and nec injuiry -- food for thought

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To all concerned:

....I've been doing research about this poorly understood condition,

and here are interesting facts I discovered and put together:

-- esophageal motility including LES is controlled by a VAGUS nerve

among other (but this one is th emost important)

-- there are at least two published studies about involvement of this

nerve in achalasia (electrical stimulation eased the symptoms and

conncection between achalasia and heart activity in many patients --

hear rate is also controlled by this nerve). Same for GERD/LES

motility -- Vagus is in charge

-- vagus nerve leaves the spinal cord in the region of the very first

vertebra -- where head meets the neck

-- there is a connection (you can find it even through Google)

between

neck injuries/whiplash and difficulty swallowing

-- there is a guy on the Web who tells about his cure from achalasia

by taking vitamin B for nerve function. Perhaps, it indeed helped to

restore the nerves -- but he also says, he started taking these

vitamins after a neck injury. It is possible that HIS neck injury

affected the Vagus nerve in the opposite manner, correcting its

function

-- I myself certianly had many little neck/head injuries, especially

when actively riding horses when I had many falls between 1997 and 99

when I had the very first spasm of th eesophagus. The last such

accident (and quite noticable -- I had migraine the next day and

stiffness in my neck/back) happened in 2004 when I already had

problems (only spontaneous spasmatic pain in the esophagus, no

swallowing problems yet), and I started having difficulty swallowing

within a year.

-- I just started an acupuncture course with a new doctor (originally

from China), and the first thing she did was to start working on my

back and neck, acupuncture and massage. She thinks that the nect

problems she sees could be related to an old accident/whiplash or so.

Just to giv eyou guys some food for thought... Does any of you guys

here have neck problems? Any accidents that went unnoticed? Quincia -

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I wonder what your TCM doctor thinks?

I myself already have a chiropractic appointment, but this lady is so

good that I have to wait three months to see her! So, I hope I wills

ee soem results first with Chinese massage and acupuncture.

Please, post your stories, if anyone can also see such a connection.

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