Your questions, our answers

Q: Why does retracing have to occur?

A: People are sick with chronic conditions. Retracing allows deeper healing and offers that opportunity for it to occur. It especially offers hope for those conditions related to stress.

Q: How will I know if I am retracing?

A: Your body will have old injuries that will resurface and then go away just as quickly. Emotionally you may experience thoughts and feelings that you haven’t felt in a long time. You may have been suppressing them and your body physically expresses the tension in your neck and shoulders. You may notice after retracing that the tension no long causes the neck pain.

Q: Does retracing occur if I’m taking medication?

A: Not really. It’s hard for your body to express itself if you’re constantly suppressing it.

Q: Do other forms of healing acknowledge retracing?

A: Yes. Think of religious healing, cleansing, etc. While this is much different than what we’re talking about, it’s the same idea.

People have never fully “healed” from a traumatic religious or emotional problem without going back, and mentally/physically resolving problems of the past.

You have to reverse the condition. It has to go backwards. Retracing is well understood in acupuncture, chiropractic, osteopathy, Chinese medicine, etc.

Q: Are some conditions too far gone to heal?

A: Yes. Some conditions are beyond improvement. That’s why it’s important to catch things early. I wish I could tell you that in all cases, it’s never too late, but that’s untrue.

Q: I don’t see as many pictures of your kids in the office anymore. What gives?

A: We need a faster lens. They’re too fast. Andrew now has a skateboard and he’s getting pretty good at riding it. He’s my 5 year old. Emily is 8 years old and she’s constantly dancing. She’s in cinemagic and loves her high school musical CD. By the end of the day, we’ve forgotten to take pictures.

Q: What book is a good book on diet?

A: The Zone Diet by Barry Sears. The guy is a genius.

Q: Are they fixing your building? When will they finish with construction?

A: We get this question a lot. I have no idea. They are working on it. Evidently the city is very strict on what is allowed and not allowed. I guess there’s a lot more city codes than the new owners realized.

Q: What’s the worst case you’ve ever seen?

A: I had a patient once that had a spinal scoliosis surgery where there were metal rods placed in the spine from her shoulders to her buttocks. She went to Magic Mountain and one of the rods broke while she was on a roller coaster. Surprisingly, she wasn’t in a lot of pain, but we referred her out and she had to have the rods removed.

Q: I’ve heard you mention that you shouldn’t drink cold drinks. Why?

A: Our body temperature is 98.6 degrees. Pouring cold drinks into our body requires a strain on our internal organs to warm up the liquid. Drinking luke warm water is healthier because it requires less energy of our body to absorb. If you think about it, when you go to the doctor, they measure your temperature as if it were something vital. That’s why they call it your vitals. When it comes to nutritional information, we almost throw away common sense. Your body should not be constantly fighting to maintain the core temperature every time we drink.

Q: Why does stress cause pain?

A: Stress causes chemical imbalances that lower the threshold of the pain-sensitive nerves in our body. So there’s a real reason why pain and stress go hand in hand.