Tics

Tics are unwilling and sudden actions such as blinking eyes, cramping neck, grimacing or shrugging your shoulders. Complex tics, unlike simple motor tics, involve multiple actions such as touching, sniffing, spitting, jumping, and stomping. When tics become severe, abusive behaviors like swearing may be exhibited. Tics can be genetic, and become worse under stress. They are often accompanied by other neurological symptoms such as ADHD and obsessive compulsive disorder.

What is Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS, also known as Trigger Point)?

According to the theory established by Dr. Travell, President Kennedy's personal physician, when the muscles are tense, various symptoms that are not anatomically related with the tense muscles can appear. These non-musculoskeletal symptoms are the cause of more than 60% of the common diseases, i.e. digestive disorders, cystitis, irritable colitis, rhinitis, dry eye syndrome, headaches, etc. 

For example, the tension in the sternocleidomastoid muscle causes nasal congestion, snoring, and eye conjunctivitis, which causes eye blinking; the tension in the biceps causes phlegm; the tension in the neck and shoulder muscles causes frequent movements to relieve tension; the tension in the abdominal muscles causes difficulties in urinating, digesting, or defecating. The main cause of the muscle tension is known to be stress.

What is a neurotransmitter?

Neurotransmitters — dopamine, serotonin, endorphin, etc. — are substances affected by stress. Neurotransmitters affect the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves, and when they are not balanced, autonomic dysfunction and various neurological symptoms can occur. An excess or deficiency of one neurotransmitter can lead to abnormalities in other neurotransmitters. In other words, it is important to maintain a mutual balance, also called homeostasis.

One neurological symptom, because it disrupts the homeostasis, often leads to another. For example, insomnia (caused by the deficiency of serotonin) may be accompanied by other neurological symptoms such as panic disorder or depression (caused by abnormal dopamine). Or, if one experiences a panic disorder, one may experience a light insomnia or depression. If one has depression, insomnia or impulse-control disorder may follow. 

Neurotransmitters are also involved in muscle tension and relaxation. When the neurotransmitter is abnormal, it leads to various muscle pain including the Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS). 

Tics are conditions that can be accompanied by several neurological symptoms such as ADHD, obsessive compulsive disorder, Myofascial Pain Syndrome, or other pains related with muscle tension around the eye, nose, neck, shoulders, etc. 

Tics are considered genetic because people in the same family are likely to have similar reactions to stress. 

When the balance of neurotransmitters is restored, the neurological symptoms and Myofascial Pain Syndrome will be alleviated, causing tics to disappear. 

Problems with conventional treatment for disorders caused by neurotransmitter imbalance

The current treatment usually relies on the administration of neurotransmitters.

For example, serotonin is administered to treat insomnia. While this may be effective for a short term, the imbalance of serotonin with other neurotransmitters will eventually get worse in the long run, resulting in side effects or other neurological symptoms. 

In treating tics, usually neurotransmitters are administered. However, the effect is not clear and side effects are concerning because when used for a long time, it disrupts the balance of the neurotransmitters.

Currently, cardiovascular adaptation exercise or meditation is recommended for treatment without side effects.

Self-diagnosis and how to restore the balance of neurotransmitters

1. Treatment points 

Most of the acupuncture points related with neurological disorders are located in the chest area (ribcage). The importance of treating the chest muscles (pectoralis) also have been proven essential in the Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS, also known as trigger points). For a diagnosis, one can press the ribcage and chest to identify the area of pain. 

Place your finger on the area where you think the pain is, and press down firmly to identify the area of pain. When you feel a muscle or bone ligament at the tip of your finger, gently rub the affected area to narrow down the pain area. If the identified pain area is wide, the symptoms are likely to be more severe. 


2. How to treat chest pain

In the area of pain or inflammation, free radicals — equivalent to 1/1000 of the light of a firefly — are generated. They are called bio-photons. 

When the light generated from the area of pain is retro-reflected (back to the area of pain), it creates a phenomenon of mutual resonance. Due to the same range of wavelengths, the light can penetrate deeply into wound, stimulating the corresponding sensory nerves until the pain is relieved. 

The therapeutic effectiveness, safety and efficacy of the Chims Band treatment were confirmed by The Study on the Analgesic Effect of Chims Band after Endoscopic Shoulder Surgery, conducted under supervision of the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and received the support of Dongshin University Oriental Medicine Hospital, Gwangju, Korea. 

When the balance of neurotransmitter is restored after treating the chest pain, the neurological symptoms that are often experienced by the patients with tics — sleep disturbance, depression, compuslion, and ADHD — will alleviate, causing the Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) and tics to disappear.

Treatment result

When the balance of neurotransmitter is restored, the muscle’s capacity to resist stress returns to normal, alleviating the neurological symptoms of tics as well as the accompanying Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS). 

As muscles relax, the behavior of moving hands and feet would cease, and yelling or swearing may also halt.

Features

When the balance of neurotransmitter is restored after treating the chest pain, the neurological symptoms that are often experienced by the patients with fibromyalgia — sleep disturbance and depression — disappear. The normalized muscle activity will also lead to improvement of non-rheumatic joint pain, Raynaud's syndrome, and other sensations of numbness, tingling, and tingling. 

In other words, fibromyalgia will be treated by restoring the balance of neurotransmitters rather than treating individual diseases separately. 

As the chest pain is relieved, free radicals from the area of pain will disappear, causing the light to cease to be emitted. In other words, once the neurotransmitters are restored to a normal level, the treatment effect will no longer proceed.

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