Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Precision Diagnostics for the Body’s Stress, Circulation, and Nerve Regulation Systems
The autonomic nervous system is the body’s command center for balance — regulating heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, and the body’s stress response. When this system becomes dysregulated, symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, anxiety, poor circulation, and brain fog can appear long before traditional tests show abnormalities. At Helixona, our Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Testing provides a detailed, non-invasive window into how well your body’s regulatory systems are functioning — helping our clinicians understand how stress, toxins, inflammation, and chronic illness are impacting your health at the most fundamental level. This advanced testing helps identify hidden dysfunctions that may be contributing to chronic symptoms and allows our team to create a personalized plan to restore regulation and resilience.
What Is ANS Testing?
ANS Testing is a comprehensive evaluation of your body’s autonomic, cardiovascular, circulatory, and peripheral nerve health using a suite of advanced diagnostic tools. At Helixona, we utilize the ANS Combo System with ABI and Sudomotor — an integrated platform that measures multiple physiological parameters in a single session, including:
ECG Monitoring
Evaluates heart rate variability (HRV) to measure autonomic balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.
Automated Blood Pressure and Pulse Oximetry
Assesses cardiovascular regulation, circulation, and oxygen delivery.
Sudomotor QSART
Measures small nerve fiber function and sweat gland activity — a key diagnostic for peripheral neuropathy.
Sympathetic Skin Response
Evaluates stress-related nervous system activity and nerve conduction.
Bioelectric Impedance
Measures cellular hydration, tissue composition, and overall body conductivity.
Electro-Interstitial Scan
Analyzes cellular energy balance, ion distribution, and organ-level regulation.
Together, these data points provide a multi-dimensional view of your autonomic and metabolic function, allowing your care team to see how well your body adapts to stress, oxygenates tissues, and maintains internal stability.
Why ANS Testing Matters
The autonomic nervous system touches every aspect of health — from heart rhythm to hormone release. When it’s out of balance, patients often experience symptoms that seem unrelated or difficult to diagnose, such as:
Chronic fatigue or postural dizziness
Rapid heart rate or blood pressure fluctuations
Temperature dysregulation or cold extremities
Anxiety, poor sleep, or “wired but tired” sensations
Digestive issues or nausea
Numbness, tingling, or neuropathy
Poor recovery after stress or exertion
By assessing how your autonomic system functions under various conditions, ANS Testing can reveal the root contributors to dysautonomia and help guide both medical and integrative treatment strategies. For many of our patients with mold toxicity, chronic infections, autoimmune disease, or MCAS, ANS testing becomes a critical diagnostic tool to track improvement as their system returns to balance.
What to Expect During Testing
ANS Testing is comfortable, non-invasive, and takes about 45–60 minutes to complete. You’ll sit or recline in a quiet room while sensors are placed on your chest, hands, and feet.
During the session, the system automatically performs a series of measurements:
Monitors your heart rhythm and oxygen saturation
Evaluates blood pressure and vascular response
Measures nerve and sweat gland activity in your hands and feet
Performs a bioimpedance scan to assess hydration and tissue conductivity
You’ll simply relax while the technology gathers data. After the test, your clinician will review your results with you — explaining your sympathetic vs. parasympathetic balance, nerve function, and metabolic regulation patterns.
What the Results Tell Us
Your results are displayed in a clear, color-coded report that highlights areas of balance, stress, or dysfunction across your autonomic and circulatory systems.
The insights gained may show:
Whether your body is stuck in fight-or-flight mode
Evidence of small fiber neuropathy or nerve damage
Recovery potential — how efficiently your body returns to baseline after stress
If your circulatory system is delivering enough oxygen to tissues
Signs of oxidative stress or dehydration at the cellular level
These findings guide your personalized Helixona care plan — helping your team prioritize therapies that calm the nervous system, restore voltage and oxygenation, and improve overall energy flow.
Integrating ANS Testing into Your Helixona Care Plan
ANS results become the map that guides your healing journey. Depending on your findings, your provider may recommend therapies that specifically target the areas of imbalance revealed by the test:
SCENAR and BioModulator Therapy to reestablish electrical communication through the nervous system.
EBOO and IV Detox Therapy to improve oxygenation and reduce inflammatory burden.
BioCharger and Erchonia Laser Therapy to enhance mitochondrial repair and autonomic recovery.
LymphStar LET to support circulation and immune flow.
Regular retesting allows us to track your progress objectively, providing measurable evidence of improvement as your autonomic system stabilizes.
ANS Testing and the Helixona Philosophy: Eliminate. Nourish. Repair.™
Helixona’s integrative approach begins with understanding — and ANS Testing is one of the most precise ways to see what your body needs to heal.
Eliminate: Identifies the stressors and imbalances that keep the body in survival mode.
Nourish: Helps target therapies that improve oxygenation, hydration, and nerve communication.
Repair: Provides a measurable roadmap to track nervous system recovery and resilience over time.
By combining data-driven insight with compassionate, whole-person care, Helixona transforms testing into a cornerstone of healing — not just diagnosis.
Technology Meets Understanding
Helixona’s ANS Testing translates complex body signals into actionable insight — helping you understand how your body regulates, adapts, and heals. If you’ve struggled with unexplained fatigue, poor circulation, or nervous system imbalance, this testing can reveal what your body has been trying to say all along.
Schedule your ANS Test today and take the first step toward restoring balance and resilience.