Autonomic Nervous System - A Key to Human Health

Did you ever think how better it would be toWhat does this mean? Everyone knows that
prevent sickness, know ahead of time before itthere needs to be balance in nature. For example,
appears visually? How autonomic nervous systemwe need balance between work and free time.
is related to our well-being? How it is possible toThe human body is no exception. If the body
detect health problems at their early stages bybecomes too active, the Autonomic Nervous
analyzing the autonomic nervous system? WhatSystem immediately activates a process of
tools can do that?relaxation in order to relieve stress and restore
Health problems - treat or prevent? "Health is notbalance. In a healthy person, these balancing
everything, but everything without health isprocesses contain a certain level of function. A
nothing" was said by Socrates. Unfortunately,drop in that level or even a lack of balance
people often don't think about their health untilbetween these processes is a first sign of
obvious symptoms of a sickness begin to appear.unpleasant changes taking place in the body. In
As a result, a doctor's visit becomes necessary,the long run, such changes can cause various
which in turn leads to either multiple expensivehealth problems. Fortunately, they can be
examinations, or even more expensive treatmentdetected early through an evaluation of the
options. Just think, it all could have been avoided ifautonomic regulatory system using
the sickness was exposed at an early stage ofHeart Rate Variability (HRV) analysis. Such an
development. Preventing a sickness is alwaysanalysis is neither expensive nor time consuming.
easier and more pleasant than treating it after itAutonomic Nervous System evaluation - available
has already arrived. So why then do people waittools.
until the last minute? Here are just a few possibleInner Balance Scan, developed by Biocom
reasons:Technologies, evaluates the balance of the
- Health care costs - Every trip to the doctor canAutonomic Nervous System with in just 5
be a hefty expense. Not everyone can afford tominutes. At the end of the evaluation session you
visit the doctor for regular checkups andget a detailed report which includes interpretations
evaluations.of the state of balance between the activity and
- Busy life style - In today's world, too manyrelaxation in your ANS, along with the level of
people don't have time to see doctors, especiallytheir functionality.
if it is not urgentIt is important to note that a onetime evaluation
- Personal Confidence - Some simply believe thatof your Autonomic Nervous System status
as long as they feel great they must be healthy.cannot provide definite answers about your health
And with that kind of mentality it is no surprisesimply because the results will vary depending on
they choose not to perform checkups andyour overall state of wellbeing that particular day
evaluations.or even time of day. However, if the varying
Just by looking at those three factors alone, wechanges are tracked over some period of time,
can make a general statement that today'syou will in fact be able to determine if you're
medical system is not setup to warn individualsreally as healthy as you thought or if there are
about an approaching sickness, but instead to helpthings that you should at least think about. To get
treat it after it has already arrived and beganthe health answers you're looking for, you must
causing harm to the body. At the same time,do the following:
another problem arises. The majority of the "sick"
who go see their doctor, are actually in a state1. Perform at least 3 evaluations of the ANS
that is somewhere in between "sick" andstatus, but at different times (in the morning
"healthy". This group of people doesn't necessarilybefore work, after work, and on the weekend).
need high cost exams and drugs to make them2. If the results of all three evaluations show that
better. The ultimate goal should be to preservethe ANS is performing within the normal
and strengthen their health. This is why the taskboundaries, continue performing evaluations at
of identifying certain health problems at earlyleast once a week in order to keep track of
stages of development is so crucial.possible trends or changes in these results.
Autonomic Nervous System and its role in our3. If at least one evaluation returns an abnormal
health. One of possible ways to solve this problemresult, analyze your current condition subjectively.
is to monitor the body's Autonomic NervousPerhaps the abnormal test result is related to an
System status. The Autonomic Nervous Systemoverwhelming day at work or stress at home or
(ANS) - is a mechanism which controls all of theelsewhere. Think about ways to change your
body's processes. Depending on the performanceroutine in order to avoid stress and unnecessary
of the ANS, the body either functions normally, orstrain on your body.
experiences some abnormalities or problems. At4. Continue evaluating your ANS status. If the
their early stages, many sicknesses can be linkedabnormalities continue even after long periods of
to a disruption in the performance of the ANS.rest and relaxation, it may be necessary to
In a healthy individual, the ANS is in a state ofperform a much deeper analysis and maybe see
balance between a state of activity and relaxation.a doctor.