Dysregulated Nervous System
A dysregulated nervous system is a common root cause of many chronic health conditions. Many children are stuck in a constant state of fight-or-flight due to modern living practices, birth trauma and retained reflexes, among other reasons. Learn how to help your child heal by learning more about this subject here.
Dysregulated Nervous System Articles
Stress, the Nervous System and Gut Health
How Does the Nervous System Affect Digestion? Digestion is not simply a mechanical or chemical process, and gut health is not simply a function of how well someone digests food or what type of food enters and exits the system ... Read More
From Tongue Ties to Sleep Issues: Structural-Functional Dental and Airway Issues in Kids
Many families don’t realize how deeply oral‑motor function, breathing patterns, and structural development are connected, especially when a child struggles with feeding, speech, sleep, attention or behavior. Research and clinical experience show that early patterns like breastfeeding challenges or chronic ... Read More
Bipolar Disorder Redefined
What Is Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar disorder is characterized by abnormal, uncontrolled mood swings or possible wild outbursts. Symptoms may be mild, moderate or even severe and could impact a person’s ability to live, their energy levels, their decision making, their ... Read More
Understanding Nervous System Dysregulation in Autism
The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) To truly understand what’s happening in the bodies and brains of children with autism, it helps to start with the autonomic nervous system (ANS)—the system that silently manages our involuntary functions like heart rate, breathing, ... Read More
Does My Child Have a Dysregulated Nervous System?
What Is a Dysregulated Nervous System? The nervous system is like “command central” in your body. Its job is to act as the body's communication network, sending and receiving messages between the brain and the rest of the body. It ... Read More
What Is Causing the Autism Epidemic?
During an April 10, 2025 Presidential Cabinet meeting, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. indicated that “By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic.” “And we’ll be able to eliminate those exposures,” Kennedy asserted ... Read More
How Coregulation Can Help Your Child Heal
In this blog post, Heather Tallman Ruhm MD, the Medical Director of the Documenting Hope Project, discusses how coregulation can help your child heal. What Is Coregulation? Coregulation refers to the dynamic and reciprocal process of emotional exchange and mutual ... Read More
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