FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE

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Although it’s nothing major compared to many, this experience completely shaped and changed the way I thought about and practiced Health and Medicine. I got to the end of working on a Movie and just didn’t feel good. Granted with the schedules that I kept then it wasn’t any surprise but this was different. I had been doing everything to support my health. Normally a couple of weeks after with some good sleep, highly nutritious food, and some gentle exercise I would bounce back quickly. This time I was feeling worse. After receiving the results of copious amounts of Lab testing I found out I was the ‘Epitome of Health’, the perfect lab rat seemingly. There was nothing they, or myself with all our combined expertise and medical knowledge, could find wrong with me. Yet why was my digestion so stagnant, my sleep so poor, my energy through the floor, and my concentration span ‘zero’. Sounds like the ‘Epitome of Health’ huh? Not one to accept that this would be my new normal I started to search for other ways to find out more about my body. I was pointed by a friend in the direction of a chiropractor and kinesiologist by the name of Jerry, one of the most unassuming and helpful gentlemen I could ever wish to meet. I was told that I likely had some toxin exposure or an infection or food intolerance that he could find out through Kinesiology ‘muscle testing’. I will be honest, although I had great respect for my friend I wasn’t convinced I would get anything from this. After all if some of the best Dr’s can’t find anything wrong with me what am I going to get from this I thought? Well I have to say during my first session (feel it to believe it) I knew straight away there was something to it. The muscle he was testing was solid as a rock, then he tested one thing on me and bang, my arm dropped. Everything else not a blip. After my first session and Jerry had explained that I seemed to have a ‘low grade’ parasitic infection (horrifying to me at the time, later realising its so common). He gave me some natural supplements to treat it and within 3-4 days I was feeling considerably better. It took many months and a few more sessions to completely heal but not only did I feel better, many problems (that i didn’t know were problems) were gone. My left hip pain and click had gone, my aching lower back when standing disappeared, my sleep much improved and I could tolerate foods I hadn’t eaten in years. Mild seasonal allergies cleared up, a rash I would occasionally get on my leg didn’t return. Most of all though my energy and concentration reached levels I hadn’t seen in years. I even saw exercises in the gym become easy that I had previously found it hard to do (even though i shouldn’t because of my strength and fitness levels didn’t make sense). I now look back and realise I had this problem from a child, I just never knew I had a problem.

As a physiotherapist all of a sudden I had answers. My movement patterns that had plagued me for years and despite being so diligent about them had never resolved. Well they had now gone. It was all to do with my underlying health, even though by laboratory standards I was healthy. Initially I had mixed emotions about this, I had answers but the problem was, there was seemingly no path of recognised education to take that supported my scientifically curious mind. I knew I had to start by learning kinesiology. Whilst it answered so many questions for me and many, many flashbacks to people I had treated over the years later. I finally had the answer to what was really going on inside their bodies. My questions about the science were growing and couldn’t really find anyone that could answer them. I didn’t feel confident that if I treated someone highly knowledgeable about the human body and had a medical or scientific underpinning that I could stand up and convince them of the science behind what I was doing. I had this amazing resource to use that I was seeing incredible results from yet I had a reservation about how and when I would use it. This led me on a long process of self directed learning in Quantum Medicine, the completion of my Functional Medicine Diploma and a course in Methyl-genetics and Nutrigenmoics to where we are today. I now take the approach of always asking why something is happening, and I am prepared to use lab results, muscle testing, bioresonance scans, or whatever else is needed to get to the root cause of what is going on for you and your body. I love to share in peoples journey in finding out about their own bodies and their own health. It’s incredible to see people clear up symptoms they had been noticing for ages and sometimes even better when other symptoms that they hadn’t even realised were symptoms start to disappear too. My goal is always help answer those questions you have about your own health, get to the root cause of what’s going on inside your body and return you to full health.