A firefighter came to me with terrible digestive problems. Lots of diarrhea, stomach pain, bloating and more. He was extremely miserable, very dejected and at his wits end.
He had this problem for quite some time. Over a year. Been to all kinds of specialists, chiropractors, naturopaths, etc.
Usually when I hear these types of symptoms I think some type of infection. Parasitic, bacteria, etc. And this was most true in this case. However, there is usually something that starts it. A trip outside the country, food poisoning, etc.
In this case, he had done nothing like that.
But he did have a very traumatic event happen prior to the stomach issues.
Being a firefighter, he was called to a burning house. This house was being built, so there was just a hole where the upstairs would lead to the downstairs. He was up on the second floor, when he stepped backward into the hole and fell.
End over end he fell until he landed flat on his back. But he didn’t just land on his back. He landed on the oxygen tank. Nothing was broken, but it was a serious shock to his spinal system.
I knew right away this was a major cause of the stomach problems. Over the years I have noticed that if there is a trauma, injury or piercing of some kind to the midline of the body it will often affect the digestive organs.
In this case it weakened them and allowed him to get a chronic infection.
He had to get on the right herbs to balance his digestive system, but we also had to fix the trauma that happened to his spine and nervous system. Without doing that we didn’t have a real good shot at a successful outcome.
So his treatment program included cranial adjustments, ligament work to his spine, spinal adjustments, herbs and other nutrients.
It was not an immediate fix. The trauma was excessive and we had a lot of work to do. But a few months later he finally walked into my office with a huge smile on his face. The digestive problems were gone. And even though he didn’t really complain about any body pain, he remarked how much better he felt from head to toe.
Many people in today’s world would not have kept going on the regimen I had him on. I had to convince him twice to stay the course, that he would get better. The main thing I told him was that I am not trying to cover up any symptom he is having. I’m trying to fix the cause and all the factors involved.
He realized that symptom based treatment had not worked up to that point so he had nothing to lose. I’m glad he stuck the course. The smile on his face was well worth it.