" I can smell everything, I have Leaky Gut, and my doctor won't listen to me"

I just had a woman walk into my office to buy a Thorne multivitamin.  There aren't too many people that come to my office who aren't patients and I had a couple minutes so I asked her why she wanted this particular supplement.  She told me a story I had heard way too many times in practice, but not yet from another Applied Kinesiology doctor.

To summarize the conversation...she had been told by an alternative medicine doctor many years ago that she had Leaky Gut (see our blog on 4R program or dysbiosis) and was given a big bunch of supplements to fix her problem...this was overwhelming to her, she wasn't the type of person used to taking pills so she never followed through.  After a number of years she wound up with the classic progression of Leaky Gut which is either an Autoimmune condition and severe environmental sensitivities (very sensitive to smells, tastes, skin and hair products and always sick but can't figure out why). 

Fortunately she eventually wound up at the office of an Applied Kinesiology(AK) doctor that turned her around within a short period of time with a few supplements, one of which was this Thorne multivitamin.  So after this great success this AK doctor wanted to fix a lot of other things still wrong with this patient so she prescribed a lot of different other supplements.  Then the problems got worse again, this patient being very frustrated decided to take a break from all the other supplements and listen to her intuition and only take the one supplement again, she felt better!  When she returned to her doctor and explained the situation her doctor didn't LISTEN to her; she merely started her protocol again and suggested another line of supplements.  Despite this woman's intuition she agreed to try again and immediately felt worse so now she has given up on going to doctors and will only take this one supplement. 

This supplement has actually worked on most of her symptoms for a couple of years but recently she has developed more and is scared of seeing anyone because of her past experience of a doctor not listening to her.

Sorry for the long story to get to the point which is this...If you find your doctor isn't litening to you and is not getting results don't give up on doctors...find one that does listen and get results.  There are many talented caring chiropractors/Applied Kinesiology doctors ( and lots of other health practitioners ) that aren't busy because someone had a bad experience at one doctors office and is scared of trying again...Like our older post says DON"T GIVE UP.  Help is available.  If you need a reference give our office a call.

Acid Reflux--More information

I decided to write a follow up to our acid reflux post because it is the most popular post that we have had.  We have seen so many people throughout the years in practice who had a complete resolution of acid reflux, I just can't understand why more people aren't trying the strategies discussed in our first post.  One of the reasons I thought were that people TRY things out rather than following through and DOING them.

The difference between trying and doing is immense.  Principle 6 in the chiropractic principles of healing is that everything takes time.  It takes time for problems to manifest and it also takes time for problems to heal.  From what we see in our practice it is very rare that a person with acid reflux can't heal...it's just that some people aren't willing to give their body time to replenish and heal.

Another reason that we find that is common is that people pick and choose which method they want to do and if it doesn't work then try the next one while dropping the first one.  In our practice we treat people as a whole unit. Sometimes a particular therapy doesn't alleviate a patient's symptoms but we don't necessarily give up on it...we add the next layer to the equation.  Some people may need to do all the protocols at the same time and stick to them long enough before results can occur.  I'll bullet point the best approaches below and read through our other posts to get the details.

• Get to a great chiropractor that understands the relationship between stress on the nervous system and how it can lead to acid reflux.  Ask your chiropractor if they can describe the relationship to you.  If they can't then find someone who can.
• Find a way to release tension a stress from your jaw...hopefully with a doctor familiar with Applied Kinesiology
• Supplement with zinc
• Food Combining ( read our post )
• Find the right digestive enzyme for you!  Start with one that includes Betaine Hydrochloride.
• Eat Food!  ( again read the post )

These are all strategies that will get you healthier and in turn your body will heal whatever ails you...yes even acid reflux!