Hell all !
Whew! the group is expanding faster than I envisioned !
I want to provide a "Full Scope" view of what you *can* do with the Vagus Nerve Stimulation Tech we have available (Once you get to LVL 2) but - which, if you read this post, will be able to see right here on the wall.
1) Vagus Nerve Cervical Stimulation with Ultrasound: You will be placing the Ultrasound on the left side of the neck - 2-5 Mins is good - Start Low and Work Way Up - Shouldn't Feel Anything from Ultrasound Itself - but effects can be very calming if used before bed, assisting in Sleep, and improving HRV.
2) Spleen Stimulation with Ultrasound: A relatively difficult spot to stimulate, get help if possible. But can definitely be done yourself too. Going to want 5 mins on Medium to High intensity, due to likelihood of imperfect placement, and it's going to be "peering" through rib cage window slits. Excellent for helping your body control inflammation globally.
3) Cerebral Ultrasound - Insular Cortex Stimulation: This targets a region of the brain that deals with your bodies memory of previous inflammatory responses. Thus, stimulation of this region increases brain neuroplasticity, and enables you to "move on" from previous cyclical inflammatory responses. (People associate emotional "pain" with an inflammation response - thus a painful memory (trigger) (trauma even) can produce an identical inflammatory spike throughout the body) - The Insular Cortex is where this happens. Highly supportive of Spleen Stimulation protocol.
4) Other uses have been explored for Lymphatic Drainage, but this is on a case by case basis, and typically utilized best when/if the body has some major lymphatic drainage issue (water retention / lymph swelling in specific parts of the body [such as left side of body near armpits] that may benefit from increased lymphatic drainage activity) - Ultrasound amplifies Lymphatic systems (also glymphatic brain cleaning is activated as well) - and is generally utilized for 5 minutes on Medium to High settings, as is comfortable on the body - and likely for 1-2 weeks until swelling has subsided.
And that's for the most part - the main things most of you will do if you want to really make the most out of your Ultrasound tools !
I always like to remind people, that consistency and simplicity is going to work out better than some massively complicated protocol (think something along the lines of "1min 52seconds on left anterior cervical vagus nerve, followed by 2 min 20 seconds on right Wernicke's area, with a 30 second switchover to Brocca's area, etc, etc.)
Please don't make it complicated !
The above methods are well tolerated by like 95% of the people who follow them, and substantially improve Vagus Nerve related functions across the board.
And of course of course please continue to do all of the other good things you are already doing, supplements, therapy, hyberbaric oxygen, WIm Hof breathing, red light, boofing nicotine... - whatever it is that works for you personally, please continue to do it.
Also, if you want to do the greatest good for others, and the rest of the world, PLEASE DOCUMENT your progress, we have a whole Section here on the Group Post wall where you can post "Progress Updates" - and I highly recommend you do that, others can substantially benefit from you recording what worked, and also what didn't work.
Best of luck to everyone - I'm so pleased seeing how many people are finally learning about Ultrasound and what it's truly capable of.
And of course, even for the Vagus Nerve and its role in health on every level ! This is the greatest time to be in the Health World.
Sincerely,
-Sterling Cooley
P.S. Shoutout to Melissa Rose, Andrea B, and Neuro Barbie 😇
I highly recommend you follow them on X - they are sharing each others protocols and are keeping track of so many other threads people are writing with their journey so far !