Back pain treatment is something that 80 percent of everybody will experience at some point in their life. It is a huge business because there is so much that can happen to a back to cause pain. Medical therapy is limited and is basically ineffective. However, natural methods that treat the primairy root cause of back pain offers people valid possibilities for treatment that works.

Medicine is limited to pain killers, muscle relaxants, painful cortisone shots and radical surgery that has a poor success rate. All to treat symptoms, mostly without concern for the root cause. In recent times, many doctors have started telling their patients to try to find natural method of back pain relief.

Natural back pain treatment depends on knowing the root source of the condition. Once the reason for the particular back pain is found, the treatment often reveals itself. For example, lower back pain, one of the most common complaints today, has the same root source in most cases. Sciatica can be included here as well, although there is a little more to that story.

Processed foods like sugar, bread — including “healthy” bread prepared from whole grains is still milled, which is processing. Pasta, dried fruit and even fruit juice create problems that can produce lower back pain. While doctors will understand the biochemistry behind this, their training often doesn’t incorporate the associations. An easy to understand version follows.

Processed foods instigate a spike in blood sugar levels. It is apparent how white sugar does this. By the way, sugar also comprises the majority of the natural sugars that many believe to be healthier for the body — they aren’t. Ground up grains, even whole grains as mentioned previously, are digested rapidly so that the stored sugar in the grain is released abruptly into the blood stream unlike whole, unbroken grain which release their carbohydrate slowly. It is the additional surface area that permits for quicker digestion of ground grains which abruptly increases blood sugar levels.

The body brings high blood sugar levels down with insulin. However, the speedy rise in blood sugar levels produces an over-response, a release of too much insulin. The result is that blood sugar levels end up being too low, something the body must also fix. The correction is that the adreanl glands release cortisol, also called cortisone, a stress hormone. One of the things that cortisol does is release stored sugar to bring blood sugar levels up.

So, here’s what could happen. You eat a big meal of pasta and garlic bread, yum-yum. Maybe you eat too much, it is delicious after all. Afterward, you feel sleepy and have to lie down or veg in front of the TV for awhile. Sooner or later, you feel more alert, and perhaps you feel like having a little dessert.

What happened is that the food of processed grains brought the blood sugar way up, you might have even been having a good time laughing and chatting with your friends, keyed up from all that blood sugar. Next, once insulin does its job and brings the blood sugar down, but too low, so you are in the mood for a nap. All because the brain is deprived of its main food, sugar. Later on, cortisol brings blood sugar up again, so you wake up again. Furthermore, you want dessert because stored sugar has been used up, and the body wants it replaced. But, that’s just another round about to take place, just like before.

In time, the adrenal glands become worn out. They didn’t evolve to contend with processed foods at all, nowadays they are called upon to do this effort over and over again. The link with the lower back is that the exhausted adrenals obtain the nutrients they need from available sources together with stealing them away from the ligaments and tendons, they use many of the same nutrients. Since the lower back supports the weight of the upper body, that is where you are most likely to experience a weakness from depleted ligaments first. Without ligament strength, the joints in the lower back and hips go out of alignment causing lower back pain that is so common today.

In this case, lower back pain treatment is obvious. A change of eating practices is chief, and furnishing nutrients that the adrenals and ligaments must have seems like a good therapy as well.

Back pain treatment possibilities for the many other back pain conditions is often just as evident when the root cause is recognized. You can learn more by getting the free book, Back Pain Secrets. Click on the link to sign up now. There are also follow up emails that offer even more free insight concerning back pain treatment and what you can do to help your particular back pain issue.

You can learn a great deal more about adrenal fatigue and natural back pain relief here at the blog. There are videos available and a podcast. Sometimes a question will inspire a post that can help others, so ask away. I currently have some time, but that won’t always be the case.

The adrenal glands are responsible for our base line energy. They put out hormones that make us feel good and give us a lust for life. There are many possible consequences to adrenal fatigue, with different manifestations for different individuals.

Adrenal symptoms will usually include extreme fatigue, although you could feel hyper or jittery at times. Other conditions often develop as well: lower back pain, depression, panic attacks and IBS to name a few. Here are 30 symptoms of adrenal fatigue if you’d like to check that out.

The definitive test for adrenal fatigue is a saliva test for cortisol levels at different times of day, at least four. However, there is a simple test you can do on yourself or have a friend do on you.

It is possible for most people to find and feel the adrenal glands, especially when they are swollen from trying to keep up with undo demand which leads to adrenal exhaustion. If your adrenal glands are easy to find, then you probably have adrenal fatigue.

When you press into an adrenal gland that is swollen from exhaustion, you will feel a very uncomfortable feeling in the area. This is not just from pain, but also because of toxins that you press out of the gland when you press into it. As you will see on the video, this is a good thing.

You may find that one gland is more swollen and uncomfortable than the other. This is common, and actually could be a good sign since major adrenal fatigue usually is accompanied by two very swollen and tender adrenal glands.

To find the adrenal glands you start at the belly button. Then, move up one inch and to the right or left one inch. They are on both sides, and you need to find both of them to determine what’s happening with them.

Good adrenal hunting, and let me know how it works for you in the comments below.

Soft tissue injury is a major cause of physical debilitation for a lot of people. One of the main reasons for this is re-injury, injuring the same area before it has fully healed. Knowing how to heal injuries completely, can help you avoid a long healing process. Back pain issues apply to this category, but there are many other areas where this can also be an issue.

Re-injury

Over the years I’ve treated many different types of soft tissue injuries. The main things are sports injuries and trauma from accidents. But, the biggest problem, the worst type of injury is a secondary injuries, an injury to an area that is currently injured itself.

Even a simple sprain can turn into something that can take from months to a year or more to heal when if area is injured again. This is very simple to avoid, perhaps this warning will be enough to help someone avoid a long term, and expensive, healing process.

It’s tough for some people that are really into sports, but the first thing is to stop what you were doing that caused the injury in the first place. A healthy human body loves physical activity, so stopping is not always easy to do, but it is necessary.

Treatment

There are specific common treatments, but they can sometimes be confusing. For example, most people know that applying hot and/or cold to soft tissue injuries is something that will help, but when do you use hot and when cold? A simple guideline is to use cold when the pain is sharp, like right after it happens. An ice pack works wonders in helping to prevent swelling, and relieve pain. After a few days, when the pain is dull heat can be applied.

Another to work with hot and cold is to alternate them. Ice the area until it is good and cold, then apply heat. When practical, immersion in hot water works the best, but a heating pad or hot water bottle can be used. This expands and contracts the blood vesicles which help the stagnant blood and lymph move through.

Another treatment that has been used for centuries is arnica. Arnica is an herb that has long been used as a treatment for strains, sprains and  bruises. It comes in different forms, an arnica cream is one of the most affective ones for soft tissue injuries.

In years past it was thought that immobilizing an injured limb was the best thing for certain types of soft tissue injuries. However, movement is now widely practiced. There is one stretching technique that can heal a spain in just a few days. Movement keeps blood moving through an injured area which keeps the flow nutrients and healing factors coming in.

Conclusion

With a little care, many soft tissue injury can be completely healed in a few days to a few weeks. Be careful though, just because an injury feels better doesn’t mean that it is fully healed, so give it an extra week or two. You can use that time to slowly build up strength in the area to help prevent future injuries which could take a lot longer to heal.

Greetings all.

Jet Lag

I got back a week ago, and jet lag really did me in. I knew from experience that it is easier to adjust when going east to west, and much harder when traveling west to east. But, this time it was so much harder.

First, I didn’t sleep on the plane at all. Then, I stayed up all the next two days so I would sleep at night. That didn’t work out, I ended up sleeping about 8 hours over the next two days. That’s over three and a half days with 8 hours of sleep.

After that I got to the place where I am going to be for awhile I finally remembered that I have supplements for jet lag! I took them and slept 9 hours or so that night. It would have been much better had I taken them a couple of days before leaving. Funny how we humans can know these things and still have a lesson to learn.

The supplements worked great too. They really helped when I went to Bali, and since taking them on my return. I highly recommend this protocol to anyone that has trouble with adjusting to time changes. And yes, it can be used for daylight savings time adjustments.

It’s only two supplements from my favorite company, Standard Process. Cardio Plus, and Cataplex E3, four twice a day with food. I’m not entirely clear on why they work so well for adjusting the biological clock, but they are both for the heart.

Rotator Cuff Video

The rotator cuff adjust video is up at last! I tried several times in Bali, each failed after 30 minutes or so. It sure is great to have bandwidth again. It took less than 5 minutes, and it seems to be working great.

Be sure to get your copy. I have an ethical bribe for you to get a free copy. All you need to do is go to youtube and open an account. Then go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP4NYnycq4k and leave a comment. Be sure to give it five stars while you are there. Oh, and this is for people that are subscribed to my list only. You can subscribe by getting the free book above.

Be sure to let me know if you have any trouble with any of the above steps, and I’ll help you out. You can call using the link at the bottom of the page here, or send an email through the contact form.

Self Adjustment Technique Videos

Since I now have bandwidth to work with, I’m going to be getting the rest of the adjusting videos uploaded before too long too. I have a few up already, and a few that still need to be edited. But, I am greatly inspired by being able to actually upload video now. Remember, the current price of Self Adjusting Technique includes the videos. The price will be going up after I get everything set up.

Send me an email if you have bought Self Adjusting Technique, and I’ll be sure you get access to the videos. I’ll be setting up something a little more formal before long. For now, I just want to make sure people that want or need the videos can have them sooner than later.

Coming Soon

I have an article almost ready about the main cause of sleep problems. Can you guess what it is? I’ll give you a hint: it’s the main theme of this blog, or at least what has become the main theme.

And, I want to find out what your needs are, mostly in terms of your health. Several people have emailed me with some great health related questions. The answers have turned into articles that I post here. But, I’d like to know more, so I’ll be putting out a survey soon. Of course, you can still write or call to ask your questions.

Yoga! One of the things I’m most excited with is getting my yoga site going. I know you didn’t sign up to hear about yoga, but it goes well with back pain relief. I’m not going to be posting much here about the yoga site, but I do want to let you all know about it. And, I will be creating a yoga video for back pain before too long.

I’ve been teaching yoga postures, meditation and philosophy my entire adult life. Yoga brought me up out of a pit that surely would have lead to my death by now had I not found a path of some kind.

Thank You

Finally, I want to thank you all. You inspire me to the work I do, write to me, feel for me when I have a problem, and encourage with your eagerness to learn how to be naturally healthy. I started this blog with this idea in mind, and it really is great to see it come to fruition. Thank you all.

It’s Almost Impossible For Vegetarians To Heal

I got an email from a woman who’s having quite a few problems. She bought Self Adjusting Technique from me, and can’t get her neck to adjust. 

She also has trouble with panic attacks that a chiropractic adjustment on her neck helps, but not for long. 

She doesn’t eat sugar, but is vegan and only eats whole buckwheat, quinoa ad other non-glutinous grains. 

She also uses a massager and take detox and nervine herbs to relax her, and to help clear Candida.

I thought I’d post my response to her since I run into so many vegans. It really isn’t a dietary model that works for humans, especially when ill already. 

In case you don’t know, a vegan eats nothing that comes from animals including eggs and dairy. 

Hi (name withheld),

I have quite a few suggestions.

First, there is a video on my youtube channel, Kalidasab, that teaches a massage technique for the neck. It’ll really help you out.

Second, the yeast isn’t going away for two reasons. First, you almost definitely have heavy metal toxicity which masks pathogens from the immune system. You’ll have to eliminate the metals before the yeast will clear up. Unless….

Now, this is a big unless for you as a vegan. Our bodies evolved eating animal protein, 90 percent according to recent archaeological discoveries. Most people simply can not be healthy unless they eat animal protein. I eat what is sometimes called the paleolithic diet, called that because it’s what our ancestors ate prehistory, in very ancient times. I eat only animal protein, fish, chicken, turkey and limited beef and pork with plenty of vegetables and some fruit. You see, grains feed Candida as do oranges and other really sweet fruit. This also keeps the adrenal glands stronger which leads to my comments about panic attacks.

You can sweat to help get rid of the toxins you’re dealing with. Dry sauna is best, but a hot bath works too. 30 minutes is the ideal time to sweat. You might have to build up to it.

Panic attacks are caused by brain chemistry imbalance. I know you said that you get relief when your neck is adjusted, but the root is still in the brain. And, the brain gets that way from the adrenal glands producing too much cortosol which attacks the hypothalamus which influences the rest of the brain causing the imbalance. I really doubt that you will be able to get really healthy unless you eat animal protein.

Now, I realize this may not be possible for you for philosophical reasons. I’ve known plenty of people with that. If that’s the case, then only eat the grains whole and take bromalain. Bromalain is a digestive enzyme that most people lack that turns legumes (beans) and grain into usable protein. You don’t mention that you eat beans, so you definitely won’t be getting sufficient protein regardless. You simply must include all the amino acids, and make them usable with each meal. It takes two extra strength capsules of bromalain with each meal to make the combination work.

I say whole grains, because processed grains — grinding is processing, have a high glycemic index, that is they cause a lot of insulin to be released which causes a biochemical nightmare in your body that can result in the issues you have. There’s a fair amount of info on my blog about all of this, you can read or listen to the posts in the adrenal category.

There’s a lot more you might like to know, but this is a really good start. 

Best,

Kalidasa

Back pain treatment can be a mystifying thing. People want back pain relief, and there are so many different kinds of back pain, and many different ways to treat each of them. Let’s look at a few of the possibilities. 

Probably the worst back issue that can happen to someone is a herniated disc. There may be other worse conditions, but a herniated disc is all too common today. The mainstream method of treatment is surgery. This is rarely sucessful, and not necessary. Natural techniques, while they may take time, are much more successful at treating a herniated disc. 

The precursor to a herniated disc is a bulging disc. These are very easy to treat with decompression therapy. And, there are other methods that don’t require special equipment. The success rate of treating a bulging disc with natural techniques is 95 percent or better. 

Lower back pain, one of the most common back pain complaints, is another major issue. Surprisingly, this is usually caused by the modern diet of processed foods. The relationship is that the processed foods damage the adrenal glands which require many of the same nutrients as ligaments and tendons. And, the adrenals get priority for those nutrients, so the supporting tissues weaken. Since the lower back holds the weight of the upper body, the ligaments there go weak first. Changing the diet and supplementing for the adrenals usually fixes this issue in a few days to a few weeks. 

Sciatica is another major complalint that is all to common. For some people, the sciatic nerve runs through the piriformis muscle. When there is a misalignment in the hips and sacrum, this muscle becomes strained causing the nerve to be affected which can cause great pain. In most cases, this is actually a lower back issue as discussed above. Diet and adrenal supplements will usually fix the issue. Another technique that is good for sciatica is pressure point therapy. I have an article with video on that coming out soon. 

Upper back pain and mid back pain are usually caused by ribs going out of alignment. Back pain treatment can include massage, chiropractic adjustments and adjusting yourself. There are reasons the ribs go out of alignment, emotions and muscle tension are the main ones. While this can be a major issue, it really isn’t that bad. 

Neck pain is another common complaint. Usually it is caused by the vertebra rotating out of alignment. Self adjusting for this is probably the easiest of the self adjusting techniques. But, the fifth cervical, or C5 is a special case that can be very painful. The primary cause is a diet of processed foods. 

A lot of information about digestion is sent from the gut to the brain via a big nerve called the vagus nerve which runs down either side of the spine and splits off at C5. When all that information is corrupted by excess consumption of sugar, a jam up occurs where the many nerves go into one, usually on the right side. This causes the vertebra to rotate out of alignment. The disc often bulges and presses on the nerve often causing nerve pain that runs down the arm. Eventually, this disc can herniate or deteriorate until there is constant pain from the pressure on the nerve. Diet and a few supplements is often all it takes to fix this issue. 

These are the most common issues and the back pain treatment options that can actually help. Of course, there are other issues, and many other treatment options available. More and more, even mainstream medicine is telling people to explore natural back pain relief options before going too deep into the medical methods. 

There is much more information like this in the free book, Back Pain Secrets, that you can download immediately.

I got a question today about chronic fatigue syndrome. She summarized her questions:

1.  What causes a person who has this chronic fatigue syndrome etc. in their body to go into free-fall with slight physical trauma?

2. Can this “achilles heel” be overcome, so every little fall or bump wouldn’t cause a potential disaster?

3.  Apart from your posted adrenal articles (which I have read and continue to reference), do you have any thoughts for my situation?  With a business, I have too many responsibilities to stay out of commission and rest all the time. I do rest A LOT, but the stress of holding up the progress of the business is hard on me….esp. when moving the business along will provide the much needed dollars to get better physically.

Number 2 is a simple “yes.” More on that to follow. 

Number 3 has to do with the rest of what she said in the email having to do with how everything is affected by her condition, thinking, heavy reactions to not so heavy traumas, etc. 

She also says she was able to get help from a healer that cost here $5000. Boy, I sure wish I made that much off clients when I had a regular practice! Not really. Mostly I would see people one to five times, mostly on the shorter side of that. Occasionally, I might see someone more, and I have one client that has been coming to me for years. 

I usually educate my clients so they would know how to take care of themselves and stay healthy. Now I do the same thing through this medium. Thank you all for participating.

On to her first question. 

Chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS, can be a rather complicated issue. Certainly, the adrenals are involved in most cases. But, there can be many other factors that are either major contributors, or they complicate maters. There’s no way I can go into all of that now. That would be a book that I would like to write soon. 

On one level, all disease is due to either a deficiency or a toxicity. The emotional and spiritual levels are the other levels to look at, and they are each a discussion of their own.

Deficiency is part of what causes adrenal fatigue. And, there are other energy systems in the body that can also be deficient. ATP, or the little batteries that each cell has in them, zinc to copper ratio that has to be pretty exact, anemia — three different kinds and organ dysfunction are the ones that come to mind right away. 

Toxicity can be a really big factor in chronic fatigue syndrome. This can be due to a pathogenic infection, improper disposal of waist by the body, heavy metals and chemicals either from the environment or diet. 

For chronic fatigue syndrome, pathogens like Epstein Barr are very often a big factor. And lately, many people contract Lyme disease which is incredibly difficult to deal with. 

Is it any wonder why the body/brain would react so heavily to the slightest trauma with so much going on? One of the main reasons is that the brain can be deeply affected.

With adrenal fatigue, the brain chemistry is automatically out of balance. It has to do with the hypothalamus in the HPA axis I discussed in an earlier article. I like working with brain chemistry because it tells you the root need of the whole system. As the brain chemistry comes back into balance, mostly through supplementation, symptoms, even minor ones that the person didn’t think much about, just start to go away. 

As usual, this turned into a long article, and I didn’t even get into any specifics about chronic fatigue syndrome. Keep asking those questions though, they inspire posts, and hopefully will help many more people than the one that asked in the first place. 

Kalidasa

There is a lot of fear with the latest outbreak of swine flu, or influenza, this year. But, it doesn’t worry me at all. There are several reasons why, here are some of them. And, what you can do to keep from worrying too.

First, on a personal level, I am extremely healthy. I know how to take care of myself, and I do it too. I just don’t get sick, and if I do it’s minor. That’s not going to help most of you though, but the rest of this article will. But, you can try to eat better and eliminate processed foods while the swine flu is making its rounds of the planet.

The flu, from the point of view of Applied Kinesiology, is very easy to deal with. There are techniques that will completely eradicate a flu in just a few days. For the best results though, you need to visit a practitioner to have the treatment done on you. I can do a lot of it by phone, and there are some things you can do yourself, both to prevent the flu, and to deal with it if you get sick.

The first thing is to make sure you have enough vitamin D. Vitamin D, actually a hormone, activates the part of the immune system that eradicates viruses like the flu. You can get D from exposure to sunlight, but not so much the further away from the equator you are, especially in the winter, as well as some time before and after. Dosage should be at least 1000 iu a day, but more, as much as 25,000 iu a day, can be safely taken for two to four weeks.

The other thing that is of great importance is keeping the lymph moving.

There are actually two circulatory systems in the body, blood and lymph. Blood brings nutrients to the cells, and lymph takes toxins away. As lymph moves through the lymph nodes, bacteria and viruses are killed off. If lymph movement stops, then the pathogens have a chance to build up to toxic levels making you sick.

Lymph only moves with the action of the long muscles of the arms and legs. In other words, walking. I recommend that people walk on a regular basis for exercise, and if they just don’t make it out, then at least a daily 10 minute walk, what I call a “sludge walk,” will get rid of the build up of waste in the lymph.

If you don’t walk enough, if you are sedentary, the lymph glands and lymph pumps can become clogged. At that point, it doesn’t matter if you walk or not, the lymph won’t be able to move through the clogged areas. There is a solution though.

You can open the lymph pumps with the help of a friend. I have a video on youtube that is okay, and another that I need to edit and put on soon because of this crisis. Here is the video for your convenience, and here is the link for how to open the lymph in case the player doesn’t show in your browser.

If your lymph does get clogged up, and you are sick, you want to move the lymph, but it is better that you don’t produce more lymph. While walking will move the lymph, it also produces lymph, which you already have an abundance of. So, you need to do minimal movement exercise which will move the lymph without making more. 10 minutes twice a day is what most people need, though some need to do it three times a day.

The last thing I want to tell you about is a product from Standard Process called Congeplex. Congeplex is a complex of nutrients that has a devastating effect on the influenza virus. Swine flu doesn’t stand a chance if you have a big bottle or two of Congeplex in your cabinet.

If you get the flu, six capsules an hour for up to eight hours will knock it out most of the time, without food is okay for this purpose. Take it at that rate until the symptoms abate, usually in three to five hours. After the symptoms are mostly gone, you can lower the dosage to six three times a day, with food for another two weeks or so.

Sorry, one final thing. Congeplex is very similar to Immuniplex also from Standard Process is a little better at preventing the flu than Congeplex. Four twice a day will really help keep your immune system strong against the flu.

Those are the main thing you can do to cure and prevent swine flu. I hope you don’t catch it, and if you do, feel free to contact me. Remember, you can call me with the button at the bottom of this and every post.

Best,
Kalidasa

Edit: I got this article today, a day after publishing this one, from Dr. Mercola. It blows the idea of the flu being a deadly problem out of the water completely. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/29/Swine-Flu.aspx

I get a lot of questions about the adrenal glands, probably because I understand them so well. From the questions it is clear that a little understanding of how they work with other glands and how to treat the underlying issue of adrenal fatigue will be helpful.

And, it won’t be to complicated, I promise!

There is something called the HPA axis. This stands for Hypothalamus, Pituitary, Adrenal. This is an important axis as they work together to keep the body safe.

This has to do with ancient times when we needed to react to our environment in order to survive. Fight or flight is an emotional instinct that kept our ancestors from becoming extinct. It may not be as necessary as it was then, but we’re left with it. And, it does serve its purpose in times of need.

The problem is that many of us live such stressful lives, that the system never turns off. This is what causes the adrenals to become problematic. Of course, sugar and processed foods contribute greatly to this issue, but life stress also causes many of the adrenal problems that I have been writing about.

I could go on and on about fight/flight. It is a major player in poor health. But, let’s stick to the HPA axis for now.

Here’s what happens. Stressful emotions are received by the hypothalamus, that’s just how the brain works. A lot goes on with this, but again, trying to keep focus. The hypothalamus tells the pituitary that there is stress and something needs to be done to deal with. So, the pituitary tells the adrenals to produce stress hormones. The stress hormones tells the hypothalamus that there is stress which tells the pituitary…

And round and round it goes. The HPA axis gets stuck in a loop that is very hard to get out of. It’s one of the reasons we need a long vacation every year, just to get out of that loop. Of course, that doesn’t always work either.

But, there are supplements that can help. Calming herbs can be a great boon. One of my favorite supplements for this is from Apex Energetics called adrenacalm. It’s pricey though. Another is from Standard Process, my favorite supplements in general, called hypothalamex. This one doesn’t work all the time though.

The best bet, and most cost effective, for most people is to go to the health food or herb store and get a bottle of herbs that is a combination of various calming herbs. They are in a class called Nervine herbs. I’ll include a partial list below.

The reason to get several in a formula is that they work synergistically. And, you want to get capsules with the whole herb ground up in them. Tinctures rarely work as the concentration is poor. And, you might want to take two to three times the recomended dose, at least to start.

For many people, getting the hypothalamus to cool out will help their adrenals to recover fully. Most need other supplements for the adrenals as well as a diet change.

Nervine And Relaxant Herbs With Effects
A partial list

PASSIONFLOWER, Passiflora incarnata, Nervine, anxiety
HOPS, Humulus lupulus, Nervine
VALERIAN, Valeriana officinalis, Nervine, anger
OATS, Avena sativa Nervine, relaxant
LEMON BALM, Melissa officinalis, Nervine
SKULLCAP, Scutellaria lateriflora, Sedative, nervine, trophorestorative
BAICAL SKULLCAP, Scutellaria baicalensis, Nervine
ROSEMARY, Rosmarinus officinalis, Carminative, nervine, headaches, sciatica
CHAMOMILE, Matricaria recutita, Relaxant, asthma, bronchitis
KAVA, Piper methysticum, Hypnotic, relaxant, anxiety
ST JOHNS WORT, Hypericum perforatum, Nerve pain, sciatica, anti-depressant, cold/flu
VERVAIN, Verbena officinalis, To much going on or doing to much, stress

Fortunately I know about broken bone healing, which is a good thing since I got one three days ago.

Here’s what happened:

I had a crash a couple of days ago. I don’t call it an “accident” because the guy ran a very old red light. Sped up to get through too. So, there was nothing accidental about it, just more, how can I say this gently, well, I can’t really, it was just plain stupidity. Perhaps on my part too.

Driving around in Bali is very scarry, and dangerous to begin with. I watch out all the time, especially on a motorcycle. My part in it was that I was being too careful watching the guy on my right trying to hit me from that side. Remember, they drive on the left side here. So, I missed the guy running the light on the left.

Fortunately, I wasn’t going that fast, and I hit the side of the car. I would have been a projectile had he hit me with the front of his car and would have had grievous injuries at best. He didn’t even slow down either. Or stop. The police caught him though.

Ah, the adventure of living in Bali for six months. I’m heading home in 10 days. Just missed having an accident free time here. Oh well, fate is.

I had a night living with the pain, then surgery the next morning to put in a plate. A night in the hospital, and I can type already. At least that’s possible, I like staying in touch with all of you.

Now all I have to do is heal from this. Which brings me to the real subject of this post. How to heal a broken bone in half of the time or better.

About three decades ago I started studying nutrition. My boss at the time broke his arm, and I had read that taking calcium will help broken bone healing considerably. Not very scientific actually, more just common sense. But, I told him, and he took some calcium.

My boss had to get his cast damaged on a fishing trip to get his doctor to change it, and he had to talk him into taking an x-ray. The doctor was very surprised to see that the bone was almost completely healed. That was at about four weeks, he was told eight. All it took was another week or so, and the doctor could barely see where the break was. In fact, he said that if he didn’t know where to look he wouldn’t see it.

From what I now know, he was pretty young, and that helped his healing. Now, information is much better, and there is a lot more biochemical proof of what works. Calcium of course, but then you need to make sure there is a proper balance of other nutrients so the calcium works correctly.

There is too much to include everything here, but definitely take calcium and magnesium, but at different times of day, they compete for the same receptor sites.

This whole thing has inspired me to create a very inexpensive and detailed report on how to heal bones quickly. I will make it available to my subscribers for free as I tend to do with things like this. Let me know if you’d like a copy, it’ll help inspire me to get it together faster.

Unfortunately for me, most of the supplements I need won’t be available to me for another ten days or so when I get back to the US. So, my broken bone healing will be extended somewhat. But, I do have one product with me that should at least really help.

Wish me luck!

Best,
Kalidasa

The test for the rotator cuff muscles is now available on youtube. You can watch it here too.

The correction for this weakness will be available for a limited time to a few of the people that receive emails from me. I haven’t decided how many yet.

You can subscribe at the link above that says “Free Back Pain Secrets.” Not only will you get a great book that gives a lot of information about how to deal with a variety of back pain issues, but you will also receive several emails about back pain. And, you will be eligible to be one of the testers of How To Adjust The Rotator Cuff. Only people who are subscribed have this opportunity.

How To Win A Free Copy “Of How To Adjust The Rotator Cuff”

First, subscribe by going to http://SelfAdjustingTechnique.com/back-pain-secrets/ This is a double opt-in autoresponder. What this means is that you won’t get spam. The way that works is after you sign up you will be sent an email with a link on it that you must click to join. That way we know that you are the one who signed up.

It also means that you can opt out of future emails with a click on the link at the bottom of every email that the system sends out. We never spam or sell email lists here at Self Adjusting Technique.

One problem is that sometimes this link goes to the spam or bulk folder. To prevent this put srikalidasa@gmail.com in your address book.

That way too, you will always get the future emails that are sent out. They are helpful emails about health using natural techniques. And, you will be the first to learn about special deals like this one.

Next, do the test with a friend. Find out if your rotator cuff muscles are strong or not.

Then, go to YouTube and make a comment on the video there. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP4NYnycq4k

You to have sign up with YouTube to make a comment, this is easy and quick. They also use a double opt-in system.

Next, make a comment on the video telling how this test worked for you and why you would like to try the correction for free. A video comment may give you extra points towards a free copy.

Finally, after doing the correction, I would like you to send me a comment, or post to the YouTube comments, about how it worked for you. These comments are so I can know that people can do the adjustments on each other from the video demonstration, and for testimonials that will be used so others know the technique works.

That’s it. In a few days to a week from now I will announce the winners, and those people will get a chance to try it out for free.

After all the testing I will make the video information available for sale. Of course, it will be guaranteed. I don’t want people paying for something that doesn’t work for them.

Kalidasa

The rotator cuff muscles are a group of four muscles that literally hold the shoulder to the rest of your skeleton. They do have help from other muscles, but they are the main ones.

If you experience rotator cuff pain or weakness you might look for rotator cuff exercises, many people do. However, exercises don’t help much as most people have an inherent weakness in the muscles of the rotator cuff. The cause of this weakness will take time to explain, and will be covered in another post.

For now, let’s find out if you have a weakness in this area or not with this simple rotator cuff muscles test. For this test you’ll need a friend to challenge your shoulder muscles for you.

A caution before you start. If there is rotator cuff pain, or the shoulder hurts when you do this test, that is considered a weakness. Just let go and allow your friend to pull your arm down.

Lie on your back with your left arm extended straight up above the shoulder with the palm facing towards your feet. Bending your elbow involves other muscles, so keep it straight or you wouldn’t be testing the rotator cuff. You want to know the truth about how strong your rotator cuff muscles are don’t you?

Your friend would sit on your left side and pull your arm straight down towards your side with their right hand. Their left hand is on your left hip for stabilization.

Rotator Cuff Test Pull

Their pull should be really strong. They might be able to pull your arm down because of the leverage, but it would take a lot of strength on their part. And, the arm would stay strong all the way down if the rotator cuff is working correctly. But, most likely it will give up and go down fast, that is the weakness. This applies to all four tests.

Next, they place their palm on your palm and press your arm away from them, overhead for you, while you resist.

Rotator Cuff Test Push

The next test is done with your palm turned out so it is facing to your left. You friend pressed your arm out, to the left side. Finally, turn your hand so the palm is facing in, towards your right, while your friend presses outward again while you resist.

Rotator Cuff Test Push Out 1

Rotator Cuff Test Push Out 2

These are the four rotator cuff muscles and how you can check for rotator cuff pain or rotator cuff symptoms in general. Soon there will be a video on how to do these tests.

That video will be your opportunity to get a free copy of the adjustment technique. And, you get to help me determine if this is something that should be sold. I need to make sure people are able to learn how to do the adjustment from the video before I go asking money for it. I’ll explain the details once the video is posted.

You must be on my list in order to qualify for the free guide. Sign up at the tab above for the free book.

You can now listen to the natural healing and back care posts that you have learned from on http://SelfAdjustingTechnique.com There is a button at the top of each post that says listen now. Give it a try!

The voice is generated, but it’s pretty good. I haven’t checked it out completely, so I hope it gets the complicated words at least close. I wonder what it will do with words like “xylotol?” At least I try to leave out the medical jargon in the posts.

With this text to voice service you can now subscribe to my blog via iTunes and other podcasting services. Click here to sign up for the podcast. It only takes one click to subscribe.

That feature was automatically set up too. Very cool.

Not only that, but you can also read the text on your iPod and most MP3 players by using the lyrics feature. I haven’t played with that feature yet, I look forward to checking it out.

One issue with it though is that it only archives the first 10 or so blogposts with audio. So when you sign up with iTunes you will only get the latest posts. That’s probably a good thing though. My most popular post, the first one I put up, was 30 Symptoms Of Adrenal Fatigue. Now I can redo it and put it up again!

I hope you enjoy the new option. I know it is a lot easier to listen sometimes than to read. And, I like to listen to different podcasts while I’m on the move or out for my daily walk.

Be sure to let me know what you think of this new option in the comments below.

Next I’m thinking of adding a translation plug-in so people in other countries can get involved. I wonder if the voice feature will work with foreign languages?

Kalidasa

If you’re not on my mailing list, you might want to get on now. I have two exciting products coming up that I am going to give to a few people on my list to try. All I want in return is an honest review.

The first one is for the abdominal muscles. Did you know that your abs are weak? Most likely anyway, unless your diet has been as pure as the driven snow for several months. One of the causes of lower back pain is a lack of abdominal strength.

The model I used for creating this video was actually the wrong person to use. She works out a lot and has very strong abdominal muscles. But, I was able to show that they are weak anyway, before doing the technique on her that is, not after.

The thing that causes weakened abdominal is because the body’s ability to handle sugar out of balance. This is usually caused by foods, but the issue can also be emotional. This technique bypasses of these issues.

The second product is a way to strengthen the shoulder muscles, the rotator cuff muscles better than rotator cuff exercises. This is a group of four muscles that are also weak on most everyone. The cause is the same as for the weak abdominals. I’ll talk about that another time.

The adjustments are supper easy to do although they require a little skill. And, like most things I present, they are extremely gentle.

Both of these techniques are applied by one person to another. It is possible to do them on yourself, but so difficult that I am not teaching it at this time.

Finally, I am going to charge a very small fee for them. I’ve been thinking of $9 each, or both for $15. I may make a physical copy available at some point too. I’ll be asking the volunteers what they think about pricing and if a physical copy would be something they would want.

For now, let me know in the comments what you think about these two products as well about the pricing. (Maybe I should think about $7 and $12 for both?) I look forward to hearing from you.

Best,
Kalidasa

Everyone will experience back pain. Well, almost everyone. 80 - 90 percent. Close enough to everyone. That is a ridiculous percentage, in some ways. Although I used to suffer terribly from back pain.

I had it all, lower back pain, mid back pain, neck pain, back rib pain, and the ribs in the front too. Sciatica, sacroiliac pain — that’s in the hips and lower back, I had it all. If I left anything out it’s because I blocked the memory. It was a miserable time of life for me. And, I was in my early thirties!

Well, no more. I scored big time. I found a healer who knew exactly why I was suffering. I couldn’t afford him, but he let me observe while he fixed other peoples health issues. Many different types of health issues. He fixed everything, including back pain, with a 95 percent success rate. In over 15 years of observing him I only saw him fail with one person, don’t know how he came up with that rate, I observed a 99.99 percent or better success rate.

Anyway, he taught me how to fix my own back. I did know how to adjust myself, so he taught me how to do chiropractic adjustments. Don’t use them much though, my method is much more gentle. Not even more gentle, completely gentle. No forcing, cracking or anything. It’s simply not based on a thrust like chiropractors use.

Then, I started a practice of my own. Had to, so many of my friends and yoga students were suffering from back pain, and other health issues, that I just had to help. It was something that I took to very quickly. But it was at least partly because of my rapport with Dr. G.

He would teach me things in minutes that it took him three repeats of the same workshop to get. Once he taught me a technique while we were standing in line to order food.

I don’t charge for my healing work at this point in my life. I just give and give. I don’t know why except that I was given so much. Call it God if you want.

Now I want to give to you too. I do sell a book, the one called Self Adjusting Technique. But, I don’t make that much money off it. The reason is that I give away a book called Back Pain Secrets that gives a lot of what I learned from my mentor away for free. I really want to see those ridiculous percentages I mentioned earlier go down in the world.

Hundreds have gotten the free book, and over a thousand now know how to adjust themselves. And, lots of healers know how to adjust their clients gently. That includes Doctors and Chiropractors. Even a few massage therapists use what I call Soft Tissue Adjusting Technique to adjust their clients. That’s only available in a workshop right now.

Be sure to get your copy of Back Pain Secrets. You’ll also get emails from me with more helpful information. And, send me an email, or better, call. How to call me is at the bottom of my blog at http://SelfAdjustingTechnique.com