Pain is generally caused by muscle imbalance.  More than most any other creature, we function because of a complex interaction of muscles balancing against each other.  We are mostly big bags of water that manage to stand upright against gravity because of muscles pulling against each other in a perfectly orchestrated dance of balanced tensions. 

This balance of tensions is all coordinated in our brainstem.  It is amazing.  As long as this synchronized balance stays perfectly coordinated, we are able to move about in all manner of unlikely ways without joints pinching or ligaments straining.  But when something does disturb this carefully controlled balance, injury results from the simplest of tasks.  Activities that we have done thousands of times in the past now suddenly cause our "backs to go out".

About two thirds of muscle, joint, and body pain comes from these disturbances in the proper coordination of our muscles throughout our body.  Not only movement muscles get "out of balance", but gut motility muscles, and the muscle lining of blood vessels that control blood flow throughout the body.  The health of every inch of your body depends on the perfect and proper balance of the various muscles of the body.

So what is the most common cause of disturbances in the control of muscles?  It is our emotions.  Everything we think and feel affects the strength and tone of different muscles.  Different feelings affect specific muscles more than others do.  Some feelings like stress make all our muscles weaker.  Other feelings affect only one or two muscles and throw our careful balance all out of kilter.  When opposing muscles become unbalanced because of emotions, the joints they attach to pinch and get inflamed.  If the emotional imbalance is chronic, the muscle imbalance can produce focused areas of chronic tension called knots and trigger points.  Tension in smooth muscles of the gut can produce gut cramping and bad digestion.  Tension in the blood vessels can produce headaches and muscle cramps.

Yes, about a third of the cases I see are because of an auto accident, or a slip and fall, but the majority of the patients I see have muscle imbalances creating symptoms that are really caused by emotional tension.  Once these are there, then activities that should not hurt them do hurt them.

So what can we do about it?  Over the years I have learned 20 to 30 different techniques for resolving emotional tension patterns.  But every technique had its limitations.  They each would do amazing things for a small portion of my patients, help somewhat most of my patients, and do nothing for a few patients.  I kept looking for the one technique that would be amazing for everybody.

With time, experience, and humility, eventually comes wisdom.  In this case I have come to appreciate that it is not my job to "fix" everybody.  My job is to offer what I know and have learned to those who want it.  Testing for emotional involvement is easy.  I simply have you put your hand on your forehead and retest the active area.  Weakness or reversal of previous weakness indicates that a conflict is unbalancing the muscles.  The question then becomes do you want to resolve the conflict.

Proper timing is crucial in any change process, and only you can feel if the time is right to change how you relate to these conflicted feelings that are causing tension.  It is perfectly ok to decide that you only want me to reduce the physical tension and relieve the symptoms present in the moment.  Understand that the underlying cause will eventually bring back or create new symptoms.

I have found over the last 44 years of studying this stuff that there are 5 basic steps to balancing emotional concerns.  These steps are somewhat progressive, but not everybody needs every step.
    Step 1: The tension energy pattern in the body needs to be released.
    Step 2: Any self-judgments about the issue have to be released.
    Step 3: The creative brain has to be accessed to find a new and better way.
    Step 4: A new belief and intention based on a virtue must be implanted.
    Step 5: New behaviors have to be imagined then practiced for feedback.
Over the years I have learned half a dozen ways to execute each of these steps - different techniques and technologies from many different disciplines.  To my knowledge no one has ever put them all together before.  I have picked the easiest and fastest from each area and produced a quick and easy protocol for resolving emotional blocks that are producing imbalances in the body.

Steps 1 through 4 are fairly simple and can be accomplished in a single office visit. Step 5 requires your active participation; you do the work outside the office.  That means you have to be motivated to make a change in your life to produce a change in your body.  Nobody changes until they personally feel the need to do so.  This is feeling work, which means you have to be willing to face the old patterns, make different choices, and act differently as a consequence of those different choices. 
Fortunately this is made much easier by the work done in steps 1 through 4.  

Some of you will want to come in for known tension patterns you have without symptoms present.  Others will be made aware of the tension as a consequence of my findings during a typical structural adjustment.  I find that symptom expression is an indication that your body is ready to make a change.  It is like the pain is saying "I want attention now."  Visits for this work are $47.  I am getting Ellen on board to also do this work to create greater availability of this work for you.

This provides us a new dimension in bringing balance and ease to your life.  It is part of our broader holistic goals for the office.

Take care,

David

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A single dose of antidepressant meds alters the brain

Brain mapping studies are finding that a single dose of SSRI medication reduces connectivity in all but two areas of the brain.  SSRI's are the most commonly prescribed drugs for psychological problems even though how they work is still not understood.  Many studies have found that the benefits of these psych meds is no better than placebo.  But now we know they do affect the brain; just not in ways that sound very helpful. 

 

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Our address is  9725 Fair Oaks Blvd.

Finding the new location is very easy.  Coming from highway 50 up Sunrise Blvd, you turn left and go up a block.  We are on the right hand side - the building just past the Subway Sandwich shop.  If you are coming down Sunrise from the Mall area then just turn right on Fair Oaks Blvd and up a block on the right.

 

If you are coming from the Roseville area you could come down Sunrise Blvd, but that is a long trek.  It is probably shorter time wise to come down Auburn Blvd - San Juan Ave like you have been for the Sunset office, but instead of turning left at Sunset, keep going straight 3 more lights to Fair Oaks Blvd and turn left.  Go down 2 lights to New York Ave, go through the intersection, and immediately turn into the turn lane once the center divider ends.  We are on the left.

 

About Dr. DeLapp

Dr. DeLapp has been a philosopher, non-force Chiropractor, medical intuitive, and health innovator for over 30 years.  He began experimenting with  medical intuition in 1972 while studying physics at UC Davis.  In addition to physics he designed and completed an individual major in the philosophy and psychology of education.  Shortly after he choose to pursue a career in the only truly health oriented profession available at that time, Chiropractic.  He graduated with honors in 1981 with his doctorate and opened a private practice. 
Since that time he has continued his research into the effects of consciousness and learning on health. 
He developed the Biomagnetic Retraining system for correcting movement abnormalities. 
Since 1991 he has focused on developing a powerful system for uncovering and assisting the mind-body connection in health and personal growth.  The in-depth coaching, guided by the subconscious direction from the body, is called Heartflow and the simpler mind-body retraining for health and unfoldment he has named Gracework.  Both are available at Fair Oaks Health.

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