Vagus Nerve Evaluation and Correction Protocols

10 Modules | 10 Weeks
Instructor(s): Dr. Martin Rosen, Dr. Nancy Watson
CEU Hours: 6
Full Registration: March 23rd, 2026
Enrollment Deadline: April 20th, 2026
First Class: April 27th, 2026

Master the Vagus Nerve: Evaluation and Correction Protocols for the Chiropractic Practice

The vagus nerve plays a vital role in autonomic nervous system regulation, affecting everything from digestion and immune response to heart rate, mood, and inflammation. Misalignments or tension patterns in the upper cervical spine, cranium, and dural system can interfere with vagal tone—contributing to a host of symptoms in both pediatric and adult populations.

In this on-demand online training, you’ll learn how to identify and correct vagus nerve imbalances using specific chiropractic techniques. This course offers a step-by-step breakdown of the neurological anatomy and physiology of the vagus nerve and outlines the practical, hands-on protocols to address its involvement.

Whether you’re caring for newborns with latching issues, children with gut-brain axis imbalances, or adults experiencing chronic fatigue, digestive disorders, or anxiety-related symptoms—this class will give you the clinical tools you need to confidently assess and support vagus nerve function.

What You’ll Learn

  • The anatomical and physiological pathways of the vagus nerve and its impact on systemic health
  • How to evaluate for vagus nerve involvement through observable signs and palpation indicators
  • Specific adjustment protocols to reduce interference along the vagus nerve pathway, including occipital, cervical, cranial, and soft tissue corrections
  • Strategies to restore parasympathetic tone and improve autonomic balance

Resources Provided

  • Video class modules
  • Evaluation & technique presentations
  • Practical demonstrations
  • Calls to action (CTAs)
  • Complete PDF workbooks
  • Full transcriptions of video classes
  • Email access to Dr. Rosen & Dr. Watson

Why Take This Course?

  • Improve patient outcomes in cases involving digestive issues, immune dysregulation, anxiety, sleep problems, and developmental challenges
  • Expand your chiropractic skill set with neurological assessment and correction protocols
  • Support whole-body wellness by addressing one of the most powerful regulatory nerves in the body

Who Is This Course For?

Chiropractors who want to:

  • Go beyond symptom-based care and dive into neurology-based chiropractic approaches
  • Enhance their effectiveness with pediatric, family, and wellness-based practice members
  • Gain confidence in assessing and adjusting the vagus nerve safely and effectively

This course is ideal for both beginner and advanced chiropractors looking to sharpen their skills and deliver deeper, more lasting results.

Course Contents

10 Modules | 10 CTAs

Class 1 – Anatomy and Physiology of Vagus

Class 2 – Jugular Foramen

Class 3 – Evaluation and Correction of Vagus Nerve Involvement

Class 4 – CMRT Demonstration

Class 5 – Atlas Dural Meningeal Restriction

Class 6 – Atlas Correction

Class 7 – Temporal and Occipital Corrections

Class 8 – Demonstration on Older Child

Class 9 – Demonstration of Vagus Nerve Evaluation

Class 10 – Review

Meet the Instructors

Dr. Martin Rosen, DC, CSCP, CSPP & Dr. Nancy Watson, DC, CSP

As early as first quarter in chiropractic school they were attracted to each other’s commitment to chiropractic and the pursuit of excellence.  Their combined 80 years of personal and clinical and teaching experience, in delivering the chiropractic adjustment is unparalleled in the chiropractic profession.  Their international outreach through teaching, writing and lecturing has been a driving force in their personal and professional careers since their first seminar taught together as students, in 1979.

Their years of experience have taught them what works and what does not work to create a successful practice and lifestyle. The more competent and comprehensive your expertise you will find that more patients will seek your services and your practice will grow exponentially.

Feedback From Similar Courses

  • Francine Lajoie, DC

    This is my second time doing this program. The information is useful and applicable. The videos and class action assignments are really helpful as well as the transcript and the workbook. This allows for multiple ways to learn the information. Repetition and practice is how one learns to apply this knowledge in a clinical setting.

    Being able to apply this “now” simple process to unlock the Vagus nerve has helped me to improve the condition of some of my more difficult cases that I was struggling with.

    I have a post-Covid patient who was struggling with digestive issues (could not eat anything without feeling sick) and suffered from extreme fatigue. I did NRT (muscle testing) and my regular chiropractic regimen with very little change. When I started applying the Vagus correction protocol, things started shifting. He is now slowly improving.

    I would recommend this course because the knowledge is valuable, but also because it is explained in a coherent and applicable manner.

  • Maree Chilton, DC

    Great course. Easy to implement in the office the next day. Great stand-alone techniques to use in practice immediately if you don’t have an SOT background. It adds to SOT methodology to give more tools for your sot toolkit.

    This course has been a game changer. I’ve improved my evaluating skills, I have additional adjusting techniques. I’m getting an understanding about the nervous system and how to implement this in practice. I have more confidence to know what I’m doing is incredibly valuable. I’ve had personal breakthroughs with being really sad that I’m not a very good manual adjuster having worked and studied with big Gonstead adjusters. I always felt really insecure, but I didn’t want to hurt myself and be maimed into the future. I always felt I had failed because I did low force techniques. This course has been a turning point of really understanding the nervous system and seeing changes immediately, it improved my confidence.

    Actually having the correct pelvic point that agrees with occipital indicator and having immediate changes in a 4.5 month old baby with torticollis. This was really important to the parents as they had taken 15 years to have this IVF baby. And because I couldn’t move his head, they thought he was broken.

    Yes, I would recommend this program. So easy to implement immediately in the office, with staggering effects. It helps that the nation is incredibly sympathetically dominant.

    I have lots of patients coming because of the broken damaged vagus nerve referred by their doctor. I have so much more confidence to treat the complexity of these issues and also to treat them for longer periods of time especially when the indicators are still active.

  • Cherie Wright, DC

    These techniques are great to use on kids and adults so everyone can benefit. It’s a lot of info but also practical. There are multiple options to correct what you find so many techniques can be used

    I feel more confident to market to the people with specific stress related problems

    I was seeing a 4-year-old girl that was always crying and so easily triggered. Followed the protocol and within 2 visits she was already much less reactive according to her family and teachers.

    Yes, I would recommend this course. It gives you confidence to help people with more than just back pain! A whole new market and ways of helping people.

    It was great!