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Dr. Barry R. Gillespie's
Quest For Natural Healing
My story may parallel your child's life. My parents found
no options for natural healing available when I was young.
Your child, though, can find relief through natural therapies
and healthy living principles for asthma; earaches (otitis
media); hyperactivity; learning disorders; headaches; eye,
sinus, and allergy conditions; scoliosis; and other chronic
ailments that plague him or her today.
Before Natural Healing:
My Conditions
Sinus congestion, earaches, and throat ailments as a child
As early as I can remember, I regularly had colds, sinus congestion,
earaches, sore throats, and swollen neck glands. At the age of
seven, doctors removed my tonsils and adenoids. Throughout the
school years I had many colds and also took allergy-sinus medication
daily.
When attending junior high school, the eye doctor diagnosed astigmatism,
and I wore corrective lenses.
Learning difficulties
My reading comprehension in school was
especially poor. (Reading difficulties were not well understood
in the 1950s.) I could read a paragraph, but my brain
could not analyze its meaning.
I also found it difficult to put my thoughts
clearly and logically into words. Writing this book would
certainly have been an impossible task for me at that
time.
I was a bright student but my brain was not working
correctly at the time. This learning disability eliminated
any possibility of entrance to an Ivy League college
or a career that was language based, such as the legal
profession.
Headaches, Sinus Infections, And Scoliosis
In my late twenties around the time I
graduated from dental and periodontal schools, I experienced
headaches and constant sinus infections and was eventually
diagnosed with scoliosis.
Ultimately, I experienced eight of
the ten conditions discussed in Healing Your Child.
I never had asthma or was hyperactive.
I never grew out of my childhood conditions
as the doctors had promised my parents.
The medical establishment could offer
no corrective help, and I was miserable.
Natural Healing: My
Journey
Resolving to find a way out of this predicament
in 1977 at the age of thirty, I made it the primary goal in my
life to become physically healthy.
Although I had just spent ten years in the medical
educational system, I had little understanding of the concepts
of natural healing and good health. I proceeded to examine every
possible avenue that could result in physical well-being -- little
did I know that I was in for the experience of my lifetime.
My search for natural healing led me to:
- a healthy diet
- principles for healthy living, and
- the three effective therapies that form the basis of
this book.
All twelve of my closest relatives had died or
were suffering from cardiovascular disease. I concluded that poor
food choices were clearly a major factor, and positive dietary
changes would play a vital role in determining the ultimate success
of my personal quest for physical well-being.
So in my quest for good health I dramatically altered my dietary
regimen.
Over a three-year period in the 1970s I eliminated the following
items from my diet in a step-by-step manner: sugar and artificial
sweeteners, processed foods, salt, meat, dairy, and all animal
products.
The Outcome: More Energy and the Disappearance of my Sinus
Infections
By following the dietary principles outlined in Chapter 5
of Healing Your Child, I simply had more energy
for life.
I began practicing healthy living principles by
eliminating all medications, cutting out alcohol consumption,
and drinking spring water. I stretched my body for exercise, rested
my body for healing, and continued to follow the guidelines established
in Chapter 5 of my book Healing Your Child.
When I stopped taking all medications in 1976,
I could not avoid my headache problem any longer and had to search
for a solution. Solving the incessant pain became a top priority
in my life.
And that's how I came to craniosacral therapy -- a treatment
consisting of gently loosening and realigning the skull and
sacral bones.
Observing this technique of natural healing for
the first time, I saw the caregiver simply hold the patient's
head without doing anything. I felt very certain that cranial
manipulation could not possibly help me. Yet, as a chronic headache
sufferer, I was willing to try anything to get relief.
Reluctantly, I submitted myself to therapy . .
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The Outcome: Headache Pain Eliminated
After a series of treatments my head pain faded, never
to return, and my sinuses started to unclog and open. I
was enthralled by the power of craniosacral therapy and
subsequently studied the concepts and techniques.
After evaluating the results of almost 2000 of my patients,
I am convinced that a healthy craniosacral mechanism is
a key element in attaining physical well-being.
Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy
In 1980 I consulted a doctor for back strain.
He diagnosed my curvature of the spine as scoliosis. When I asked
what corrective therapy was available, he replied,
"At thirty-four years of age, this is an incurable
condition. You just have to live with it."
Having found therapy for my headache and sinus
problems, I knew there must be an answer for scoliosis if I continued
my search for natural healing. If my spine was curved, I hypothesized,
maybe tight muscles were pulling it out of alignment.
No doctor had ever checked my muscles, so in 1980 I consulted
a Pfrimmer deep muscle therapist. He did find that chronic muscle
tightness (rigidity) was pulling my body structures out of alignment.
He began manipulative therapy to loosen or release the muscles
and initiate correction of the scoliosis.
Myofascial Release Therapy
In 1984 I was introduced to myofascial release
therapy, which involves working with the body's fascia. The fascia
(not facial or of the face) is a layer of tissue analogous to
plastic wrap that fuses with the muscle tissue.
Fascia forms a weblike structure that attaches
to every structure in the body. It can become distorted and rigid
from trauma and inflammation, causing tension and pain.
I underwent treatment, and later used the concepts
to treat my own patients.
The Result Of Natural Healing: Almost All Of My Scoliosis
Corrected
The combination of muscle and fascial therapies gradually
corrected almost all my scoliosis, and my spine and body structures
are now normal.
My Conclusions About
Natural Healing For Children
These principles and therapies changed my physical health
and professional career dramatically . . .
While experiencing my own natural healing and observing
patients, including many children, responding positively
in my clinical practice, I concluded that:
were important factors in attaining physical well-being.
If you view health as a jigsaw puzzle, these are key pieces
of the total picture. These principles may provide the
missing link in solving certain chronic conditions such
as asthma; earaches (otitis media); headaches; hyperactivity;
learning disorders; eye, sinus, and allergy conditions; scoliosis;
and others.
Read stories of natural healing
to discover how children improved their chronic conditions
through comprehensive natural care.
Studied Craniosacral Therapy
With Osteopathic and Chiropractic Training
1978-1980
Since then, he has taught nationwide. In the past 20-plus
years the author has treated about 2,000 individuals.
Practiced at the Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy Center in
King of Prussia, PA
1984-1998
Practiced with Victoria Ross, a leader in the Pfrimmer
Deep Muscle field
Practiced at the Myofascial Release Treatment Center
in Paoli, PA
1989-1998
Practiced with John Barnes, P.T., international lecturer,
author, and authority on myofascial release
Founding board member of the American Academy of Head,
Neck, and Facial Pain
1985-present
P.D.M.T.
1999 -- Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapist
Pennsylvania School of Muscle Therapy, Ltd.
M.T.
1999 - Massage Therapist
Pennsylvania School of Muscle Therapy, Ltd.
M.S.D
1975 -- Fairleigh Dickinson University
Department of Periodontics
School of Dentistry
D.M.D.
1973 -- Fairleigh Dickinson University
School of Dentistry
B.A.
1969 - Villanova University
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and Wellness,
645 Clark Avenue, King of Prussia, PA 19406
phone: 1-610-265-2522
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