Neither do we get to stay satisfied with one health status for very long because it changes literally by the micro-second. (Even if we’re talking about bad health, it, too, changes constantly.) From a quantum physics and physical standpoint, it is impossible to be at a complete standstill.

With all of the other uncomfortable unknowns about “chronic illness” like the cause, how to live with symptoms, who do we listen to that might help us, etc., it’s a daunting task to consider any change at all, much less a big one.

Yet we must not be afraid of change when it comes to healing…

After all, we do want to get well. Such is the idea and offer that I’m presenting to you today.

(8 minute audio file)

I have developed a methodology for healing all kinds of illnesses. It’s called Sacred Cellular Healing. It is spiritually-based, energy healing. It is designed to help your body heal itself fron the cellular level out. That means a whole lot of good change is going on!

Most people want to really know any person who is helping them. I easily accommodate people for appointments in Virginia by meeting them face to face to do work in person. Anyone not close by receives a Skype video call or a regular phone call. Whichever way my client and I use to be together during these special sessions, it makes for a close relationship that augments the intention of the healing process and encourages the client to heal. Note: This method works as well at a distance as it does in person. I have found no limitations.

A small portion of J. Lind of Iowa’s comments…
I am appreciative of Cinda’s compassion and her strong desire to facilitate an improvement in my health. Even though we have not met in person, my phone sessions with her were very natural and comfortable… .

Because of how Sacred Cellular is designed, I work on people one by one. Now that’s a darned good way for anyone to get the best and quickest results. But it didn’t take long though for me to realize that my system had a drawback:

• I can only handle a limited number of clients at the time!
  I’m one person. I spend a lot of time keeping in touch and helping people for free through my blogs and podcast, on Twitter and Facebook. The rest of my time is spent squeezing in every precious moment of client time possible doing Sacred Cellular Healing. Until now, this had to be done on a one-on-one basis. That severely limits the number of people I can help and there is no way that is satisfactory.

For you that could mean no traveling to appointments, no getting dressed, no waiting any longer for your chance to feel better, no paying exorbitantly high costs and no longer being made to feel like a second-classed citizen because you have an illness that is not understood, not respected nor are there answers for it within the general medical field. What it does mean is that you have an excellent chance to feel better and all at a very reasonable cost. I urge you to check it out now!

So today, dear one, do only one little thing: Sign up to receive my notices about this membership course on the right of this page. Only your name and email are needed to keep in touch.

I’m offering this healing course at Get Well Health because Learn How to Heal is not limited to any one illness. I’ve had success in helping people heal from arthritis, autoimmune illnesses, viral and bacterial problems, sexual abuse and emotional trauma, physical trauma, failure to thrive in infants, bowel dysfunction, broken bone healing… . You name it and I may have already addressed the health problem successfully!

My point is to urge you to get on the notification list NOW. I’ll have everything finished very soon. By being on the list, I’ll keep in touch to let you know what’s happening and when. This is a very exciting time.

Dear One, listen to the sounds of change and healing. They are positive and they are definitely in the air! Now… don’t be afraid. Simply believe that your healing is possible and act like you know it’s true.

I’m Cinda Crawford, your host of the Health Matters Show

(Note: This is actually the second part of our longer, extended interview. You can catch the first part from last week’s interview by accessing the link here, but please do it later. I don’t want you to miss what’s coming up next.)

(This audio file is 29 minutes and 44 seconds long, and it contains dynamite stuff! Either listen here or download for later. Just be sure to catch it all.)

No one can or should try to answer these questions for you. The right answers must come from you and you alone. Simply know, dear one, that you don’t have to go 20 years before you find them out and end up saying… if I’d only realized this -or- if I’d only done that!

Learn about what it will take for you to get well.

Learn about how you can be a different person.

Learn how taking responsibility for your health is the magic pill that you’ve been waiting for!

Pick up your copy of Mary Moeller’s fantastic book here at this Amazon.com link:

And if you want to check out more of what she’s doing now that she is enjoying life as a healthy person, see her newest website, Health Book Report.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Health Matters Show today. I am your host,

Cinda Crawford

PS- I would love it if you would share this post and podcast with your Fibro and CFS friends who really need some answers and help about how to get well. It just might be exactly what they need to hear. And that would make your action a very loving thing to do.

(Then when you get a chance, go back and review the previous interview, if you haven’t already heard it.)

When energy is stored in your body after a traumatic event, it has the capacity to influence your health very negatively and for a very long time.

(This whopping interview is 23 minutes long and includes information that could potentially help you. Listen here on the website by clicking the right-facing arrow on the left of the blue bar. To download this interview to your computer, iPod or telephone, right click your mouse directly over the hyperlink that says, “Download MP3″. Then left click it to save the file where you can find it on your device. Enjoy. )

Dr. Funicello and I discuss muscle memory in the body and how it relates to 1) a type of chiropractic care called Network Spinal Analysis and b) an exercise-type process called Trauma Releasing Exercises, which is done for the purpose of removing trauma. The following is paraphrased from our talk:

…Trauma can show up after any physical, mental or emotional biochemical event. If we do not adapt well after the event is over, the body lodges the energy bound to the event as actual trauma. *Where trauma is concerned, we’re talking about the difference between safe and un-safe experiences. How our bodies react immediately and, very importantly, how they react long term is critical to whether we’re healthy or suffer with chronic illnesses.

Our discussion reached a defining moment when we began discussing our healthcare system. In its present form, our present medical environment is not good at helping us resolve the underlying reasons for our (personal) recurring health problems. All too often many of us spend our life savings looking for answers that are not within the realms of traditional medical care. They don’t exist.

That includes a lot of people suffering with Fibromyalgia and/or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. If you’re one of those people, you need the right answers now, you need answers you can afford and you need to find the people who can really help you make healing happen!

I enjoyed my extended interview with Dr. Mike Funicello, who is a wise medical practitioner and, I’m sure, a skilled and compassionate chiropractor. The websites and books that we discussed are listed below for your ease in locating them:

Reach Dr. Mike Funicello at the Infinite Healing Arts Center or to find out more about Network Spinal Analysis, either read the information on Dr. Funicello’s website—

Or find a professional in your area to work with at this website.

To find out more about the Trauma Releasing Exercises and the author/originator of this healing concept, Dr. David Berceli, check out his website.

To get your own copy of 12 Stages of Healing by Donald Epstein, DC, check it out here at this Amazon.com link. It will take you to a page where you can create an account or log in:

Dear Ones, I hope you act on these suggestions today while they’re on your mind. You can see from the price of this great book that you can begin to use the concepts for as little as $3.47 plus shipping. If you would like information about the alternative healing concept that I have to offer and figure out how to get rid of the trauma causing your health problems, please check it out. Either way you start your healing process, you will be leaps and bounds ahead of standing still and doing nothing. Wellness… here you come!

Thanks so much for dropping by. Please comment below, Tweet this post or send to your buds on Facebook. Let’s spread the word that there are some health practitioners who do understand us and our illnesses, have compassion and are very skilled.

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

During the interview I wrote down a few of his words and phrases like passionate and the people you serve.

I could hear the passion in his voice and I believe that he truly feels the need to serve his patients. That led me to a conclusion: someone with that kind of attitude is a great asset to the Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome communities.

He would actually be glad to see you coming in the door and he’d want to know how he could help you get well!

(Podcast audio, listen or download. 25 min 45 seconds)

I hope you find time to listen to this small portion of my interview with Dr. Mike Funicello. Like I said, we talked a long time. Hopefully, in the coming weeks, I can provide you with a second installment of this great information.

You can contact Dr. Funicello at the Infinite Healing Arts Center in Gilbert, Arizona or call 1-480-558-1560.

Thank you so much for visiting with us today, Cinda Crawford
Host of the Health Matters Show, where you’ll find hope, help and often a great interview.

Click on the 7 minute 10 second audio, download it -or- catch it in iTunes

Case in point, I’ve put myself under the gun lately.

For those of you who know me well, you’ll say, “What the news in that, Cinda? You’re always pushing like a freight train!”

But, come one, it’s more than that, guys. I do have a lot on my plate. Granted the size of my plate is my choice and certainly the projects placed on this dinnerware are personal to me, but that doesn’t mean that what I want to do isn’t important -or- shouldn’t be done… even if it means a bit of added stress in my life. Yes, I want to reduce stress in my life. We all want to get to the point of handling life stress more effectively. But deciding which parts of your life add too much stress and how to reduce that stress is a major undertaking… and one that can often benefit from the input of other viewpoints.

So that leads me to the topic of today’s Health Matters Show and opens the discussion about managing stress. I hope you’ll listen in and decide to join what could be a very meaningful discussion. What I’m going through is not unusual in that I’m feeling the effects of stress and they are causing symptom-related problems. What you’re going through is important, too. We can all benefit from learning more about handling life stress more effectively from each other.

Listen to the audio file of today’s Health Matters Show. Then leave a comment here on the blog. Hint… hint… in my effort to reduce stress, I’m blogging about a personal topic. How much good might it do to open up a discussion about such a topic and really talk about it? Especially with family and friends?

Thanks for dropping by, Cinda Crawford
Host of the Health Matters Show

LET’S GET STARTED.

ANSWER #1, of course, is not the brand new prescription drugs that get all the media hype, press attention and advertising dollars. Certainly those new drugs are out there and may be worth investigating if what you’re doing isn’t working, but you’ll pay a lot of money out of pocket if you make this choice. For those people who are absolutely determined to find less expensive answers that are highly effective, you’re in the right place today.

Note: When you completely finish reading the post and listening to the audio podcast for the Health Matters Show, come back here and click on this link at About.com, but don’t do it yet. Hang in here with me for a few minutes. This is important and you don’t want to miss anything or get side-tracked.

The older drugs are often offered and classed as generic drugs, which means these particular prescription drugs have been around in the marketplace long enough to lose their original patent and are now marketed and sold as cheaper generic drugs. That means a lot less money could be going out of your pocket each month to buy them instead of the high-priced, newer versions.

*Because the cost to create a new drug and bring it to market is so exorbitantly expensive, your practice of only buying the “newest” drugs each month can translate into extremely high drug bills. And, in this economy, many people simply cannot afford to do that any longer!)

If you still want a drug, ask your doctor about prescribing one of the older ones for off label use. I’m talking about the drugs that were never approved specifically by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for first line treatment of Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but they’re allowed for such use. They can be an effective, viable remedy for some people. You’ll have to test an be patient to find one that might work for you. The key here is try.

The drugs Flexeril, Elavil, Pamelor, Neurontin, Ultram, tricyclic antidepressants and more have been around for years. The FDA allows their use for Fibromyalgia, plus there is history that you can look up and is accessible to your doctor concerning their effectiveness, side effects or chance at causing potential problems. That equates to your doctor feeling more comfortable about what these older drugs will or won’t do to you, the patient. They may be worth considering, if you feel you have no other choice that to take drugs. (Hint… there may be another choice.)

NOTE: Today I’m not covering the new-er drugs on the market at length, specifically the ones used to treat Fibromyalgia patients: Lyrica, Cymbalta and now Savella. I’ve blogged about them before. To research the data, put one of the terms in the search engine of this website. You’ll find the search engine box located on the right-hand side of the website. There is lots of data. However, here are a couple of really important things about Savella.)

The first thing to know about Savella is what kind of drug it is:
Savella is classed as an SNRI drug, meaning that, like Cymbalta, it belongs to the class of drugs called serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors.

The second thing to be aware of about Savella are the tough side effects. Many people within the Fibromyalgia community are taking this drug and gradually adjusting to the side effects, meaning their side effects are lessening or going away over time. Other people are not doing as well and are choosing to come off the drug entirely. Be wary and work closely with your doctor, if you decide to take Savella.

That leads me into ANSWER #2…

On earlier Health Matters Shows, we’ve discussed the benefits of using natural substances like essential oils to relieve pain. You’ll be pleasantly surprised to find out how well they work. I really benefit from using them and that makes me happy because I know they’re working with my body, instead of against it. Young Living Essential Oils and some of their other health-related products supply the good stuff that my body needs and readily uses. I guess, now that I’m thinking about it, I use quality oils from Young Living everyday, sometimes several different ones per day possibly for several different purposes! I’ve come to rely on and count on using them to support my new, improved health. For me, they’re a lot better than drugs (and less expensive, less toxic, etc.) Plus, when I need other types of relief, I often can find that, too.

So, let me encourage you to listen to today’s audio podcast. It doesn’t cost you anything to listen. It’s free! You’ll discover some of the best alternatiave infomation about how to relieve pain from my favorite massage therapist and aromatherapist, Kimball Egge. He and I make it personal by discussing exactly how you can begin to relieve your pain and feel better.

When you’re finished with the audio, come back here and do more research on the specific oils that sound interesting to you. Do that by going straight to my special Young Living webpage. Remember this if you don’t remember anything else… Young Living Essential Oils are pure, therapeautic grade oils. That makes them strong, safe and effective for almost everyone. (*Note any warning on an oil. Usually a warning applies only to small children and pregnant women.)

Dear One, if you are like I used to be and you’re tired of combating so many drug side effects that you could scream, using YL essential oils is a fantastic answer. I am here to help you make the best decisions that you possibly make. The ones that will be good for your health!

If you’re tired of living with the cross reactions from taking more than one drug at the time, this is important.

But most of all, if you’re fed up with being so sick… well, you decide for yourself, if this sounds like something you want to explore further.

Much of the Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome population of people don’t know that other alternatives readily exist. No one has ever told them that they can do something besides take drugs.

And, yes, using essential oils is one of those great alternatives that can aid in promoting your healing, that is if you use the right, high-quality oils. (I personally have used inferior-grade oils and they did not work.)

One day when you’re feeling better I hope you remember this day fondly… the day you learned about a whole different aspect of healing with essential oils here at the Health Matters Show!

“Promoting a kinder, gentler world for your best health…
and talking about remedies which support the healing of your mind, your body, and your spirit.”

Thanks for stopping by.

PS…. Here’s a copy of the document about the Young Living oils that are best for pain. Enjoy and use this information at your discretion. Just be sure to purchase your high quality, pharmaceutical-grade oils from me, if you can. I blogged about this topic in June and when I went to construct a document for you today, I realized I’d already put together a great resource! You can even print it out on the referenced site. Some information is just so darned good, that it’s worth repeating from me and worth having in your arsenal of How to Get Well information.

Cinda Crawford, your host of the Health Matters Show

Still, every once in awhile, people will tell me that what I do is nothing short of incredible. I guess that’s because SCH is so different and the process works well.

Decide for yourself with the following 3 truisms, plus something I’ve discovered… the fact that I’m not the only person who thinks this way or is saying these things:

Listen to the 10 minute 9 second audio podcast by pressing the small right-facing arrow on the bar. (Or, feel free to download it.)

• ONE, All true healing work comes from God. When it corresponds to His will, I believe that our Father designs healing tools and puts us to work using them in people’s lives. He gives us new information all the time. He gave me the knowledge of how to design Sacred Cellular Healing (SCH) and I am very grateful.

As the servant, I carry out the work He gives me to do (a) by helping people feel better, and (b) by teaching and coaching others about the concepts and philosophies of Sacred Cellular Healing. Very soon, the people who study and become skilled in doing SCH will be able (through certification training) to go out into the world and also do this type of healing work. I not only will give them my permission to do so, but also my blessing to manifest this important service work! (More details about this important event will be out soon.)

• TWO, I titled this healing modality Sacred Cellular Healing because it has a divine origin and nature and, as a comprehensive health tool, it works from the smallest cellular structures out, the cells;
• THREE, Sacred Cellular Healing is birthed from the underlying concepts that you and I are a combination of mind, body and spirit.

On this earthly planet, you and I are spirits living in physical bodies. Every Bible teaching I know supports this concept. We ultimately will shed our body one day and live solely as spirit.

Recently I came upon an article on the internet by Dr. Michael J. Funicello, DC, from the Infinite Healing Arts Center of Gilbert, Arizona. The article is entitled, Local Chiropractor Confesses to the World. Dr. Funicello tells about some of the early beginnings of Chiropractic care back in 1895 with Daniel David Palmer when he was not known as a chiropractor. The term had not been invented. Dr. Funicello not only tells about D. D. Palmer’s success in helping people, but also about how he began chiropractic and how chiropractic began changing people’s lives by way of dramatically improving their health.

Now, with a little different emphasis, that’s effectively what I’ve been saying all along.

God made your body.

He gave it innate wisdom and He gave it the capability to heal.

Under most circumstances, it still can heal itself.

God is the giver of life and health and is the supreme healer.

Trust that He will provide a way out of the muck and mire that you and I call bad health and the chronic illnesses known as Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

That answer for you may come through experiencing the marvelous touch and work of someone like Dr. Funicello, who will be speaking on the Health Matters Show soon! Stay tuned for the schedule.

Or- your answer may come from some other type of healer like myself.

The point is that healing is God’s work. If you’re looking for answers, you’ll find healing in the touch and work of many different practitioners. He provides us wonderful doctors, chiropractors, therapists and other professionals to help us. He provides other answers, too. Your job is to seek out the right answers for your life.

One of my favorite sayings is that “God is large and in charge!”

I invite you to email me with your questions about Sacred Cellular Healing. Check out the SCH reference page. I will be starting the membership program classes soon to teach you its concepts, how to do it for yourself and, possibly, learn how to do it for other people, too.

This is an exciting time!

Cinda Crawford, your host of the Health Matters Show and creator of Sacred Cellular Healing

Since I’ve healed, I don’t have the tremendous, ongoing volume of muscle pain like I used to experience. Thank God, it’s not there anymore.

That does not mean that I don’t have pain. Because I’m still a bit physically de-conditioned, I am overweight for my body size, I have two slightly bulging spinal discs and I don’t have all the energy that I need when I get ready to do something really physical, I still experience some pain.

Now, of course, being inspired and motivated to engage in a physical activity helps, so that leads me to explain my first example today about stopping muscle pain quickly. This last Monday night I had my first Tai Chi session in over twenty years. I still remembered some things, but I could tell that my body was older and not in as good a shape as before.

The instructor had us warm up with some energy enhancing stretches, one of which he described as hugging a tree. (Sorry I don’t remember the specific name of the posture… .) We were told to stand tall in a good, straight stance. Imagine a string being attached to the top of my head near the back portion. As that string was gently pulled upward to the ceiling, I was to straighten and lengthen my spine with my shoulders back. As I breathed in deeply, I was to imagine energy coming up from the earth and through my feet, the energy rising to the top of my head and then settling back down into my hands which I held out in front of me hugging that imaginary tree.

Now this exercise was wonderful, exciting, and energizing for about two minutes. As I stood there, my back began to ache and my energy waned. I noticed these symptoms, but instead of panicking, I decided to practice mindfulness and be proactive. I had the intention of stopping my pain before it got worse.

(Audio podcast is 14 minutes 32 seconds)
Here’s what happened…

As the sensation of pain increased, I moved my hands from in front of me and placed them behind me, gently touching the place where I felt the most pain. I breathed the energy in through my feet, let it rise to my head and then imagined it going out through my arms and fingers into my back. In about two breaths, my pain began to subside. I kept doing this until I felt substantial relief.

Now there is no magic to these concepts called mindfulness and intention. I simply concentrated on and intended what I wanted to happen. In my mind’s eye, I saw it happening. My (and your) muscles are smart. They contain lots of intrinsic knowledge and history in the form of cellular memory. They know when and how you love them and how you’re paying attention. Skin and muscle cells like attention!

Taking the time to show this type of attention is better than simply throwing drugs at your body or reaching for the heating pad and trying to melt the pain away. All I can say is it works for me and it seems pretty harmless, however, if you have any questions or health concerns, ask your doctor or physical therapist first before trying a technique like this.

The second thing that works for me is to notice my posture throughout the day. As my energy begins to wane, I slump and I can have absolutely terrible posture if I’m not paying attention. Poor posture is almost an absolute given when I’m working at the computer for 6, 8 or 10 hours at the time! I don’t recommend subjecting your body to that much strain.

As you’re sitting at your computer, I encourage you to notice everything about your posture. Are you slumping? Is your chin jutted forward like a chicken? (Sometimes this happens because of eye strain.) Are you sitting on one leg all lop-sided in your chair?

Does your chair support you well? Is it the right height from the floor? Are your feet planted firmly so that your weight is evenly distributed? Is your computer screen at the right height for reading comfortably? Do you have one leg at an odd angle underneath you with a leg muscle or foot cramped up? Are you leaning to one side, slightly off-center, constantly reaching for and using your mouse?

Yes there are tons of possibilies where posture can go wrong. Corresting your posture can add many minutes and hours to your being more functional every day. At some point, I’ll try to make a complete video about all of this, but for today I simply encourage you to notice these things and one more in particular. If your head is not sitting squarely and perfectly balanced on top of your neck and shoulders (*if you’re leaning over reading this message right now!), you’re putting a tremendous strain on your entire spine and every muscle and fiber that support it.

HINT: For every 5 degrees that your head leans forward and is not “on center” with your spine, I’ve heard that you put 15 pounds of pressure or so on your spine and the supporting muscles. That’s only leaning forward 5 degrees.

If you don’t think that is hurting you, place a sturdy stick inside a bowling ball. Holding the stick, tilt the bowling ball slightly forward, like you would do your head if you were reading a book. Do you feel how difficult that is? Do you feel how much strain that puts on your hand, wrist and arm? Now imagine doing that to your head and spine over a several hour period of time. Yikes!

My third suggestion is a stretching combo. Before you give completely out of energy, before you get in such terrible pain, try gentle stretching. Now you may need a medical person to help you with this, but if you want to investigate some stretching on your own, I advise you to get a copy of Stretching, the 20th Anniversary Edition by Bob Anderson. Easily pick up your copy today in my Amazon store on the right side of this website inside of the Cinda Recommends column or click the link below.

For me I can practice stretching while I’m washing dishes or putting clothes in the washer. I can take a moment out while vacumming to give my back a little TLC, tender loving care. And when I want it to be particularly effective, I’ll combine some mindfulness, intention, deep breathing, touching and maybe even massage with a Young Living essential oils combination.

All of these help because it is my intention to stay well, live healthfully and happy and stay out of pain. Your intentions for your health and the new year make all the difference between fleeting thoughts, achievement and feeling well.

I wish you good health and pain-free living. For more tips on mindfulness, put the term in the search box here and find more posts. Also for fantastic information on the power of intention, check out all of author Wayne Dyer’s work in the Cinda Recommends section.

Thanks for dropping by today. Feel free to comment and leave your helpful “muscle” and “pain” hints here on the blog.

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

At the Health Matters Show I try very hard to provide you with great sources of health information to help you re-make yourself into being all that you can be– healthwise and on a mind/body/spirit basis. I believe I’ve demonstrated the “health information” facts this week alone. (Feel free to review the timely announcements about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, if you missed them. See the blog post references that follow and the comments to those posts:

(Today’s Health Matters Show audio podcast is 8 minutes 27 seconds.)

• Failure to Duplicate XMRV Results
• UK News on XMRV from the ME Association and Co-Cure
• XMRV and CFS Controversy: Part 1 -and-
• XMRV and CFS Controversy: Part 2.

What traditional medical science is not telling you (or cannot tell you) and what you’re not hearing is the rest of the story… such as… What’s really wrong with you? What “contagion” (if any) is driving your illness? Who is coming up with answers that you can use? What health information and findings can help you figure out how to get well NOW!?

Also, critically important, what’s not being said at all is exactly what you yourself can do today to begin getting well.

The lack of significant progress by the mostly private-funded research projects creates a huge need within the Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome communities. Even so they seem to accomplish more than public entities like the Center for Disease Control or CDC. It has produced little more than stagnant inertia! (If you haven’t done so yet, please review the reference posts listed above. A new research project by the Department of Health and Human Services has recently started.)

So I ask, why should you continue to wait on answers from medical science? Why are you waiting?

Why can’t and don’t you begin to act NOW?

You might be one of the people to get ahead of the curve. Let’s face it… there is an incredible volume of people who are depending on medical science to come up a cure for what ails them!

You have to wonder if they really will find “the” cause and “the” cure for CFS. It’s been over 20 years since the newest recognition of the illness that we now know as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. As it stands now, we’re not much closer to producing a medical cure that helps the scores of people who suffer with it. Yes, we have better questions, but the answers to these questions are a ways down the road.

Did you know that to date only a few methodologies are accepted and proven to help you get on with your life and stop suffering so much? For the most part, they’ve come from the alternative medical field.

Thank goodness “medicine” can now recognize the symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, except for the doctors who still choose not to acknowledge that the illnesses exist. (I wonder how they help their patients when they have such an attitude? Do they continue to spout the old platitudes, “Go home and learn to live with your symptoms?” -or- “It’s all in your head!”

OH! NO! Say it ain’t so!

Thank goodness “medicine” now has a few tested and accepted practices that they can rely on, like the 18-point trigger point examination for a patient suffering with Fibromyalgia. Along with a few other criteria, this test alone can be used to definitively diagnose the illness.

Thank goodness “medicine” and the big pharma (the huge, multi-billion-dollar drug industry) have found a few drugs to help the symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. Not all, but some of your symptoms can be relieved somewhat through use of pharmaceutical drugs. The thing to keep in mind is constantly taking drugs is no healthy, long term solution.

I encourage you to sign up for the RSS feed or get on the email mailing list of the Health Matters Show. Within a few weeks, I will provide you with more information about how to feel better, how to improve your life and how to heal. I plan to make it easy for even the most cognitively challenged brains and for people who are more physically challenged, too. I truly believe that very often in life the best learning comes for the teacher who’s been there and done that. Folks, I’m one of those teachers, me, Cinda Crawford!

Thanks for your time and attention today. Please visit this website, blog and podcast often. Also, please comment and leave your thoughts about the events of this week. Your opinion and input are invaluable.

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

Now don’t turn away. Hang in here with me. Yes, there are only a handful of people who say that it’s possible to get over, get well from, heal from… either illness, yet people are getting well. You may not have realized it, but healing is happening.

Make it your New Year’s Resolution: listen to the rest of this story, as Paul Harvey would say. It is “possible” to heal from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

(Audio 18 minutes 27 seconds. Listen here or download.)

Other people have done it. Why not you? Yes, I asked… WHY NOT YOU? Really, why not you? Is there some scar you have emblazoned across your chest that says, “I will be sick forever!”?? Of course, not. So why incorporate that attitude into your thinking?

Embrace change…an opportunity to learn and grow. James Arthur Ray

Wise people repeatedly tell you that you can change your future by believing in what you want to happen. Dear One, believe it or not, right now you’re influencing what will happen to you in 2010 and beyond. Don’t stop here on this mere webpage. Don’t dismiss this idea because other people are negative and say it can’t happen. Instead, take your personal power in your hand. Stoke the fires of your personal enthusiasm. Start making plans to get well– today. Let this be your first step of many to come.

If you didn’t catch this week’s posts that highlight the work of James Arthur Ray, I encourage you to review the concepts of the peasant and the warrior.

Then your next step is to sign up to catch every podcast and post of the Health Matters Show automatically. (Don’t depend on your memory to remember to come back here.) The facilities to do that are in the right-hand column. Feel free to sign up via the RSS feed or by email notification. (If you do it that way, be sure to clear your email filter to receive notices from “Get Well Health.” Don’t let them go to spam because your email filter locks them out as unfamiliar.) However you choose to read and listen is fine. Just be sure not to miss a thing; this is too important.

Why? Because it’s vital that you stay tuned to the Health Matters Show. I provide all kinds of important information, products and services all the time.

Why? Because within the next few weeks I will open up at least two membership sites for those people 1) who want to learn more about how the Sacred Cellular Healing concepts work and 2) who want to feel better and make their own healing happen sooner rather than later!

My tentative plans are that one of the membership sites will be absolutely “free” and one will be paid. I will provide both groups of people with information about how to get well using Sacred Cellular Healing. That’s right. You guessed it…

All of this is so exciting! (I like to think of myself as being healed from Fibro and CFS at the 95% level.) That’s why you must plan to join in and sign up for one of these membership sites. They’re coming very soon in 2010. I will explain more as we get closer to the launch date. I can find nothing else like this opportunity anywhere else on the web or otherwise. This is truly a unique, life-changing opportunity.

So… as it stands right now, I plan to teach the concepts of Sacred Cellular Healing at the free level. However, I will provide personal access to me only at the paid membership level. There, you will hear me (audio), see me (video) teach the concepts directly. I will answer all of your questions about: how it works, why and the knowledge, attitudes and actions you must take to make healing happen. Also, for people who need a bit more help in getting well, I will offer special, discounted rates for individualized healing sessions. To qualify for that reduced hourly rate, you must maintain the status of being a paid member.

Dear One, I have so many people who want this type of healing work that I have trouble keeping up with the demand. Everyone wants to feel better. So I’ve decided to do this within the framework of a membership site. It works well because 1) money is tight for many people, yet they want to feel better, 2) I want to help a lot of people and there are millions that are sick, and 3) this type of learning works best in a small group setting where you have time to take in the concept slowly and methodically. Hopefully, teaching within this membership framework will help me to keep up with demand and you to get the help you need at the same time. That’s a win/win situation!

As I reveal my ideas, techniques and methods for healing, you have to know it is my sincere desire that many, many get well. I want you to resume your healthy, happy life!

Today, let me say a sincere “Thanks for joining the Health Matters Show today.” I’m your host and the creator of Sacred Cellular Healing… Cinda Crawford

Christmas is a time of wonder, magnificence, peace and hope for all mankind. May you find those attributes in a song, in a prayer, a friend’s tenderness or a special prayer this holiday season. May you find the spirit and reason why all this is so important. May you find the strength to lead brave lives and contribute the best that you have to give to the world. You may not have great talent or you may be busting at the seams with a multitude of gifts, but the key is in how you use your talent.

I pray that you will have the best and merriest Christmas. Please enjoy Andrea Bocelli and the Mormon Tabernacle choir in an outstanding rendition of the Lord’s Prayer.

God bless you,
Cinda Crawford

Now I realize that I probably am the first person to bring up this issue in relationship to Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but I’m sitting here thinking… What about us? Is there a connection that hasn’t been made yet? Hopefully my prompting will open some doors and cause inquiring minds to want to know. (Read on for all the info; then forward this post to your friends, send them to the blog, Tweet it or note it on Facebook. Comment here, too, and let’s discuss it.)

Now do these 3 things:
1) To listen to the podcast and more detailed information about this topic, click on the right-facing arrow above;
2) Get access to the news article and website with the link below -and-
3) Consider the following 4 questions specifically designed for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers:

1) Is it possible that a low level Leptin condition can show up in a person of any age?

2) When evidence of weight problems, recurring and seriously low energy deficits and brain or cognitive dysfunction symptoms (that we call brain fog) show up in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients, should we be checked for a low Leptin level?

3) Is it possible that low level Leptin is a part of the problem causing the diverse group of symptoms seen in our population? (If “yes, it is possible,” then go on to Question 4.)

4) Assuming someone has a low Leptin level, is there any contra-indication against trying him or her on the hormone Leptin to see if the person improves?

The answers to these questions could be very important. However, I know of no one doing this type of research for people with Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Remember: the squeaky wheel gets the grease. I encourage you to forward this blog post on to any and everyone you can think of. All your Fibro buddies, Spoonies and folks in your local support group. If you know a doctor, researcher or scientist, see if you can peak their interest, too. With enough interest in this subject, we might generate some curiosity and action.

AND ACTION IS WHAT IT’S GOING TO TAKE TO SOLVE THESE HEALTH PROBLEMS!

Even though this is speculation, those of us who have or have had Fibromyalgia or CFS probably suffer with at least 2 out of these 3 symptoms: either weight issues, the problem of having enough energy to do all of the things that we want and need to do in life or we suffer with the brain fog of someone who is very, very ill.

Take a look at the WebMd report at More Leptin May Mean Less Alzheimer’s . I know my interest is certainly peeked with this issue.

So for all the nutritionists, endocrine system and disease researchers and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia specialists out there, please weigh in on this issue and any of the four questions. Certainly it would be great not to have Alzheimer’s Disease (No one wants it!), but if this type of Leptin dysfunction is hitting the younger generation hard, too, because of what such an imbalance does to the body, then this is certainly a worthy topic.

Thanks for listening. I hope my random musings make it around the world and back only because this is something we can sink our teeth into. Much of the effort for finding out what we need to know about Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is up to us. Hint: Action and Awareness.

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

PS- For a strong dose of reality, check out WebMD’s link at the bottom of the page listed above. What you’ll be looking for is entitled Alzheimer’s Disease Symptoms.

PPS- Plus, for 2010 I am inviting “specialists” to speak to us about this topic and more. Keep your fingers crossed that my invitations to the best ones are accepted and that they agree to talk to us soon. In anticipation of this, I have placed several books about leptin and nutrition inside of the Health Matters Store under the Cinda Recommends column to the right. Check them out and order one for yourself and your 2010 good health and healing resolutions!

Case in point, take this week’s subjects: a) being sick all over with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, b) how and why the body gets so confused about how to heal and c) the holistic healing and health answers for improving your health.

This week my husband hurt his back badly. We’ve been to the emergency room twice in four days. He’s on high-powered drugs… and he can’t drive safely. So I’m not only playing nursemaid, but chauffeur. My time and energy have not been my own. Thank goodness I’m well enough now to do that. Way back when I was so sick, that would not have been the case.

This video is 11 minutes and 46 seconds. Feel free to download it. Continue on for more great information!

I started the Health Matters Show in the spring of 2008. For some time I had been training to learn the technology with high hopes of putting all of the knowledge and contacts I had created for 15+ years to good use. I really wanted to make a difference in the Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome communities.

But since I’d been working so hard, day and night, for months on end and considering I was under an emotional strain from a particular family situation, I had not been paying really close attention to my own health. Working on clients? Yes. Working on family? Yes. Seeing to everyone else’s needs? Yes. Putting the show and the websites together? Yes. Even planning a two-week trip out west for more training? Yes.

Well, the day before I was to leave for the trip, I started getting sick. Within a day on the proverbial road, I was much worse. Thank goodness I took along my Young Living essential oils, Thieves, Oregano and Lemon. It would have been nice to have had some others to help me, too, but at least I had those. The airlines overlooked the bottles in checking me out, but oh how mighty and important they were to me!

I probably smelled like an aromatic pharmacy in the meetings, airplanes and restaurants. I could have cared less. The point is that my body survived what probably would have otherwise been a severe case of broncitis or walking pneumonia. I had not been that sick since 2003, right before I healed from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I used my oils religiously, slept as much as I could, drank a lot of pure, clean water and practiced as many holistic healing regimens on myself as I had time for. The point is, I survived.

Now, even with what I’m doing for my husband, I’m still surviving and flourishing, too. Playing nursemaid when necessary, driving as needed. My husband and I make a good team because we each try to help the other one out when it’s needed. Right now he’s putting a roast in the crock pot with potatoes and carrots.

So, I ask you, dear one, are you prepared for both the good days and the bad ones to come, even the ones when you’re sick all over? Are you using tools like Young Living Essential Oils and their other products to bolster and support your Immune System? Do you have an understanding with your spouse and family members how important it is to pitch in and help each other out when needed?

If you answer, “No,” to any of these, you have some work to do. Now, I’ve got to run and take a quick peek at that roast. You have a good one and a very happy weekend,

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

However both of these resources are inadequate to use alone. Yes, there are books, reports and lots of information on healing mechanisms that you can find, but nothing adds more value and long term help to your young person being sick more than an older relative or friend giving personal time, attention and interest to them in seeing that they live as healthfully (e.g. “full of health”) as possible.

That surely offers them the best chance to get well that you can facilitate happening. Go the extra mile and search for data and resources that take a bit more digging to uncover, but are likely to be the very things that will provide the biggest benefit.

Audio: click the right facing arrow and listen to this week’s Health Matters Show audio podcast file right here on the website -or- download it for later. It is 31 minutes 25 seconds in length and packed full of helpful information!

Plus, the guide I talked about yesterday does not mention the wisdom of seeing any particular specialist beyond a counselor or psychiatrist. [That's probably because this guide originates from Europe, specifically the United Kingdom (UK). In that part of the world, Myalgic Encephlomyelitis (ME/CFS) is considered to have more of a psychological basis or cause.] Please do not accept this opinion as the gospel truth.

ME/CFS represents itself to be a complicated, multi-symptom illness that manifests differently in different people. To think that someone can will himself to become sick with ME/CFS or simply cause it to occur because of a psychological hangup or problem is so utterly ridiculous that those words are hard to even write. It is beyond me how this remains a prevailing and popular opinion in some circles throughout the UK.

NOTE: There are specialists all over the world who can help you figure out ME/CFS. In the United States there are a number of doctors who specialize in Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and ME/CFS. For the parents and friends of young patients, there are also adjunct, alternative medical therapies and protocols which may help your young one recover. I encourage you to look into them. Such activities and protocols include:

1. meditation (which is therapeutic for most people) -and- mindfulness
2. yoga
3. tai chi
4. acupuncture
5. reiki
6. chiropractic care
7. stretching
8. massage
9. moderate exercise like warm water pool therapy or walking if possible. If it’s not, forego this level of activity until the body is stronger.
10. add-on vitamins, supplements, essential oils and nutraceuticals to build up the body and foster good health (Note: the audio includes a couple of suggestions. Find others by searching for “essential oils” here on this website.)
11. actual healing protocols created and administered by alternative health practitioners, like me. I use a proprietary healing method that I developed called Sacred Cellular Healing. It is designed to encourage the body to repair itself and be healthy again. It is effective face-to-face and in person or it is equally effective when done at a distance over the telephone.

Few if any of these possibilities are mentioned or even hinted at in the European how-to guide, but you can and should check them out. This is your decision and your responsibility. Your young person needs you to help find a way for him or her to be healthy again!

Decide if any measures are appropriate to introduce into their world. Many of the choices, like Sacred Cellular Healing, are designed to encourage the body to heal itself, which is very possible. Consider that the body heals itself all the time from all kinds of ailments. How, you ask? Because God designed it that way and it’s still possible.

If you happen to come across additional ideas or know of other helpful tools for children, young people and parents who find themselves in this situation, please send them in here to the Health Matters Show and I will post them. I welcome your comments below.

Thanks, Cinda Crawford
Host of the Health Matters Show

PS- Stay tuned to the Health Matters Show on a daily basis if you can. I’m writing an entire series on ME/CFS which should prove to be informative and helpful to lots of people.

PPS- To help you find additional information and assets for you and the young people in your life affected by ME/CFS, check out the Association of Young People with ME.

We are the ones who benefit from renewed bodies that once again remember how to be healthy, from minds that function clearly and wisely for the most part, and for spirits that are excited about the prospects of living a life closer to the Creator. Oh, to become a thrill seeker!

Yes, you and I do see the wisdom of keeping hope of healing alive in our hearts. However, the huge questions remain about how to do it.

How do we stay positive?
What is there to stay positive about?

Click on the right-facing arrow to begin the 7 minute video or feel free to download it. Enjoy!

When you add up all the facts there’s a lot of positive health news and there are more ways than ever to get healthy.

Enjoy your holiday weekend and Happy Thanksgiving,
Cinda Crawford, your host of the Health Matters Show

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