Unlocking Healing: How Vagus Nerve Dysfunction Impacts Digestion, Immunity, and Emotions
Watching our kids struggle with chronic health challenges like digestive issues, inflammation, learning difficulties, or anxiety can be incredibly frustrating. 😣 As parents, we do everything we can—yet sometimes it feels like nothing truly helps. At Innate, we’ve discovered a critical piece often overlooked: the vagus nerve! 🧠 This powerful nerve connects directly to gut health, immunity, mood regulation, and overall nervous system function. In this video, 🎥 Dr. Drake explains how the vagus nerve could be the missing link—and shares simple, effective ways to help support and stimulate it!
Are you a parent who feels like you've tried everything to help your child—yet nothing truly works long-term?
When your child struggles with chronic inflammation, digestive issues, sensory overload, or mood swings, it’s more than just frustrating—it’s exhausting. Going from one specialist to another, trying every new diet or supplement, and still feeling like you’re the only one trying to connect the dots can leave you completely worn out.
Here’s the hope you’ve been looking for.
The vagus nerve—often overlooked—is a powerful part of the nervous system that plays a central role in coordinating all these functions. Supporting its function can improve digestion, immune strength, emotional regulation, and overall nervous system health.
In this video, we’ll walk you through how so many of your child’s health challenges—though they may seem separate—are actually all connected through the autonomic nervous system and vagus nerve. You’ll learn gentle, non-invasive ways to activate and support this essential system and finally move toward real, lasting progress.
This is for the parent who feels unheard and overwhelmed—
…who’s done the diets, the detoxes, the endless prescriptions—yet the symptoms persist. You’ll finally hear about nervous system-focused solutions that get to the root of these chronic challenges.
We’re uncovering how vagus nerve dysfunction may be the missing link in your child’s health puzzle—and how improving its function may unlock their body’s full healing potential. You’ll also hear how we use specialized, drug-free chiropractic care to identify and address vagus nerve issues in a way that’s both effective and safe.
Why is the vagus nerve such a big deal?
Nicknamed “The Wandering Nerve” and “The Great Protector,” it helps regulate vital organs like the heart, lungs, and digestive system. It plays a major role in motor tone, hormone balance, immunity, and even emotional resilience. It’s the main driver of the parasympathetic “rest, digest, and heal” response—your child’s natural mode for restoring health and calm.
Because it originates in the brainstem and travels down the neck into the chest and abdomen, the vagus nerve is vulnerable to stress and physical strain—especially from birth trauma, C-section, or prolonged labor. It’s also highly sensitive to inflammation, antibiotic use, toxins, and nutritional deficiencies.
When this nerve isn’t functioning properly, it disrupts communication between the brain and body, leading to problems like colic, constipation, eczema, immune weakness, and sensory challenges. It can also alter motor coordination, hormonal balance, and emotional regulation—contributing to issues like anxiety, tantrums, and sleep struggles.
But here’s the best part—there is a clear path forward.
At Innate Family Chiropractic, we use cutting-edge tech called Heart Rate Variability (HRV) to measure how well your child’s vagus nerve is functioning. In just 3 minutes, we can map out their current stress patterns and create a personalized Neurological Restoration Care Plan.
From there, we deliver precise, neurologically-focused chiropractic adjustments that stimulate the vagus nerve and bring the parasympathetic system back online—restoring calm, digestion, sleep, and immune function from the inside out.
Yes, there are ways to support the vagus nerve naturally—breathwork, time in nature, and gut support—but nothing compares to the direct and lasting impact of targeted chiropractic adjustments that activate true neurological healing.
There’s a big difference between supporting the nervous system… and actually restoring it.
If you’re ready to stop chasing symptoms and start healing the root cause, we’d love to show you how we can help.