*** How to Beat Fibromyalgia - The Brain-Oxygen Connection

Ask Dr. Z - How to beat Fibromyalgia - the Brain-Oxygen Connection- there is HOPE

Content:

• Quotes for Your Life
• I get letters
• Fibromyalgia - What is it?
• Fibromyalgia is NOT a Disease
• The Solution to Fibromyalgia

• How to Begin
• Your first step towards a healthier life

• Candida/Hypoglycemia Supplements of the Month
• Special Offer: 10% off Your Personal Portable Oxygen Bar

 

 

Quotes for Your Life

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

Dorothy Thompson

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

H. Jackson Brown

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

Pearl S. Buck

Nobody on his deathbed ever said, "I wish I had spent more time at the office."

Paul Tsongas

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.

Dale Carnegie

 

I get letters (bolds and links added by Dr. Z)

I've been in pain over 26 years. I am 55. The last 16 years were much worse. I worked in a hospital setting for many many years as an EKG and EEG nurse. I was bending over hospital beds for hours and hours and hours. Prepping the patient's head with 27 electrodes was the worst because I had to bend from the top of the bed.

I have had chronic pain/fibromyalgia everywhere - neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, arm pain. My feet were always bothering me. I was putting ice on my low back daily after work for at least 16 years.

Once I retired from the hospital my pain got much, much better.

Then I started a dance work out class, that same old pain pattern started coming back again. Before I knew it I had all that muscle pain in my arms and my rib cage, I was hurting everywhere.

I also started suffering from major mood swings and became more and more depressed.

I was so fatigued that often in the middle the day I wanted to lie down and sleep. I could not figure out if this was fatigue, boredom or depression.

I did yoga and took lots of aspirin, lots of it.

I have a girlfriend who suffers also from chronic pain/fibromyalgia. She recently went to a Sacramento Clinic where they do case studies - they did all kinds of lab work and testing and couldn't find anything wrong - all they wanted to do put her on antidepressants, which she refused.

Then, one day I saw Dr. Z's Fibromyalgia advertising in the local paper. Because I felt my that condition was becoming worse and worse every day and I got depressed more and more, I decided to call Dr. Z's office and make an appointment.

I must admit that initially I was very skeptical. Dr. Z performed an extensive neurological and nutritional work up. I have never experiences anything quite like it.

He determined that I probably suffered from candida overgrowth possibly due to past antibiotic use. At that point it occurred to me that every time I have my teeth cleaned or see a dentist for other reasons I have to take antibiotics because of a heart condition. This has been going on for years. It never occurred to me that this was a problem.

Dr. Z also determined that my diet was rather high in carbohydrates, which tends to lead to blood sugar swings/hypoglycemia and mood swings.

He had me change my diet and took me off pretty much all carbohydrates. This was not easy initially, especially breakfast. But I became used to eating differently. I lost several pounds in the process.

Dr. Z discovered that my feet and ankles were stressed and he ordered custom made sandals with built in orthotics - I truly believe that wearing those orthotics sandals makes a huge difference.

I have been seeing Dr. Z several times a week for several weeks now. He adjusts me and has me do neurological brain exercises. I do a light work out on his UBE/ Upper Body Ergometer, while breathing oxygen enriched air from a Personal Portable Oxygen Bar, which he makes available to his patients.

After just 2 weeks I started seeing a big difference. Now, after 7 weeks I feel like a new person. I'm totally symptom-free. It feels good to get up in the morning and have a good day, regardless.

All my pain is gone. Having even blood sugar has made my mood swings disappear.

I used to get so hungry that my stomach would hurt. I would actually feel frantic. Now, I'm not hungry any more. I eat little things throughout the day.

My husband is eating the same way I am eating because he noticed what a big difference this makes for me. He is thrilled. He says it is very nice to see me happy again.

Another wonderful change: my hot flashes are gone. Mentally I am much clearer. I feel that my head is right.

Judy S, Nevada City, California

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Fibromyalgia - What is it?

When you "google" the word fibromyalgia, you find all kinds of definitions. Here are just a few examples:

"A chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and multiple tender points that occurs in precise, localized areas, particularly in the neck, spine, shoulders, and hips; also may cause sleep disturbances, morning stiffness, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, and other symptoms."

"Fibromyalgia Syndrome is a state of central sensitization. This means that your central nervous system may be unusually sensitive to pain (hyperalgesia) and you also may find certain sounds, vibrations, light, and other sensations (even smells) to be translated by your body into discomfort or pain."

"Fibromyalgia is not yet considered a disease."

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Fibromyalgia is NOT a Disease

The word fibromyalgia is not a diagnosis for a disease - it is simply descriptive in nature. It means you have pain (algia) in muscle fibers.

The only relevant question to ask - WHY?

Look at the second quote once more:

"Fibromyalgia Syndrome is a state of central sensitization. This means that your central nervous system may be unusually sensitive to pain (hyperalgesia).....

What does this mean?

It means that fibromyalgia is caused by abnormal brain function. I have found this to be true in my clinical work with fibromyalgia/chronic pain, chronic fatigue, allergies, digestive problems, chronic recurring subluxations, depression, bladder dysfunction..

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The Solution to Fibromyalgia

If the above holds true, then the solution is

• NOT pain medication
• NOT antidepressants
• NOT ice packs
• ....

The solution is to restore normal brain function.

How do you support normal brain function?

What does your brain require for optimal function?

Your brain requires three things for optimal function:

• proper nutrition (protein and balanced blood sugar),
• stimulation/activation
• oxygen.

Oxygen is critical - your brain depends on adequate oxygen more than any other part of your body. As you age, you lose some of your capacity to utilize oxygen , approx. 1% per year. The older you get, the more oxygen deficiency becomes an issue. Please read my article on Oxygen Deficiency and your Brain.

 

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How to Begin

Always start with your SELF

• Your lack of health is NOT due to medication deficiency
• Always start with the basics
• Do you get enough oxygen?
• What do you eat and drink and snack?
• How is your digestion?
• What is your history with antibiotics?
• Best still... Complete Dr. Z's Self Evaluation

The Solution

• The Solution: Improve your oxygenation
• he Solution: Change what you eat/drink
• The solution: how you digest what you eat/drink
• The solution: your insight and intelligence
• The solution: your compassion with your self
• The solution: your willingness to make changes

The solution: you take full responsibility

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Your First Step towards a Healthier Life

Nothing can replace a face to face evaluation.

• If you happen to live relatively close to our office, I strongly suggest that you call call 530-265-0224 and make an appointment with my lovely wife Victoria.
• We are located in Nevada City, California. This is approximately 1.5 hours by car from Sacramento, California towards Reno/Lake Tahoe in the beautiful foothillls of the Sierra Nevada.

If you cannot come personally - - - -

Our on-line Self Evaluation is geared towards giving you a basic starting point in order to make some intelligent changes in diet and improve some basic human functions such as digestion, blood sugar control.

If you have ever taken antibiotics, yesterday or 30 years ago - the chances are high that you may suffer the consequences of bowel flora imbalance and candida overgrowth.

• It is my clinical experience that this approach is always useful.
• This does not mean that it will or can solve all your problems.

However, the majority of my local and on-line clients experience dramatic improvements in their health, when they address

DDHC - Diet, Digestion, Hypoglycemia/Blood Sugar, Candida

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Candida/Hypoglycemia Supplements of the Month

• Formula SF722 :

• A Thorne innovation, SF722 containing undecelenic acid in a base of olive oil, aids in the establishment of a healthy gut flora, and has been one of our best selling products for over a decade. It may be useful as supportive therapy for individuals with intestinal overgrowth of Candida. Sensitivity to Candida can cause a myriad of symptoms such as chronic fatigue, allergies, hives, rashes, irritability, brain fog, depression, mood swings, itching.

• Pleo (TM) Ex 3X Suppositories

• German Homeopathic remedy by Sanum useful as supportive therapy for symptoms associated with Candida Albicans and other fungal/yeast infections. European health practitioners report that this remedy may be useful as supportive therapy with intestinal overgrowth of Candida, mycosis, resistant skin infections of mouth, stomatitis, gingivitis, urogenital mycosis, vaginal yeast infections, prostatic hypertophy, gall bladder problems, colitis of fungal origin, allergies.

For a more comprehensive approach to the problem of candida overgrowth and/or hypoglycemia check Dr. Z's Clinical Pearls

• Dr Z's Candida Support Kit
• Dr. Z's Hypoglycemia and Candida Support Kit

You may want to complete Dr. Z's Self Evaluation to get a more in depth feedback on your current health issues as they relate to possible candida overgrowth, hypoglycemia and and/or digestive disturbances.

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Special offer: 10% off Your Personal Portable Oxygen Bar

Your brain controls ALL aspects of who you are.

Optimal oxygenation is vital optimal brain function.

Your Personal Portable Oxygen Bar provides a simple means to improve your oxygenation.

Order Your Personal Portable Oxygen Bar on-line between Monday 5/11/2009, 2:00 pm California time and Wednesday 5/13/2009 midnight California time and receive 10% off plus Free Shipping within the contiguous continental US with UPS ground.

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What some of Dr. Z's clients say .

Sincerely

Dr. Z

Peter Zeischegg, MS, DC, DACNB

Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist

13288 Banner Lava Cap Road, Suite A

Nevada City, Ca 95959

USA

(530) 265-0224

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