Research on the Effectiveness of Borrelogen

Borrelia burgdorferi antigen release stimulation by nutraceutical formula as determined by Lyme Urine Antigen Testing (LUAT)

(Presented by Dr. David A. Jernigan, at the 1999 International Tick-Borne Diseases Conference, New York City, New York)

Abstract

It is understood that antigens are the cause of numerous sensitivities resulting in much of the symptomatology experienced in chronic illness. This clinical study was restricted to determining whether Borrelia burgdorferi specific antigen (Literally the dead pieces of Bb) could be purged from circulation by the use of a nutraceutical formula called Borrelogen. The results are very preliminary as more research is needed to rule out physiological interference. LUAT assay was utilized to determine antigen release after 68 subjects used the nutraceutical for one week. Results revealed 73% of the subjects released specific antigen to the degree of being considered positive or highly positive by LUAT. (Only seventeen of the 68 subjects were tested by Lyme Western Blot IgM/IgG prior to starting Borrelogen. All seventeen subjects were either Equivocal or Positive via this serological assay.) This study in itself cannot be used to make definitive statements about the efficacy of Borrelogen, only that an antigen was released from whatever mechanism. Note: IGeneX is not in any way endorsing this nutraceutical, nor is IGeneX associated in any way with Jernigan Nutraceuticals,

Inc. IGeneX was blinded to the use of the nutraceutical and only performed the testing procedure. True research seeks to find the truth in an unbiased manner for the betterment of mankind.

Introduction

Bacteria contain many particulate and soluble antigens that evoke strong, often lasting immune responses, both humoral and cellular.193 According to Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, an antigen (allergen) is any substance that, as a result of coming into contact with appropriate tissues, induces a state of sensitivity.194 Antigens are understood to cause many of the symptoms experienced by Lyme Disease sufferers. It would stand to reason that decreasing the antigen load on the body would correspondingly decrease the number and severity of symptoms. A proprietary nutraceutical formulation was developed in 1998 to specifically target the functional release of spirochetal antigen from the tissues of the body. The historical and pharmacognostic data of the individual plant-based extracts reveal very low toxicity, while being functionally beneficial in many ways to the body. The research presented here was performed as a clinical study to aid in our understanding of the potential effectiveness of the nutraceutical formula Borrelogen. Lyme Urine Antigen Testing (LUAT) was chosen as a viable determinant due to its specificity to Borrelia burgdorferi antigens seen as a result of a release of antigen from an appropriately applied therapy. Because the body will, as a natural process, release Lyme specific antigen in about 30% of untreated cases, the nutraceutical formula was tested to see if the body could be stimulated to release a greater amount of antigen, with a higher percentage of positive LUATs. A nutraceutical is defined as a plant-based remedy that is specifically formulated to target specific body dysfunctions.195

Methods

Participants in this study were pre-selected based on positive Borrelia burgdorferi screening, using Bio-Resonance Scanning assay. The group consisted of 68 people residing in a non-endemic area of the United States. All were suffering from a range of 3 to 44 chronic problems based on a 55- question Lyme Disease symptom questionnaire. Lyme Urine Antigen Testing (LUAT) was utilized to monitor the release of antigen. LUAT testing is an antigen capture assay specific to detection of low levels of antigen, in spite of the presence of other proteins. The antibody being used in this antigen capture is a unique polyclonal antibody that is specific for the 31 kDa (OpsA), 34 kDa (OpsB), 39 kDa, and 93 kDa antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi. This assay appears to be very specific to these antigens with a reported false positive rate of less than 1% in a study of 408 controls.196 The reference range of a LUAT is based on P-values or confidence levels. Antigen levels reported as 32 ng/ml have a 95% confidence level of being positive and distinguishable from a negative population.197 A LUAT is a highly controlled and reproducible assay which is used in conjunction with patient history, symptoms and serum panels. The nice thing about LUAT assay is that it is positive throughout all three stages of infection: early, which is said to be <60 days (which is before you normally can get a seropositive result); second stage, which is defined as 60 – 360 days; and the third stage, >360 days.198

Results

Reporting only the highest score of the three-day urine collection, the majority of positive LUATs scored over 100 ng/ml. Out of the 68 LUATs, performed 44 were reported as positive or highly positive, while there were 4 borderline, and 18 negative results. The total percentage of positive scores was 73%. When the nutraceutical formula was used instead of prescription antibiotics, the majority of positive LUATs were reported over 100 ng/ml, and as high as >400 ng/ml. Although a score of >400 does not indicate that a patient is more highly infected than a score of >45, it does indicate a high rate of antigen release which can only benefit the patient. An interesting side note: only 17 of these 68 cases were also tested by Lyme Western Blot IgM/IgG prior to taking the Borrelogen. All 17 subjects tested as positive or equivocal by Lyme Western Blot.

Conclusion

Based on this study, it appears that this nutraceutical formula does indeed stimulate the purging of Borrelia burgdorferi antigens from the body. This antigen-detox can only be seen as a good thing as these antigens, when circulating throughout the body, cause a multitude of systemic sensitivities, which in turn causes increased suffering in the patient. An infected person does not release antigens daily or uniformly.199 It is significant that, 73% of the time, a high release of antigen was stimulated while using this nutraceutical. Further research must be performed to determine if a negative control group on the same protocol would yield a similar effect. However, based on positive patient symptomatic response and clinical observations, we are encouraged that this botanical formula may effectively stimulate and increase the tissue elimination of deleterious antigen via the urine. Further research may also result in increased probability of highly positive Lyme Urine Antigen Test confirmations.

Interference studies performed by IGeneX lab confirmed that Borrelogen does not cause a false positive LUAT when negative patient urines were spiked in various concentrations. This in vitro assay does not, however, effectively rule out the possibility of in vivo interference.

192 Glenn T. Shwaery, G. TPh. D., 99G-0905m 1999 Toxikon Corp. Sponsored by International Nutraceutical Research Group.

193 Coltran, Kumar, Robbins. Robbins Pathological Basis of Disease. 4th Edition; p.335. 194 Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. 25th Ed. Williams & Wilkins.
195 Journal of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, 1994.
196 Journal of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, 1994.

197 Journal of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, 1994.
198 Calllister SM, Schell RF. Laboratory Serodiagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis. J Spirochetal Tick-

borne Inf 1998; 1:21.
199 Harris NS. IGeneX Reference Laboratory Guide, 1998; 4.

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Hansa Center is Now Biologix Center for Optimum Health

For those of you who could not attend our special reveal event last Sunday night at the Orpheum Theater in Wichita, Kansas or join us live online, we are thrilled to announce all of the exciting changes that are happening!

Our first big announcement is that Hansa Center is now Biologix Center for Optimum Health! Please check out our new website at biologixcenter.com that features an informational video you can share and is the new location for my blog.

We did have a technical issue occur during the livestream and lost audio for about 3 minutes. For those that missed it, during that time I explained the reason for the name change to Biologix. Although I completely made up the word Hansa, and Googled it and found it meant, "Swan", over the years I have been called Dr. Hansa many times, or people thought I had purchased the clinic from a Dr. Hansa, this name change has more to do with wanting the name to more accurately represent the treatment philosophies we adhere to, Biological and Bioregulatory medicine. (More on what those philosophies represent in a later post.)

For those of you who don’t know, after 20+ years of treating only people with chronic illnesses I decided about 5 years ago to hire and train doctors in my clinic to serve more people and to do the many innovative technologies that I developed. I knew I needed to step out from behind the treatment table, so that I could focus on the ground-breaking research that I was working on. 

Leaving the treatment room was very difficult for me since so much of my identity was tied up in that role. Although I knew I was correct in my decision to move to full-time research and training of doctors and lay people, I did feel quite a hole in my life no longer being in constant contact with patients. 

Eventually, I made the decision to sell the clinic to three of my doctors. The first sale attempt was unsuccessful and then a second attempt that spanned almost a year and a half also collapsed at the last hour, and those doctors opted to pursue their vision by opening their own clinic. This sale process spanned about three or more years.

Having focused the last five years primarily on researching new techniques and technologies, I felt I was done with the operating of the clinic, however the very day after the last sale attempt fell through, I woke that morning filled with incredible inspiration to bring my new discoveries to the world through the clinic. I had more wind in my sails than almost ever in my 25 year career. Not one day has passed since then that wasn’t filled with this same inspiration. I am back and loving it!

The patients who have come to my clinic within the past few years did not know me when I was practicing. The people who have been around from those days see even more fire and enthusiasm, that spring in my step that characterized my joy of helping people heal. It is a new day! A rebirthing, allowing my old vision to fall away and reveal a new and better vision. Better technologies, better health!

That new day, surrounded by an incredible team of co-visionary staff and doctors, is fueled by the inspiration to take this new clinic concept, and the unique technologies of precision functional diagnosis and precision treatments to the world, locating healing campuses in strategic locations around the country and even into other countries. 

I felt I had taken the Hansa brand as far as I could and that our new brand, Biologix, better represents the recent technologies I have innovated as well as the larger global reach we want to achieve.
The ultimate end goal beyond helping more people heal, is also in the future to take the technologies I have developed and computerize them into a true Bio-Artificial Intelligence interface that could revolutionize precision, person-specific, functional diagnosis and treatment that could be part of a person’s daily routine through using an at-home device that would scan and correct what is going on with that person to treat and prevent problems before they manifest as symptoms. 

We are excited to share that we will be opening our next Biologix Center for Optimum Health just south of Nashville, TN, in the Franklin area in 2020! We will be sending regular updates on this new location with our actual opening date and when we will start booking appointments as we get closer. If you live in the Franklin area and feel that you have talents and skills to join our team, watch our website for career opportunities.

On top of our array of therapies that we already offer inside our all-inclusive packages of care, we are adding additional therapies including Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Clear Mind Neurofeedback, and Advanced-Low Dose Immunotherapy (A-LDI).

The new logo and icon: The triquetra symbol denotes a particular complicated shape formed of three vesicae piscis, also know as a “Trinity Knot” which has been used in Christian tradition as a sign of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). In the Biologix usage, the symbol definitely reflects our faith, and also the triad of our heart of Compassion, Innovation, and Diligence.

The shield in our icon is interwoven in the Trinity knot denoting the interweaving of our faith in all we do, as well as our dedication to defend and protect the truth, the faith, and those people under our care.

It is definitely a new day here! If you came to the Hansa Center in years past and still need help, I encourage you to give our new technologies another visit. We are recording more and more success cases and will be putting them online in the near future. We want to add your success story too.

Our continuing mission is to take the best aspects of the Hansa Center and with the advancements of Biologix, improve our ability to apply precision technologies to restore the structural and functional integrity of every aspect of the body, so that true lasting healing can occur.

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Calling all Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Sufferers: A New Option

The young teenage boy who sat with his mother and grandmother across from me in my treatment room was a mystery case to every doctor. They had traveled from another state to my clinic due to our focus on rare and "incurable" illness.

As I took an extensive case history, the boy would periodically vomit a bit into a trash can, one of the many symptoms he wanted fixed. All day, everyday, he would vomit a little or a lot, up to 42 times a day. Associated with this symptom was severe abdominal pain, causing him to cross his arm over his stomach and rock back and forth in misery.

All of the conventional medical tests from his previous doctors had ruled out all the usual causes, but had found nothing wrong.

Because of the fact that every test had come back inconclusive for anything, a normal finding in many of the patients we see, I took care to ask them for every possible oddity about his situation. About a half hour into the questioning the grandmother exclaimed, "Oh, you should show the doctor how you can stick out your tongue and touch your nose!"  The boy obligingly proceeded to not just touch his tongue to his nose, but laid his tongue on top of his nose! Omigosh, I said. The grandmother, seeing I was surprised told him to show me his other oddity, the ability to turn his head and look behind him. He proceeded to shockingly turn his head almost to the point that it appeared his head was on backwards.

This was the first, and best clue to the case. Up to this point his previous doctors were only focused on various possible infections, but to me it was a fantastic clue that I continued to pursue. Upon asking him, he proceeded to show me that he could reverse his elbows, wrist, and bend his thumb back to his wrist. I had it! From a clinical diagnosis, he likely had Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a supposedly "rare" condition that in all of its presentations, surprisingly affects over 1.5 million people of the 7.8 billion people worldwide.

Armed with the knowledge of what I was dealing with, the treatment plan was adapted to his unique situation and for the next three weeks of daily treatments his abdominal pain and vomiting completely resolved. 

Almost ten years have passed since I treated that case of EDS and I have learned much more and developed much deeper treatments to help people with EDS symptoms, that stands a good chance of dramatically improving their quality of life, not to mention the longevity of their life, since people with certain types of EDS often have a shorter lifespan. 

A Call For Those Suffering from EDS
This is not a promise of "cure," but a chance to see what can be achieved with the many advancements that we can offer. It is because of these new discoveries and innovations over the years that I have decided to do a Quality of Life Case Outcome Review of people with EDS who come to the Biologix Center for Optimum Health for our 3-week, all-inclusive program of care. This program is designed to provide you with the maximum applied effort to enable your body to repair or improve your functional biochemistry and to improve your muscle and ligament tone, not to mention optimizing heart function. This program of care is very comprehensive. As many of you have experienced, treatment can be very minimalistic, an focused on just dealing with the "symptom of the day." The all-inclusive package is designed to accomplish a few things:

1. To enable the doctors to take the time they need to really dig deep into your case. 
2. To be able to strategically combine all the best treatments and therapies we can provide in a synergistic way to enable the greatest potential for deeper healing. Patients are usually in the clinic for 4-6 hours a day, Monday through Friday for the 3-week program of care.
3. All-inclusive program of care to eliminate the fear of running up a huge bill for all the various treatments and therapies.
4. The program is designed so that the treatments and therapies greatly exceed the package price, so that you receive our maximum applied effort, as opposed to the maximum that insurance will cover. (We do not take insurance as our services are not considered "usual and customary" by insurance companies due to the large amounts of time that doctors spend with patients in each visit.)

What Needs to Be Addressed:

It should be obvious that EDS is a syndrome, a group of symptoms that occur together that are associated with a disease, most people I have met seem to feel EDS is purely a genetic problem and nothing can be done about it beyond managing the symptoms. It should also be understood that if EDS is simply a genetic issue then everyone would have the same symptoms. EDS is caused by a generational predispositions and acquired metabolic disturbances, the symptoms of which are unique based on the totality of systemic problems, more than, but not excluding the possibility of a genetic component. That is the premise offered herein. Might the metabolic disturbances be successfully identified and addressed leading to much fewer symptoms or possibly no more symptoms? In reality EDS affects everyone differently,  some just have a few mild symptoms, while others literally die from their symptoms. This tells us that given the most optimum functional biochemical and structural support the rapid decline in a person's body could be dramatically improved and possibly stopped. 

As it stands, very few doctors know anything more than to treat the pain and inflammation with high power prescriptions, and then send patients to physiotherapy...forever. We are not striving to help people with EDS because it is easy, but because of the profound suffering that we want to help relieve. The physiotherapy is often not possible for many people due to the extremely unstable nature of their joints, not to mention the fact that POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia) prevents many from simply standing up! Something must be done to advance the knowledge of how to stablize things.

It is obvious that someone needs to address the Zebra in the room, and go deeper than symptom suppression. That is why we have brought all the best treatment ideas under one roof to address the totality of everything that is going wrong, not just your symptoms.

Our Approach

All of the following must be assessed and addressed as needed within the 3-week program. 

In Summary:

1. Facilitate the restoration of copper and iron utilization through identifying and eliminating interferences in the loading of copper onto the copper-transport molecule, ceruloplasmin.
2. Correct metabolic pathways of copper-dependent enzymes, the deficiency of which directly leads to the symptoms of all forms of EDS.
3. Facilitate the restoration of biophoton regulation of metabolic processes.
4. Release global fascia restrictions.
5. Eliminate accumulated environmental and endogenous toxins, such as toxic accumulations of iron in the tissues and glyphosate.
6. Assess and facilitate the body's correction of metabolic processes, such as Heme metabolism, and mast cell/histamine/proinflammatory issues.
7. Optimize dietary issues, and gut microbiome imbalances..
8. Eliminate EMF interference in genetic/epigenetic expression.
9. Synchronize brain-heart co-regulation of biological processes and correct brain-wave patterns.
10. Adjust all of the musculoskeletal and neuro-muscular imbalances.

Keep in mind, the following are not necessarily all of the issues that will need to be addressed, or in the order of treatment strategy that our doctors will employ from your first treatment to the last of treatment of your package. My response to those who may oppose the science behind the following issues that we desire to address is to ask, how is it working for you to continue simply manage the symptoms?

• A key issue in some forms of EDS arises from the liver. The liver is supposed to produce Activated-Ceruloplasmin, the key transporter of copper to the body. Copper is required to produce Lysyl Oxidase and many other key enzymes (See in next bulletpoint) associated with the various presentations of EDS. Lysyl Oxidase is deficient or absent in some forms of EDS. Primary liver support and precision, strategic support of the body's production of Ceruloplasmin is paramount to any hope of improving EDS. (Ceruloplasmin blood tests cannot determine if it is activated ceruloplasmin or inactivated. Based on the overwhelming clinical evidence the CP is the inactivated form in EDS.) The glycoprotein Tenascin-x is another key issue that we are striving to facilitate the body's correction and production of in its metabolic pathway. Tenascin-X regulates both the structure and stability of elastic fibers and organizes collagen fibrils in the extra-cellular matrix (ECM), impacting the rigidity or elasticity of virtually every cell in the body. Tenascin-x is not associated with copper or ceruloplasmin, but it is believed to cause many of the same symptoms of classical EDS, however skin healing is normal.
• Although not the only issue needed to be addressed, it is important to balance the ratio of copper to iron in the muscles, ligaments, and organs. Copper and iron in EDS reach toxic overload due to the inactive ceruloplasmin. Without activated ceruloplasmin the regulation of iron and copper gets out of control, leading to huge problems that have to date gone largely unrecognized and unaddressed in EDS cases. Each ceruloplasmin molecule carries six atoms of copper into the body so that the body can manufacture all of the key copper-dependent enzymes that are deficient in EDS, such as:
• Ferroxidase: a deficiency of this causes the tissues of the brain, muscles, and organs to overload with iron oxide to toxic levels causing all manner of problems. The overload of the tissues with this toxic form of iron is present in all EDS and is a major issue.
• Lysyl Oxidate: an enzyme manufactured in the body from Lysine and hydroxylysine which that requires copper donated from ceruloplasmin in order to make healthy collagen through the cross-linking of collagen and elastin, the key problem areas in EDS. Removal or depletion of copper from the preparations of lysyl oxidase results in the loss of enzyme activity as does the exposure of the enzyme to copper chelating agents. Therefore, copper-deficient nutrition leads to a reduction of cross-linking of elastin and collagen and thus to faulty connective tissue formation.
• Cytochrome C Oxidase: this copper-enzyme deficiency causes decreased energy in the muscles, neurons, and ultimately can cause demyelination of the nerves. So you can see that working out in physiotherapy is often a diminishing return since you need this enzyme to make exercise muscle gains.
• Ascorbate Oxidase: a deficiency causes demineralization of the bones.
• Dopamine-beta-Hydroxylase: deficiency causes reduced production of neurotransmitters and catecholamines, causing neurologic effects, temperature regulation problems, and vision problems.
• Diamine Oxidase: (DAO) deficiency sets you up for histamine reactions to various foods in your diet. Without this enzyme you cannot break down histamine. Histamine blocks the production of ceruloplasmin (CP), creating a vicious cycle of problems all over the body because without the CP, copper cannot get transported from the liver to the many enzymes that require copper in order to work!
• Superoxide Dismutase: another copper-dependent enzyme that is needed to protect the body from oxygen free radicals that progressively damage the tissues.
• There are many others that could be listed, but this gives you an idea of how important repairing the body's ability to produce CP really is if any hope of improvement can be achieved.

• Once activated ceruloplasmin (CP) production is restored, the circulating CP will begin to cause the toxic copper and toxic iron overload in the tissues to be liberated from within the connective tissues and from within the cells all over the body. Treatments and therapies must help the body quickly eliminate this liberated iron out of the body. Iron and copper are definitely needed by the body, but they should not be stored inside the cells to toxic levels. Your iron and copper blood tests are only showing what amount of iron is circulating in the blood, not what is stuck in the tissues. 
• Although dietary changes are not going to correct EDS, in those with EDS who also are dealing with MCAS or histamine-intolerance diet is very important, since excess histamine causes increased inflammation. Eliminate histamine-rich foods. Histamine naturally occurs in various foods, such as fermented foods, preserved meats, tomato, soy sauce, and much more. Histamine blocks the production of ceruloplasmin, therefore a low histamine diet is necessary until the body's functional biochemistry is repaired.
• Dietary sources of iron, such as iron-enriched breads, beef, and iron supplements must be stopped. Remember, if you are anemic and have low iron levels, in EDS it is most often not truly an iron deficiency, it is a iron utilization problem, since all the iron you are taking is rapidly and inappropriately getting stored in the cells and tissues, due to the loss of the normal iron-regulating nature of ceruloplasmin. Once the ceruloplasmin is restored to its activated form, the iron levels will once again return to normal in your blood. By the way, the much maligned H. Pylori bacteria that often wreak havoc on the stomach and small intestines actually is striving to help the body by blocking the absorption of more iron. Once the tissue iron toxicity issues and CP issues are resolved, the H. Pylori infection may fade into the microbial collective and cause no more problems. The nutraceutical, Curcumin is one of the best supplements to chelate (pull out) the toxic iron from the tissues.
• CP converts the highly toxic ferrous iron into its non-toxic ferric iron form.
• Mast cells, histamine (released by mast cells), and pro-inflammatory substances, such as PD2 which are also released inappropriately by mast cells, must be addressed at each step of the biochemical pathway to determine what the body needs in order for each metabolic step to function correctly. Without addreessing the mast cell issues, there is no hope of getting the ceruloplasmin to work. Sensitivities will be addressed using tested Low-Dose Immunotherapy, Low-Dose Antigen Therapy, as well as other bioenergetic therapies.
• There is often a lack of bio-available copper in EDS. Remember ceruloplasmin is a transporter of copper, without the exact number of atoms of copper being loaded on each ceruloplasmin molecule, it will not activate or be able to deliver the copper that is necessary to manufacture the enzymes listed above. With no activated ceruloplasmin, no enzymes can be produced, and no proper regulation of iron utilization can occur and the tissue become overloaded with the toxic form of iron. All of these issue cause the muscle, ligament, organ disturbances seen in EDS. The body often has plenty of copper, but the copper is bound up in unusable forms, creating an essential deficiency, in other words it is not bio-available.
• In the biochemical sequence leading up to the production of activated-ceruloplasmin (Cp) are two key enzymes that are often deficient, without which the copper cannot be loaded on the Cp molecule for transport to the downstream enzymes that ultimately cause so many problems. These two enzymes are called ATPases, specifically ATP7A and ATP7B. A deficiency of ATP7A enzyme can lead to an overall clnical picture that consists of a classical distal muscular atrophy syndrome in the legs without sensory loss. The disease starts with weakness and wasting of the distal muscles of the anterior tibial and peroneal compartments of the legs. Later on, weakness and atrophy may expand to the muscles of the lower limbs and/or to the distal upper limbs. Again we see that copper deficiency is a key to many problems experienced in EDS-type symptoms. When ATP7B is the problem, copper accumulates in the liver and subsequently in the brain and kidney. This causes neurologic problems and cirrhosis of the liver. Our testing will help determine which of these enzymes the body is struggling to produce.  
• A third enzyme we must check on everyone is the Cytochrome c Oxidase enzyme. A deficiency here will cause a wide range of symptoms that many not all manifest in every person. A deficiency can result in isolated myopathy to severe multi-system disease affecting several tissues and organs. Features include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, hepatomegaly and liver dysfunction, hypotonia, muscle weakness, exercise intolerance, developmental delay, delayed motor development and mental retardation.
• The body requires nano-particle size minerals in order to absorb them. Nano-particle copper is most often created by plants, such as organic alfalfa, and organic dried apples, dried pears, and in organically fed animals in which case their liver is highest in copper. Of course liver also is a source of iron, however you will see later in this list of goals that the liver itself is needed and circulating iron is actually usually low to normal in EDS so the iron from the liver will often still benefit the body. The key here is also to liberate the stuck copper from the tissues so that it can be used. In doing so the CP will liberate the stuck, and toxic overload of iron as well. Supporting the kidneys with strategic remedies and therapies is important since the kidneys are the key mineral-regulating organs of the body.
• In those with heart problems from their EDS, it is often a combination of things occurring. First the CP is cardioprotective, and without it the heart muscle and valves become essentially floppy and weak, like all of the other muscles of the body. The copper overload from the breakdown in the body's ability to attach it to the ceruloplasmin copper transport molecule, can cause arrhythmia. It also can cause heart conduction disturbances. Copper is also very electrically conductive, which is why we use it in the electrical cords that you plug into your house electrical outlets. Without the CP delivering copper to the enzymes and those enzymes working in the heart and muscles, there can be not good electrical conduction in the heart. 
• Synchronization of the brain and the heart is dramatically poor in EDS. Simply correcting the CP activation and biochemical pathways is not enough to get the dual-processors of your body to synchronize correctly. The innovative therapy, NeuroCardial Synchronization, is designed to help correct the synchronization of the heart and brain, and often corrects the tone of the heart and valves, as well as the rhythm of the beats and the maintaining of normal blood circulation. POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) often resolves in this process.
• All of the nutitional building blocks to healthy production of all of this is needed in order to now produce the necessary and sustained amounts of CP. The body in a CP-deficient state is depleted in Magnesium, food-form Vitamin E, A, and C (not Ascorbic Acid which is the most common synthetic form of Vitamin C that destroys the ferroxidase activity of ceruloplasmin!), and Omega 3 fatty acid. Cod liver oil is a great source of these vitamins and fatty acid. Strategic liver support is needed to improve its overall function. Blessed Thistle capsules can be beneficial, but a key product is freeze-dried, organic or grass-fed, no antibiotic, no hormones beef liver. Dandelion greens, and roots if you can get them from a clean source, can be highly beneficial for the liver. In our protocols we have many other products that we can use to test your body to see which is best for your particular liver issues.
• Every person has been physiologically compromised from the many exposures to herbicide glyphosate. Glyphosate from Round-Up herbicide is known to chelate (deplete) manganese, another key mineral related to the liver functioning in that it is required to make glutathione which is necessary for liver detoxification. Glyphosate also chelates copper from the soil, from the plants, and from our body. Again, without copper you cannot make activated ceruloplasmin. Without ceruloplasmin delivering its six atoms of copper to the body you cannot regulate the iron, nor can your body manufacture the enzymes necessary to make Lysyl oxidase and all the other dysfunctional or deficient enzymes causing the symptoms in EDS. Without these enzymes your muscles, ligaments, and connective tissues become floppy, elastic, and weak.
• Non-GMO foods are not safe when considering their amount of glyphosate, since unlike organic foods, non-GMO is still drenched with Round-Up herbicides. Eliminating all foods that are not organic is critical...forever. Glyphosate from RoundUp binds to the same receptors as the highly needed amino-acid, glycine. Detoxing the Glyphosate is highly important, while at the same time supplementing the body with glycine. As you can tell all of this protocol must be strategically applied in the right order and with the right timing.
• An interesting finding we have seen in our clinic is that some of the ligament laxity improves as we improve the light-metabolism of the body. Light of various wavelengths is now seen as internal nutrient to the body. It is now thought that light generated from within the cells and tissues of the body are the software that runs the the hardware of the DNA and encodes the genetic and epigenetic expression. Change the way light is encoded and how light moves through the tissues and you can correct the glitches in the body's software. Indeed it is light that adds energetic bonds to molecules in the body to get from one molecule to the next step in its pathway, in combination with the appropriate enzyme. Biophoton, light generated in the body, by the body, is the glue that holds the electrons in their orbit around the nucleus of the atoms. Biophotons can be seen as the software that is playing or projecting through the hardware of the DNA and RNA to create the correct molecules needed to maintain our structure and function. To not address problems in the light metabolism of the body is to miss a critical component, since everything we are doing is striving to restore longterm function without having to continually prop up the body with ever failing bandaids. Our innovative therapy, NeuroPhotonic Therapy addresses this light metabolism and has resulted in same day improvements in the decreased range of motion that is possible in a previously hyper-mobile joint, something unheard of with any other therapy.
• Total body fascia release therapy is important to stop the body from essentially losing energy required for proper muscle and joint function. When the fascia membrane is stuck, energy bleeds out of the body and the body is like an old cell phone battery that wont hold a charge anymore. The heart is the electromagnetic generator of the body, generating over 5000x more energy that the entire nervous system. The combination of copper-dependent enzymes, such as Cytochrome C Oxidase, which is responsible for the heart muscle and other muscles ability to make energy, and the energy leaking out anyway through the multiple fascia restrictions make it nearly impossible to have enough energy just to do the most basic functions inside the body and in your daily life. 
• Optimization of the biochemical Heme pathway must be addressed in order to produce the detoxifying Cytochrome P450 and Cytochrome A and to maintain good blood formation and oxygenation of the tissues.
• Psychiatric disturbances occur in EDS due to the CP, iron, and copper issues. Symptoms often include depression, neurotic behaviors, disorganization of personality, and occasionally intellectual deterioration. Various neurofeedback methods are applied to help repattern the brain waves to get out of the electrochemical loop that EDS caused.
• Not least of all, the various forms of collagen, types I-V need to be assessed for what the body needs to enable correcting the formation and production of healthy collagen. It goes without saying that until proper copper metabolism is restored, along with the activation of ceruloplasmin, that the formation of normal collagen and elastin cannot occur. Conversely, the stage is set for healthy collagen and elastin to be formed when all of these issues have been successfully addressed. 
• Genetics are the blueprint, however the blueprint is the hardware, in computer terms. However the software is able to bipass the DNA and can still encode the RNA for the production of what the body needs. Surrounding the DNA are 4 million epigenetic switches that can be flipped to also create the necessary components of the body. Our system of testing called Fractal Frequency Modulation (FrFM) is designed to cause a shift all the way from the macro (larger tissues) to the micro (smallest energetic components), since you truly cannot shift one without necessarily shifting the other. By changing form you change function. EDS in all of its forms is a fractal incoherence and FrFM strives to restore fractal coherence all the way down to the software. 
• If the desired effect is achieved with the above, then and indeed throughout this whole process the structural alignment and entire musculoskeletal system alignment and function must be addressed and maintained. This is achieved through non-rotational, non-force, aligning of the joint complexes. 
• A wide range of supportive therapies are applied, such as lymphatic drainage therapy (ST8), Therapeutic massage therapy with various healing ointments on oils, BEMER mat therapy to increase microcirculation, PEMF to essentially pump the cells to increase cell detoxification and reduce pain, Biomat to increase the liquidity of the gelatinous dysfunction lymph fluid. Low-level laser applied at specific frequencies to enhance tissue/cellular performance. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) to oxygenate the tissues to promote increase rate of healing.
• Lastly, time is needed to watch how the body handles each day's treatments and therapies. Daily, one-hour doctor visits allow adjustments to what we are doing, based on what road blocks pop up in the body's biochemical pathways.

I hope you can see a logical plan throughout this outline. It is a lot, but keep in mind that it often takes more words to describe the what's and why's of the protocol than it actually takes in application in the treatment room.

We are aware that not many other doctors are researching real solutions for EDS. We can make no success guarantees, any more than any other doctors, however the above shows you we are doing quite a bit more than your doctor is likely doing. This is a completely non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical approach.

When what you are doing is intolerable, and doing nothing is not an option, doing something different may be the best plan.

We hope to speak to you soon to discuss how we can dramatically increase your quality and longevity of life.

For over 24 years the Biologix Center for Optimum Health, in Wichita, Kansas has specialized in the restoration of health for people with previously unresponsive and chronic illnesses of virtually all types. Over 85% of people come from other states and countries. If you have done everything you and your doctor know to do and are still struggling, contact our wonderful Patient Care Coordinator, Kara, at patientcare@biologixcenter.com, for information on the exciting new treatments we have developed at the Biologix Center for Optimum Health. For additional info, visit our website at www.Biologixcenter.com. Call 316-686-5900 ext. 1 to schedule your visit.

All of our doctors are proudly, Doctors of Chiropractic Medicine, with post-graduate training in Advanced Biological and Bioregulatory Medicine, as well as Anthroposophical Medicine. Our training does not require us to depend upon pharmaceutical drug-induced illusions of health, the suppression of symptoms, nor do we have to unlearn what we have been taught as do conventional medical physicians. What is only natural in our training and profession, to work to restore the optimum structure and function of  every aspect of the body as a way to help the body eliminate disease, only in recent years have mainstream medical doctors begun to accept and learn the concepts of functional medicine and now proclaim it as self-evident and truly science based. 

This article is for educational purposes. Before implementing any supplements/remedies always consult with your healthcare professional. Due to the complexity of the human condition there remains the possibility of symptoms getting worse. Again, discuss the ideas presented here with your health care professional before beginning, and stop, or get support, if your condition worsens. This information is not intended to treat, cure, diagnose, or mitigate any disease or illness, and has not been evaluated by the FDA. The Hansa Center does not treat named diseases, but seeks to restore the body's optimum structural and functional integrity so that the body can rapidly heal itself. 

*Due to the exhaustive time spent per day with each patient, and poor repayment history of insurance companies, we unfortunately cannot accept insurance assignment. We do participate in Care Credit, and accept all major credit cards. We will gladly accept insurance when our elected officials revamp the health insurance industry to cover all results-based care. Please call 316-686-5900 ext. 1, for current pricing for our economically-priced, All-inclusive 2-3 weeks intensive packages of care.

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Practicing Joy or Practicing Depression

I loved watching my son, as a little boy, enjoying a funny movie. When something was funny to him it didn’t seem to matter if anyone else in the family was laughing. He would literally roll on the floor in genuine, joyful, belly-laughing!

If you are like most adults, or at least like I was, I would watch the same movie and people watching with me would say, “Hey, You are not laughing!” I would smile and say, “Oh, its funny. I am laughing on the inside.” Yet, in truth, I really didn't feel a strong sensation of joy about much of anything in those days.

When looking for adult role models, there seems to be very few adults who embody an inner joyfulness. Where did our ability to really feel joy go? If you compare the energy of your negative emotions, can you generate the same intensity of energy for the positive emotions, such as joy?

Somewhere along the way to adulthood many of us have lost much of our ability to really feel genuine, high intensity joy.

All our life is practicing and perfecting the personification with which we justify ourselves to the world. I know many of you might say, “Yes, but when I was a child I acted like a child, but now that I am an adult I act like an adult and put away the things of childhood.”

I am not saying you should act “childish.” I am saying we should all practice being “Child-like.”

I met someone, and at times I too have done the same, whose entire demeanor revealed that he felt completely justified in becoming the personification of dejection and depression. He said to me, “Oh, you can ask anyone, I am usually a really joyful person! But this that and the other happened and everything went wrong.”

As his doctor, and as a human who struggles against the tide of life, of course I felt compassion for his negative life circumstances that led to his misery. Yet, since he was in my treatment room desiring a natural supplement he could take that would make him joyful again, I felt inspired to go beyond a remedy solution. Grabbing the indicated bottle off the shelf,  I said, “This remedy should help support your neurotransmitters associated with feeling joyful, however you must understand that you absolutely cannot practice the mindset and actions of a depressed person and somehow get to happiness and joy!”

Every cell in the human body shifts its chemistry to support the emotions and dominant thoughts you are choosing. You are you own pharmacy, filling every biochemical needed to depress you or every chemical to experience joy.

No pill and no drug can overpower the chemicals that the trillions of cells in your body are cranking out to support the condition you are practicing. I guarantee you that the majority of people, if given the right stimulus would completely shift their mood and thereby their chemistry. Maybe you meet a dearly loved friend whom you haven't seen in years. You instantly brighten up, and smile and hug in genuine heart-felt love and joy at seeing them. We can choose to be that joyful person or at least have joy simmering just under the surface at all times.

You cannot drive your car towards the east coast and somehow end up on the west coast. If you want to experience a genuinely, joy-filled life you must practice joyful actions. How do you practice joy? By laughing out loud, smiling, complimenting others, choosing the path that feels more joyful, playing with children, sitting up straight instead of slouching, walking tall with a spring in your step, your head up, and eyes alert. Be ready for any opportunity to be lighthearted. Practice telling only the joyful events of your life. Stop the negative self-talk. Distract yourself if you are plagued with negative feelings with music or get out of the house and interact with other joyful people. Find what activity or occupation that you can be joyful doing and pursue doing it with joy.

It was a great day when I finally accepted for myself as a real heart truth, that no one can make me feel anything. They cannot bum me out, make me happy, make me angry, make me have self-confidence, or make me frustrated. All of these things are completely up to me to choose to feel. So I set out on a mission to remain unchanged in my steadfast love and trust of God in all circumstances, and challenged myself to strive to become the personification of love and exude that to the world around me. At the very least to manifest a steady calmness within me that is able to observe life with appreciation and acceptance of what I cannot change in my circumstances. Over the years, this change has made a huge difference within me, and in my life! Not that I never feel negative emotions, but they are not who I am. They are only fleeting opportunities to go down a path in a direction I don't want to go.

Even though society and almost every movie and television program seems to encourage us, and even glamorize being gritchy, moody, and negative, and I know it is cool to fit in to the social norms, I encourage you to break away from following society's, or your peer group's example and absolutely move from being gritchy to being graceful in every life situation.

I promise you that even if you only fake joyful actions, and you do it long enough, and make it your daily practice to turn your entire personification to embody joy that every cell will be forced to produce the chemicals, hormones, neurotransmitters, and neuropeptides necessary to truly BE joyful!

You can choose now to either practice depression, practice being angry, practice being nervous, or you can choose now to practice loving all, practice being peaceful, practice being kind, practice being the embodiment and personification of all things good.

Here is the true “Stimulus plan” from this moment forward for your prosperity of body, mind, finances, relationships, and spirit… practice and walk in all ways on the joyful path and help others to do the same. I believe that God gave us the feeling of joy to be a guide to let us know when we are doing life right.

It is a process, but it is also a decision in every moment, no matter the situation, to pick higher-vibration thoughts, and think on all things lovely, joyful, peaceful, and exude these into the world around you. Your cells are listening! Empower them with your strong joyful emotions to crank out all of the biochemicals that support the feeling of joy and health will follow speedily.


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For over 20 years the Hansa Center for Optimum Health, in Wichita, Kansas has specialized in the restoration of health for people with previously unresponsive and chronic illnesses of virtually all types. Over 85% of people come from other states and countries. If you have done everything you and your doctor know to do and are still struggling, contact our wonderful Patient Care Department at 316-686-5900 or by email patientcare@hansacenter.com, for information on the exciting new treatments we have developed at the Hansa Center for Optimum Health. For additional info including our New Patient Packet, visit our website at www.HansaCenter.com.

All of our doctors are proudly, Doctors of Chiropractic Medicine, with post-graduate training in Advanced Biological and Bioregulatory Medicine, as well as Anthroposophical Medicine. Our training does not require us to depend upon pharmaceutical drug-induced illusions of health, the suppression of symptoms, nor do we have to unlearn what we have been taught as do conventional medical physicians. What is only natural in our training and profession, to work to restore the optimum structure and function of  every aspect of the body as a way to help the body eliminate disease, it is only in recent years that mainstream medical doctors have begun to accept and learn the concepts of functional medicine and now proclaim it as self-evident and truly science based. 

This article is for educational purposes. Before implementing any supplements/remedies always consult with your healthcare professional. Due to the complexity of the human condition there remains the possibility of symptoms getting worse. Again, discuss the ideas presented here with your health care professional before beginning, and stop, or get support, if your condition worsens. This information is not intended to treat, cure, diagnose, or mitigate any disease or illness, and has not been evaluated by the FDA. The Hansa Center does not treat named diseases, but seeks to restore the body's optimum structural and functional integrity so that the body can rapidly heal itself. 

*Due to the exhaustive time spent per day with each patient, and poor repayment history of insurance companies, we unfortunately cannot accept insurance assignment. We do participate in Care Credit, and accept all major credit cards. We will gladly accept insurance when our elected officials revamp the health insurance industry to cover all results-based care.  Please call 316-686-5900 ext. 1, for current pricing for our economically-priced, All-inclusive 2-3 weeks intensive packages of care.


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Treating Virtually Any Illness, Including Lyme Disease, With the Help of Bacteria!

A person may have diabetes, asthma, bowel disease, mitochondrial diseases, dysautonomia, autism, cancer, MS, ALS, and virtually every other named illness from alterations in their body's symbiotic (friendly) bacterial populations caused by a myriad of different factors. The mass extinction of a wide range of many friendly bacterial populations in the body has led to the development of widespread chronic illnesses of the body and mind.

As shocking as it may seem, a one-time use of an antibiotic can set the stage for illness within weeks to years after using it. Of course, long-term antibiotics can set the stage for serious disease to set in months to years after the fact. Researchers have even correlated the development of chronic illnesses to whether or not a baby was born vaginally or via C-section, since the baby is inoculated with the mother's friendly bacteria as it is traversing the birth canal. Also, a strong correlation is seen in children who were breastfed versus given baby formulas with the development of illness from changes in the microbial community (microbiome).

Whether you are thin, or fight to keep the weight off, or obese, it is now understood to be directly caused by the types of bacteria you have or don't have in your gut! Even your mood and cravings are often determined by the microbial collective.

Early disruption of the optimum microbial populations in the body can have lifelong consequences, not just in terms of intestinal function but in distal organs including the brain. 

The generational use of antibiotics and the subsequent extinction of ideal species of bacteria in the microbiome in a family also can lead to the predispositions to illnesses that were previously thought to be genetic in origin, such as autoimmune diseases. Asthma and other environmental and allergic sensitivities are now recognized to be caused in large part to the absence of key friendly bacteria in the body from antibiotic use, poor diet killing off friendly bacteria, the use of chlorinated/fluorinated water, environmental pollution/toxins, EMF radiation from electronics, and the manipulation of the gene-pool and microbiome with vaccinations.

Cutting Edge Science and Revolutionary Treatments

The future is bright with hopes of using hundreds of types of friendly bacteria to combat and eliminate many of the world's worst illnesses. You will be able to implant a specific type of bacteria for weight loss, another type for chronic emotional problems, another for eliminating diabetes, cancer, allergies, and the list goes on. 

Long term antibiotics are now recognized to be definitely causing more problems than they are fixing, not only killing the harmful bacteria, but also the friendly bacteria that are so important in maintaining health of the body and mind. The era of chemical, prescription antibiotics has largely run its course and thankfully there is something infinitely better positioned to take its place - friendly to humans, tailor-made bacteria designed to seek out and destroy disease-promoting bad bacteria in the body.

We are entering the era of designer bacteria. Cornell researchers have developed a genetically-modified strain of Lactobacillus bacteria, a commonly found friendly gut bacteria, that can virtually eliminate diabetes in rats, by causing the bacteria to secrete a protein called Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1).

The rush is on to develop better ways to use bacteria, essentially either by restoring what we were all supposed to be born having, or modifying known bacteria to target key aspects of diseases. Researchers are rushing to patent specific types of bacteria that are being grown to replace antibiotics and to replace traditional toxic, symptom-suppressing medications. Biotech companies are being called to catalog and maintain stockpiles of the many types of bacteria for medical uses.

Even The Worst Bacterial Infections Can Be Addressed 

Even in Lyme disease, the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi and the many associated co-infections will likely be shown in the near future to be more eloquently addressed by using targeted combinations of friendly bacteria, instead of antibiotics to attack and suppress the bad bacteria from ever being able to cause disease. Indeed, a person's microbiome, in combination with the overall health and healthy lifestyle of the individual, may be the determining factor as to whether someone gets full blown Lyme disease or if they are simply a carrier when bitten by an infected tick, mosquito, or other blood-sucking bugs, not to mention sexual or gestational transmitted Lyme bacteria.

It is now apparent that everything you choose to put in your body is affecting the microbiome, the bacterial population that maintains health.  Every food choice, personal care product you use on your skin, every chemical fragrance in your house, your laundry detergent, every type of medication...EVERYTHING is either helping or harming your microbiome!  Antibiotics, even for short term use, should be avoided if possible, deferring instead to more forms of natural healing that target the body's own ability to prevent the overgrowth of potentially harmful bacteria, while maintaining the harmonious populations of life-sustaining bacteria in the body. 

To be clear, there are many potential insults to the body that can trigger alterations in the microbiome leading to the named illnesses listed in the first paragraph. The point of this article is to bring to light that restoring the microbiome, and dealing with the many downstream damaging effects of the illnesses can result in never before seen improvements. Obviously when tissues are damaged beyond repair, that will be the limiting factor in the complete restoration of health for an individual. The greatest results will always be seen in those individuals who are newly diagnosed with an illness.

The doctors of the Hansa Center for Optimum Health, in Wichita, Kansas are utilizing many of these newly available bacterial strains, in conjunction with many other innovative treatments to achieve better results in chronic illnesses. We are working with novel ways to promote the populations of key types of bacteria that are already present in the body, yet which were being suppressed by various means. We suspect that many of the species of friendly bacteria that are assumed to be missing from a person's microbiome are actually present, yet their population is minimal in numbers. By using strategic treatments to promote the growth of these populations it is our hope that these native bacteria can flourish, providing the missing benefits to the person. The results have been impressive in terms of patient-reported symptom relief. 

Of course not every aspect of illness can be corrected just by restoring the microbiome. Having a wide range of treatment tools, and taking full responsibility for needing to know how to address the entire body, as opposed to just focusing on pieces and parts of the body as seen in the various specialties in conventional medicine, is what makes the doctors of the Hansa Center unique. 

If it sounds scary to purposely send in bacteria to kill bacteria or to treat disease, then you must realize that there are always 10 times more bacteria than there are cells in the healthy human body.

It is interesting that according to research, the healthy human body has between 1.5-2 QUADRILLION bacteria and as many as 3000 different species, and over 1000 different types of bacteria just in the intestines! Let’s put that into perspective. There are only 150 trillion cells in the adult human body. There are 1500 trillions in 1.5 quadrillion. That is a lot of bacteria!

With thousands of different types of bacteria living synergistically (harmoniously and beneficially) in an optimally healthy body, then health is not determined by the presence of bacteria, but loss of health can definitely be attributed to the absence of key types of bacteria! From the suffering and diseases of so many generations it would seem that bacteria are certainly a cause of disease. Overgrowth of the wrong types of bacteria can definitely cause symptoms of disease, but often the direct killing of bacteria doesn’t produce health in the long run. The future of medicine is coming in the form of bacterial wars, strategically pitting specific strains of bacteria to target and shut down the bad bacteria.

Call us today to get off of the antibiotic craziness and restore your optimum health. 

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For over 20 years the Hansa Center for Optimum Health, in Wichita, Kansas has specialized in the restoration of health for people with previously unresponsive and chronic illnesses of virtually all types. Over 85% of people come from other states and countries. If you have done everything you and your doctor know to do and are still struggling, contact our wonderful Patient Care Coordinator, Kara, at patientcare@hansacenter.com, for information on the exciting new treatments we have developed at the Hansa Center for Optimum Health. For additional info, visit our website at www.HansaCenter.com.

All of our doctors are proudly, Doctors of Chiropractic Medicine, with post-graduate training in Advanced Biological and Bioregulatory Medicine, as well as Anthroposophical Medicine. Our training does not require us to depend upon pharmaceutical drug-induced illusions of health, the suppression of symptoms, nor do we have to unlearn what we have been taught as do conventional medical physicians. What is only natural in our training and profession, to work to restore the optimum structure and function of  every aspect of the body as a way to help the body eliminate disease, is only in recent years that mainstream medical doctors have begun to accept and learn the concepts of functional medicine and now proclaim it as self-evident and truly science based. 

This article is for educational purposes. Before implementing any supplements/remedies always consult with your healthcare professional. Due to the complexity of the human condition there remains the possibility of symptoms getting worse. Again, discuss the ideas presented here with your health care professional before beginning, and stop, or get support, if your condition worsens. This information is not intended to treat, cure, diagnose, or mitigate any disease or illness, and has not been evaluated by the FDA. The Hansa Center does not treat named diseases, but seeks to restore the body's optimum structural and functional integrity so that the body can rapidly heal itself. 

*Due to the exhaustive time spent per day with each patient, and poor repayment history of insurance companies, we unfortunately cannot accept insurance assignment. We do participate in Care Credit, and accept all major credit cards. We will gladly accept insurance when our elected officials revamp the health insurance industry to cover all results-based care. We encourage you to vote with this in mind. Please call 316-686-5900 ext. 1, for current pricing for our economically-priced, All-inclusive 2-3 weeks intensive packages of care.

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