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.

01/03/2026

When we test the brain, we’re not just “checking reflexes” — we’re mapping pathways.

Take a simple test like touching your nose, then reaching out to touch my finger. That single movement requires awareness, coordination, sensory input, timing, and accuracy.

If there’s a breakdown, it tells us exactly where the pathway isn’t doing its job.

Here’s the key: testing a pathway also stimulates it.

And when we stimulate a pathway correctly, we can strengthen it through neuroplasticity.
If that pathway becomes more efficient, healthier, and more accurate, the function improves — not just locally, but downstream as well.

That’s how targeted neurological inputs can create real, measurable change.
This isn’t random. It’s strategic.
Find the weak link.

Stimulate the right node.

Build capacity.

Improve function.

That’s how we help the nervous system work better — not just compensate.

👉 If this resonates with you or connects some dots, DM us to learn how we assess and retrain these pathways.

01/02/2026

She’s awesome. 🙌

Funny, clever, and painfully relatable for so many people living with POTS.

And here’s the thing—people shouldn’t have to live this way.

Symptoms like these aren’t “just anxiety,” “in your head,” or something you simply have to tolerate.

They’re signals.

Signals that something in the system isn’t working the way it should—and that means there are dots to connect.

That’s why we do the work we do.

To help people understand why this is happening and what can actually be done about it.

Take a look at what we’re working on.

You might find answers.

You might connect a few dots.

And maybe—just maybe—it makes a real difference.

👉 Follow along, explore our content, and DM us if you want to learn more about our approach to care.

12/31/2025

This is a classic reverse image / afterimage effect, and it’s more than just a cool illusion. People with visual processing challenges often notice these effects more strongly—or even in everyday situations—like seeing lingering images or dots after shifting their gaze.

The brain and visual system are doing some fascinating things here. I love seeing creators put content like this out—it opens the door to understanding how neurology actually works.

👇 Drop what you saw in the comments�

📲 Follow for more brain tricks and real-world neurology insights

12/30/2025

Why do some people have flare-ups, while others have daily, consistent symptoms?

It’s a great question—and the answer isn’t one-size-fits-all.

Sometimes it is severity.

Sometimes it’s stage of recovery.

Sometimes it’s the underlying pathophysiology.

And often… it’s capacity.

If someone feels bad all the time, that usually tells us their baseline demands already exceed what their system can currently handle.

Even “normal” daily life is too much for the immune, neurological, or recovery systems right now.

When we see ebb and flow, that suggests something different.

The system may be able to do for a short period—but the recovery side is lagging.

The body isn’t restoring, repairing, or replenishing the way it should after activity. It’s almost like the help never shows up.

Both can exist together:
• A persistent baseline of symptoms
• Plus flares when capacity is overshot

Understanding whether symptoms reflect baseline overload, failed recovery, or both tells us where to intervene—and how to safely build capacity without triggering setbacks.

The goal isn’t just to do more.

It’s to recover better.

👉 If this resonates, save this post, share it with someone who’s navigating chronic symptoms, and explore our other videos to better understand your nervous system and recovery capacity.

12/29/2025

Why does my nervous system see so much of my life as a threat?

When you’re living in ongoing pain, discomfort, or distress (physical, emotional, or otherwise), your brain becomes hyper-focused on preventing things from getting worse.

That protective system—especially the limbic system and amygdala—starts scanning constantly for danger.

At first, that’s adaptive.

But over time, the brain gets really good at it.
It begins assigning a “threat score” to everyday experiences—things that used to be neutral suddenly feel unsafe.

The limbic system holds up its scorecard, and normal activities that should land somewhere around a 5 start getting rated closer to a 1 or 2.

Avoidance grows.

The world feels smaller.

Pain amplifies.

The work isn’t just calming the system down—it’s retraining it.

Teaching your brain, through experience, that you can do things safely again.

Lower the threat response, then gently re-expand capacity.

This is how you take a nervous system out of constant defense mode and back into regulation.

👉 If this resonates with you, comment below and tell me what has helped you

12/28/2025

Sleeping with POTS isn’t really sleeping.�

It’s waking up over and over, feeling wired, exhausted, and stuck in a flare you could feel coming a day before it hit.

That crushing fatigue.

The rash.

The sense that your nervous system never actually powers down.

What so many people don’t realize is that sleep isn’t just being “passed out.”

It’s an active brain process.

Your brain is building new synapses, restoring chemistry, and resetting systems for the next day. So when the brain is struggling to coordinate properly during the day, those same disruptions show up at night.

That’s why poor sleep in dysautonomia isn’t random — it’s part of the same neurological picture.

Here’s the hopeful part: when you start improving how the brain functions, you don’t just feel better during the day.

You recover better at night too. That’s where real leverage happens — better days and better sleep.

If this sounds like you, you’re not alone.

And there are ways to work upstream on this.�

👉 Follow along, save this, and share it with someone who needs to feel seen.

12/27/2025

🧠💧 “Did my body pause my lymph to protect my brain?”

Short answer: the wording may be off—but the connection isn’t wrong.

I can’t speak for exactly what the practitioner meant, but here’s the physiology behind it.

When someone is dealing with cerebral hypoperfusion—not getting enough blood and oxygen to the brain—it’s very common to see parallel changes elsewhere in the system, including lymphatic flow.

The body doesn’t literally “pause” the lymphatic system, but when the nervous system is under stress—especially after infection, inflammation, or injury—it may struggle to regulate multiple fluid systems at once.

Blood flow regulation and lymphatic drainage are both energy-dependent and neurally controlled. When capacity is limited, inefficiencies show up.

So could someone experience brain blood-flow issues and lymphatic congestion at the same time?

Absolutely.�

Is one always causing the other?

Not necessarily.�

But the correlation makes a lot of sense clinically.

The key is identifying which regulatory systems are struggling—and why—so you’re not chasing symptoms in isolation.

👉 If this question resonates with you, check out our longer-form content or reach out to learn how we assess blood-flow regulation, autonomic function, and whole-system recovery.

12/25/2025

👗🧠 Can you believe it’s been 10 years already?
In 2015, this dress absolutely broke the internet.

Some people saw white and gold.

Others were convinced it was blue and black.

And a decade later? The illusion still works.

Even now, some people cannot see blue and black—no matter how hard they try.

And that’s what makes this so fascinating.

This isn’t about your eyes being “right” or “wrong.”

It’s about how your brain interprets sensory information, lighting, contrast, and prior assumptions.

Perception is an active neurological process.
Your brain is constantly making predictions—and sometimes, it locks them in.

👀 So what do you see?
• White & gold?
• Blue & black?
• Or can you make it flip and see both?

👇 Drop your answer in the comments—and tell us if you’ve ever been able to switch it.

As we celebrate this holiday season, I want to take a moment to speak directly to you—especially to those of you navigat...
12/25/2025

As we celebrate this holiday season, I want to take a moment to speak directly to you—especially to those of you navigating chronic illness, uncertainty, or long, exhausting seasons of healing.

The holidays can be beautiful, but they can also be heavy.

They have a way of highlighting what’s hard: limits you didn’t ask for, plans you had to cancel, progress that feels slower than you hoped.

If that’s you, I want you to know this—there is nothing wrong with you for feeling that way.

Healing is not linear.

It’s not festive, and it doesn’t follow a calendar.

And yet, even when things feel stalled or fragile, real change is still happening beneath the surface.

Your nervous system is learning.

Your brain is adapting.

Your body is doing the best it can with the inputs it’s been given.

If this season requires more rest than celebration, that’s okay.

If joy looks quieter this year, that’s okay too.

Showing up for yourself—however that looks right now—is enough.

I’m deeply grateful for the trust you place in us and for the resilience you demonstrate every day, often in ways no one else can see.

Thank you for being part of this community, and for continuing to move forward, even when the steps are small.

May this season bring you moments of peace, a sense of being understood, and hope that carries into the new year.

12/24/2025

🧠 “I can see the words… but my brain isn’t processing them.”

breaks it down well here.

This is one of the most frustrating POTS symptoms patients describe—and she articulates it perfectly.�

Not blurry vision.

Not eye damage.�

It’s processing failure.

What we often see here is cerebral hypoperfusion—not enough blood flow reaching the brain. When that happens, processing capacity drops.

Vision feels “mentally fuzzy,” reading becomes exhausting, and the same thing can even happen with hearing—like someone suddenly put earmuffs on.

This isn’t imagined.�

This is physiology.

We can measure this using tools like transcranial Doppler, where we directly observe reduced cerebral blood flow.

And once you understand the mechanism, you can actually start solving the problem instead of chasing symptoms.

👉 If this resonates with you, reach out and DM to learn how we evaluate and address cerebral hypoperfusion in POTS and dysautonomia.

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