Naturopathic Doctor striving to address the root causes of chronic pain
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12/22/2025
The goal of this treatment is to get the healing biological substance, like PRP, directly into the scar tissue to help remodel it. When PRP interacts with scar tissue, it can make the tissue softer and more supple. This remodeling process is one reason PRP facials can improve acne scars—they help change the texture and quality of the tissue itself. As the scar softens, the surrounding fascia can move more freely, which may relieve nerve compression and lead to real symptom improvement.
12/22/2025
This is called treating the person, and using the body’s natural ability to heal.
This is where, I believe, we have the most room for improvement in the chronic pain space.
When we move from merely trying to fix our patient’s pain (i.e. suppressing symptoms with drugs) to guiding them through the process of resolving it, we have the ability to get into a new level of healing.
This is a journey that acknowledges that true healing isn’t just about symptom relief, it’s about supporting the body to do what it wants to do, which is to come back to homeostasis and heal.
Here are some examples of how this could play out in the real world:
1️⃣ going to therapy to address childhood traumas
2️⃣ reducing heavy metals through chelation therapy (if testing comes back high)
3️⃣ providing the building blocks for connective tissue healing, such as collagen, vitamin C, amino acids, etc.
All of those are different approaches that can help people shift into a state of healing. What each person needs is unique, so there is no one size fits all approach here.
12/20/2025
When one approach doesn’t work, there is often a different approach that looks at the problem from a different angle that will work.
While nerve flossing has become popular over the last few years, this isn’t the only way to help with nerve related issues such as fascial entrapments. In fact, we find that nerve flossing may not even be the best approach for most people.
As most nerve issues are entrapment issues, manual decompression will usually work better than nerve flossing. This is simply putting the body into a position that opens up the space around the nerve. A good example is flexing the head forward and slightly leaning the neck away from the side that the pain radiates down the arm. This maneuver opens up the foramen that is likely causing the impingement.
12/20/2025
There’s a lot of debate about whether BPC-157 needs to be injected or if the oral version works. The truth is, oral BPC-157 can be just as effective as injectable—but with one key adjustment. A small change in dose and choosing the right form of BPC makes all the difference. While subcutaneous injections offer 100 percent absorption, oral BPC still gets into your system if dosed right. We use 500 micrograms of the oral arginate salt version once a day on an empty stomach for optimal results.
12/19/2025
Look, this is a hard concept to talk about, because most often we have our stories about our pain because medical professionals that we trusted have given them to us.
This is not an easy thing to navigate, so the point of this post is more to try and get people to step back and go “oh, maybe the story I’m telling myself isn’t the whole truth”.
And then, once you think it’s possible that there may be more to the story, you can start to explore that.
12/19/2025
If you have occipital neuralgia, that sharp, radiating pain that starts at the base of your skull and moves up your head, you’ve likely tried medications, physical therapy, nerve blocks, or even Botox with little to no lasting relief. When pain keeps returning, it usually means the underlying nerve entrapment or dysfunction hasn’t been treated. The goal isn’t just to numb the nerve but to restore healthy nerve function. That’s where regenerative treatments like nerve hydrodissection, prolotherapy, or PRP come in. By freeing the nerve and treating the tissues around it, we can start to correct the root cause and help you experience lasting improvement rather than temporary relief.
12/18/2025
Not sure what can be done to improve your baseline level of health?
Here are 12 things to consider:
1️⃣ Pick heavy things up then put them back down again
2️⃣ Drink water
3️⃣ Eat more foods found in nature
4️⃣ Laugh with friends
6️⃣ Get more sunlight
7️⃣ Breathe mainly through your nose
8️⃣ Spend more time in nature
9️⃣ Deepen your spiritual relationship with God
🔟 Sleep as much as you can
🕚 Foster your closest and most intimate relationships
🕛 Love yourself
12/17/2025
People are getting too caught up in the black-and-white thinking around BPC-157. The idea that oral BPC is only for gut healing and injectable BPC is only for musculoskeletal issues doesn’t actually hold up when you look at the science. I went back through every animal study that compared oral, peritoneal, and subcutaneous administration of BPC and none of them showed a statistical difference in healing outcomes. Whether it was for nerve injuries, tendons, or ulcers, the method of delivery didn’t matter. All the animals still healed. Now, the research does have limitations since it’s all done on animals and focuses on acute injuries, which BPC seems to help more than chronic ones. But even clinically, I’ve seen powerful gut healing using injectable BPC and impressive musculoskeletal healing with oral BPC. So I don’t buy into the idea that it has to be one route for one condition and another for something else. That kind of thinking is just bro science, not real physiology.
12/17/2025
Their fear of 'different' is what leads them to call me a quack. Their inability to step back and see that 'alternative' medicine providers exist because their system is not sufficient is profoundly sad. ⠀
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I exist because the insurance model sucks. If the insurance model was amazing, I wouldn't have people calling me for help.
12/16/2025
Even some of the most well-known experts still get this wrong when it comes to thymosin beta 4. TB4 is one of my favorite peptides for healing and recovery, but it’s important to understand that TB500 is not the same thing. TB500 is just a fragment of the full TB4 molecule, and in my experience, it doesn’t work nearly as well. People often confuse the two, and even think they’re interchangeable, but they’re not. Just like how melanotan and PT-141 are related but distinct, TB500 is a sliced-out piece of TB4 designed to try to isolate the healing properties, but it misses the mark. There’s even an oral version being marketed, TB4 frag, which is a 4-amino acid variant. There’s one cat study that suggests it’s orally available, but no strong human evidence. Personally, I haven’t seen enough proof to trust that it works, and I prefer to stick with what consistently delivers results. We did have a gap of about two and a half years when TB4 wasn’t available due to its reclassification as a biologic alongside hCG, but now that it’s back, it’s what I use. During that gap, I tried using TB500, but the results weren’t anywhere close to what I see with thymosin beta 4.
12/16/2025
Have you ever stepped back to think about the people, things, or situations in her life that suck your energy? What about the times where you feel depleted and angry because of someone or something, and that repeatedly happens with that person/situation? Maybe it is time to step back and do that self-evaluation, so you can get insight into what scenarios and people in your life might be negatively contributing to your health, such that you can take action.
It might be considered taboo to distance yourself from toxic people in your life, especially for their family, but that does not mean that you should not do it.
12/15/2025
Some people start seeing improvements with as little as 250 micrograms once per day, while others need to work up to around 1 to 2 milligrams daily, split into smaller doses on an empty stomach. In most cases, I start patients at 500 micrograms once a day using the BPC 157 originate salt, which has much better absorption than the acetate form. That’s why we generally don’t recommend the acetate version. If you want to test your response, you could start at 250 micrograms, but if you don’t notice much change, moving up to 500 micrograms is usually the sweet spot for most people.
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