions over 5 to 10 days, designed to give your nervous system consistent, repeated stimulation in a short period of time.
Hear From Our Patients
Georgia's Story: Recovery from Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and Traumatic Brain Injury