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One of the important tools we have in health care today is the utilization of comprehensive blood chemistry analysis. The usefulness of comprehensive blood testing helps to reveal patterns of abnormal and unhealthy blood biomarkers which are then interpreted within the optimal ranges for healthy functioning organs. Rather than basing a “diagnosis” on one or two biomarkers from a simple test panel, this super panel incorporates a broad range of physiologically related biomarkers to evaluate the function of many important organs and systems.

Test results undergo a Functional Health Evaluation. This compares test values to the optimal ranges desired for healthy functioning organs and systems to highlight patterns of disease, dysfunction, and unhealthy trends. Knowing the “highs” and “lows” of biomarkers is important, but just as important is knowing what you can do to improve your health status. The Functional Health Evaluation provides a detailed analysis that connects all of the dots with diagnoses, nutrient recommendations, dietary suggestions, and lifestyle modifications.

Conventional medical testing can provide many relevant findings about your health status. However, medical tests alone can fall short of leading to more specific details about the underlying cause(s) of your collective symptoms. In fact, laboratory test results evaluated through conventional medical practices often fail to note any relevant findings at all, even though the patient intuitively knows something is wrong. For this and other reasons, it is important to include other methods of analysis.

Kinesiology Functional Analysis is an in-office protocol that functions much like the anti-viral software on your computer. It is an ingenious neurological muscle response technique that enables the doctor to identify dysfunctional or “corrupted” systems through your body’s “operating system”—the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). This is a significant advantage because it is the ANS that monitors and regulates all functions of the body’s “hardware,” meaning its various systems and structures. As a result, this analysis can reveal the underlying components of health disorders that escape the radar of conventional medical tests.

Kinesiology Functional Analysis is an important protocol for assessing and confirming:

• Environmental, Chemical, Heavy Metal, and Pharmaceutical Toxicities
• Microorganisms, Parasites and Other Biological Toxins
• Food Sensitivities and Hyperimmune Reactions
• Musculoskeletal Pain and Injuries
• Chronic Disorders
• Acute Onset Symptoms
• Context for Laboratory Test Results
• Specificity and Quality of Nutritional Supplements, Herbals, and Homeopathics

Advanced Nutritional Therapy is a specialized nutritional evaluation protocol developed by Dr. L’Hommedieu through his years of employing nutritional strategies for a wide range of health disorders.

Utilized in conjunction with Kinesiology Functional Analysis, this specialized protocol is an important method for identifying the body’s immediate nutritional priorities that are essential for supporting all body systems. There is no guessing as to what nutritional supplements, herbals, and homeopathics you need.

Another significant feature of this protocol is how it provides a physical means for evaluating the compatibility of nutritional supplements, herbals, and homeopathics with your body’s requirements, as well as its quality or biological activity.

For example, a blood test may indicate a requirement for vitamin B12. Evaluating for compatibility would reveal which form of B12 the individual would require. Taking an inappropriate form of B12 could potentially exacerbate symptoms or just not work effectively. Once the appropriate form is determined, it is then evaluated for its biological activity. In other words, not all B12 products are equal in therapeutic value. That applies to all nutritional supplements. For this reason, only nutritional supplements that provide optimal therapeutic value are utilized in patient nutritional protocols.

The issue of quality or biological activity of nutritional supplements and herbals is more significant than people realize. Unbeknown to the general public, a many nutritional products on the market are not of true therapeutic value when assessed using the more sensitive and rigorous procedure of this protocol. Most people are surprised to learn that this often includes popular products endorsed by high profile doctors. The Advanced Nutritional Therapy protocol assures you are receiving the appropriate support with biologically active nutrients, herbals, and other remedies to provide optimal results.

The Food Sensitivity and Allergy Functional Assessment is another part of the Kinesiology Functional Analysis. It is a practical and cost-effective method for identifying primary sensitivities and underlying causes of sensitivities and allergic reactions with a couple of key advantages compared to conventional food allergy testing.

First, not all food reactions are actual “allergic” reactions, meaning an immunoglobulin (Ig) response resulting from an allergic reaction cascade triggered by a food antigen. For example, this confusion becomes evident when a patient reviews their food allergy blood test results. Often, they are surprised when they find some of the foods that cause them obvious symptoms of distress did not provoke an allergic reaction (Ig response) on the test. The reason is those symptoms are a result of functional sensitivities, not true allergic reactions. These are metabolic dysfunctions triggered by the presence of xenobiotic interferences such as heavy metals, chemicals, medications, vaccines, and other agents.

Second, not all laboratory-confirmed allergic reactions are caused by food antigens. For example, an individual with a latent infection can react to a food due to its therapeutic action specific to the organ or body system where the infection resides. Once stimulated by the therapeutic properties of the food, there is an attempt by the organ to purge the infection through a hyperimmune response. While this is a true allergic reaction it is not due to the food antigen. Unfortunately, a common result of such a misinterpretation is that the real underlying cause of the allergic reaction—infection—remains undetected and untreated.

The Food Sensitivity and Allergy Functional Assessment can reveal the hidden offenders causing these types of reactions and begin the process of removing many of these metabolic interferences triggering functional sensitivities and allergic reactions.

Heavy metals and toxic chemicals play prominent roles in the cause and exacerbation of every health disorder and disease process. To varying degrees, every cell of the body is constantly adapting as it grapples with maintaining normal cellular functions against the influence of toxic substances generating functional interferences that disrupt metabolic pathways and undermine your health. They weaken immune system defenses, hamper energy production, ramp up inflammation, damage DNA, deplete vital nutrients, interfere with normal brain function and development, and impair body systems overall.

Formulating any health restorative strategy requires identifying and addressing these toxic substances in order to promote a positive treatment outcome. However, treating heavy metals and toxic chemicals requires intelligent detoxification protocols. There are many products and simple do-it-yourself procedures that claim to detox or chelate metals and chemicals from the body. However, the key question is: What are the unintended consequences?

Indeed, most of these products and simple procedures will likely mobilize toxic metals and chemicals to some extent. But a problem occurs when systemic nutritional support is not comprehensive enough to handle the release of these toxic substances safely and efficiently. The result is that some portion of these mobilized toxins will be reabsorbed back into your system where they find another “parking space” in other organs and glands. Imagine releasing heavy metals from your liver only to have a portion be reabsorbed and settle in your brain, or passing heavy metals through your kidneys only to have residual toxic substances settle in your prostate. I don’t know anyone who would knowingly sign up for that program, but that is exactly what the self-help masses are doing.

Detoxifying heavy metals and toxic chemicals requires years of clinical experience, nutritional expertise, and consistent monitoring to properly and safely process these toxic substances to avoid unintended consequences. Dr. L’Hommedieu specializes in this detoxification process. Through his Kinesiology Functional Analysis, he identifies and monitors these specific toxic elements and employs his Advanced Nutritional Therapy protocol to individualize a comprehensive nutritional program.

Erchonia EVRL and XLR8 Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is beneficial for treating scores of health disorders and accelerating healing processes. It is an important therapeutic device that improves cellular function to provide noticeable pain relief and can enhance organ, endocrine, and immune system functions. Similar to photosynthesis in plants,  LLLT has a photochemical effect that naturally reduces oxidative stress and increases ATP production, which is the energy currency of all cells.

The advantage of the Erchonia EVRL LLLT is that the photon of the violet laser light is a major active component. It creates a stronger physiologic enhancement of a treatment because it packs more energy per photon. When its amplified photon energy transfers to the mitochondria of cells, along with the red laser light, the increased ATP production enhances the physiologic outcome of the treatment.

Erchonia EVRL and XLR8 LLLT utilizes numerous protocols to provide pain control and accelerated healing for musculoskeletal injuries, pre- and post-surgical physical therapy, skin inflammations and lesions, and arthritis. It relaxes muscles and spasms and breaks up adhesions to increase the range of motion of joints. The violet light component of the EVRL laser also possesses a strong microbial-inhibiting effect which has immense therapeutic value for fighting bacterial infections as well as enhancing your resistance to other infections.

Chiropractic care specifically addresses the structural alignment and mobilization of the joints of the spine and limbs, and even slight movements of cranial sutures. This procedure utilizes joint mobilization techniques (spinal and extremity joint manipulation) to correct misalignments of your joints, which in turn restores proper posture, joint mobility, and muscle function. It also relieves pain, preserves bone and joint integrity, relieves pressure and irritation on the nerves and promotes healthy nerve supply to your organs and body systems.

Chiropractic adjustments regulate the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) at the peripheral (surface) level which include the 12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31 pairs of spinal nerves. This is one reason why chiropractic treatments are helpful for providing musculoskeletal pain relief and regulating internal organs.

Chiropractic adjustments are even more effective in providing pain relief when performed in conjunction with the Kinesiology Functional Assessment. The technique provides neurophysiological information directly from the ANS so as to locate and address priority misalignments, soft tissue inflammations and adhesions, food and environmental sensitivities, and nutritional supplement support specifically associated to the pain pattern.

Acupuncture is a centuries old method of treatment that has been used to address over 1,000 health disorders. Treatments involve the stimulation of systemic meridians (energy or Qi pathways) at specific therapeutic points (acupuncture points) along each meridian pathway. There are many benefits from acupuncture treatments. However, it is primarily used to provide pain relief when imbalances due to illness, injury, and poor lifestyle habits have interrupted the smooth flow of the body’s energy or Qi.

An acupuncture treatment utilizes acupuncture needles, which are very small in diameter and normally well received by the vast majority of patients. For those who prefer some of the benefits of needle acupuncture without the needles, sensation-free meridian therapy utilizing the Erchonia EVRL Low Level Laser or the Mens-O-Matic microcurrent unit can be substituted to stimulate the acupuncture points.