NeuroConnect 2026 · Recorded Lecture

A frequently overlooked driver of dysautonomia sits in the thorax.

Dr. LJ Lee’s featured lecture from the 2026 NeuroConnect online congress — now available on demand.

The sympathetic nervous system is anatomically housed within the thoracic spine and ribcage. When that region isn’t moving or controlling load well, it may drive sympathetic sensitization — and the autonomic symptoms that come with it. In this lecture, LJ makes the clinical, biologically plausible case for the thorax as an overlooked driver of dysautonomia.

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Thoracic Dysfunction & Sympathetic Sensitization

The role of the thorax in dysautonomia

With growing awareness of autonomic dysregulation and sympathetic nervous system (SNS) upregulation, LJ presents a clinically grounded, biologically plausible perspective on a frequently overlooked driver of dysautonomia: neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction of the thorax.

Because the SNS is anatomically housed within the thoracic spine and ribcage, mechanical and neurological dysfunction in this region may contribute significantly to sympathetic sensitization.

Drawing on nearly 30 years of clinical observation and the TrueWholeBody™ Physiotherapy models — ConnectTherapy™ & the Thoracic Ring Approach™ — LJ illustrates how targeted assessment, treatment, and exercise prescription for thoracic dysfunction can produce immediate and lasting change in sympathetically mediated symptoms.

What LJ demonstrates

Immediate and lasting change in sympathetically mediated symptoms

The clinical outcomes LJ discusses span a wide range of presentations driven by sympathetic sensitization:

Sleep disorders Digestive dysfunction Hyperhidrosis Heart palpitations Pelvic floor function Visual disturbances Brain focus & cognitive clarity Anxiety & agitation

Your speaker

Dr. Linda-Joy (LJ) Lee

Physiotherapist · Researcher · Founder, LJ Lee Institute for Physiotherapy & Movement

LJ is known internationally for her expertise in the thorax. For more than two decades, her clinical practice and research have focused on this region specifically — the biomechanics, the motor control, the pain science, and the mechanisms connecting it to the rest of the body.

That work produced the TrueWholeBody™ Physiotherapy models — ConnectTherapy™ and the Thoracic Ring Approach™ — built to answer the questions that kept coming up in her own clinic, and in the clinics of the physiotherapists she teaches.

In this lecture she brings that lens to autonomic health — showing how the thorax connects to the sympathetic nervous system, and what that means at the treatment table.

The congress

NeuroConnect 2026

NeuroConnect is an international online congress dedicated to neural health and brain-based training. Across four evenings, it brings together leading experts in neuroscience, medicine, therapy, and brain-based training to explore applied neurology — from the science to clinical practice.

The congress promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and highlights practical, research-informed approaches clinicians can integrate into their work straight away. Dr. Lee’s lecture is one of its featured sessions.

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Thoracic Dysfunction & Sympathetic Sensitization

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What’s included

Dr. LJ Lee’s full recorded NeuroConnect lecture
The clinical, biologically plausible case for the thorax–autonomic connection
How assessment, treatment and exercise prescription for the thorax change sympathetically mediated symptoms
24 months of access to the recording — watch at your own pace, from anywhere

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When the nervous system won’t settle, look at the thorax.

A research-informed, clinically grounded lens on one of the most overlooked contributors to autonomic dysregulation — and what to do about it at the table.

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