WELLNESS ASSESSMENT

Heart Rate Variability (HRV):
The Pulse Wave Profiler (PWP) is a research-grade equipment that allows doctors to
quickly assess the effect of long-term stress on a patient's well-being. It helps determine a patient's overall ability to adapt to the environment by looking at the timing of their pulse and determining the balance and tension within their nervous system. This assessment will show the balance of the sympathetic (fight or flight) and parasympathetic (rest and digest) branches of the nervous system, and the adaptive potential to stress. HRV can be thought of as measuring your level of vitality. All health outcomes are better with a higher HRV and a low HRV is associated with physical and mental health complaints. This is also valuable for athletes as it can aid them in training by demonstrating if they are recovering from workouts. This can be used to measure the effectiveness of any modality in creating greater health and wellness. .

Surface EMG:
Looks at the balance of postural muscle tone. Calculates postural energy expenditure and neuro-spinal efficiency. Pinpoints reactive and exhausted neuromuscular areas. Nobel Prize winner Dr. Roger Sperry found that any mechanical distortion in your body decreases your ability to think, metabolize, and heal. This test will show exactly where those areas are on your spine. This test can also demonstrate if a practice like Yoga or Tai Chi creates greater balance and efficiency of postural muscles when taken before and after beginning a new practice. This test demonstrates the accumulation of biochemical and physical stress on the spine and nervous system

Thermography:
Demonstrates vasoconstriction and vasodilation to organs and glands. As sympathetic (fight or flight) nerves control blood vessel diameter, this test shows if stress is affecting gland and organ function. This demonstrates the accumulation of biochemical and emotional stress on the nervous system.