Lung scarring is one of the long term symptoms of COVID. It is one of the “long haul” symptoms. I have successfully treated lung and bronchial scarring from a lot of coughing. The same treatment should work for COVID. I use a technology called Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM). It can treat any inflammation in the body, so it can also treat many of the other long haul symptoms. Heart problems from inflammation of the heart, cognitive problems from inflammation of the brain, the inflammation of the capillaries and blood vessels that lead to problems everywhere. And there are acupuncture points that can also help. One calms down inflammation anywhere in the body, which helps with body aches. Another can down regulate the immune system that triggers the inflammatory response. These two points are my primary points for treatment of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. But these functions are not well known in the acupuncture community. I found these functions by accident treating people in my 30 years in practice. But I can also treat the immune system with FSM by treating it for inflammation as well or treating a tissue for an allergy reaction. And if you are scared of needles, FSM doesn’t use needles at all. At most you might feel a slight tingling if that.
Sciatica
Sciatica is a fairly common diagnosis for Low Back Pain. It should describe low back pain due to irritation to low back nerve roots (usually those between L3and L4 and between L4 and L5. Unfortunately doctors usually don’t take the time to palpate the low back to confirm their diagnosis. Why do I say that? Because I have seen many patients with that diagnosis that had no low back pain! Their pain was in their butt. Too treat someone I need to know exactly what the problem is or at least exactly where it is. With a sciatica diagnosis, I often don’t get the information I need just by the diagnosis. I have to figure it out on my own by palpating to find where the pain is. When the pain is in the back, it usually is coming from L4 and L5 nerve roots (although it sometimes also can involve nerve roots farther up the back) and usually also from the SI (Sacroiliac Joint, where the weight from the trunk transfers to the hips). At these points there is inflammation. This is best treated by a method I invented that works like a cortisone shot but uses electricity instead of chemistry and doesn’t have the limitations of cortisone – I can do it as much as needed. Usually there will be initial pain relief and then 2-3 hours later, as the inflammation goes down, more pain relief. And it usually only takes 1-3 treatments to get rid of the inflammation. And getting rid of the inflammation is important because if it is not adequately treated, over time it can cause a degenerative process in the adjacent disk. Doctors won’t tell you that because they don’t know the cause. It is a basic electrical phenomena. Basically inflammation is negatively charged. Like charges repel each other so the negative charge at the inflamed nerve root causes the electrons at the nearby disk to be pushed away causing the part of the disk nearest the nerve root to become positively charged. The electrons are what holds the molecules together so the lack of electrons causes that side of the disk to begin to fall apart or degenerate. A sign that that process has begun is tenderness at the disk. I always palpate for this because it is easily treated and stopped. I’m not sure if I can repair the damage that has already been done but I do have techniques I can try that might help. At the very least it would help treat any chronic pain that might persist.
Now if the pain is in the butt, there are several location that it usually shows up at. The butt pain usually appears later and is a result of the low back pain causing the upper band of the Gluteus Maximus muscle to get tight. This then pulls on the attachments at the sacrum and the great trochanter which then get inflamed and tender. My anti-inflammation treatment works great here too.
Another place you can get butt pain is at the piriformis muscle. Since it lies directly above your hip joint. So it can be confused with hip pain. You can tell the difference by palpation. If it is the piriformis muscle, the attachments will be tender also. The treatment here is to treat the inflammation at the attachments and to needle the belly of the muscle to relax it. I also use a frequency for the inflammation treatment that also helps relax the muscle and stimulate the release of endorphins which helps with the pain as well.
Occasionally true sciatica will cause the low back muscles to get tight as well. This will cause pain and inflammation at the attachments. Again I treat the attachments and relax the muscle. Here though the upper attachment is at the floating (12th) rib. So we also have to look at the attachment of the rib to the vertebrae and at the end of the rib to see if those areas are also irritated and may need treatment also.
Biotoxins and COVID-19
Why COVID-19 affects the Blood Vessels
Biotoxicns from the COVID-19 virus can cause release of cytokines in the immune system’s response to the virus. This causes the inflammatory response seen in COVID-19 as well as also can cause endothelial cells that line the blood vessels to release the “glues” that hold the lining of the blood vessels in place. Instead they bind to the white blood cells and hold them in place at the receptor site. This creates blockages in the capillaries disrupting normal blood flow. This then causes the tissues downstream to not get enough oxygen and to not get rid of the toxins of metabolism to be efficiently removed. This then leads to the symptoms of fatigue and achy pains (muscle tissue affected) or burning pains (nerve tissue affected). It can also disrupt normal function of tissues. Since the capillaries are located in every tissue of the body, this can be one mechanism that causes the virus to affect so many systems of the body. And if the patient is unfortunate enough to genetically not produce the antibody to deal with the virus (which is why some do OK and others do not) the release of cytokines is uncontrolled and then leads to serious chronic illness. Most physicians don’t know about these processes because it is more in the realm of treating multi-allergy or multi-sensitivity patients such as from mold toxicity. The biochemistry is well understood but not widely known. I am just good at seeing relationships others don’t see, usually because of my unique knowledge base. Here I see the connection between the unusual sympptoms seen in COVID-19 and the phenomena commonly seen in mold toxicity and Epstein-Barr(another virus) infections. With mold toxicity, about 1/4 of the population genetically can’t produce the antibiodys to fight off the mold. Which leads to chronic illness. The same might be happening with COVID-19. Which would explain why some do fine and others have real trouble.