Jerry Garcia, the legendary guitarist for the Grateful Dead, once said: “What a long, strange trip it’s been.” A few weeks ago, I took a long, strange trip through Hurricane Irene to my new home in Port Orange, Florida. Almost 50 years ago, before stress was a household word, Stanford University psychiatrists, Thomas Holmes and…
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Functional Medicine Case Study 3
Traditional Medical Approach The patient was a 61 year old female with chief complaint of menopausal symptoms including hot flashes, decreased libido, weight gain for a period of five years. Patient had previously consulted with only one medical physician before scheduling an appointment to see me. No medical testing were performed Treatment consisted of the…
Functional Medicine Case Study 2
Traditional Medical Approach: The patient was a 27 year old female with an 11 year history of irritable bowel syndrome and fatigue. Patient had previously consulted with four medical physicians before scheduling an appointment to see me. Medical testing included an upper and lower GI study and colonoscopy. All found to be negative for any…
Funcitonal Medicine Case Study 1
Traditional Medical Approach: Patient: year old male with a chief complaint of sinus infections and allergies for a period of six years. Patient had previously consulted with three medical physicians before scheduling an appointment to see me. Medical testing included a CT scan of the sinuses and found to be negative for any pathologies. Treatment…
Our Minds and Our Health
These sites represent some of the best research known today about the many different minds we possess. That’s correct, I said the MANY DIFFERENT MINDS. The links listed here will open to you research discoveries that may help you understand more about what ails you. Certainly, in addition to the kinds of treatment plans you…
Leaky Gut
The lining of the intestines is a barrier that normally only allows properly digested fats, proteins, and starches pass through and enter the bloodstream. The cells lining the intestines are normally sealed very tight, but when the intestinal lining becomes irritated, relatively large gaps form between these cells and allow unwanted larger molecules in the…
Visualization and Your Health
In a world of high-tech medical gadgetry and space-age technology, the best software in the world is still that gray matter between your ears, notes James S. Gordon, M.D., director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C., and author of Manifesto for a New Medicine. Using thoughts to deal with pain, control illness…
Pain Amplification Syndrome
Chronic pain is so hard to live with, so hard to explain, and so hard for researchers to understand. Whether it is fibromyalgia, various neuropathies, irritable bowel, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, myofascial syndrome, persistent back pain, neck pain, headaches, or even undiagnosed but unending pain, there is no magic bullet. There is no single treatment or…
Emotions and Chronic Pain
IBS, Fibromyalgia, back pain, neck pain, knee pain and more are due, in large part, to our thoughts and emotions. That is not my opinion. Check out the following sites and discover that renowned physicians are helping those suffering with various forms of chronic pain and gastrointestinal complaints recover when other treatments had failed time…
Functional Medicine
There are many ways to use blood chemistry analysis to screen for and track infection processes in the body. I use blood testing for everything from investigating the presence of a viral infection to finding out how the body is responding to a chronic infection. As those of you familiar with my work know, I…
