The Keiser Clinic

The Keiser Clinic Board certified chiropractic neurologist and owner of The Keiser Clinic. Specializing in POTS, dysautonomia, concussion and neurological disorders.

Assistant professor of clinical neurology for the Carrick Institute of Graduate Studies.

04/11/2026

Most people are told: “It’s just palpitations.”
But if your heart feels like it’s pounding harder on your left side…�or waking you up at night…�or changing depending on how you’re laying…

That’s not random.

Sometimes it’s physics—your heart sitting closer to the chest wall.
�But sometimes… it’s position, pressure, and how your nervous system is being influenced in real time.

Your body is giving you clues.

The real question isn’t just what you feel—�it’s why it’s happening in that position.
Because when you find the driver, things can actually change.

If this sounds familiar, don’t ignore it.
�👉 Book a discovery call or download our POTS Roadmap in the link in bio.

04/10/2026

She wasn’t “cleared.” She just wasn’t understood.

Being told you can go back to school doesn’t mean your brain is ready for it. If one hour turns into headaches, nausea, and lightheadedness… that’s not failure—that’s feedback.

Most recovery plans push activity based on symptoms:�“Try more. Push through. See how you feel.”
But what if the real issue isn’t effort… it’s the bottleneck?

If the brain can’t stabilize vision… if the vestibular system is off… if the eyes can’t track…�No amount of “trying harder” will fix that.

You don’t rebuild function by forcing the outcome.�You rebuild it by solving what’s broken—step by step.
Fix the foundation → remeasure → expand capacity.
That’s how you actually get someone back to life—not just back to school.

👉 If you’re stuck in the cycle of “trying but crashing,” it’s time to look deeper.
�📩 Book a discovery call or download our POTS roadmap in the link in bio.

04/09/2026

They didn’t suddenly “lose fitness.”
Something took it away from them.

When someone goes from training, walking all day, pushing their limits… to barely making it to class — that’s not laziness or deconditioning. That’s a system breakdown.

Deconditioning is what happens after the problem starts.
�Not the reason it started.

If you only chase conditioning, you’re asking the body to perform on a system that already failed once.
The real work?�👉 Identify what disrupted the system�👉 Restore that first�👉 Then rebuild capacity with confidence

And yes — rebuilding can feel uncomfortable. But there’s a difference between symptoms that mean danger… and symptoms that mean adaptation.

Understanding that difference changes everything.
If you’re stuck in the cycle of “push → crash → stop,” it’s time to approach this differently.

📥 Download our POTS roadmap or book a discovery call — link in bio.

04/08/2026

Most people think posture is just a habit.

But what if it’s actually your brain solving a problem?

When someone consistently slouches, leans, or shifts positions—it’s not always laziness or poor discipline.

Sometimes it’s the nervous system finding the one position where blood flow to the brain works better.

We’ve seen cases where the brain is literally easier to perfuse when someone is hunched forward than when they’re sitting upright. Not because that position is “correct”… but because it reduces the resistance the system is fighting.

Your body is always adapting—even if the solution doesn’t look ideal.
The real question is:�👉 Why does your system need that workaround in the first place?

If you’ve been told “just fix your posture” but it never sticks… there may be a deeper mechanism worth exploring.

📍Want to understand what your body is compensating for?�Download our POTS Roadmap or book a discovery call—link in bio.

04/06/2026

“Learn to live with it” isn’t a diagnosis—it’s a dead end.

Most of the time, it doesn’t mean nothing is wrong. It means the current testing has reached its limit.
But symptoms are just the surface. If we stop there, we miss the real story.

When you go deeper—into how the brain, body, and autonomic system actually function together—you stop guessing and start identifying mechanisms. And once you understand the mechanism, you finally have something you can work on.

There’s always another layer. The question is whether you’re willing to look for it.

👉🏼🧭 Download the FREE POTS roadmap ( link@in bio) if you don’t want to ‘learn to live with it’ and you’re ready for some answers.

04/05/2026

Most people think reflexes are just something your doctor taps with a hammer.

But they’re actually a window into how well your brain is regulating your body.

When reflexes are exaggerated, it’s not random—it can mean the brain has lost some of its ability to keep things controlled and coordinated.

That’s the difference between looking at the body structurally…�and understanding how it’s actually functioning.
Because when control slips, the nervous system tells on itself.

04/04/2026

A “normal” MRI doesn’t mean nothing is wrong. It means something better.

It means no tumor. No bleed. No structural damage. The things you don’t want to find… aren’t there.

But here’s the part most people never hear—an MRI is just a snapshot. It doesn’t tell us how your brain performs when you’re upright, stressed, moving, or trying to live your life.

So if you’re still struggling, this isn’t the end of the road.
It’s actually the starting point.
Because functional problems—blood flow, CO₂ regulation, autonomic control—are things we can measure, retrain, and improve.

“Normal” doesn’t mean dismissed. It means we now know where to look next.

👉🏼 If your MRI is normal and you still want answers, book a discovery call in the link in the bio

04/03/2026

Six months ago she was competing.

Now she can’t stand in the shower.

When every test comes back “normal,” the default answer becomes anxiety.

But here’s the problem—normal tests don’t always measure performance.

Her brain wasn’t getting enough blood when she stood up.
Not because she was out of shape. Not because she couldn’t handle stress.
Because her system couldn’t regulate the shift.
Once you identify the mechanism, everything changes.

This is why we test differently. This is why answers matter.

👉🏼If you’re ready for answers, book a discovery call in the link in the bio.

04/03/2026

That air hunger you feel standing up isn't anxiety. It's your brainstem
running a reflex that drops your CO2, constricts your brain's arteries, and
cuts blood flow to your brain — all without your heart rate or blood pressure
looking abnormal. A 2024 Harvard study proved this mechanism sits underneath
both POTS and a huge group of patients who get told their tests are normal.
Tonight I'm walking through how subtle breathing dysregulation drives the
symptoms everyone keeps blaming on stress.

04/02/2026

We’ve been taught to trust imaging as the ultimate answer—but context matters.

When it comes to dysautonomia, most symptoms don’t show up when you’re lying still in a scanner… they show up when you’re upright, moving, living your life.

So if we’re only measuring the brain in a resting, flat position, we may be missing the very problem we’re trying to solve.

This is why dynamic testing matters. Not because it’s trendy—but because it reflects real physiology under real conditions.

If we want better answers, we have to measure the system the way it actually behaves.

04/01/2026

Oxygen isn’t just about breathing… it’s about delivery.
You can have plenty of oxygen in your blood, but if it’s not reaching the tissues that need it most, healing stalls.

That’s where therapies like HBOT come in—not as a magic fix, but as a way to enhance the environment your body needs to recover. By increasing oxygen availability under pressure, you can support circulation at the smallest level… where real change happens.

But here’s the part most people miss:�More oxygen doesn’t matter if your body doesn’t know how to use it.
True recovery is about pairing the right inputs with the right signals.

That’s where the work begins.

🔗 Book a discovery call in the link in bio to learn how we approach this differently.


03/31/2026

When your tests come back “normal,” but your life doesn’t feel normal… that disconnect deserves more attention.

For many people with POTS, the heart checks out. Structurally, everything looks exactly how it should. And while that’s reassuring — it can also leave people feeling stuck, confused, and dismissed.

Because the real issue often isn’t what the heart is…�It’s how the system is functioning moment to moment.

How well is blood actually getting to the brain when you stand up?
�How effectively is your body adapting to gravity, stress, and demand?

If we only measure what’s easy to capture, we risk missing what’s actually driving the symptoms.
“Normal” isn’t the end of the story — it’s often just the beginning of asking better, more precise questions.

You’re not crazy.

You’re not making it up.
�You just haven’t been fully measured yet.
If this sounds like your story, there’s a path forward.

👉 Book a discovery call through the link in our bio to see if we’re the right fit to help you get answers.

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