The digestive tract is the first out of four of our body’s major filters: the first of the Foundations of Health!

Would you have ever considered that chronic pain can be linked with poor digestion?  Well, let’s take a look at components withing the digestive tract and symptoms which are linked to pain:

• parasites,
• lack of good acids to break down foods,
• small intestine bacterial overgrowth,
• viral and bacterial particles,
• undigested food particles.  All of these create ‘bad acids’ in the body

Symptoms of poor digestion are huge and include the obvious symptoms of:

• bloating, burping, belching, wind, flatulence, diarrhoea, constipation
• reflux and heartburn
• allergies: eczema, dermatitiis, hayfever, sinusitis
• chronic coughs
• headaches and migraines
• chronic  fatigue and fibromyalgia, just to name a few…

Just about any long term health condition is linked with poor digestion: think of bones and muscles - what are they made out of: we are what we eat, but moreso, we are what we digest!  So if we can’t break down our proteins and fats, we can’t repair our muscles and nerves.  If we can’t break down our veggies and fruit, we can’t utilise the nutrients and keep our cells clean and healthy.  Get the picture.  Digestion is everything.

It takes many months to cleanse the digestive tract properly…  Parasites, for example, can be everywhere:  the gut, the liver, the bloodstream - the more we have the longer it takes.  We can even have parasites in the brain and nervous systems, so it’s not something that can done quickly.  In fact, the killing off of parasites, the process itself needs to include natural anti-inflammatory substances and immune boosting substances since the membranes of the parasites release about 30x more toxins than the parasites themselves.

Parasites, fungus, candida and bacterial overgrowth can all take some time to cleanse, and then we start the process of healing the leaky gut.  Then we start to deal with the liver, once the gut is feeling strong enough to cope with the onslaught of toxins we’re about to release through the liver.

All in all it really does take 9-12 months of taking you step-by-step through the process…  but the digestive process itself takes about 3 months or so (although if the leaky gut has been long-term some gut support can be recommended long-term…)

Take care,
4BC’s Madonna Guy ND & Jacqueline Dekoke ND
New Leaf Natural Therapies
07 3348 6098
www.newleafnaturaltherapies.com.au

Cleaning Your Body’s Filters (the Foundations of Health) is crucial for long-term pain relief:  these are your digestive tract (stomach, small & large intestine); your liver; your immune system (lymphatics & spleen) and your kidneys.  These work from one to another and if one is clogged, the others can’t possibly function properly. Long-term pain relief needs to be a full body process, the better it functions at this core level, the less pain we’ll be in!

For long-term pain relief these Foundations of Health filters must be cleansed and kept cleaned.  To cleanse the Foundations of Health properly takes time, and most cleansing products and programmes barely even touch the surface, and pain continues.

What do we feel when we are in pain?  Aching in the muscles and bones?  Burning acidic pain?  Throbbing, stabbing pain?  A constant nagging in the nerves and muscles?  It doesn’t matter what a condition is diagnosed as: fibromyalgia, frozen shoulder, peripheral neuropathy, arthritis…  when it comes down to it our bodies are not functioning properly, we’re not cleansing our Foundations of Health and toxins and acids are building up in our body - when these toxins and acids can’t be released, they attach to the muscles, nerves, bones, spinal cord, cell membranes - these degenerate and deteriorate these tissues and cause pain.  These toxins then lead to other chronic health problems such as depression and stress, anxiety, weight gain & obesity and more.

Last week we had a clients with a combination of Frozen Shoulder and Peripheral Neuropathy.  Within 2 treatments of Frequency Specific Microcurrent - reducing inflammation in the nerves, joints and muscles, there has been significant pain relief and more movement!  It will be sometime until she is well, but we have already started the detoxification process in the nerves and muscles.  Medically this would never happen, and pain drugs are the only option.  Scary huh?

In my next blog I’ll talk about the parts to cleansing these Foundations of Health and again, why it is so necessary!

Until then,

Madonna Guy ND
New Leaf Natural Therapies
07 3348 6098
www.nlnt.com.au

p.s. Our Foundations of Health Programme is a 9-12 month programme designed to cleanse these systems; reduce weight and pain; increase health and vitality; and extend life!  Both myself and Jacqueline Dekoke ND are fully trained in taking you through our programme.  The programme includes specialised supplementation, treatments such as Frequency Specific Microcurrent; various detoxifying massage processes such as Lymphatic Drainage and Remedial Massage with our fantastic therapist Alison Honour; Infrared Saunas to pull toxins out of every cell in the body and more.

You can have Pain Relief without drugs at New Leaf Natural Therapies.  Our lovely clinic in Wynnum provides a range of services: if you live elsewhere here are some ideas for you to look for when finding a clinic to take care of your pain - you too, can have pain relief without drugs, pain relief without medication!

Find the reasons for your pain and FIX THEM!  What? There are reasons for my pain?  Find a clinic that can do some scientific testing/treatments in order to achieve the following outcomes…

1. How acidic are you?  Knowing this number (both saliva and urinary) and working towards the optimal ph (7.2-7.35) will halt the destruction of joints, bones and organs.  Acidity creates an environment where just about every health problem can be created.  Jacqueline Dekoke ND recently had a client with massive health issues and got his acidity from 5.5 to 7.4 within 4 weeks.  Then the healing can begin!
2. How much excess fluid is your body holding?  Our VLA  or Bio-impedance analysis machine let’s us know EXACTLY how much fluid is inside the cells and how much fluid is on the outside.  This also let’s us know how much excess fluid your body is holding.  WHY?  Because the body is clever, and it’s trying to dilute toxins, acidity and inflammation.  We find that this process takes some time:  we have trillions of cells in our body and to detoxify each one, takes a lot of time!
3. Massage therapies:  Find yourself a fabulous massage therapist, like Ms Alison Honour, someone who can put together a treatment plan for you.  If your massage therapist has a plan - then work with them and trust them.  If it doesn’t feel like they’re helping you with your pain relief, then find someone else.  For example, with Alison’s combination of reflexology, remedial massage, shiatsu, lymphatic drainage and acupuncture, she’s a perfect choice - find a passionate massage therapist who’ll get your pain issues under control.
4. How inflamed are you?  We use several testing processes to find out how inflamed you are:  Live Blood Analysis (signs such as fibrin, rouleaux, blood stickiness, protoplasts, red crystals…); bio-impedance analysis (let’s us know how leaky and stressed your cells are).  Once you know how inflamed your body is you can use natural anti-inflammatories with NO SIDE EFFECTS such as kinex AI, kaprex and inflavonoid intensive care.  We also use Frequency Specific Microcurrent for reducing inflammation and regeneration of joints, ligaments and tendons.

It’s time to find your own natural therapies clinic that can do that for you!

Madonna Guy ND
Chief Clinician, New Leaf Natural Therapies, Wynnum

Wynnum Shopping Centre
89 Bay Tce, Cnr Florence St
Wynnum 4178

Besides our specialist programmes such as our Chronic and Acute Pain Relief Programmes we also offer many other treatments for clients including massage, kinesiology, frequency specific microcurrent and infrared saunas:

Massage Therapies (Our current lead massage therapist is Alison Honour):

• hot stone massage
• remedial massage
• relaxation massage
• reflexology
• shiatsu
• lymphatic drainage
• pregnancy massage
• hydrating and relaxing facials: mini, basic & deluxe

Structural Kinesiology Processes (with Linda Hoggard ND, Jacqueline Dekoke ND & Madonna Guy ND) which test and treat:

• Food sensitivity treatments, challenging and assessments
• Chemical sensitivity treatments, challenging and assessments
• Whiplash
• Scolisosis
• Jaw & Hip problems
• Cranial Injuries (past and present)
• Shoulder pain
• Bicipital tendon pain
• Dural torque (from spinal injuries)
• Knee, foot and hip corrections
• Foot mobilisation techniques

Emotional Kinesiology Processes (with Jacqueline Dekoke ND, Madonna Guy ND & Linda Hoggard ND)

• LEAP Learning Enhancement Advanced Protocol
• Diffusion of survival switching patterns
• Re-connection of areas of the brain such as memory centres, logical and creative pathways and more
• Counselling kinesiology
• Cranial kinesiology
• SIPS: Stress indicator points system
• Heart Healing

Frequency Specific Microcurrent (Jacqueline Dekoke ND & Madonna Guy ND): we have successfully used FSM for:

• advanced injury repair
• fibromyalgia
• chronic pain
• nerve pain
• spinal cord pain
• chronic disc pain
• knees pain
• hip pain
• foot pain
• dizziness
• arthritis
• osteoarthritis
• memory improvement
• insulin resistance
• liver and gut stress
• shingles
• irritable bowel syndrome

Infrared Saunas: Our saunas detoxify instantly it is turned on, it doesn’t wait for you to heat up before working.  We deliberately chose non-toxic saunas (many are lacquered which makes them toxic when heated); we use organic towels (so you’re not breathing in toxins in our clinic) and we give you a meditation CD or music to listen to.  It’s amazing how fast 1/2 hour goes in one of these…

Madonna Guy ND
Chief Clinician
New Leaf Natural Therapies, Wynnum, Brisbane

Jacqueline Dekoke ND is a wonderful therapist who’s been working at New Leaf Natural Therapies since 2008.  Having over 20 years in the massage industry and along with adding naturopathy and kinesiology to her skillbase, she’s a well-balanced practitioner who is passionate about health.

Jacqueline has helped many people through conditions such as pain relief, with our Chronic Pain Programme (using Frequency Specific Microcurrent); Infrared sauna therapy, Bowen Technique and Kinesiology techniques which balance our structural problems.  Using our FSM equipment and our structural kinesiology balancing she has seen huge improvement with chronic foot, knee and hip problems, spinal issues such as chronic disc pain and more.

With kinesiology Jacqueline has been working for many years testing for food intolerances, along with chemical sensitivities.  She uses a combination of natural therapies and kinesiology in order to boost immunity and balance food intolerances.

Using N.O.T. Neural Organisational Technique, as developed by Dr Carl Ferrari, she uses a technique to boost the immune system and/or endocrine system, and then uses this technique to assess sensitivities and intolerances.  Severe sensitivites and intolerances can create full-blown allergens the more depressed the immune system is.

By working with the body as a whole, Jacqueline has seen many people recover fully from food sensitivities.  With Live Blood Analysis, using only 1 drop of your blood, she can tell whether or not the body is in an allergic state, or whether kinesiology and food sensitivity testing and balancing and treatments will create the improvement people are after!

Regardless of the health problem, Jacq’s passion for nutritional improvement in people’s life, helping them cope with the stresses of daily life and her calm and gentle manner help to make her an excellent therapist who may be just what you’re looking for!

Are there any side-effects of natural therapies?  Having been in the industry for 20 years I have a lot of thoughts on this.  People respond in different ways to different therapies.

Imagine an elderly person, on many medications, who has her first massage in years: a gentle relaxation massage.  Imagine some of the muscle starting to release toxins - inflammatory hormones being released into the bloodstream, coupled with a lack of hydration since medications dehydrate the system so much!  Link that to a huge magnesium deficiency created by a lifetime of poor diet, excess tea and coffee and depletion via the medication and you end up with pain after a massage…  a side-effect???

There needs to be support for natural therapies for pensioners!  The only healthcare the elderly can often afford is medical drugs with it’s huge government assistance.  It’s devastating for us to speak to people every single day who cannot afford our services and yet they get unhealthier and unhealthier following a ‘medical lifestyle’!  This needs to be changed!

Madonna Guy ND

Chief Clinician at New Leaf

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