NERVOUS SYSTEM
AirSync Optimizes Nervous System Function and Prevents Dysfunction
Let’s talk fascia, trauma, and your nervous system—some of the most important, but usually overlooked, keys to airway, breathing, and sleep health. At AirSync, we understand how stress can “rewire” your autonomic nervous system (the one that operates without thinking for breathing, digestion, etc.), locking it in fight- or-flight mode. This tension tightens fascia—the body’s connective tissue web—restricting the diaphragm, jaw, tongue, and airway, leading to shallow breathing, restless sleep, and poor healing.
Nervous system dysregulation shows up differently at every stage of life. In babies, it often looks like feeding challenges, fussiness, colic, or stiffness. In children, it may present as mouth breathing, restless sleep, emotional dysregulation, ADHD-like symptoms, and gut or immune system issues. In adults, it often appears as poor sleep, irregular breathing, anxiety, burnout, or gut problems. No matter the age, there is a tendency to get “stuck” in stress mode and have trouble shifting into calm, healing mode.
Our Principles based on years of experience
Modern lifestyles, unresolved trauma, birth stress, illness, and injury all compound to stress the nervous system. Dr. Kimberly and her team use advanced, whole-person techniques to retrain the nervous system, release tension, and restore healthy balance. Early intervention for infants and children can prevent life-long dysfunction, but adults wanting clearer thoughts and better energy, or an alternative to medications, also hugely benefit. At every age, our goal is mental wellness, deep restorative sleep, easier breathing, a thriving life, and nervous system fitness—for a lifetime.
Assessments
- Extensive discussion and review of gestational and birth history, as past trauma impacts how the nervous system functions no matter the age.
- Reflex testing using Moro Reflex, Switch Test, STOP, Cluck and Suck which helps determine if there is nervous system dysregulation, a path for treatment, when the system is improving, when it is optimized, and when it is regressing.
Treatments
- BabyLase / OraLase Laser Therapy to reset, support, and restore the anatomical nervous system and oral function.
- Co-treatment with an osteopath, energetic chiropractor, and/or specialized physical therapists.
- Co-treatment with occupational therapy for reflex integration.
- EXOMIND TMS therapy.
- Pulsetto, a vagus nerve stimulator for better relaxation, focus, and sleep, as well as reduced anxiety and stress.
Outcomes
- More resiliency through a regulated and calm nervous system.
- Ability to handle external stressors with more ease as internal stress is more regulated.
- Release of fascial tension patterns that restrict breathing.
- Restoration of movement to the jaw, tongue, and diaphragm.
- The autonomic nervous system moves from a chronic stress into calm parasympathetic mode.
- Deeper, calmer breathing and restorative, healing sleep.
- Happier, less fussy infants and children who eat better, swallow better, breathe better and sleep better, which means happier and calmer families.
- Clearer thinking, better emotional regulation and greater self-control.
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- Improvements in work performance, executive functions, grades, social activity and athletics.
- Complements or replaces medications for treatment of mental conditions such as PTSD, OCD, anxiety, addiction / substance abuse, postpartum and mild to moderate depression.
- Potential cognitive enhancements for people diagnosed with Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, traumatic brain injury, autism, and stroke.
Treatments and Tools We Use to Settle the Nervous System
Dr. Kimberly Santiago and her team have the latest equipment, offering the best diagnostic and treatment options. We provide effective options for calming the nervous system, no matter the age. Early intervention in infants and children can prevent life-long health issues, but adults also hugely benefit from our treatments. Our goal is gentle, restorative treatment that helps put life in your days, not just days your life. For details on some of the treatments, just click the box below. We also have an excellent referral network when work outside of our practice scope is necessary.
Case Study / Infant
There are physical, genetic, psychological and physiological contributions to interrupted sleep and apnea. Through a holistic evaluation and testing, we look at the root causes and provide solutions to optimize sleep and improve your physical and mental functioning.
Case Study / Adult
There are physical, genetic, psychological and physiological contributions to interrupted sleep and apnea. Through a holistic evaluation and testing, we look at the root causes and provide solutions to optimize sleep and improve your physical and mental functioning.
