Dear Colleagues
We are settled back into our Hawaii condo until probably early March so if you’d like to learn our latest techniques and write off a Hawaii vacation, this is a great time to do it.
New Seminar DVD
We just finished teaching in NYC and Phoenix our latest version of my protocol. Some friends who have basically attended all my seminars over the past 10+ years have remarked that they thought this one was the best we have done. We will have a DVD available in the not too distant future. You can pre-order it on our website www.michaellebowitzdc.com. The site describes what is included in the seminar DVD, etc. Hopefully it will be a real asset to your practices. We will also announce it as soon as we have it in stock. If you preorder you can be assured of getting it as soon as it is released.
This has been an eventful year with breaking my patella into 15 pieces, travelling to Switzerland and Israel, seeing our younger son graduate chiropractic school, get married and open an office in Scottsdale AZ. Our older son moved to Hawaii. We have much to be thankful for. We are also thinking about a seminar in Northern California in the spring and are open to going other places where you feel we can get 20+ docs/students to attend.
I am program chair again for the next ICAK-USA meeting in July in Chicago. One night will be kind of like an open mike night where people who aren’t scheduled speakers can get 10-15 minutes to share a technique they have developed etc. We have to preschedule these, so if interested let me know by emailing and telling me what you have in mind.
MISC INFO
1) There was an interesting article in the Townsend Letter Aug/Sept edition. The author has found a very strong correlation between celiac disease and parasitic infection. He has found that clearing parasites will often bring salivary antigliadin IgA levels to normal and the person can go back to eating gluten asymptomatically. We have found similar things at times with not only parasites but fungi, bacteria etc. (of course this does not always work). Clearing patients of dysbiosis is in my opinion the most important thing you can do for many, and that is why it has been the backbone of our teaching for 25+ years. It is also why so many of the Supreme Nutrition products we have helped develop (1-800-922-1744) focus on ridding the body of pathogens/dysbiosis.
2) For many years we have been teaching about dysbiosis being spread by kissing and other sexual activity and how ideally you need to treat the patient and their partner or at least have the patient bring in a saliva sample from their partner for testing to see if they are passing microbes back and forth and then treat the partner accordingly. It seems that idea has hit the media.
The article http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141116211033.htm talks is about bacteria but it also holds true for most other classifications of microbes such as: fungi, parasites, spirochetes etc.
3) A great doc, Andy Specht DC sent an article from the European Spine journal where people with back and leg pain were treated with antibiotics while a similar group was treated with placebo. There was no change in the placebo group while antibiotic treated groups had 50% + improvement in back pain and 73% improvement in leg pain. Other studies have shown that in these type people they can culture bacteria out of their discs. A few years ago I had taken a group of patients with back pain and treated them for dysbiosis and food reaction without doing any structural AK or adjustments and had then come back in 3 weeks. I found similar results: many of them became asymptomatic.
4) My friend, John Manning DC recently was bitten by a brown recluse spider for the 4th or 5th time. He emailed me and I recommended Takesumi (orally and as a poultice) as well as pancreatic enzymes and antimicrobials. This is what I heard back when he was advising another physician about his experiences:
“I've had the "pleasure" of meeting up with what I can only assume are brown recluses... probably 4x in the last 5 yrs.
The most recent bout was about a month ago. The bites are nasty. Painful, swelling, great breakdown of tissue with angry yellow exudate. They seem to go through stages - with a semi viscous "pussy" period during which you can express quite a bit of toxic fluid. It is best to do a 30 minute soak in warm/hot Epsom salt water first, I think. There seems to be another stage in which the exudate is jelly-like and/or very rubbery --- difficult to move out. There can be a sort of "plug" at the surface which, when removed (tweezers, finger tips, etc?) it allows for the weeping of more jelly-like “junk”. My first 3 exposures were on the meat of a muscle --- thigh, calf. They took fully 12 weeks to resolve.
The good news - I handled the latest one differently. The bite was at the dorsal left hand, at the MCP joint 4th finger. I absolutely could not afford for this to get to my joints (it did anyway). On Fri 10/31 I began to experience the tell-tale early swelling. On Saturday I had a 101 degree fever, and was extremely nauseous and tired. I immediately went to my office and with the help of my office manager began testing the lesion against anything and everything I could think of. Probably ended up trying about 120 different supplements - antimicrobials, EFAs, digestive enzymes, etc. Literally 116 did zero (including a few antibiotics). FOUR strengthened greatly.—Takesumi Supreme, Hemo Guard Supreme, BFB-2 (all Supreme Nutrition), and Dipan-9 (Thorne). Interestingly - I always do a quick distance test vs. supplements as taught by Dr. Lebowitz. The Dipan-9 strengthened me from FIFTEEN FEET (I measured). I took takesumi orally AND I made a "paste" (small drop of water and a scoop) for topical application. I dropped the BFB directly onto the area.
I can honestly tell you that the results have been beyond belief. I am now at day 19 - and the hand looks like I'd expect it at about the 3 month mark. The process was still bad -- but it progressed through the time line at lightning speed. Every night I'd draw a hot bath... throw in Epsom salt, soak for 3 minutes and express. Some days better results than others. During the day I'd work with Takesumi paste topical under sterile bandaging.
5) Rebecca Malamed MD was kind enough to send me this article http://www.naturalnews.com/047605_stupid_virus_cognitive_function_gene_expression.html It is just incredible how many conditions can be blamed on dysbiosis, but I don’t doubt that it can play a role, just like fungi can cause brain fog. When our older son Josiah would have either dysbiosis or eat a food he was sensitive to, the only symptoms he recognized were his ability to play tunes on the piano as well as doing math was greatly compromised.
6) The latest Townsend Letter reported on an article in the journal Phytomedicine showing how olive leaf ingestion led to significant improvement in pain in patients with osteoarthritis
7) One last “dysbiosis” article http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141104091112.htm If you utilize my protocols I would appreciate you sending in case histories like we usually have. These next few months will be filled with my writing a book and studying for the SPEC exam so I won’t have many case histories of my own so any you send are appreciated.
Have a wonderful Chanukah, Christmas, and anything else you do this holiday season.
God bless you all
Dr. L
MATERIALS AVAILABLE FROM DR. MICHAEL LEBOWITZ
1. DVD: Treating the Complex Patient 2014: This online seminar, approximately 4 1/2 hours long will teach the physician a simple to apply, effective protocol to treat patients with chronic fatigue, allergies, chemical sensitivities, intestinal dysbiosis, (fungal, bacterial, parasitic, spirochete, and viral infections), food sensitivities, food toxin intolerance, hypercoagulation problems, toxic metal issues, endocrine dysfunction, nutritional imbalances, chronic pain and subluxations, fibromyalgia, etc. Knowledge of basic muscle testing is helpful. The seminar is suited for both the novice and the advanced practitioners in our work and is much updated from our last one. A complete set of advanced notes accompanies the DVD. To order go to www.michaellebowitzdc.com
2. Personal Seminars with Dr. Lebowitz: Dr. Lebowitz teaches seminars to one or two doctors at a time at his offices in Honolulu, HI and Scottsdale, AZ. This is probably the best way to learn our protocols with a personalized, hands on experience. Cost is $300 per physician. For more info or to schedule call us at 970-623-9565. Presently in HI till early March.
3. Test Kits for Dr. Lebowitz protocol - Call Cynthia at AK Test Kits 970 201-7406 or see our website http://www.michaellebowitzdc.com for more details. These kits will greatly simplify and speed up your testing making you more efficient and accurate in patient assessment. These are “diagnostic kits”. Supplement kits are ordered directly from Supreme Nutrition 1-800-922-1744.
4. Body Restoration An Owners Manual - An updated and expanded version of my first book Body Mechanics published almost 30 years ago. Part 1 has a chapter on each organ/gland. Each chapter teaches basic anatomy and physiology, causes and symptoms of dysfunction, as well as simple treatments your patient can do at home to complement your treatment. Part 2 explains the role of dysbiosis, food intolerances, toxic metals, nutritional deficiencies and neurotransmitter imbalances in health. The book is a great review for the doctor, but better yet it is a great tool to recommend to your patient. It will give them a better understanding of how their body works and the causes of health and disease, as well as the rationale of why you treat the way you do. It is very pro chiropractic. It is available for $1.99 on kindle at http://www.amazon.com/Body-Restoration-Owners-Manual-ebook/dp/B0050653C4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1353354004&sr=1-1 or in PDF form: http://bodyrestorationanownersmanual.com/html/Order.html
5. Body Restoration Cookbook - This companion volume to the above book was written by Cynthia Lebowitz and is now available free online (donations accepted). A wonderful tool for your patients as it contains almost 100 recipes- most without gluten, dairy, nightshades, etc. http://www.bodyrestorationanownersmanual.com/html/Cookbook.html
6. Phone consultations - Dr Lebowitz is happy to consult with you about protocol questions or difficult patients. Please take into account that we are on Hawaiian (or Arizonan) time and only call between 7AM-5PM M-F 808 321-0826. There is no charge for short consults if you are a fellow physician.