In the second of a series of articles on quantum biofeedback, Nutritionist Belinda Rennie explains how this subtle therapy can help you recoognise the stages of stress that cause disease.

Health is ease of flow of good, energizing substances into the body and the removal of bad damaging, waste products out of the body. It is very complex cycle of absorbing nutrients, air, water, mental thoughts, emotions, spiritual stimulation into the body and getting rid of the end products of digestion, detoxing from negative thoughts, emotions and chemicals and starting anew.

Disease begins when a stressor causes a disruption in the flow. Stress in its broadest sense can arise from physical, mental, emotional and environmental concerns overwhelming the body’s ability to adapt. Hans Selye, known as the father of modern stress developed a powerful perspective on the role of stress and disease which is outlined below.

Alarm phase

When stress enters the body and disrupts the flow of energy this produces an alarm reaction as the body tries to adapt to the incoming stress. This is the first stage of the stress response and could be a symptom such as a cough, fever, pain or itch. The alarm is to notify us of the start of the disease process and the body is trying to stimulate the immune system and attempting to detoxify from whatever is causing the symptom.

Adapatation phase

If we treat the itch with a scratch or medicines like anithistamines or steroids the symptom goes away and the body goes into adaptation phase, the second stage of the stress response. The body adapts to the stressor and the disease progresses further into deeper layers of cells and tissues. It is critical to understand that being symptom free is not a sign of health. In fact you can be symptom free and quite sick as anyone who has experienced a health crisis unexpectedly like a heart attack or a diagnosis of cancer can attest.

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Exhaustion phase

If the stressor continues, the body moves from the adaptation to exhaustion phase and many know how that feels: not being able to get out of bed in the morning with chronic fatigue, digestive issues, allergies, repeated infection and the list of ailments goes on. Often there is re-emergence of the original symptom that was repressed during the adaptation phase.

The body begins to break down as a result of organ dysfunction due to reduced or excessive production of hormones, depleted enzyme systems and nutritional deficiencies. The adrenal/kidney complex is severely challenged as it pumps out stress hormones affecting the delicate balance of all other hormones. The immune system is unable to resist other stressors and this is the time that inherited or constitutional weaknesses are manifested.

After a while organs can either shrink (atrophy) or grow (hypertrophy) as a result of the increased demands and an established disease has developed. If the stressor continues there is only one way to go and that is down (or up depending on your perspective!) resulting in the last phase, death. It is not a pleasant continuum but as anyone who has moved the slide ruler in the opposite direction knows you can effect a miraculous transformation by taking responsibility for your health.

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Unfortunately a lot of the disease process happens below our conscious awareness; either we are not tuning into our body’s symptoms or we are too busy doing something else to listen. Addressing the chronic stressors that lead to disease takes time, but it really is a matter of life and death! Quantum biofeedback is a non-invasive approach to stimulating conscious awareness of the initial blockages of flow. Bringing this information - that the body knows intuitively at an unconscious level - to our conscious selves is the start of the healing process.

Quantum biofeedback is the bridge between Eastern therapies and approaches combining the best of Western technology. At biological speeds the device scans the body for disturbing electromagnetic wave forms which have specific frequencies. Then a correcting frequency is generated to help locate and remove the stressors which are blocking energy pathways. The device can find blockages in acupuncture meridians and correct them, detect nutritional problems, stimulate injury repair, stimulate detoxification, desensitize allergies and reduce stress by other naturopathic and holistic means.

Nelson medicine, named after the inventor of the device, has devised the flow of treatment to incorporate the following: reduce or remove the cause of disease, try to repair the damaged organs resulting from the disease, unblock the blockages to flow of energy, reduce the symptoms using naturopathic techniques and deal with the constitutional make up or inherited tendencies of the individual with the primary goal of stimulating the body to heal itself.

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