Every nerve in our body has a specific purpose. Some nerves sense pressure, some sense pain, and others stimulate muscles. As stated above, a neurologic exam will be conducted during your first visit to identify any weakness or dysfunctional pathways. Once identified, an appropriate stimulus can be used to strengthen and rehabilitate the dysfunctional system. In practice, it is very similar to strength training. If you want to build muscle, you lift weights (a stimulus). If you want to rehabilitate a nervous pathway, you provide the appropriate stimulus (like vibration, smell, movement, etc.). Your brain can be rehabilitated in a similar fashion. There are 12 cranial nerves that connect to different parts of the brain, each controlling a different part of the body (many of them on your face and head). Providing the appropriate stimulus to each of these nerves can strengthen, rehabilitate, and in some instances, reprogram (make new neural connections or repair damaged pathways) your brain.