Dr. Shayna L. Powell

Dr. Shayna L. Powell I help ambitious people master chronic heartburn so they can enjoy eating again with The Reflux Relief Method.

12/29/2025

I drive to my office most of the time

But I walk every. Single. Day.

Sometimes 2-3 times for at least a mile

Why?
✨ Inspiration
😴 I’m tired
☀️ Sun myself

Yes it’s exercise but really it helps me refocus and recharge when feeling off

Plus it builds community

If you’d like to work 1-1 with me to reverse chronic acid reflux or silent reflux drop a 🚶‍♀️ emoji and let’s chat

12/28/2025

Relentless acid reflux?

Raise your hand if you’ve been here 🖐️

An old patient reached out to share with me what happened

I sit at the knees of the Great Mystery

Humbled by the wisdom former patients share with me

1. Makes me a better practitioner
2. Helps me help more people

On a hunch they had their home tested for mold

I usually recommend the HERTSMI2 duster test

But they used the aerial test from a local company

(If this is high) definitely a bad sign!

These air tests are notoriously wrong

Anyway they are remediating and symptoms are improving while living elsewhere

If you suspect mold illness I recommend following
and for the best information for treatment on healing mold illness

12/24/2025

Americans are the sickest ‘wealthy’ nation in the world

We consume 2/3 of the the world’s pharmaceuticals

One at a minimum, but that’s never enough

You take ibuprofen for aches and pains and then antacids for stomach irriation

Which can lead to other gut issues and even psychiatric illness

More durgs with more ‘side’ effects

My story was much like this until I took MY HEALTH

Into MY HANDS

I was just getting sicker and sicker following the conventional wisdom of pill for every ill

Now don’t take this as me being antimed, cuz I ain’t

I am stating factually that there is an ABUSE of the drugs and it’s NORMALIZED

Instead of opting for real food, exercise and meditation

We want the quick fix

The thing that if we do it RIGHT NOW, we see immediate effect

This magical fix has consequences

Remember Murphy’s Law - for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

If you are tired of the pill for every ill and want to safely get off your PPI, reverse your chronic reflux, comment “I am done” and let’s chat

12/23/2025

You did not sleep well

You returned to your doc and they doubled your dose of pantoprazole

You - frustrated search the internet to find a different solution

But you’re not sure where to start

Until you find my page, as a holistic doctor I specialize in silent reflux, heartburn and reflux because I was once like you

Struggling for nearly a decade with little support besides take another pill

If you’re tired of taking more meds without real resolution of your symptoms, welcome 🤗

If this is you and you’re ready to get yourself free of meds in the next three months drop a 🔥 in the comments and lets chat

12/22/2025

From precancerous to normal stomach

How I helped reverse Barrett’s esophagus

In a year

She walked in for her new patient visit with palpable stress

She had just been diagnosed with precancer called Barrett’s esophagus

She said she’s never had ❤️‍🔥

She was terrified 😱

She didn’t want to be on meds for the rest of her life

So she came to me

In 14 months with follow up endoscopy

We reversed her throat illness, improved her sleep, improved blood sugar levels and increased stress management skills

Using simple
Herbal treatments
That improved digestion

If you don’t wanna be on PPIs for life because you KNOW there is a better way, drop 🌌 in the comments

12/20/2025

50% of people with silent reflux (LPR)

Have a hiatal hernia

Both data confirm this and this is what I see clinically

If you’ve had a upper endoscopy (camera down the throat) and it didn’t show a hiatal hernia

THAT DOES NOT MEAN

You definitely do not have a hiatal hernia

Due to the medication used to put you to sleep, this can relax the hernia back into place

A good physical exam can easily determine IF you have a hiatal hernia

Especially if you have several of the symptoms I share in this clip

This is from my new episode of my podcast coming out next week

on Youtube or the Dr. Shayna Show on Spotify or Apple

12/19/2025

The one thing about stool tests that no one is talking about 👇 

These tests range between $300-$600

While they provide some interesting information

The most important tests can be run for much less → H. pylori, calprotectin and blood

Why is no one talking about the fact that most gut bugs, actually ~99% of them are ANAEROBIC (which means no oxygen)

This means that these bugs 💀 the moment you have a 💩 

So the vast majority of our gut microbiome is not being tested!!!

These fancy tests are not validated either and while some have better evidence to support their usefulness, and other companies don’t share their data

And one last thing - what exactly is a healthy cohort? Who determines this?

The gut microbiome is uniquely individual based on s*x, diet, stress, environment, medications/supplements and geographical location and SO many more nuanced factors

So no, I don’t require you to spend $500 on a stool test to work with me

If you are tired of running a bazillion tests (that are normal anyway) and ready to actually solve your reflux for GOOD, drop 💩  in the comments

12/17/2025

The pain and breathlessness from a hiatal hernia

Can be so limiting

Impacting eating, socializing, and generally just not feeling well

I teach my clients how to self adjust

Check out my YouTube for a few DIY videos


If you’d like to work 1:1 with me comment reflux and let’s 💬

12/15/2025

While surgery is an option

It’s not the only option

Especially if you “just have a small hiatal hernia”

There are treatments like

Visceral manipulation
And
Intentionally breathing 😮‍💨

I recommend paced breathing for this practice

One moves your stomach, yes it 💯 can move and learn to stay in your belly not your chest cavity

And two
By practicing breathing you strengthen the diaphragm to keep it in its hole

If you’re tired of only pills and procedures as your options to feel better from reflux, drop 😮‍💨 in the comments and let’s 💬

12/14/2025

This pain was never ending

A pain that one doc recommended I take an antidepressant for

A common rx for women with gut issues 🤔

Any guesses what was the cause of my pain?

🔍clues
1. Pain was in my upper middle belly
2. Caused heartburn

Any guesses?

12/12/2025

👀 i am not talking about actual allergies and intolerances

What I know for sure is that a human is highly unlikely to be “allergic” to every food on their food allergy test

I know you don’t eat amaranth but that test claimed you were 4/4 allergic

This tells me a different story

The story that leaky gut is present

But the story that if dairy touches your precious quinoa

That you’ll be in a reflux flare and your gut blah blah blah

That story is 🥱

If you’re done eating feeling like eating isn’t safe, I want you to share why you’re over it in the comments

12/12/2025

Look I’m not talking about REAL allergies

Or even intolerances

But it’s not true that a person is allergic to 800 foods including amaranth which you and I both don’t even eat

Having a bunch of food sensitives and telling ourself the story that if dairy touches our precious quinoa

That we’ll have a reflux flare and our gut blah blah blah

This story is 🥱

My question for you is this

Are you tired of living this way?

So worried about micromanaging your diet to absolute perfection that you don’t even enjoy eating anymore

If this is you and so done ✅ tell me why you’re done in the comments

Address

1104 South Townsend Avenue
Montrose, CO
81401

Telephone

+19703152086

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