Hannah’s search for arthritis pain
Hannah came to Caring Medical with multiple areas of pain. At the young age of 30 she was experiencing low back pain, a stiff neck, and numbness in her arms, fingers and toes. Her low back pain was initially very mild and her doctor told her she had mild arthritis. She did some physical therapy and saw minor improvements. Four months after the mild pain began, she was deployed for military service overseas. The heavy gear that she wore each day made the pain gradually worsen. One day as she was bending down she felt a shocking pain come over her low back and right arm. From that point on she had pain whenever she would bend over and she struggled through each day in her heavy gear as she walked miles. When she returned home, she knew she needed help. In addition to her low back pain, neck stiffness, and numbness she was also having pain in her right ankle, an area that had given her trouble for 12 years. After deployment, she returned to a stressful job working 12 hour shifts, seated behind a computer. She was able to workout a few times a week, but with nagging pain. Her main goal was to get out of pain.
 

Hanna’s New Patient consultation at Caring Medical:
At Hannah’s first visit, Dr. Hauser examined her and explained that Prolotherapy treatments could heal her pain. Hannah wanted more, though. She wanted to do everything she could possibly do to help Prolotherapy do its job. She told us that she ate mostly organic food and was a vegetarian. Despite her attempts at a healthy diet plan she had a mediocre energy level and experienced a drop in energy around 2pm each day. She also struggled with PMS, cramping, and mood swings. Dr. Hauser let her know that all of these issues are diet-related, and that once we knew her Hauser Diet Typing. In our office, we see these symptoms reverse with proper diet changes. When a female is in ideal health, there are no signs of PMS, cramping or irregular menses. In Hannah’s case, we needed to see if part of her problem was eating according to a vegetarian diet that could be worsening her symptoms. The number one priority was Diet Typing and food sensitivity testing to determine the correct diet plan for Hannah’s unique physiology. The number two priority was hormone testing, including thyroid, cortisol, and her sex hormone levels. By using these tests Dr. Hauser could identify any abnormalities in Hannah’s physiology and hormone levels and use a diet plan with natural hormone replacement to regulate these abnormalities. With a better functioning physiology and hormone system, the potential for Prolotherapy’s success in Hanna’s case would be maximized.
 

Hannah agreed to all of these labs and got started right away with Prolotherapy. Her first Prolotherapy treatment consisted of approximately 200 Prolotherapy injections to her low back, thoracic, neck and ankle. She given instructions to use heat and begin a supplement regime.
 

Hanna’s second treatment and lab testing:
Her second visit would consist of Diet Typing, hormone testing and another session of Prolotherapy dextrose injections, (Watch where do Prolotherapy injections go video go and do they hurt?) Hannah met with Dr. Hauser for another round of Prolotherapy injections. She had about a 10% decrease in pain after her first treatment and was eager to get another treatment. Upon getting Diet Typed, Hannah met with our nutrition coach and explained a few more of her goals. Her first priority was to get out of pain, but she also wanted to increase her energy, reduce her PMS symptoms and increase her muscle mass. Despite cardio boxing four times a week and weight training three times a week she could not get her body fat percentage below 24%.  
 

Hannah’s Diet Typing results:
Once Hannah’s Diet Typing was completed we could see that her current vegetarian diet was not the best for her physiology. Her venous blood pH was normal but her glucose tolerance test showed fast oxidation and glucose intolerance. Her vegetarian diet was hurting her physiology and her ability to heal. In order to heal quickly and increase her energy she would need the Otter Diet to balance her physiology. This diet plan is a high protein, low carbohydrate diet, which is far different from a vegetarian diet. Hannah was willing to give it a try, because it was evident now that the vegetarian diet was actually working against her reaching her health goals. She would also need to avoid her food sensitivities – dairy, beef, gluten, almond, peanut, asparagus and kale. Hannah talked at length with our nutrition coach to come up with a healthy diet plan. Although she had been a vegetarian for a long time, she was willing to add turkey and chicken to her diet. She also added coconut milk, protein shakes made with a pea protein powder, and quinoa to her diet plan.  
 

Dr. Hauser also reviewed her hormone levels and told her that her they were all within the normal limits. One important aspect about Natural Medicine is to consider the individual’s needs, and what is truly optimal for them. In Hannah’s case, he recommended a small amount of DHEA to help with her healing. He also asked her to limit her intense cardio workouts to light jogging. He wanted her to remain active but not at an intensity level that could cause re-injury. He assured her that she could return to her intense workouts once her pain is resolved.  
 

Hannah’s outcome:
Hannah ended up receiving four Prolotherapy sessions and is easing back into her intense workouts. As for the Otter Diet , she has seen some tremendous improvements from following it. She lost nine pounds and saw a decrease in her body fat percentage! Her energy was much higher, which greatly helped her ability to work 12 hour shifts. Hannah also reported that  her PMS and cramping had ceased and no longer caused trouble for her. She said the Hauser Diet made huge improvements in her life and she was so thankful that she found a healthy diet plan that works for her body. The combination of Prolotherapy and the Hauser Diet helped Hannah get her life back.
 

If any of Hannah’s story sounds like yours, please call us to schedule an appointment. We would love to help get your health turned around too!