Natural Healing and Back Pain Relief

I mentioned in a previous article that I would write some healing stories. I got a little distracted writing a book, but wanted to take a little time to write something now.

One of the most amazing healings I ever had a hand in involved an amazing young woman who has been a friend of mine for a long time. I met her when she was just 16 at a yoga class I was teaching. We had an instant connection that was really sweet. I didn’t know at the time that she had a deep distrust of men because of a traumatic event that had happened some time before. It really is amazing that she opened so much to me.

We ended up spending some time together, and eventually I learned her story, which is a pretty traumatic one. One thing is that she has a lot of health issues that are all pretty serious. At her age though, they were well managed. I have always known her as a strong and vibrant spirit. Truly an amazing person who has already accomplished a lot more than most people ever do.

One of the issues she had was a faulty heart that caused her to require a transplant which she received at age 6. It didn’t take, and it was redone at age 7.

When she was 20 her doctor put her on the list to receive another transplant because there was something going on that would cause her to need another heart by the time she reached the top of the list two and a half years later. As you can imagine, she really didn’t want to go through that again!

I had her talk to her doctor and get the technical info about what was going on so I could see what I might be able to do for her.

I had been studying and practicing holistic healing for a couple of years or so, so I consulted with one of my teachers. He gave me a list of supplements that could have an effect on my friends condition. I was able to muscle test her for the supplements and found four that had a positive indication. These are supplements from Standard Process, one of the most amazing whole food supplements in the world.

At the time she was seeing her cardiologist twice a week as he was very concerned for her condition. But, for some reason it was ten days after she started the supplements before she saw him again.

After that examination he took her off the transplant list. It has been about eight years since, and her heart is still doing fine! In fact, she is now a medic in the army serving in Afghanistan.

Of course, I am concerned for her safety in that war. I don’t know what her situation is, weather she is behind the lines or in the thick of it. I still think of my young friend often, and pray for her safety.

I start my discussion of what I do to help my clients by balancing the body’s sugar handling mechanisms as well as why this is so important.

When doing healing work there are several imbalances that almost everyone has. Of course, there are specific items that people need to have treated, but there are generalities.

The first systemic issue that I look at with every client is sugar handling, which I call the sugar circuit. Due to stress, diet and other factors, the sugar circuit is out of balance in almost everyone.

One of the most stressful things for the body to do is to deal with excess sugar. While the body is designed to handle sugar, the constant input of refined foods, sugar and even emotions causes problems. Eventually, the body’s ability to deal with sugar becomes compromised.

One reason the sugar circuit is important is because blood sugar balance is incredibly important. Powerful hormones are used to keep this balance, hormones that have other effects on the body besides just changing the how much sugar is in the blood. Many of these hormones come from the adrenal glands, a topic that I write a lot about.

Almost every organ and gland is involved in sugar handling, especially when there is an overwhelming increase in blood sugar. Certain hormones are released if blood sugar is too low (adrenal hormones), and others if it is too high (insulin from the pancreas).

Another problem is simple wear and tear on the body. Both insulin and sugar cause damage to the artery walls, little nicks that can leak. This is the damage that plaque on the artery walls patch. A build up of this plaque is what leads to a narrowing of the arteries and heart disease.

One of the main problems excess adrenal hormones cause is inflammation. Inflammation is the beginning of most major disease like cancer and heart disease. In general, the less inflammation the longer the life, and a higher quality life too.

I can go on and on as to what happens to the body when there is too much or too little sugar in the blood. Suffice to say, that both sides of that coin cause changes that lead to most major illnesses.

Sugar levels can be too high and too low at the same time, a real problem that causes many problems. There can be too much sugar in the blood and too little in the muscle, or visa versa.

I use applied kinesiology to balance the sugar circuit. This can be done in a number of ways. Over the years I have learned several different techniques. There has been an evolution that has led to dealing with the fight or flight response that comes with an out of balance sugar circuit.

I know, I have written a lot on the importance of a low glycemic diet, a diet that is low in sugar and processed foods. But, it is emotions that keep the body in a state of flight or flight.

Some of the same hormones used in keeping the blood sugar balance are stress hormones that are released when in the flight flight response that causes the body to go into overdrive. The only way to amp down is to release the emotions that caused the body to go into overdrive. I use applied kinesiology to do this.

The adrenal glands are the main glands that become overwhelmed when the sugar circuit is out of balance. Adrenal fatigue is one of he most common conditions there is.

Be sure to download the free adrenal healing information by clicking on the tab above. It will get you started on the path of healing your adrenal glands which are directly connected to the sugar circuit. And, there will be more information coming soon.

In this article I covered how excess sugar causes biochemical problems that involve the adrenal glands. And, some of the issues of excess sugar were addressed, inflammation and damage to the arteries. The emotional connection and the technique used to clear it were also discussed. I’ll continue from there next time.

I spent some time with my favorite cousin, Peggy, this last weekend. I hadn’t seen her in years, but we still really like to spend time together. I was able to do some healing work on her too.

I really like doing healing work, but I don’t do so much these days since I’m not settled anywhere. Right now I am in Texas near where I grew up. Most of my family isn’t interested in having me work on them, probably because they remember me as that brat kid. At least I can do something for my mother and cousin.

Peggy is pretty interested in the work I do, so I talked about natural healing, one of my favorite subjects. She thought it would be a good idea if I were to write up some of the things I talked about with her. She said that people would be interested in that kind of story.

So, I will try a couple and see what the response is. Let me know in the comments if you’d like stories about healing, the interesting ones, some of which are really amazing.

Edit: I recently released two free reports on the adrenal glands. The first one is an expansion on 30 Symptoms Of Adrenal Fatigue. There are now 50 symptoms in this free report. And, there is an article on what you can do to help your adrenal glands come to full health. This report is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. You can get both these reports and more free information on adrenal fatigue at the link.

Here it is, the day after Christmas, the day of more adrenal fatigue than pretty much any other day of the year. After the New Year there is a lot too. Basically, holistic healers in the know about adrenal fatigue symptoms are stocked up with adrenal supplements for their clients next week.

It’s all the partying and sugar that causes the problem for many this time of year. Alcohol plays a big part as does the stress of staying up late and playing hard.

A hang over has a component of adrenal stress involved, as does most fatigue and generally feeling like s*** that comes from drug use.

There was this young woman who took my yoga classes for a few years. She would walk over from work and was usually early, so we would talk. Eventually she started asking me about how she felt after a party weekend. I won’t talk about the drug preferred, but it took a pretty serious toll.

That was when I was using a lot of whole desiccated adrenal to kick start clients adrenal glands. Still do, but not all the time, only for the most intense cases of adrenal fatigue. But, I gave her a bottle one time. After that, she would often ask for a refill before one of her monthly or so party nights, and show up for Tuesdays class feeling just fine.

Of course, I don’t recommend this type of lifestyle. She knew better too, and only played like that for a short time. She was young after all.

Anyway, if you’re feeling it this weekend, whether it was from overeating like me, or partying a little too heartily, there are things you can do to help yourself out.

You might have a bottle of B vitamins lying around somewhere, they are some of your best little helpers for that hangover. Plenty of water helps just about everything. A nice sweat can help too, a sauna or a very hot bath for 20 or 30 minutes. Exercise is one of the better things you can do for yourself.

One of the most important B vitamins for dealing with the day after is B12. A shot of it can really help, either a double dose under the tongue, or an intramuscular shot in the hip if you happen to know a doctor.

There are other things too, vitamin C can help. Herbs for the adrenal glands are good as well, and there are many of those that usually have a noticeable effect. Astragalus, Tribulus, just a little bit of Korean ginseng (it doesn’t take much) or licorice root, just to name a few.

The problem with herbs is quality. That is why I recommend only MediHerb, they have tinctures and tablets. Kroeger Herbs also have an excellent reputation. If you get the little bottles of tincture at the health food store, you probably need between a half and a full bottle to get any benefit at all. Whole ground herbs like you might find in capsules are usually much better. Making a tea is okay for some herbs, but boiling damages a lot of the useful components.

So, if you find yourself dealing with adrenal fatigue symptoms the day after, either today or next week, check the cabinets and see what you have that might help. Of course, I highly recommend that you take care of yourself year round, but we are human after all, and what is life if we don’t have a little fun?

Today I am launching a new product that will give you specific individual supplement and herbal suggestions. I had been hesitant about doing this as it would have meant a lot of work for me, but a friend of mine helped me find a way to make it work. In this case it will be a win/win/win situation.

My friend is Paul Yeager, a really brilliant one. He’s a violin virtuoso, acknowledged as one of the best in the world. He recently graduated from the San Francisco Music Conservatory with a masters degree in music. He’s been programing most of his life, and taught himself two or three new program languages during his time off during his last year of school. And, he knows a LOT about natural healing and biochemistry.

We got to know each other when he came to me as a client a few years back. It got to be fun hanging out with him as I enjoyed his intelligence. We stayed in touch while I was traveling and visited when I was in town. I’ve learned a lot from him as well as enjoyed his playing immensely.

I was talking with Paul awhile back telling him of my dilemma. I told him about the survey form I had used with great success in the past, and how I wished I could find a way to offer this service for my readers and subscribers. He said that he could code that for me if I wanted. But, I still had a few reservations, mostly because I wasn’t always available to evaluate the forms. But, he said that he would be glad to run the whole thing if I wanted!

As I mentioned, Paul is quite knowledgeable about natural healing, but he doesn’t have the experience I have with that survey form, or the brands of supplements that we both use, specifically Standard Process and MediHerb — there are others too. But, that’s a minor issue for someone as sharp as Paul.

The conclusion to this is that I am going to work with Paul to help him become as proficient as I have been with the survey form. He’s learned a lot of my other methods already, so this should not be a problem.

He coded the survey so we can send it to people that wish to purchase a personal evaluation. We’ve tested it, but of course, there could be problems. Now we need some help testing the system out with a few people before we launch.

We have a page up with a video that explains what the deal is, but I’ll give you the run down now.

First, we are going to send that link to people that are subscribed to my list — I’ve mentioned this in previous articles. They will be offered a greatly reduced price compared to what the final price will be. But, we are only going to offer the greatly reduced rate to 10 people, then there will be a prelaunch price, then the final price which we still haven’t settled on.

Furthermore, we will offer the supplements, some of the best in the world, at a rate that you will not be able to find anywhere else, unless you happen to know someone with a wholesale account. You can find the supplements online though it is against the company’s terms of service to offer their supplements without a consultation with a trained practitioner. The survey is such a consultation.

Satisfaction guaranteed! This is something I always offer. If you do what we suggest, and don’t feel like your condition is improving, then you can have your money back. This is what I always offered to my clients, I just can’t imagine being paid for something that doesn’t work! Unfortunately, we can’t guarantee the supplements themselves because we really aren’t making any money from them.

This works out really well for you as we won’t be pushing supplements just to make a few more bucks because we don’t make money from them. All we will make is the consultation fee. We’ll tell you the supplements that we recommend, and you then order what you want, either from us at a ridiculous price that we will disclose, or from some other source, it won’t mater to us at all.

I’ve gotten long again, apologies, so I’ll stop now. Watch your email for the link later this evening if you’re a subscriber. If not, then subscribe by getting the free book in the link above, even if you don’t need the back pain information, I just haven’t set up another link yet.

Edit: I recently released two free reports on the adrenal glands. The first one is an expansion on 30 Symptoms Of Adrenal Fatigue. There are now 50 symptoms in this free report. And, there is an article on what you can do to help your adrenal glands come to full health. This report is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. You can get both these reports and more free information on the adrenal fatigue at the link.

There were some great questions from Amber in the email yesterday.

“I recently happened upon your website when I was researching adrenal fatigue
symptoms. I was recently diagnosed with Adrenal fatigue through saliva testing.
I have been seeing an MD who is very knowledgeable in natural therapies as well.
He has me on licorice root drops, 5-6 drops in the am and 4-5 @ noon. Also,
DHEA and Pregnenalone and I have started some liquid bioidentical progesterone
for my hormonal imbalance as well. After reading about the woman who took dhea
and developed breast cancer I became a little alarmed. Any recommendations to
take along with the licorice root rather than DHEA? I do see a difference since
I started it the licorice. I do have some allergies to chamomile, anything in
the ragweed family, fish & shellfish and nuts. I also have been seeing my
chiropractor and he tells me that even though I have been having symptoms like a
hiatal hernia I am having a pyloric spasm. I am not sure what is causing this
or if I have a hiatal hernia or not for sure. Any suggestions on supplements to
help this? I am too afraid to go have the barium swallow done to find out. I
don’t like to ingest things that may be harmful to me. Any information you
might have on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and
consideration.”

First of all, Amber, the reason you are feeling better is most likely because of the DHEA. DHEA can really give a boost as the adrenal glands don’t have to work so hard making it. It isn’t always going to cause a problem, but because it can it is best to avoid it. And, if someone insists on taking it then the 7-keto DHEA is far less dangerous. Remember, my friend is elderly, and dealing with several other issues.

There are a few different factors that are generally involved with cancer. Briefly, the factors that are almost always involved with cancer are: low body ph — an acidic body, parasites, chemical toxicity and heavy metal toxicity. Obviously there is a lot more to say about each of these issues, but realize that a diet of processed foods will almost always bring most of these factors with it.

The licorice you are taking is probably not doing much at all for you. The dosage isn’t close to therapeutic, and the quality of herbs is always a question. I only know of two brands that are of good quality: MediHerb and Kroeger. The tinctures you get at the health food store are almost always too poor of a quality to do any good at all. If taking MediHerb licorice, a therapeutic dosage is four ml a day, or a little less than a teaspoon.

The herb that I almost always give with licorice is Siberian Ginseng botanical name Eleuthero. I recommend 11 ml along with the 4 ml of licorice. It is best to split that into two doses, morning and noon.

There are contraindications to this protocol though. Licorice can raise blood pressure though 4 ml isn’t likely to do that. And, even though Siberian Ginseng isn’t nearly as ‘hot’ as other types Ginseng it can still be an issue for some people.

There are other supplements that help as well, I outline very general possibilities in this article on adrenal fatigue.

A note here, a friend of mine and I are working on a system that will allow us to offer supplement suggestions for a reasonable price. We are also going to offer Standard Process and MediHerb supplements at nearly wholesale prices. Sign up for the free book in the tab above, and you will receive advance notification and a limited time discount.

The pyloric spasm is a bit more complicated. I have had really good success at treating hiatal hernias and similar conditions like your spasm and GERD. Unfortunately, I probably need to do a one-on-one session for complete success. I still haven’t worked out how to do part of this without individual consultations, but I do have a couple of ideas in the works. And, a phone session will usually suffice.

One self test you can do is to take a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in some water to see if that settles it. Avoid doing this on an empty stomach though as most people have an h. pylori infection in the stomach. If the bacteria is very strong the vinegar can cause severe discomfort. If the symptoms go away with the vinegar, then you are like most people and don’t produce enough hydrochloric acid. This is another complex issue that I need to write about sometime soon.

The hormone imbalance isn’t normal. Very common, yes, but not normal. I don’t usually find that hormone replacement therapy is necessary. Adrenal fatigue is usually a contributing factor these cases, but liver dysfunction is often the main factor, I talk about it in this article on liver detoxification. Basically, it isn’t a deficiency of prednisone, but rather an excess of estrogens due to the liver not breaking them down. The imbalance is what causes the symptoms.

I realize I created a number of questions with these answers. I’ll try to write more on these subjects in the future.

Edit: I recently released two free reports on the adrenal glands. The first one is an expansion on 30 Symptoms Of Adrenal Fatigue. There are now 50 symptoms in this free report. And, there is an article on what you can do to help your adrenal glands come to full health. This report is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. You can get both these reports and more free information on the adrenal fatigue at the link.

Karen asked a good question about adrenal fatigue and DHEA today. I thought I’d write about it as this can be a serious issue.

“I drink Yogi brand tea everyday with many of these herbs (mentioned in an article on this site) – especially KAVA and CHAMOMILE. Is this method as effective as taking supplements assuming the same levels for each? If my DHEA levels are low, do you endorse taking DHEA to get back to a normal level?”

The most important part of this question has to do with adrenal fatigue, but the most serious part is concerning DHEA, so I’ll cover that first.

DHEA is a precursor to the sex hormones. It is often recommended for people with adrenal fatigue symptoms since the adrenal glands produce it. Supplementing with DHEA will take the pressure off the adrenal glands, but there are problems.

Because of the problems with DHEA, many practitioners will recommend 7-keto DHEA instead. 7-keto DHEA is thought to be less of an issue because it isn’t supposed to be metabolized to the the male or female hormones. Unfortunately, they are basing this on ideas rather than hard scientific evidence. Lately, there is more evidence that this is not the case.

I have a friend who is a medical doctor. We have a great deal of respect for each other as healers in our particular fields. She knows a great deal more than I do, yet she appreciates my approach to healing. We have a great time discussing various issues, especially where it concerns our health issues. She is pretty old at this point, I’m not sure how old, but I’m pretty sure she is in her 70’s.

Anyway, she has been dealing with age related issues. Unfortunately, her medical training didn’t address many of the things that I have been studying for the last bunch of years. As a result, she has had issues that have cropped up from ill informed choices. A few years ago she decided to take 7-keto DHEA to help with her adrenal fatigue symptoms and other issues that this product is supposed to help with. The result of this was that she developed breast cancer.

After researching this form of DHEA subsequent to her developing cancer, she determined that it was the 7-keto DHEA that was the direct cause of her cancer. There are other factors involved with most cancers, but the DHEA was the final straw.

There are many other ways to deal with adrenal fatigue symptoms, so taking this dangerous supplement should not be considered.

Yogi tea that Karen mentions does have herbs in it that can help with adrenal fatigue. However, you would have to drink a LOT of that tea to obtain a therapeutic dose. And, I have no idea about the quality of the herbs in the product.

Quality is very important when choosing herbs and supplements. I recommend only the highest quality products for my clients, family and friends. It really is worth a little more money, just a couple of dollars more can increase the effectiveness many fold.

A friend of mine and I are working on a program that will allow us to offer such recommendations to people. I will be announcing this soon to people that are subscribed to my blog through the link on back pain relief. Sorry, I haven’t set up the system for you to subscribe without getting the back pain information.

Sign up anyway, it’s good information, and you can always ignore it. Then, watch out for the email announcing our new product, we will be offering a significant discount for subscribers.

My doctor friend? She was able to skate through the breast cancer using a combination of medical and holistic therapies. She’s doing fine in that area now.

One of the biggest health crises facing Americans today is addiction to prescription pain medication which are killing thousands every year. Prescription drugs cause most of the 26,000 fatal overdoses every year. This startling information comes from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The reason for this is that people are seeking relief from back pain and other issues that stem from being overweight. The excess weight causes back pain and other joint related issues.

Doctors have bought into drug companies propaganda that drugs are the way to go. It’s as though they have no choice as patients ask for pain relief but to give multiple drugs. You can read more about it here.

There is a huge gap in what doctors are taught in medical school as well as in their continuing education in the area of cause and prevention of pain. Actually, it’s quite simple.

First, take animal based omega-3 supplements. They are the only source of natural anti-inflamitories in the body.

Vegetarians mistakenly believe that plant source omega-3’s do the same job, but this doesn’t fly when the biochemistry is examined. The fats are burned as fuel long before they go through the steps necessary to convert them to prostaglandins — inflammation mediators.

Eliminate sugar and most grains from the diet. This lowers levels of insulin and leptin levels. Insulin and leptin cause the production of prostaglandins. Eliminating this need releases the anti-inflamitorys to be used to reduce painful inflammation in the body rather than being used to mitigate the byproducts of sugar and grain consumption.

Either take vitamin D or get appropriate sunlight to insure good production. Vitamin D has been shown to greatly reduce many different types of pain including back pain relief and other musculoskeletal pain, fibromyalgia, rheumatic disorders, osteoarthritis, migraines and more.

Use safer alternatives to pain like fresh ginger — a tea works well, boswellia, bromelain, oil from evening primrose, black currant and borage, and cayenne cream — also called capsaicin cream.

A few lifestyle changes are well worth the effort if it will keep you out of pain and eliminate the need for deadly prescription pain medications.

Yesterday I wrote about how Applied Kinesiology started, and how I got to know my mentor Dr. G. Today continues with a very brief version of how I learned from my mentor.

Once I started observing Dr. G work I quickly became amazed at the power of the work he did. I didn’t even need to see any proof for myself, which I didn’t for the first couple of weeks, because his clients were all so excited by the healing they experienced.

His methods weren’t completely foreign to me as I had experienced a little of that type of work from a friend. I wasn’t sure about muscle testing, the diagnostic tool that many practitioners use, as I didn’t understand the science behind it. I have a very strong back ground in science having grown up with a father who was a NASA engineer. But, I kept an open mind and simply observed.

AK was like a new language to me. I could sit and watch what was going on, but didn’t have a clue as to what was really happening. It was like learning a language; I started to understand a couple of words, then a sentence or two would make sense until finally I was understanding the paragraphs and then the content.

I took tons of notes, furiously writing down pages of what my friend was doing. After I started to really understand what was going on he started to teach me specific techniques. What was really amazing is that he could teach me things very quickly. Once we were waiting in line for food and he taught me a technique that took him three repetitions of a workshop to finally get! Not because he was slow, rather the teacher simply couldn’t communicate what he was doing. Dr. G’s and my rapport continues like that to this day.

The really lucky thing for me was that I had already figured out how to do adjustments on people. I used a few close friends to practice on helping them to find back pain relief, fix their necks and ribs etc. From Dr. G I learned to find the root of the problem first, then do the adjustment. My success only increased.

I remember when I first did something truly remarkable for someone. I had a yoga student that was having a couple of serious issues. A young woman who had trouble sleeping, and her period had stopped. I actually didn’t really know what I was doing. All I did was balance a couple of systems and she was able to sleep that night through, and she started bleeding the next day. This is the kind of thing my mentor did all the time, and he had passed the knowledge on to me.

I have been really graced in this life. I have had six amazing beings teach me, each from a depth that still astounds me. Dr. G was the last of these (so far), and I seemed to be an apt student.

Obviously, there is a lot more to this story, but I want to get on to what I actually learned and mostly, how I learned to apply it in a way that has made me a very successful healer. That I will start next time.

Dr. George Goodheart DC started Applied Kinesiology. I have been very fortunate to learn many of these modalities from a genius in them. Here’s the story.

Today I am starting a series on how I do healing work, my general approach and the things that most people tend to need in order to heal. Some of what is involved is controversial, but much of it has a basis in biochemistry. And, I will discuss the modalities that I use, there are several.

The main method I use is called Applied Kinesiology, or AK. Kinesiology is a medical method that has little to nothing to do with AK. Today I am going to tell a very brief version of how AK started and start the story of how I was fortunate enough to get involved.

AK was started in the 1960’s by a chiropractor named George Goodheart. What a great name! He knew something about Traditional Chinese Medicine — TCM as well.

He was working with TCM and muscle strength and started noticing that when certain acupuncture meridians were out of balance that specific muscles would be weak as well. He wondered if doing something to strengthen the muscle might affect the meridian and thereby the person’s health.

With some experiments he developed a method of strengthening these muscles, and the patient would get better. Something that Deepak Chopra later called Quantum Healing, or taking someone from a state of ill health into a state of health in a moment, a quantum leap.

Doctor Goodheart found a dozen or so practitioners that were interested in his work which he started teaching to them. Each of these people were brilliant as well, they had to be to see such an amazing opportunity! They all went on to create a different type of kinesiology coining their own terminology for what they were doing.

That was the beginning of energy medicine as some people call it. It has since grown to huge proportions with more methods than anyone could possibly learn. But, most have certain characteristics and similarities.

It was my great fortune to meet a chiropractor who knew at least a dozen of these different methods. A very good friend of mine was working for him. When I went in to visit my friend for lunch or whatever, the chiropractor would notice me, and eventually took a liking to me. One day he invited me in to watch him work.

Dr. G is a bit of a nerd. A great and brilliant guy, but quirky as brilliant people often are. All my friends are a little weird as am I, so this didn’t bother me at all. I recognized an opportunity and took it.

Fortunately, I worked for myself and my job had many gaps in it, so I was able to spend a considerable amount of time in Dr. G’s office observing. Also, he likes to talk about almost nothing but healing. This made for some wonderful lunches and after work dinners as well.

That is how AK was first started, and how I got involved with one of the most brilliant practitioners of AK in the world. This is my opinion of course, but I have only seen Dr. G fail at curing one case in years of observing him work.

Next time I’ll tell you more about how I learned from my mentor, and tell you more about the different types of energy medicine there are.

If you want to live your life the way you want rather than being distracted by forces you don’t seem to have any control over, then I have a book recommendation for you. It’s inexpensive, and I don’t get anything for telling you about it.

This doesn’t have anything to do with health, but this work is so profound that I had to tell you about it. And, it can have an affect on your health as it takes apart the mind in a way that can really help you have the healthy lifestyle that you know you really want.

I have been following Kevin Hogan for some time now. He is absolutely brilliant in the field of influence and body language. His latest book “The 168 Hour Week: Living Life Your Way 24-7″ has already had a profound affect on me and I am not even half way through it! This is one I’ll be digesting for a long time to come.

I hope you get the book and read it, I am sure it will benefit anyone that does.

The evidence is showing that the death rate for the swine flu is not very high at all. In fact, it is much lower than the seasonal flu that comes around every year.

It seems in fact, that the death rate for the rest of the world outside Mexico has been less than the seasonal flu which kills about 36,000 Americans a year. Data over the following months after the breakout in Mexico have shown the death rate to be between 0.1% and less than 1%. Certainly nothing to warrant the fear that government hysteria has caused.

This information comes from Medscape which promotes the medical perspective. And, this point of view is often skewed, and probably is skewed here too because they are now calling just about any flu symptom the swine flu.

It really is a shame that the government feels the need to promote a deadly vaccination doesn’t help against something that isn’t really deadly in the first place. I got a flu a few days ago, my first in years, and it only lasted two days, with only one day where I really didn’t feel like doing anything. Was it the swine flu? A doctor probably would have said “yes” with no test.

I am a bit unusual though. As well as being very healthy, I took supplements to knock it out. The main one I take for any flu is Congeplex from Standard Process. I keep a large bottle of it around at all times as I just do not have time to take off for a minor issue like the flu.

Remember, in most cases, the people that die from the flu are usually already very ill or very old. Many times, the same people that get very sick from the vaccine. How many people do you know who got the flu vaccine? And, how many of them got sick from it? You will be hard pressed to find those statistics shouted out by the government. And, there is now a lot of evidence that shows that this drug is causing and going to cause much more harm than good.

Check out what two top scientists are saying about the vaccine as reported by Gale and Null.

“Dr. Anthony Morris, a distinguished virologist and former Chief Vaccine Office at the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA), states that “There is no evidence that any influenza vaccine thus far developed is effective in preventing or mitigating any attack of influenza” and that “The producers of these vaccines know they are worthless, but they go on selling them anyway.”

And in November 2007, the UK newspaper The Scotsman, made public warnings by the inventor of the “flu jab,” Dr. Graeme Laver.

Dr. Laver was a major Australian scientist involved in the invention of a flu vaccine, in addition to playing a leading scientific role in the discovery of anti-flu drugs. He went on record as saying the vaccine he helped to create was ineffective and [that] natural infection with the flu was safer. “I have never been impressed with its efficacy,” said Dr. Laver.”

You can read more about it here: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/17/Obama-Administration-Launches-Deceptive-Swine-Flu-Propaganda-Blitz.aspx

I hope this helps you make the right decision about this harmful vaccine, and in learning what to believe that comes from the government.

So many people ask me about their health issues on my site that I am going to start offering a health consultation service soon. Special rates for subscribers.

Over the last few weeks I have gotten a lot of emails and comments on the blog asking for help with specific health issues that people have. Because of this I have decided to go in a different direction with what I have been doing online here.

First, I have started working with a friend of mine to develop some ways to offer health recommendations to people in a more direct way. I’ll introduce him to you later, but he will be a great help in getting people back to health.

One way we are going to do this is to offer a health consultation service for individual health concerns where we will be offering specific health support. It will take some time to work out all the details, but we intend to offer quality from the beginning.

Another thing I am going to do is start writing on the health treatment methods I use, and how I proceed with treating clients in general. This will accomplish two things: inform on how I work with clients in general, and give people a way to at least start helping themselves.

Once we are ready to start I will offer a special rate to my subscribers to test things out. You can subscribe by getting the free book Back Pain Secrets, even if you don’t need information on back pain you will at least be subscribed and can receive inside information and special offers.

There was another cry for help in the email yesterday. This woman’s husband was having ribs pain that the doctors said was not from the ribs being out of alignment. In fact, the doctor denied that the ribs could go out of alignment at all. He said, “No way!”

This is so typical of the medical profession. There are many conditions that can be treated naturally that they think has no medical backing, it’s what’s taught in medical school. There are studies for many different conditions that doctors seem to know little about. And, my doctor friend agrees with me, not the party line. It’s good to know a doctor that appreciates holistic knowledge. We have a great time talking about the possibilities and new information we come across.

I didn’t mean for this to be a rant, but I do get a little board with people quoting the party line and how I’m wrong about some issue. Things that I have seen time and again to be successful at bringing relief and true healing. I am happy to answer these challenges, but so many people think that doctors know everything. I could go on, but I don’t want to go getting all political. I will say though that there are people getting rich off of this ignorance. (Ignorance means not knowing something, not necessarily stupidity.)

Anyway, there is a misalignment that can happen in the ribs causing pain. We all experience this everyday with the tightness and knots that happen at the top of the shoulders and upper back. It takes me ten seconds to get back pain relief with a simple self adjustment of those ribs. No one can tell me that ten seconds of massage is releasing those muscles and that it isn’t the ribs being realigned. I have had people that came to me right after a good massage in these areas with no relief at all. Ten seconds later they are pain free.

Since writing Self Adjusting Technique, the book I sell that teaches people how to do adjustments on themselves, I have developed a better and faster method of adjusting the ribs, especially the ones at the top of the shoulders. I am working on a short video on how to do this that will be included with the purchase of Self Adjusting Technique. If you didn’t get that video when you bought the book, let me know and I’ll send you the link. All I’ll need is the email address you bought through.

Just because someone is ignorant of something doesn’t mean that they are right, no mater how much education and training they have. The body is incredibly complex, and new things are being discovered every day. It is imperative that we learn about our health conditions and become proactive in being the healthiest we can. I try to offer what I have learned here. It doesn’t mean I’m right all the time either, I’m human too.

I did give this writer a method of helping her husband’s ribs pain, I hope it helped.

Sciatica is one of the most common reasons people seek back pain relief. Here is a stretch that helps some people find temporary relief.

For some, this stretch will be impossible due to the stress it can put on the knee. Always avoid pain! Following is a modification that can help some.

The description is for the right side. It is best to do both sides if possible It will mostly affect the side that your leg is turned under on.

Start by sitting with both legs extended out in front of you. Shift to the left so you can take your right leg around to the right hip. The right foot can be turned out, or placed with the top of the foot on the floor.

Sciatica Stretch 1

Next, let your right hip back to the floor. Then, recline back as far as possible without pain. Some people will be able to lean back a little supporting the body with the arms behind, others may go down far enough to take the elbows to the floor. Going back all the way by reclining the upper body to the floor is the deepest position and brings the best stretch.

Sciatica Stretch 2

Sciatica Stretch 3

If needed, you can sit on something to allow you to get into the position. It is much less effective this way, but some people will still find back pain relief doing it this way.

Once you are down as far as possible, activate your right leg by reaching the knee away and toward the floor.

Modification if there is knee pain
Fold a small towel and roll it up so you have a roll two or three inches in diameter. Place it in the crook between the upper and lower leg tightly behind the knee and try the stretch again.

This works by creating more space in the knee joint as you bend the leg fully. It works great for some people, and does almost nothing for others.

I hope this helps your sciatica pain. Let me know in the comments below, I’m interested in what works for you. And, I will post more back pain relief information soon if a lot of people need more help with their sciatica pain.