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What makes us different is that we treat people not names…we treat people metabolically and neurologically, which is the scientific way of saying the brain and body are connected and both are addressed in our office. We are different because we WILL answer the question, “Why do I have this problem?” We are different because when you seek and discover the reason why, the path to health and vitality is self evident! Suppose you could follow a systematic process of inquiring into, and understanding why your body (or mind) feels the way it does, leading to a clear diagnostic solution and resolution of your personal health challenges. Imagine…knowing why you feel the way you do. Why you have the disease, condition, or symptoms that you do…so that you actually had a plan to resolve poor health, and live FREE of whatever disease, condition, or symptom you have. Think about it…do you think anything happens for no reason? That you could get cancer, chronic pain, even high blood pressure for no reason at all? There is always a reason, and that reason can be realized…always! “Healthy” function is a series of processes that result in tissue repair, regulation and energy. If you are not repairing, regulating, or energizing your body optimally, your body fails, and your health fails. It could take you years and thousands of dollars to arrive at a diagnosis that is nothing more than a name for your symptoms. “Idiopathic, etiology unknown!” These are medical terms that ultimately mean “we have no idea what the heck is causing your ____________, but we have seen it before and we call it ___________! Fill in the blanks with whatever symptom and diagnosis you have received!! But instead of bouncing around the medical maze of specialists, trying to “fit” you into a category or disease definition, you can quickly understand the way your body functions, and measure the particular dysfunctions that are the “why” behind the health challenges you face. The “why” is the "right" (functional) diagnosis. The right diagnosis is the “way” to improve body function. Improving body function allows repair, regulation, and energizing of whatever body tissue is stressed, damaged, or diseased, whatever you might call it. Introducing…. Brain Based Functional Diagnostic Medicine A functional diagnosis differs from a conventional medical diagnosis in that it describes the underlying process that is “broken,” and provides a logical and provable theory as to why you feel or function the way you do. Every human feeling and function is a series of processes. In order to make energy, multiple processes must be functioning properly, from the process of digestion to the process of metabolically converting sugar into ATP (energy) inside every cell of your body. If the digestive process is impaired, you might not even get the raw materials to make energy. The process of getting the sugar (glucose) to the cells might be impaired, and you store glucose as fat rather than making energy. The metabolic engine, the process of converting glucose into ATP (energy) through chemical processes called glycolysis and the citric acid cycle might be impaired, and even though you get the raw material (glucose) to the cells, it “burns” inefficiently, creating oxidative stress (accelerated aging) and limited sustained energy. If you have any symptom, any condition or disease…anything other than ideal health and vitality, I guarantee you there is a broken process. If you wish to feel healthy and vibrant again, I suggest that you focus some effort on diagnosing the process, regardless of the name of the symptom or condition. For example, a conventional medical diagnosis might call your health challenge PCOS or polycystic ovary syndrome. A functional diagnosis will provide the why, perhaps an impaired liver detoxification caused by aluminum toxicity, estrogen excess, and insulin overload. It will also provide the way: eliminate aluminum, detoxify estrogen, and restore insulin regulation, using natural herbal medicines and nutrition. And I will be happy to show you the research or study involved with the prescription of the natural treatments Medical treatment will provide additional hormones, which will further burden the liver. A medical diagnosis might call your struggle Fibromyalgia. Medical treatment is focused on sleep drugs and analgesics, possibly antidepressants. A functional diagnosis will provide the why, perhaps impaired prostaglandin synthesis (processing of fats), intestinal dysbiosis (immune and digestive processes), and magnesium deficiency (a metabolic process). It will also provide the way: Balance fats and cofactors (nutrients), restore normal gut ecology, and provide therapeutic doses of magnesium. Presto, fix the function and perhaps you can no longer qualify for the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia. You feel fine because you function fine, and you process fine. Your medical diagnosis might be Panic Attacks. The diagnosis is made clinically (based on symptoms of panic: heart palpitations, shortness of breath, etc.). There is no “why” offered, but treatment proceeds with anti-anxiety medications. The suggestion is that the problem is in your head. You are stressed out! Take this med to relax (usually benzodiazepines which affects GABA) (alcohol effects GABA neurotransmitters as well!). But what if…it’s not in your head. Most of the clients I have attended to with panic attacks have similar stress to myself and many others. If you are being abused physically or emotionally, so that you never feel safe, that is the priority. Get yourself safe. But if you are broke, hate your job, kids are crazy, spouse is unsupportive, etc….these are things we all experience, and should be able to handle. Unless there is a broken process. With an impaired process, your body and mind do not have the resiliency to deal with stress. Before I spend a year in therapy, I would take a couple quick tests to see if there is something inherent (something in you that is broken) that could improve your ability to adapt to stress. Your functional diagnosis will provide the why, perhaps elevated cortisol levels resulting from an immune system stress discovered to be mercury exposure. It also provides the way: eliminate mercury and treat the adrenal glands to calm them and reduce cortisol production. Your medical diagnosis might be Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease, AKA GERD. Diagnosis is made by symptoms (gas, burning, upset stomach) and occasionally you will have an endoscopy to visualize the damage in the esophagus. Still, the "why" is not addressed…”why does my moms stomach work, but mine does not?” Treatment is to block acid production in the stomach. This always confounds me as to why you would block acid in the only place in your body that acid is functional. An acid stomach is critical in the process of digestion and absorption of nutrients. There are now studies that show that blocking acid leads to osteoporosis or bone loss. Why? Because acid is critical for the absorption of calcium. Your functional diagnosis will provide the why, and might actually indicate that your stomach is not acid enough! You may find a bacterial infection in the stomach that has damaged the lining of the stomach, so that where it would normally do well with an acid environment, it now suffers. The body compensates with less acid production, slowing the movement of food into the small intestine, resulting in regurgitation or reflux into the esophagus. Sometimes the natural cure for gas and burning, upset stomach is to take some acid, such as lemon juice or apple cider vinegar! Note, however, if the stomach lining is damaged, you have to fix that first in order to take acid supplements or you will feel worse! The point of all this is to show you there is always a why, and therefore, always a way to treat the symptoms and diagnosis that you have. As a physician, I am not limited to a solution for any particular symptom or diagnosis. I diagnose and treat the patient (the process) and not the symptom or name of the condition. Give us a call or email if you are struggling with a health problem or challenge. |
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