FIBROMYALGIA AND CHRONIC FATIGUE ARE SERIOUSLY DEBILITATING AND LIFE-ROBBING PROBLEMS.

This page is a bit long, but YOU NEED TO KNOW what makes me different
from every other doctor and other programs you have done in the past.

I LEAVE NO STONE IS LEFT UNTURNED TO DETERMINE THE EXACT
CAUSE OF YOUR FIBROMYALGIA PROBLEM!

NO ONE HAS TOLD YOU WHAT I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU…….

I will address: How I successfully help people with the symptoms of
FIBROMYALGIA…AND…What makes my program unique.

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HOW DO I SUCCESSFULLY HELP PEOPLE WITH
FIBROMYALGIA SYMPTOMS?

I help my patients metabolically, neurologically, structurally, energetically, AND dietarily!
This is very important!
Like a puzzle with many pieces – I find that chronic health issues (like FIBROMYALGIA) are…

Part metabolic (having to do with body function)
Part neurological (having to do with the brain and nerves)
Part structural (having to do with the alignment of the body)
Part energetic (having to do with the body’s energy centers and balance)
Part diet (having to do with balanced nutrition, food allergies, and habits)

You have to address ALL the parts of health.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: SPECIFIC METABOLIC TESTING

I:Complete Blood Panel:

By using specific blood tests such as:

• A Comprehensive Executive Metabolic Panel: includes 24 important disease markers such as Glucose, A1c (blood sugar), SGOT, SGPT, GGT, Biliruben (Liver), BUN, Creatinine, Uric Acid (Kidney), Alkaline Phosphatase (Bone)
• A Cardiovascular Panel: includes Cholesterol, Triglycerides, LDL, HDL, VLDL, Cholesterol/HDL Ratio, LDL/HDL Ration, Fibrinogen, C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
• Iron/Anemia Panel: includes TIBC, UIBC, Serum Iron, Iron Saturation, Serum Ferritin
• Inflammatory Markers: C-Reactive Protein, Homo-cysteine
• A CBC (complete blood chemistry with auto differential): includes Red Blood Cell counts, White Blood Cell counts, Platelet counts.
• Urinalysis

We can assess your thyroid, adrenal glands, liver, kidneys, red/white blood cells and gut function with the above lab tests. All can be affected with chronic health conditions. By addressing any problems with your thyroid, adrenal glands, blood chemistry, or gut function, we can help you to heal faster. The CMP also allows us to check your blood glucose levels since glucose and oxygen are needed by the brain to function properly.

CRITICAL POINT: I am aware of the fact that you have had blood testing done before (and you may have been told that everything was normal), but your test results must be compared to FUNCTIONAL values and not the PATHOLOGICAL values of the labs. Traditional lab testing is designed to catch disease, but not the departure from health. They allow too many things to slip through!!!

Example:

Glucose values (12 hour fasting):
Pathological Values for Normal: 65-99
Functional Values for Normal: 85-99

*Notice how different the ranges are. If you were to have your blood drawn from the lab or the health fair and it were 70 – you would be told that everything was normal, however look below at the functional values – you could be dealing with hypoglycemia and wouldn’t know it.

Hypoglycemic: 84 or less
Insulin resistance/pre-diabetes: 100-126
Diabetes: 127 or higher

Not only must the correct tests be ordered, but they must be interpreted by FUNCTIONAL values.

The FIVE (5) priorities when assessing the bloodwork; they are:

1) Autoimmune, 2) Anemia, 3) Blood sugar/ASI, 4) GI/liver, 5) Fatty acid metabolism

If these are present and not identified and worked on, they will slow progress, not matter what you do.
OUT-OF-BALANCE BLOOD SUGAR, ELEVATED INFLAMMATORY MARKERS, INFECTION PATTERNS, AUTOIMMUNE ANTIBODIES, POOR DIGESTION (just to name a few) ARE “DEAL BREAKERS” – MEANING, THAT YOUR BODY (ESPECIALLY YOUR NERVES) CANNOT WORK ON HEALING WHEN THESE THINGS ARE PRESENT.

II: Thyroid Function Evaluation:

If you have FIRBROMYALGIA or suspect that you have one, you need to have your thyroid fully evaluated. Traditional thyroid testing begins and ends with testing your TSH levels. Thyroid function can be affected by a variety of things and simply testing for TSH levels is ignoring the other variables. Testing for TSH is not enough.

What other tests of the thyroid are important?

• Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (THS): this is the hormone “message” sent from a gland in the brain (the pituitary) to the thyroid.
• Free T3: an important hormone produced by the thyroid gland, considered to be the more biologically active hormone.
• Free T4: another important hormone produced by the thyroid gland.
• Thyroid Binding Globulin (TBG): This test measures the amount of proteins in the blood that transport thyroid hormones to the cells. Elevated testosterone can lower TBG levels and elevated estrogen can raise TBG levels. Both can produce hypothyroid symptoms.
• Thyroid Antibodies (TGB & TPO): checked in suspected cases of autoimmune thyroid disorders (see below)
• Total T4: this is a reflection of how much total T4 hormone there is in the blood.
• Total T3: this is a reflection of how much total T3 hormone there is in the blood.
• Free Thyroxine Index (FTI): this is an estimate of how much thyroxine is in the blood.
• Resin T3 Uptake (T3U): this test measures the unsaturated binding sites on the thyroid proteins.

WHEN THE THYROID IS NOT EVALUATED THOROUGHLY ENOUGH, AN INCOMPLETE PICTURE AS TO WHAT IS REALLY THE PROBLEM ARISES – THIS CAN LEAD TO POOR OR MISMANAGEMENT OF CARE. THE THYROID REGULATES METABOLISM. YOUR METABOLISM REGULATES THE RATE AT WHICH THE BODY CAN REBUILD/HEAL.

III: Inflammation:

We need to test for inflammation in your system by testing homo cysteine levels and C-Reactive Protein (C-RP). Many patients suffering from chronic health conditions suffer from inflammatory processes. Just about every FIBROMYALGIA patient that I have treated suffers from some form of chronic inflammatory process.
AS MENTIONED ABOVE, INFLAMMATION IS TOXIC TO BRAIN CELLS. YOU CANNOT HEAL NERVES WHILE YOUR BODY IS FIGHTING A FIRE (an inflammation) ELSEWHERE IN THE BODY. APPROPRIATE TESTING AND ASSESSMENT IS CRUCIAL.

IV. Immune Challenges—EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!:

Your FIBROMYALGIA could be caused by an auto immune condition. Your immune system could be attacking your brain and nervous system. This is why the immune challenges are so important.

• TH1 is T-cells. T-cells are the army that attacks and cleans up afterword. (Helper T-cells, Suppressor T-cells, NKC, regulatory T-cells, and macrophages.
• TH2 is B-cells. B-cells make anti-bodies. They tell T-cells what to kill. If the testing comes back with a high B-cell count, the patient is TH2 dominant.
• TH17. This part of the immune system is stimulated by an imbalance; a predominance of either the TH1 or TH2 side. When the TH17 side is stimulated, cell/tissue death is taking place.

Appropriate testing or challenging of the Immune System can determine which part of the Immune System is out of balance.

You will want to determine if there is an active antigen or dysregulation.

Active antigens are parasites, bacteria, virus, mold, yeast, fungi, protozoan, foods, chemicals, and heavy metals.
IMMUNE PROBLEMS EQUATE TO INFLAMMATION. INFLAMMATION IS TOXIC TO BRAIN CELLS. YOU CANNOT ADDRESS A FIBROMYALGIA PROBLEM WITH AN IMMUNE PROBLEM. IF YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ONE AUTOIMMUME PROBLEM THE LIKELIHOOD OF YOU HAVING ANOTHER OR GETTING ANOTHER DRAMATICALLY INCREASES. THIS MUST BE RULED OUT BY THE RIGHT TYPE OF TESTING.

V: Adrenal Stress Test (AST):

You can test the adrenal glands with a test called an Adrenal Stress Index. This is a salivary test much like DNA testing. The adrenal glands sit right above the kidneys and they are your “stress” organs meaning that they react to stress. If you have been or are currently under stress, this test is a must!

IF YOU SUFFER FROM INSOMNIA AND/OR DIABETES, THIS TEST IS A MUST! IT WILL MEASURE YOUR CORTISOL LEVELS.
ADRENAL GLAND PROBLEMS WILL MESS UP SLEEP CYCLES. YOU SO MOST OF YOUR HEALING WHILE YOU SLEEP. YOU CANNOT FIX THIS PROBLEM BY FOCUSING ONLY ON THE ADRENALS. THIS IS NOT FIXED BY TAKING A “GLANDULAR” ADRENAL SUPPLEMENT.

VI. Intestinal Permeability/”Leaky Gut” Problems:

LGS or Leaky gut syndrome describes a condition of altered or damaged bowel lining, caused by antibiotics, toxins, poor diet, parasites or infection can lead to increased permeability of the gut wall to toxins, microbes, undigested food, waste or larger than normal macromolecules. It has been proposed that these substances affect the body directly, while others postulate an immune reaction to these substances.
MANY IMMUNE PROBLEMS START WITH A GUT PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM CANNOT BE FIXED BY STEROID INJECTIONS OR EVEN A VITAMIN OR PILL.

VII. Sensitivity Testing:

To determine if you have a sensitivity to gluten (wheat, rye, oats, and barley) and gluten-associated sensitivity and cross reactivity. If you are sensitive to ANY of these food groups, it could be making your FIBROMYALGIA PROBLEM worse as it will increase inflammation in your brain and throughout your body!

Here are some of the symptoms of these sensitivities:

• Chronic pain or fatigue
• Frequent indigestion
• Bloated after eating
• Frequent loose bowel movements
• Constipation
• Mouth ulcers or sores

The only way to find out of you are suffering from any of these sensitivities is the run the test.
SENSITIVITIES TO KEY PROTEINS WILL LEAD TO DIGESTIVE DISTRESS, ANTIBODY PRODUCTION, POOR ASSIMILATION OF NUTRITION, WATER RETENTION, AND FAT CONVERSION. THIS IS NOT SIMPLY FIXED BY TAKING VITAMINS, DOING DETOXES, CHELATION THERAPIES, ETC.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: SPECIFIC NEUROLOGICAL TESTING AND TREATMENTS

I. Proper Evaluation:

Ask yourself this question: What part of the body runs the show? Answer: The brain and nervous system. If you have been trying to fix a health problem (including weight loss/gain) with no success – you must look towards the brain.

KEY POINT: Remember that FIBROMYALGIA is a BRAIN/NEUROLOGY problem.
THE BRAIN RUNS THE SHOW, YET EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO BE TREATING THE SYMPTOMS OR THE MANIFESTATIONS OF NEURO-DEGENERATION INSTEAD OF EVALUATING THE BRAIN. THIS IS WHAT I DO!

II. Computerized Stress Test:

Most of us have (or have had in the past) very stressful lives. Too much stress can erode the brain’s mechanisms for handling stress. This can lead to “burn-out”, poor stress handling, decreased multi-tasking, etc. Through computer analysis, we can identify how your internal stress handling is working.

Low stress handling will lead to, among other things, sleep problems. If you don’t sleep well at night (meaning that you have difficulty getting to sleep, staying asleep, or do not feel refreshed in the morning, or need to take sleep aids to sleep) you cannot repair and rejuvenate the body and the nerves. The body heals as it gets deep restful sleep.
STRESS PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE BODY’S ABILITY TO STAY YOUNG AND HEALTHY. NOT EVALUATING HOW THE BODY HANDLES STRESS IS LEAVING OUT ESSENTIAL DATA IN PLANNING FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE BODY.

III. Oxygen Therapy:

Oxygen is fuel for your brain and nervous system. Your brain and nervous system need two things to survive…..fuel and activation. Fuel comes in the form of OXYGEN AND GLUCOSE. By using oxygen, we will help you heal faster. By using exercise with oxygen therapy (EWOT), we can increase firing to brain. By increasing firing of brain, we help MANY chronic conditions.
THE BRAIN CAN ONLY SURVIVE MINUTES WITHOUT OXYGEN. YEARS OF NOT GETTING THE BRAIN ENOUGH OXYGEN WILL HAVE DAMAGING EFFECTS.

IV. Chiropractic Specific Therapy:

Specific chiropractic work can greatly improve the effects of treatment by reducing pain, improving flexibility and joint movement and promoting relaxation in the joints, muscles and body.

V. Brain-Based Therapy (BBT):

We use specific therapies to stimulate and exercise deficient areas of the brain. These therapies can include vibration therapy, visual stimulation, balance stimulation, fast-stretch muscle stretching, auditory stimlatuion, etc.
THE BRAIN IS LIKE A MUSCLE IN THAT IF YOU DON’T USE IT – YOU WILL LOSE IT. IF CERTAIN AREAS OF THE BRAIN ARE NOT STIMULATED APPROPRIATELY, YOU WILL LOSE THE FUNCTION THAT THOSE AREAS OF THE BRAIN CONTROL. DOING SUDOKU OR CROSSWORDS PUZZLES IS NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH REHAB MOST OF THE BRAIN.

Once we have run the necessary tests to determine your specific condition, we can successfully treat you via proper neurological and all natural nutritional protocols.

Ask yourself the following questions:

1) How has your FIBROMYALGIA AND CHRONIC FATIGUE affected your relationships, finances, family, or other activities?

2) What has it cost you in time, money, happiness, sleep?

3) Where do you picture yourself in the next one to three years if this problem is not taken care of soon?

4) What is it worth to you if we could improve your condition?

 

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