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Q: "For some time now I've been dealing with constipation, bloating, discomfort, problems with lack of belching, and stiff neck. At the same time a year ago I started to really work out running, lifting nothing major, but a strong pain in my lower back arose. It was not a certain lift or anything, but my abdominal pain got worse like spasm because of the bloating... the little pain in my back in now in my neck upper back and heels. I have not worked out since April this year. So I've had enouph time to recover but it still hurts a lot. I've seen a chiropractor, orthopedic doctor and a physical therapist. Now they're sending me to an arthritis specialist. They can't seem to find the problem for the stiffness and pain. I've done MRI and x-rays. I have also seen a Gastreologist for my stomack. He fails to run any tests on me..just gives stuff like Miralax and nulev for the pain... but I've seen in an article you wrote about the back pain and constipation... do you know what could be wrong with me. My chiropractor thinks that its also toxins in my body, but the other doctors do not agree... PLEASE HELP ME! Between the back, neck, upperback, heel pain, bloating, constipation... life is getting hard!!!!"

A: You have a complicated set of symptoms. Questions like how many bowel movements a day do you have, how much water do you drink, what is your diet like, what are your sleep patterns like, etc.? all come to mind.

Lab tests you might consider with your doctors are those for inflammation. Fibrinogen, High Sensitivity C Reactive Protein, Insulin, and Sedimentation rate are all tests appropriate to your condition. I don't know that you will want to follow the recommendations of the arthritis specialist you may see. Their course of action is to recommend medications that poison your heart, liver and kidneys as well as irritate your GI tract which is already in trouble. Recently three major drugs prescribed by MD's: Alleve, Viox and Celebrex have been implicated in causing heart disease in patients taking them.

Without direct doctor to patient contact with you, the best I can do is to recommend you read my book Internal Cleansing and to engage in the NutriScan custom nutrition program. There are over 300 pages of useful information in my book to help you. The cost is only about $16. It's available from Amazon.com and other bookstores. The NutriScan supplements are designed specifically for you based on your response to two questionnaires at http://healthcoach.com/assessments.php . So the cost varies with each person. In order to log on and get me involved you need to enter my code health2090 and sign on as a new client. They will give you a username and password which you will want to save for future use when your condition or medications change.

There is no charge to access the NutriScan site nor to do the questionnaires to see what is recommended for you. The cost of the supplements will depend on what you need and is modifiable by me depending on your budgetary feedback. I will modify the budget needs for no charge but if we engage in back and forth dialogue to answer questions my normal fee of $100 per hour applies.

If you wish, I do phone consults with patients who are too far away to see me in my office and I would be happy to do so with you. I do the phone consults in my Albany office MWF 510-526-6657 at the fee stated above.

You most certainly have toxins in your body, Jorge, if you have this much pain. You are taking the right steps to get answers and I'm sorry you have not yet received them. You are not currently getting the kind of attention you need.

Please start with my book, Internal Cleansing, and the NutriScan (Health Coach) supplements. We can go from there if you so desire.

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