Below is a four part series Dr. Worsham put together to explain our approach with Fibromyalgia.

Natural Solutions for Fibromyalgia - Part 1


Natural Solutions for Fibromyalgia - Part 2

Natural Solutions for Fibromyalgia - Part 3

Natural Solutions for Fibromyalgia - Part 4

Wellness Healthcare Approach


The concept of wellness has taken on a broad meaning related to healthcare.  It is considered care without drugs, that can not only eliminate health problems but also prevent them.  That is exactly what the Advanced Wellness Center does and here is how we do it:

We believe there are three underlying causes to all health problems.

The first is trauma.  We can have falls and accidents that occured in the past, which can cause undetected and long-lasting damage not just to muscles but to nerves as well.  Here is how your body works... Your brain controls all the functions of your body.  It does this by sending strength and energy down the spinal cord.  Your spinal cord acts like a river, bringing energy from your brain, through your spine and out to each and every organ, muscle and tissue in your body through your nerves.  Each cell is totally dependent upon that energy to keep you alive and healthy.  Nerves control all functions in the body, and of they are not working properly, neither will your body.  Please view the video below for a complete explanation:

                        


The second is stress, which everyone experiences in life.  Prolonged stress leads to hormone imbalances related to the stress glands of the body known as the Adrenal Glands.  When the environment is hostile to the body the reaction is to fight or run.  Both of these reactions cause the secretion of adrenal gland hormones.  These glands, designed to prepare the body for a temporary emergency, can become exhausted and over reactive with prolonged environmental stresses.

The adrenal glands are two almond shaped glands that sit above the kidneys.  Most noted for secreting adrenaline, they also secrete numerous other hormones including norepinephrine, cortisol and DHEA to name a few.

These hormones cause the following reactions to prepare you to fight or run:

First, adrenaline makes blood flow toward your muscles, heart and brain away from the skin and digestive track.  Then, your heart beats rapidly and forcefully, increasing your heart rate and blood pressure.  While this is happening your eyes dilate and your blood vessels constrict.  Finally, the sugar stored in your liver is converted into glucose (blood sugar) for quick energy.  All this is to help you fight or run.

The connection between stress and heart disease is that prolonged stress causes the adrenal glands to continue secreting the stress hormones.  The long term rapid and forceful heart actions lead to heart disease and the extra blood sent to the heart over time has also been found to be destructive.

The secretion of norepinephrine shuts down the digestive track.  You don’t need to digest when you are being attacked, so the body causes either immediate elimination or stops digestion.  The results of long term stress can include constipation, diarrhea or any other digestive problem.  Further, more than 50% of your protein, B vitamins and vitamin C are not absorbed when you are under stress.

Because the body under stress directs its effort to run or fight, the immune system is suppressed by cortisol when you are under stress.  Research by the National Institute of Health found persons under stress are more susceptible to bacteria and viruses.

Your hormonal rhythm that leads to sleep is based on the secretion of the adrenal hormone cortisol.  When your body is at risk, it needs to stay awake to deal with it.  With stress, cortisol levels alter which can cause abnormal sleep behavior.

Finally, these glands secrete DHEA, which is used to create the estrogen, progesterone and testosterone reserves in the body.  Because of this when long term stress cause problems with these glands it can lead to PMS, menopausal symptoms, hormonal imbalances and a host of female problems.

Periods of intense or lengthy physical or emotional stress can cause the adrenal glands to become exhausted or weak.  Then you can have a condition known as adrenal fatigue or exhaustion when these glands become unable to meet your body’s needs.

There are several reliable tests for adrenal exhaustion.

The Advanced Wellness Center performs specific tests for adrenal gland function and, if a problem is found, helps support the restoration of proper function in a multitude of natural, holistic ways.

The third factor in illness is chemical toxicity such as toxic heavy metals like aluminum, mercury, and lead, as well as pollution in our food, air and water.  The US rates 48th in life expectancy in the world.  We are on the bottom of the list despite all the drugs we take.  There are 82,000 chemicals we are surrounded by on a daily basis in our food, our water and our air that can enter your body.  A study by the Environmental Working Group found how much pollution enters our bodies by checking the blood in the placenta of newborn children (i.e. the blood of a child who has yet to live outside their mother's womb.).  Until this study was done, it was assumed by scientists that the unborn child was protected from toxic chemicals.  On average, infants were tested for over 280 different industrial chemical in their blood, many of which are associated with abnormal development and poor health.  The findings:

180 chemicals that cause cancer in humans!
217 chemicals that are toxic to the brain and nervous system! and
208 that cause birth defects!
in the blood of children who have yet to live outside the womb.

 To defend against these toxins your body surrounds them in fat and deposits them in fat cells.  Through a revolutionary new nutritional cleansing program you can rapidly reduce these chemicals and metals, lose weight if you need to, and feel great.  The average weight loss in the first 9 days is 7-12lbs. but the program goes way beyond weight loss.

With these three approaches:  correcting the effects of trauma, eliminating the harmful effects of stress and removing toxic chemical including heavy metals, we get results with problems no one else has helped, including Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue.

We would love to have the opportunity to see if we could help you.  Please call the clinic at (985) 867-8100 to schedule a consultation to find out more about our unique and highly effective Wellness approach so that you can Advance your Health and Restore your Life!