Head Trauma

Dennis B. came to my office kicking and fighting, his wife insisting he let me take a look at him. He had been suffering from severe leg pain for over 45 years. Dennis was a Vietnam Veteran. While in Viet Nam, the jeep he was riding in was blown up, he was thrown several hundred feet to meet head on, a tree. He laid in a coma for weeks, the medic's presumed he would die. Remarkably, Dennis awakened three weeks later, with leg pain. His doctor's told him he was lucky to be alive, and the leg pain would be something he would have to live with.
I examined Dennis from head to toe, only to find his cranial bones,(the skull bones), were barely moving. You see, the cranial bones must move to allow the cerebral spinal fluid to bathe the brain. When these bones are misaligned, or "locked up" as I like to call it, the body can be affected in many different ways.
I adjusted Dennis' cranium, using Upledger Cranio Sacral technique. About 2 minutes into the adjustment, Dennis fell sound asleep. I worked on his cranium for over 30 minutes. When Dennis awakened, he was very surprised, as was I, that his leg pain was gone! Head injuries, and childbirth can cause the cranium to become misaligned, so make it a point to have your cranium aligned!

Watch those surgical scars!

Billy came to my office with severe back pain. The pain came on "out of no where". He could barely walk, stand, or lie down without pain. The MRI and Xrays were normal, but his orthopedic surgeon scheduled an exploratory surgery. I checked his spine, and found a bulging disc between the 4th and 5th lumbar vertebra, and his right hip was misaligned. I adjusted him, but no pain relief. I suggested he go home and allow the adjustment to take effect. Billy came in again the next day, with no change, in fact, he said the pain was worse. I studied his case history to discover he had an inguinal hernia surgery ten years ago. I palpated the surgical scar to discover much scar tissue. I could tell Billy thought I was crazy when I began breaking up the scar tissue on the front of his body, because the pain was in his back. Within fifteen minutes, his pain decreased by eighty percent. Billy was able to stand, bend, sit, and move without pain. You see, the scar tissue had twisted and wrapped around his hip and low back vertrebra.

Scar tissue is responsible for many health problems, and is rarely addressed. Barnes Myofascial Release is a technique used to break up scar tissue from the outside. Remember, if the scar tissue is removed surgically, of course more scar tissue will be created from that surgery.

What was the first clue?

Jane D. came to my office at the age of 16. Jane's parents signed her out of the State Mental Institution for two days to find help for their struggling daughter. When Jane was 14, about a month before beginning her menstrual cycle, she began to have psychotic episodes. She would have days of depression followed by days of manic behavior. The migraines began the day before her cycle. Jane began cutting herself, acting out, and threatening suicide. Her parents, terrified of this crazy behavior, took her to their doctor, who referred her to a therapist. The therapist referred her to a psychiatrist, who diagnosed her manic depressant/schizophrenic. The prescribed drugs sedated Jane, and stopped most of the crazy behavior, that is, until she was premenstrual again. After two years of scary episodes, Jane was admitted into a State Institution. More drugs, electro shock treatment, you name it, they did it.

I examined and tested Jane to find the following imbalances: Epstein Barr Virus, Pituitary gland, Hypothalmus gland, Pineal gland, Thyroid, Leaky Gut Syndrome, Adrenal glands, Estrogen dominance, Progesterone deficiency, Irritable bowel, Gall bladder congestion, and a distrupted sleep cycle. In my tests, emotionally, I found nothing, that is, nothing but a frustrated young girl.
I suggested nutritional supplements to help strengthen her immune system, balance her hormones, as well as correcting her digestive and sleep cycle problems. Fortunately, her psychiatrist went along with the nutritional protocol, and Jane was released from the State Institution within three months. The greatest issue of course was breaking the addiction to the pharmaceutical antipsychotic drugs.

Jane is well. She finished high school, graduated from college, and recently met the love of her life.

There are many clues to our health issues. Let us all listen to our bodies, and ask questions before we are led down a path that is irreversable.

Xenohormones



Xenohormones are substances (pollutants) originating outside the body that have hormone-like and estrogen-like activities. Exposure to these substances can have a profound impact on your natural hormonal balance.

Xenohormone exposure is especially high in today's industrialized countries and results from consumption of feed lot meats and dairy products (full of synthetic hormones), commercially grown fruits and vegetables (grown with pesticides, herbicides, and chemicals) petrochemical compounds (perfume, hair spray, room deodorizers, cooking with plastic, etc…) and prescription synthetic estrogens and progestins (such as the pill and estrogen replacement therapy). These exposures are responsible for reproductive abnormalities that are approaching epidemic proportions such as; cancers of the reproductive tract, infertility, and low sperm counts.

The potential consequences of these exposures are overwhelming, especially since we are passing these reproductive abnormalities on to our children.


If you feel you have been exposed to Xenohormones, and would like to detox from them, please visit my website at drkatekeville.com. I have liver detoxification protocols you can do as well as nutritional supplements you can take to maintain a balanced hormonal system. Here are some tips to avoid xenohormones.




* Wear natural fibres.
* Buy hormone free organic meats.
* Buy organic produce, vegetables and fruits grown without pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilizers or hormones.
* Use glass or ceramics whenever possible to store food and water.
* Use a simple detergent with lesser chemicals. This includes laundry detergents and household cleaners.
* Use organic soaps, shampoo and personal care products.
* Use natural pest control not pesticides.
* Don’t use herbicides. Use a cup of salt in 4 liters of vinegar instead.
* Use of Vitamin A, C, E to combat xenoestrogen effects.
* Eat broccoli, cabbage etc.
* Use condoms without spermicides instead of birth control.
* Avoid parabens used in skin care products.

Estrogen Dominance

Estrogen Dominance



Estrogen dominance is a term coined by Dr. Lee in his first book on natural progesterone. It describes a condition where a woman can have deficient, normal or excessive estrogen, but has little or no progesterone to balance its effects in the body. Even a woman with low estrogen levels can have estrogen dominance symptoms if she doesn't have any progesterone.

ESTROGEN DOMINANCE SYMPTOMS

The symptoms and conditions associated with estrogen dominance are:

* Acceleration of the aging process
* Allergies, including asthma, hives, rashes, sinus congestion
* Autoimmune disorders such as lupus erythematosis and thyroiditis, and possibly Sjoegren's disease
* Breast cancer
* Breast tenderness
* Cervical dysplasia
* Cold hands and feet as a symptom of thyroid dysfunction
* Copper excess
* Decreased sex drive
* Depression with anxiety or agitation
* Dry eyes
* Early onset of menstruation
* Endometrial (uterine) cancer
* Fat gain, especially around the abdomen, hips and thighs
* Fatigue
* Fibrocystic breasts
* Foggy thinking
* Gallbladder disease
* Hair Loss
* Headaches
* Hypoglycemia
* Increased blood clotting (increasing risk of strokes)
* Infertility
* Irregular menstrual periods
* Irritability
* Insomnia
* Magnesium deficiency
* Memory loss
* Mood swings
* Osteoporosis
* Polycystic ovaries
* Premenopausal bone loss
* PMS
* Prostate cancer
* Sluggish metabolism
* Thyroid dysfunction mimicking hypothyroidism
* Uterine cancer
* Uterine fibroids
* Water retention, bloating
* Zinc deficiency


THE CAUSES OF ESTROGEN DOMINANCE

Strictly speaking, it's possible that we are all -- men, women and children -- suffering a little from estrogen dominance, because there is so much of it in our environment. You would have to virtually live in a bubble to escape the excess estrogens we're exposed to through pesticides, plastics, industrial waste products, car exhaust, meat, soaps and much of the carpeting, furniture and paneling that we live with indoors every day. You may have on-and-off sinus problems, headaches, dry eyes, asthma or cold hands and feet for example, and not know to attribute them to your exposure to xenohormones. Over time the exposure will cause more chronic problems such as arthritis and premenopause symptoms, and may be a direct or indirect cause of cancer.

To read more about estrogen dominance and its causes, please read Dr. Lee's books,What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause , or What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause. To see nutritional protocols for Estrogen Dominance please visit my website at DrKateKeville.com

Microwave Ovens

Are you among the millions of people everyday exchanging your health for the convenience of microwave ovens? Before you use your microwave one more time, you might want to consider some facts


The Nazis are credited with inventing the first microwaves. Known first as radiomissors, they were used for preparation of meals on a mass scale during the invasion of Russia -- thus eliminating the logistical problem of cooking fuels. After the war, the Russians had retrieved some of these microwave ovens and conducted thorough research on their biological effects. So alarmed by what they learned, the Russians banned microwave ovens in 1976.

By far the most compelling evidence supporting the dangers of microwaves comes from a highly regarded study done by Dr. Hans Hertel, a Swiss food scientist, who concluded that microwave cooking significantly altered food's nutrients -- so significantly that participants' blood changes suggested deterioration.

Not surprisingly, Dr. Hertel's study was met with great resistance from those with much to lose. After a gag order by a Swiss trade organization was removed, his study was finally published in 1992. Dr. Hertel's startling findings showed that microwave cooking resulted in:

* Increased cholesterol levels
* Decreased leukocytes, or white blood cells, which can suggest poisoning
* Decreased numbers of red blood cells
* Production of radiolytic compounds (compounds unknown in nature)
* Decreased hemoglobin levels, which could indicate anemic tendencies

Animal Cruelty