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Glenda previously shared a progress update with us about 5 weeks into care (Glenda’s 5 Week Update). This progress video was taken approximately 5 months after the onset of care.

One thing people are curious about is how do our members do after they are done with the initial phase of their care?

I see Glenda now about once a month, or maybe even a bit less, and every time she is in, she is doing BETTER than she was the last time I saw her. The problem is many have experienced different methods of decreasing the pain that were only temporary, and all symptoms came back after the active phase of treatment was over.

With our care, because the custom Neuro-Metabolic Solutions program addresses the individuals unique physiology shifts, we can create a program that leads to more and more progress over time.

Glenda’s Neuro-Metabolic Solutions Program  includes home Brain Based Rehab Exercises, and the dietary and nutritional plan we put in place for her which is supporting and correcting her physiology.

It’s about doing the right things, at the right time, at the right frequency. I am happy that Glenda was willing to share her progress, because it’s not easy to get in front of the camera.

As promised I am going to go over the specific lab findings for the patient we highlighted in (Fibromyalgia Case Study Part 1).  We ordered a lot of tests and almost every test gave us a specific piece of information that is going to help us make specific changes. My point in detailing this case study is to show that simply labeling you with fibromyalgia, and then attributing every symptom to that diagnosis is a disservice to you as the patient.

 So lets dig in and see what we were able to discover that is going to have a huge impact in her life.

1. Stool Mycology Test - this test measures the ratio of good to bad bacteria in the gastrointestinal system. It looks for things like yeast overgrowth, bacterial infections, and parasitic infections. When we received the results of her test, we found that she has pinworms.

   This is a lady who has suffered from "Irritable Bowel Syndrome" for over 10 years. No doctor, and she had been to a lot, had ever done this test to see what was really going on in her intestinal tract. She could have had this pinworm infection for years. The best part is a 3 day medical course of an antiparasitic medication will completely wipe the pinworms out and she will be done with it, but if we would have never checked, then we would have never found it.
    

2. Adrenal Stress Index - We found that she was in a state of adrenal fatigue. Her adrenal glands were not producing cortisol adequately. I suspected that the driver of her adrenal dysfunction was secondary to blood sugar management and also immune / inflammation driven. Keep reading, to see why.
    
3. Gluten Antibody Test (Stool) – this is another important test to run for fibromyalgia patients. We wanted to see if she has a sensitivity to gluten, the small protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and American oats. People genetically sensitive to gluten will have their immune system attack the gluten proteins as if it was a bacteria or virus, resulting in inflammation from nearly every meal, as gluten tends to be in a lot of things we eat.

   She was producing a massive amounts of gluten antibodies, and also had tissue transglutaminase antibodies, meaning she has a full blown autoimmune disease called Celiac Disease. This contant inflammation had created years of stomach irritability that had become unbearable. The treatment for this is simple … a gluten free diet. It may not be an easy thing to do but will make a huge difference in her life.
    

4. Blood Chemistry and Immune Labs - we discovered that this patient was also pre-diabetic which explains the adrenal fatigue. Her immune panels also revealed that she has a pattern of active infection, but combined with the information about the pinworms and gluten, that is the source of the problem. Had we not had those tests we would have had to do more investigating into source of infection.
   
   We are going to have her on a strict diet that will remove refined sugars, juice, and adrenal stimulants such as caffeine. Combined with some powerful adrenal support and insulin resistance supplementation she will completely reverse her prediabetic condition, lose weight, and remove a source of inflammation from her body (insulin is a big inflammatory mediator when in excess.)
    
5. Intestinal Permeability Test - as I mentioned in Part 1 Of this Case Study, we were testing for increased intestinal permeability, a condition called leaky gut syndrome. What we found was the opposite. The Celiac disease had created so much inflammation in her gut that she had decreased intestinal permeability. She had mucous build up in her intestine, and was not absorbing nutrients like she should. As she goes on her gluten free diet this will heal over time.

So by going gluten free in her diet, controlling her blood sugar by cutting adrenal stimulants and refined sugar, medical treatment for the parasite, and adrenal and insulin resistance nutritional support, this lady is going to make monumental changes in her life, IF she follow's through on my recommendations.

Of course she also had a brain imbalance that we are going to have to address with Brain Based Rehabilitation

She will be receiving treatments in the office two times per week in the beginning to rehabilitate this. Bottom line, there was definite things wrong with her and we are going to specifically address them. That is how we move from "Fibromyalgia" to specific things we can change.

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Most doctors learn the body in chapters. Chapter one-the heart, chapter two-the lungs, chapter 3-the stomach and intestines…you get the picture. That's why there are 'specialists' for each of those book chapters. The problem is that millions of you see specialist after specialist after specialist and you still don't get any better. 

Learning and understanding the body in this way–compartmentalizing it–makes the doctor TOO focused on any one system. He/she loses sight of the big picture.

The BIG picture is that Everything is connected [I know nothing ground breaking, but why is it not put into practice more often?]

Let me give you an example. Gluten intolerance can cause systemic inflammation. The inflammation can cause headaches, mouth ulcers, weight gain or weight loss, poor immunity to disease, and gastrointestinal upset. If this goes untested and untreated long enough it can turn on genes for autoimmune thyroid. The patient will now have fatigue, weight gain, hair loss etc. This can continue and cause hormone shifts, vitamin and mineral imbalances, upset blood sugar regulation, and sabotage hormone balance, and lead to pain.

So what doctor is going to look for the gluten intolerance and autoimmune condition PLUS know how to rehabilitate that person's brain so it functions normally again PLUS know what natural supplementation will modulate the immune attack and support the brain?

That's why I call it THE BIG PICTURE.

Day after day I talk to people suffering with every conceiveable symptom and "diagnosis" you can think of: peripheral neuropathy, fatigue, fibromyaglia, polycystic ovaries, thyroid, multiple sclerosis, autism—and even some conditions that don't have a formal label yet.

And these people have been to the rheumatologist, who sent them to the neurologist who sent them to the " Specialist." And years go by but the person never really gets better. WHY?

Because none of these doctors have taken a step back and looked, seriously, AT THE WHOLE PERSON. All their systems, All the possibilities. All at once. Why waste 6 months, 12 months going to all these different people?

I'm not talking about just medical doctors. Having been through chiropractic college I can say that the same thing happened to me. Fortunately, what helped open my eyes to the bigger picture was neurology. It's a scientific fact that the brain and nervous system control EVERY aspect of your health. In fact, you can't name a body function or body part that the brain and nervous system don't help control and regulate. Hey, this is why I branched into Chiropractic Neurology.

But the reality is, I need to look at everything:

• hormones (female AND male)
• neurology (the brain, peripheral nervous system and central nervous system)
• nutrition (I mean what to eat, not eat, what foods do to the body)
• biochemistry
• neurotransmitters
• toxins (toxic metals, chemicals, environmental)
• genetics (a LOT of people have a genetic piece to their puzzle).
• blood sugar
• digestive system
• respiratory system
• muscles
• bones

How many different specialists would you have to go see to make sure you got a comprehensive assessment? 5? 10?

Like I said, I've had to become learned and proficient with that entire list. There is NO way I would've been able to help 90% of the patient's in my practice without knowing all that. The majority of people that see us have been mismanaged, mis-diagnosed and already seen plenty of specialists.  See one of my fibromyalgia case studies to illustrate this fact.

Our goal is to create great outcomes for our patients like Mary, and Linda you may have read about. Other doctors think I am insane for working with fibromyalgia patients. It is a pleasure to work with fibromyalgia patients because the changes we can make can be phenomenal. I have 4 young kids, and if I going to be away from them to be in my practice I want to make that time count, I want to make a real difference in my patients lives. It's my calling.

So what did you think about this blog post? Leave comments below, and give me your opinion.

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My position on this has always been… "there is something definitely wrong, and if we look hard enough, at the right things, we can create a phenomenal outcome for fibromyalgia patients." The patient I want to tell you about today drove a great distance to see me. She was looking for real answers, not just more pills. I don't mean to demean or put down any patients who must take medications to create some resemblance of normalcy, but they DO create long term side effects, and they NEVER, address the source of the problem. Anything that is going to make things more bearable in the short term, are often necessary. You have to get through the day. Certainly though, just getting through the day can't be the long term goal.

So let me tell you about a particular patient I have had the pleasure of beginning to work with. At the onset, after reviewing a lengthy case history, we decided that there was very likely a number of metabolic underpinnings that lied at the root of her pain and other symptoms. So we agreed to run some laboratory tests that would give us great information about her condition. We ran the following tests:

1. Stool Mycology Test - we wanted to check for intestinal dysbiosis (ratio of good to bad bacteria), yeast overgrowth, and any bacterial or parasitic infections. She had a long history of IBS (another wonderful diagnosis that doesn't really tell us a whole lot), and no doctor had bothered to run a similar test like this to see what was really going on.
    
2. Adrenal Stress Index - we wanted to see if her adrenal glands were functioning properly. One of the things the adrenal production of cortisol is important for is the stabilization of blood glucose. Your cells, especially the brain, rely on a steady supply of oxygen and glucose, and patients with adrenal fatigue or dysfunction, have brains that are metaphorically running on "mud".
    
3. Gluten Antibody Test (Stool) – A common source of gut inflammation, and a simple test that lets us know if the body is treating gluten, the protein in wheat and many other grains, as a foreign invader. Also she had marked balance problems and a huge association between gluten antibody production is cerebellum antibody production. Yes, some people will actually start to create antibodies to their own brain, such that every gluten containing meal is causing damage to a critical part of the brain and result in symptoms of vertigo, dizziness, or decreased balance. Of course there are many things that can cause this presentation, but this is a very real possibility.
    
4. Intestinal Permeability Test - This is a test that measures how wide the junctions in the stomach are. A condition called leaky gut occurs when these junctions are larger than normal, allowing large proteins and molecules to pass through the gut lining, and interact with the immune system. This can create major inflammation, and set a person up for an autoimmune reaction or a full blown autoimmune disease.
    
5. Full Blood Chem, Immune, and Metabolic Panels - bottom line was she had a history of autoimmune disease, and a history of gestational diabetes so we needed to see where she was metabolically.
   

So what did we find? Well we had several significant findings from every test. When I go over the findings you will see that there was definitely many things that were wrong with her body, that were specific, and will lead us to very specific action steps to change her life in a profound way.

We are just getting started but in time she will not be the same person ever again if she does what I advise. I am confident she will. In the next post I will share the findings from the tests and what we are going to do to help her. This post is getting long, but I will lay it all out on the table.

Now I don't arbitrarily order these tests. In this case the history necessitated that THESE tests be ordered, and when I show you what we found you will see why. She actually left a little angry, not at me, but angry at the medical system that had pushed pills and band-aids on her, and never really worked hard for her. She has a stack of results to take back to her doctors and "shove in their face" as she put it. I advised her to take the high road, which I really hope she does.

So stay tuned for part 2, where I will share the results and what she will have to do to turn her life around.

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Linda, a resident of Woodlake, CA, drives 70 miles one way to visit our Institute.

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Now don't get me wrong, these symptoms are REAL. Those that get diagnosed with fibromyalgia suffer in ways that most could never comprehend. Their fight seems never-ending, and those that are closest to them, can't grasp, can't comprehend, their daily struggle and pain. On the outside they look "normal". It appears they should have no problems at all, but they hurt all over, can't sleep, and are often unable to get words out or perform at the same level mentally because their brain seems "cloudy" or "foggy".

Being misunderstanding is and everyday reality for a fibromyalgia sufferer. But what is wrong? Why do they have these symptoms? The unfortunate truth is that many doctors give a fibromyalgia diagnosis when they felt like they have done all the investigation they can, or they just don't want to go any farther with the patient, period.

We know fibromyalgia patients have a neurological problem. The research has shown that time and time again. That is why Brain Based Rehabilitation (also called Brain Based Therapy) is such a huge part of my fibromyalgia treatment program. We can apply the principles of brain plasticity and make amazing changes in symptoms and brain function.

The astute doctor will look even farther. Many things can contribute to the neurological problem. Things like immune dysfunction, gastrointestinal dysfunction, hormone imbalances, intestinal dysbiosis, candida, among other things. Success with fibromyalgia treatment, depends on stepping back and looking at the big picture.

So although fibromyalgia is a label some doctors give to patients that simply means there is nothing else they can do. To me, to us at the Boydston Institute, it means there is definitely something wrong, and we work hard to get to the root of the problem. Of course it helps that we are looking for the right things.

I see changes in fibromyalgia patients that are nothing short of amazing. Our fibromyalgia treatment success, our ability to take someone in chronic pain, who may have lost some hope, and guide them back to health… that is why I get out of bed each morning. It is what makes the years of study and work all worth it. Having a fibromyalgia patient tell me how much I changed their life… their is nothing quite like it. I hope you are the next person I hear that from.

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Mary Kurkjian
Fresno, CA
Former Fibromyalgia Sufferer

"I have had fibromyalgia for the past 4 years and it has been debilitating.."

"I have had Fibromyalgia for the past 4 years and it has been debilitating. It stole a large part of my life and ability to live my life. The overall fatigue was the worst for me, in that I was so tired and weak I could hardly function. My day to day routine had to be modified so I could make it through the entire day, which meant limiting the numbers of steps I took in a given day.

If I walked more than usual, I would pay the price with unrelenting fatigue. Going to work each day became an issue of sheer will power. Just showering and dressing was enough to wear me out and the day hadn’t even begun. I slept my weekends away and was only able to manage to get my laundry done to return to work the following Monday. I live alone and didn’t have anyone I could ask to take over some of my chores, going to the store, watering plants, cleaning house….the average tasks we take for granted. I was too proud to reach out for help.

Many of my friends haven’t seen me in years, I did not, could not participate in weekend activities as I was completely worn out from my work week. And like others with this chronic illness, I look ok, sound ok…so what is the problem. The problem is, I was stricken down by my body attacking its self. My muscles seemed to no longer exist and they would attack me when I tried using them, which left me sitting/sleeping in a chair for the past 4 years.

Since finding out about Dr Boydston and his approach to treating this condition, I have gained strength, don’t feel as much fatigue and my muscle tone is returning slowly but, surely. Unlike medical physicians, I am receiving treatment as opposed to medication that will only mask the pain. With his treatment there is a light at the end of this miserable tunnel. I cannot express the over whelming feeling of hope that I have knowing

I am headed to recovery from this debilitating attack of my body. I look forward to regaining my life the way I remember it to be. The treatments are not the traditional chiropractic that you may have experienced. As far as I am concerned, this is nothing short of miraculous and I say ‘kudos’ to Dr Boydston for stepping ‘outside the box’ and using this unconventional method of healing!"

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