QC: The Vagus Nerve & Endometriosis: How Stimulation Can Relieve Pain

Introduction to Neuropelviology

Speaker 1
0:00

What

if

I

told

you

that

your

nervous

system

has

more

to

do

with

your

endometriosis

pain

than

you

probably

think
?

And

what

if

I

told

you

there's

practical

tools

in

place

that

can

help

you

with

your

pain

management
?

Have

you

ever

heard

of

neuropelviology
?

Or

maybe

you

even

heard

about

fight

or

flight
,

or

rest

and

digest

and

the

vagus

nerve
?

Professor

Mark

Possover

is

joining

me

today

to

go

over

that

and

so

much

more
.

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Speaker 1
1:11

Today's

Professor Possover's Pioneering Work

Speaker 1
1:12

guest

has

built

his

career

on

a

bold

but

vital

belief

that

suffering

pain

should

not

be

a

life

sentence
.

And

for

Professor

Mark

Possover
,

that

belief

isn't

just

a

philosophy
,

it's

a

mission

as

a

world-renowned

pioneer

in

neuropelviology

yes
,

you

heard

that

right
.

He

has

transformed

how

we

understand

and

treat

chronic

pelvic

pain
,

especially

when

the

source

is

elusive

or

deemed

untreatable
.

His

work

bridges

the

worlds

of

gynecology
,

neurology

and

minimally

invasive

surgery

to

target

the

pelvic

nerve

directly
,

often

bringing

relief

to

patients

who've

been

told

to

simply

live

with

it
.

Professor

Possover

isn't

just

treating

symptoms
.

He's

finding

the

root

cause
,

especially

in

cases

involving

nerve

entrapment
,

endometriosis

and

neuropathic

pelvic

pain
.

Please

help

me

in

welcoming

Professor

Mark

Possover
.

How

do

we

activate

that

vagus

nerve
?

Speaker 2
2:02

I

think

Activating the Vagus Nerve

Speaker 2
2:03

you

have

three

possibilities
.

One

is

to

activate

the

vagus

nerve

passively
,

and

one

very
,

very

easy

way

is

what

we

call

the

transauricular

vagus

nerve

stimulation
,

because

the

vagus

nerve

will

send

branch

everywhere
,

some

fibers
,

nerve

fibers
,

everywhere

in

the

body

and

some

of

these

fibers

reach

the

ear
.

And

these

fibers

are

very

important

because

they

are

directly

connected

to

the

brain
,

so

they

are

tense

device
.

Tense

device

that

means

that

bring

very

nice

electricity
.

There

is

some

device

you

bring

here

on

what

we

call

the

conch
,

and

then

you

can

activate

the

vagus

nerve

and
,

for

example
,

my

patient

affected

by

endometriosis

or

spinal

cord

injury

patient

who

are

depressive
,

I

advise

them

please
,

in

the

morning
,

in

the

evening
,

10

minutes

when

you

are

lying

down

in

your

bed
,

try

to

do

a

little

bit

stimulation

of

the

vagus

nerve

here
.

Now

there

is

another

way

is

massage
.

Speaker 2
3:07

How

are

you

If

you're

staying

up

in

the

morning

and

you

say
,

oh
,

today

is

a

bad

day
?

You

have

high

risk

that

it

will

be

a

bad

day

If

you're

coming

up
,

staying

up

and

you're

obliged

to

think
,

oh

Mind-Body Connection for Pain

Speaker 2
3:20

,

today

is

a

beautiful

day
,

I

will

have

a

blue

sky
.

If

you

try

to

convince

yourself

that

it

will

be

a

beautiful

day
,

you

have

much

better

chance

to

get

a

beautiful

day
.

You

have

much

potential

to

get

a

beautiful

day

and

there

is

another

method

to

increase

the

vagus

nerve
.

It's

what

we

call

the

subliminals
.

Speaker 2
3:43

Subliminals

are

audios
,

they

are

music
.

Where

in

subliminals

you

can

bring

a

message

in

a

high

frequency
,

so

you

will

not

hear

the

message
,

but

your

brain

will

hear

it
.

And

in

this

music
,

which

is

very

peaceful
,

you

can

bring

the

message
.

Today

it

will

be

a

nice

day
,

you

will

be

happy
,

you

will

have

no

pain
.

Okay
,

you

will

get

your

mind

bleeding
,

but

you

will

see
,

it

will

be

much

better

than

the

last

month
.

And

when

you

do

that
,

it's

like

a

kind

of

auto-suggestion

which

will

increase

the

activity

of

the

parasympathetic

nerve

and

your

day

will

be

better
.

Speaker 1
4:25

Interesting
.

Is

this

impactful

with

breath

work

and

doing

Physical Activity and Pain Management

Speaker 1
4:31

body

movement

if

you

can
,

and

things

like

that
,

because

we

hear

a

lot

about

that
?

Speaker 2
4:35

how

important

is

that

to

increasing

that

parasympathetic

system

yes
,

with

sport

activity
,

and

for

that

I'm

pretty

nice
,

located

here

I'm

in

switzerland

because

we

have

the

mountain
,

and

the

mountain

is

really

swimming

and

hiking
,

on

both

methods

not

to

increase

the

vagus

nerve
.

Speaker 2
4:59

Of

course
,

if

you're

in

the

mountain

and

you

see

a

sea
,

it's

beautiful
,

it

will

make

you

happy
.

Then

you

have

an

activation

of

the

parasympathetic

nerve
.

But

if

you're

swimming

or

if

you're

hiking
,

you're

embracing
,

and

when

you're

embracing

a

lot

you

will

induce

a

massage

of

what

we

call

the

plexus

solar

and

this

way

you

will

decrease

the

activity

of

the

sympathetic

nerve

system

and

that

way

will

increase

the

parasympathetic

nerve

system
.

So

it's

true
,

if

you

are

doing

sport

activity

running
,

hiking
,

swimming

you

will

feel

the

pain

much

less
.

And

if

you're

thinking

about

a

patient

or

a

woman

who

are

doing

very

lot

of

activity
,

sport

activity

and

usually

much
,

much

less

pain

during

men's

bleeding

than

patients

who

are

sitting

at

home

and

yeah
,

it's

simple

like

that

it's

anatomically

activity

will

decrease

the

sympathetic

nerve

system

and
,

by

the

way
,

smoking

will

increase

the

activity

of

the

sympathetic

nerve

system
.

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6:08

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