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Afib Triggers: Mine is my neck or body position, yours?

Posted by akbooks45 @akbooks45, Jan 12, 2020

My atrial Fibrillation triggers with neck position or body. My neck and torso are relatively short and I seem to compress the Vagus nerve if my neck is sharply bent or the same with my torso. Have you ever heard of that? That is the only time it does so.

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drherm | @drherm | 20 hours ago
In reply to @gloaming "You have, apparently, some variant of POTS (positional orthostatic tachycardia/arrhythmia) and it might be due to..." + (show)
@gloaming

You have, apparently, some variant of POTS (positional orthostatic tachycardia/arrhythmia) and it might be due to impaction on the Vagus nerve or loss of tone of the Vagus nerve during certain postures. It could also mean you need an MRI to see if your spine is okay. I'm only guessing.

I would urge you to get some advice, and an assessment, from a postural specialist physical therapist. You may need a 'fascia release' technique, ligamental release or realignment, muscle tone improvement....maybe all of those, but I think you should really do this to find out if you can get even three or four degrees of correction. It might make all the difference in the world.

The other possibility is visceral adiposity....internal body fat deposited around and in between your internal organs. In certain positions, this can come to bear and cause problems on surfaces, blood vessels, nerves....

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gloaming, who are you? You seem to know what you are talking about

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gloaming | @gloaming | 12 hours ago
In reply to @drherm "gloaming, who are you? You seem to know what you are talking about" + (show)
@drherm

gloaming, who are you? You seem to know what you are talking about

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Well, that's the trick, isn't it: to 'seem' to know? 😀
Seriously, I'm just an elderly nerdy male who never amounted to much, but who has never stopped testing the limits of my ability to understand and to absorb (sometimes useless) information. I read tons, watch videos, and then try to use what I have learned. If I find it useful, I pass it on when I can. So, nothing special about me.

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