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What Pain in the Neck? Resolving Suffering Ruth Elder
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- Health & Fitness
What Pain in the Neck? Resolving Suffering is a podcast about finding real solutions to stubborn suffering. Stories of people who got their life back in abundance or are helping others to do so. Your host Ruth Elder has devoted her life to spreading the message that healing is possible even in the most severely complicated and long-lasting cases.
Are you suffering and feeling like you have tried everything? Gone from doctor to doctor, had tests, X-Rays, MRIs, and more, only to be told there is nothing wrong with you? But YOU know something is very wrong with you?! It is not all in your head. It is a real pain in the neck, but it doesn’t have to continue. Symptoms like Migraines, vertigo, Trigeminal Neuralgia, chronic infections, and nerve pain can get better, even completely gone. Could it be that YOU are suffering NEEDLESSLY?
What Pain in the Neck? Is a metaphor for all kinds of pain and problems that drag us down in life. But it doesn’t have to be that way. No matter what hasn’t worked in the past, there is always a solution,. This is a show about people who have found answers and are willing to share them freely with you. How about going from “What a pain in the neck all the time!“ to truly being able to say: “What pain in the neck?” Often when this happens, the pressing question is: “Why didn’t I know about this sooner?”
Your host Ruth Elder has worked behind the scenes in specialized healthcare since 1994, starting as an assistant to Dr.Muncy and now a wife and business partner to Dr. Gordon Elder, DCCJP. They have had a Blair upper-cervical chiropractic practice since 2000. Ruth’s passion is to connect problems with solutions and bring healing to those who suffer. She got well because she didn’t give up, and someone told her about a unique solution in the form of upper cervical chiropractic.
Several stories come from Ruth’s own life experiences and learning, but many come from interviewing people who have gotten help with things like MS, Parkinsons' disease, and more. Suffering and sick people didn’t give up on searching for a solution. They found there was hope, their suffering RESOLVED, and they got their lives back.
The interviews with experts are based on many great discussions with some of the best high-level doctors across many specialties. Many of these experts share their specialties and insights on this show.
For more than 20 years, Ruth lived with chronic, debilitating pain 100% of the time. Every year growing up was worse than the year before. Practically speaking, she was an invalid. At age six, she started having low back pain. The neck pain was constant, the excruciating headache never went away, and the pain between the shoulder blades was nagging. The constant infections knocked her down. She couldn’t do normal things. And yet all the doctors were telling her they couldn’t find anything wrong, it must be in her head.
She knows what it is like to suffer and knows what it is like to be well.
In 1994 Gordon Elder took Ruth to see a Blair upper-cervical ciropractor who specialize in neck injuries. He found an injury in the upper neck by the brainstem. It was corrected gently without popping, twisting or jerking. Gradually she became healthier and stronger. She has raised four kids and had an active career in fitness. Along with a healthy nervous system, a healthy lifestyle brings healing to the body, mind, and soul. This show will podcast stories about it all.
These days Ruth Elder and her husband Gordon Elder, DC, FICPA, DCCJP, serve as owners/directors of the Blair Chiropractic Clinic in Lubbock, Texas, where they serve West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Their desire is to spread the message of hope, healing, and solutions to pain worldwide.
www.bliarclinic.com
ruth@blairclinic.com
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Excitement, Depression and Helping others withTony Martin
Tony Martin
Tony Martin currently works in the office products industry. He is very friendly and outgoing and knows a lot of people. He has a philosophy and way of life of helping others ahead of himself.
Most of his life he has been full of energy and excitement until in his 40s all of a sudden he wasn’t feeling well and was unable to function or go to work. At first he thought he had the flu. He had no idea what was wrong until he was diagnosed with depression. It was to the point that he wanted to end it all.
It took a little while, but he did get his hope back.
Tony found his way to complete healing, and now his passion is to help others the way he has been helped.
Listen to his captivating story and share with a friend or family member that you know is suffering from depression.
To Contact Tony Martin:
tmartin@ascendantofficesolutions.com
Phone number (806) 438-6530.
Nedley Health
To contact Ruth:
806-747-2735
https://www.blairclinic.com
ruth@blairclinic.com
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The Power of Positive Affirmations with Kim Davis.
Kim Davis
When the pandemic forced us all to quarantine, and everybody had to stay inside, as a widow, Kim found herself alone and fearful. She made a choice to take control and discovered the power of positive affirmation.
Listen to some practical, simple, and effective tips on using positive self-talk to our advantage every day.
To Contact Kim:
Kim Davis
kldavis6560@gmail.com
Morning Affirmation Podcasts
Think Positive
Morning Affirmations
To contact Ruth:
806-747-2735
https://www.blairclinic.com
ruth@blairclinic.com
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Finding healing from ocular migraines, blindness leads to life purpose of helping others in New Mexico. Dr. Olivia Gurule-Rietman
Dr. Olivia Gurule-Rietman
She is a Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractor in Albuquerque, NM. She fell in love with learning about the body while in High School and set out to be a Physical Therapist. Her trajectory changed after she had sever ocular migraines daily and rapidly lost her eyesight. No Doctors were able to help until a chiropractor adjusted her neck, and she started to heal. This set her on a path to help others the way she had been helped.
Dr. Olivia grew up in New Mexico. She has noticed a lot of healthcare professionals leaving this state and she finds it meaningful to serve her home community.
Listen to hear the rest of her story and her favorite successes and also some of her struggles.
Here are links mentioned in this episode.:
Dr. Olivia Gurule-Rietmann
(Enchantment Upper Cervical)
Website
(505) 589-9571
Email
Facebook
Instagram
Dr. Bradley Fackrall
(Synergy Spine and Nerve Center)
Website
(505) 891-2280
Dr. Bulow Episode
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Website
Dr. Christina Koblish and Dr. Ryan Moskey
(Upper Cervical Boulder)
Website
(303) 900-7703
Email
To contact Ruth:
806-747-2735
https://www.blairclinic.com
ruth@blairclinic.com
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The first Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractor in Lubbock, TX and his three scientific discoveries with Dr Tyler Evans
Dr. Tyler Evans researching Dr. Blair
Dr. Tyler Evans has been digging deep into the personal and professional history of Dr. William Blair, the developer of the Blair Upper Cervical Technique. Major sources in his research has been ancestry.com and newspapers.com
Dr. Blair grew up in Yale, Oklahoma, the son of an insurance salesman and postmaster. In his teens, his life was massively inhibited by severe asthma to the point that he was told he wouldn’t live past his teenage years. A young woman named Beatrice saved his life by referring him to an Upper Cervical Doctor. William Blair found relief and enrolled in Palmer College of Chiropractic during a time when there was lots of research and development of chiropractic techniques.
Some of the topics covered in this episode include:
Why Dr. Blair ended up in Lubbock, TX.How his upbringing influenced his career.Dr. Blair’s time at Palmer College; his exposure to research and technique development, as well as his own chiropractic care by Dr. Lyle Sherman.The significance of Dr. Blair’s spinograhic research; using 2-D x-ray technology to see 3-D. Our modern technology proves his discoveries.Discovering malformations and asymmetry and why that has helped so many people.Why studying history is important to modern science and better patient outcomes.
Relevant episodes mentioned in this interview:
The benefits to 3-D CBCT imaging and what it can do for you with Chris Thornburgh and Lori Crowder
To contact Ruth:
806-747-2735
https://www.blairclinic.com
ruth@blairclinic.com
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Use real food as medicine for physical and mental health with Rachel Maples RN, MSN,CFNIP
Rachel Maples
This episode covers a lot of aspects of the relationship between physical and mental health.
A parallel healthcare system that takes into account more holistic methods.Food is medicine.Healthy food doesn't have to be expensiveRachel's personal journey from being a Prescription writing Nurse Practitioner to Functional Nutritionist.
Shiloh Counseling Services
Rachel Maples
(806) 794-3232
Facebook
FLCCC Alliance
The Wellness Company
Spike Support
To contact Ruth:
806-747-2735
https://www.blairclinic.com
ruth@blairclinic.com
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The benefits to 3-D CBCT imaging and what it can do for you with Chris Thornburgh and Lori Crowder
Chris Thornbutgh and Lori Crowder CBCT stands for Cone Beam Computed Tomography, and it's very similar to regular traditional CT except it's low energy/radiation.
In this episode, Chris Thornburgh and Lori Crowder, owners of CBCT Encompass solutions talk about the technicalities, logistics, financing, etc. of different types of imaging methods. Most importantly the discussion is centered around what a patient can get out of going to a Doctor who uses this technology.
CBCT Systems
Website
Instagram
CBCT Youtube Videos
Here's what a 3-D CBCT looks like
CBCT short intro to Blair Upper Cervical analysis.
Cool Machine Alert!
A CT scan showing neck pain
To contact Ruth:
806-747-2735
https://www.blairclinic.com
ruth@blairclinic.com
https://www.facebook.com/rutelin