Stress from every direction
It has long been thought by holistic practitioners that stress is the cause of all disease. We attract stress from all directions—chemical stress from the polluted air we breathe, and from pesticides and herbicides on our fruits and vegetables. We eat chemically produced GMO foods and foods full of MSG and other preservatives. We are bombarded by emotional stress: family, workplace, finances, and relationships. Physical stress includes car accidents, sports injuries, physical labour relating to some jobs, micro-trauma, and repetitive stress and strain injuries related to sedentary jobs involving computer work.
If we become aware of our chemical and physical stresses in our lives, we can be proactive in addressing them. We can alter the way we eat toward a more organic alkaline diet, add more exercise and stretching to our daily routines, and incorporate regular alternative, holistic approaches to health care to improve our physical health and wellbeing. But what do we do to deal with or remove our emotional stresses? What we think about has a greater overall effect on our health than what we eat and drink, how we exercise, the quality of air we breathe, and how much rest we get—all combined.
In this view, it is no longer prudent to believe that “you are what you eat.” Now we are what we think.
Mind-body wellness and B.E.S.T.
What we think about, we bring about. It is the Universal Law of Attraction. In order to achieve optimal health and rid ourselves of chronic ailments and disease, we need to get our heads on straight. How we do that is personal: the process depends on each individual.
Dr. McLauchlan has made it her goal to help patients remove any interference that could be blocking health potential. She is an Elite Master B.E.S.T. practitioner (Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique) and has been treating patients with B.E.S.T. since 2006. B.E.S.T. is a mind-body healing technique developed by Dr. M.T. Morter Jr. in 1970. It is a system of health care that works toward balancing body, mind, memory, and soul energy fields by removing interference between the body and the power that made the body. When this interference exists, symptoms develop and health deteriorates. Removing this interference allows the body to repair and rebuild a damaged, sometimes painful condition.
B.E.S.T. works by touching certain key pressure points in the proper sequence with the proper energy and intent while the patient thinks about a specific reactive memory stress. The interference is then removed and the patient’s body begins to reconnect and re-communicate with the brain. The brain controls all functions of the body. When the brain and the body work together with the interference removed, body balance and deep healing are the result.
Gentle, specific K.S.T. care
In this office we offer a unique approach to patient care called Koren Specific Technique (K.S.T.). There is no twisting, turning, “cracking,” or “popping” of the joints with K.S.T.; instead, you receive gentle, specific corrections to your spine and structural system. Most adjustments or corrections are done with you standing or sitting. The gentleness of this technique is especially enjoyable for infants and children.
K.S.T. is very gentle and yet very powerful. Patients usually notice dramatic changes from the first visit. K.S.T. permits us to correct or adjust the body for subluxations wherever they may arise, including the cranial bones, TMJ, entire spinal column, sacrum, coccyx, discs, hips, sternum, ribs, femur heads, shoulders, knees, feet, hands, and anything else that needs correcting.
We use an Arthrostim instrument for these corrections, allowing increased capability to target and control force more specifically to correct subluxations, distortions, interferences, and/or stress. Dr. Jenn calls it “the Woodpecker.” K.S.T. is a specific technique: we analyze the body to find precisely what is out of position—locked, distorted, or imbalanced—that is interfering with proper function. The more specific the analysis, the less energy or force is needed for the correction, and clinical experience tells us that a specific correction may hold longer.
Many people report a feeling of ease, relaxation, and wellbeing as structural and nerve stress release. Often people report a lighter feeling, the ability to breathe more deeply, and sometimes an emotional release. Some may feel like they have had a good workout, often in places they were never aware of before. This is usually temporary.
