Sarah always has a smile on her face. But for a long time, the smile was hiding the pain she endured. It wasn’t just joint pain. There was muscle pain in her neck, shoulders, back, and hips. And sometimes it even felt like her bones were hurting.
She suffered for years and none of the doctors she saw could help her. One doctor told her she had chronic fatigue syndrome. Another one said she had fibromyalgia. But most of the doctors didn’t have any idea why she was in pain.
Of course, the only treatment plan they could offer started with heavy pain medications. Some doctors wanted her to take antidepressants with the pain meds. And another doctor prescribed anti-seizure medication – even though she’s never had a seizure.
The problem was every one of the doctors focused on her pain – not the cause of the pain. And this is true for most people who suffer from chronic pain.
Eureka!
I was talking to a doctor friend last week. He’s been treating Sarah for about a year. When she first came to see him, she told him she had been to multiple doctors – and none of them could help her.
After they tried all the drug options they had to offer, some wanted her to try surgery. Fortunately, she didn’t go that route.
When she came to see my friend, he looked over her medical records and something jumped off the charts at him. She had a heart arrythmia.
All of the other doctors had seen the arrythmia, but none of them thought it was anything to worry about. Most thought it was just a symptom of the pain (arrythmia is listed as a common symptom of fibromyalgia). So they didn’t treat it.
The Doctors Had It Backward
But Sarah’s arrythmia wasn’t a symptom of her pain. It was just the opposite. It turns out her pain was a symptom of her arrythmia. And her doctors never even considered treating it. They just treated the pain.
However, once my friend found the arrythmia, he knew that was the first thing he needed to treat. Why? The heart is foundational to good health. If it isn’t working right, it can throw off the entire body.
Amazingly, once he corrected Sarah’s arrythmia, her pain began to go away.
Today, over one year after he started treating her, she’s largely pain free. Her family will tell you that this doctor is the only one who paid attention to the arrythmia – and he’s the only one who has helped her.
Why Your Heart Causes Body Pain
Your heart requires electrical impulses from the brain to work correctly. These electrical impulses coordinate your heart’s rhythm. When the impulses work correctly, your heart beats to a very steady rhythm.
But when something interferes with those impulses, your heart begins to beat too fast, too slow, or with an irregular rhythm. And if your heart stops, they’ll use those electrical paddles to get your heart started again.
Well, it’s not just your heart that runs on electricity. Your entire body has electrical impulses running through it. And they’re all connected.
Your body is an electromagnetic conducting system. Your cells and all the tissues that holds them together are semiconductors. In fact, every part of the body is connected to a self-generating semiconductor network.
Since your heart is at the center of everything that goes on in your body, it works like a substation for electricity. It sends out impulses throughout your body.
And if your heart is out of rhythm, your entire body can be out rhythm. If it stays out of rhythm, it can send your body into a state of permanent alarm. This can lead to pain throughout your entire body.
This is the type of pain people with fibromyalgia often struggle with. Unfortunately, this pain doesn’t show up on X-ray or expensive scans. That’s because the pain is generated from within your tissues, not from an injury.
As a result, the frustrated doctors think the problem is all in your head and want you to take psychiatric drugs.
What Will Help?
But don’t assume you need drugs, a pacemaker, or some other conventional treatment to treat an arrythmia. Save those for a last resort. In most cases, you won’t need them.
Some medical experts think allergens can cause arrythmias. While this is happening more and more, I’ve found other disruptors in the diet to be the bigger culprits. These include:
- Caffeine – While a little bit of coffee can help a heart arrythmia, too much can over-stimulate the heart and throw it out of rhythm. And definitely don’t use energy drinks, as they have mega-doses of caffeine.
- Alcohol – Again, a little wine can be good for your heart. But heavy drinking can cause damage to your heart cells and cause extra heartbeats. Fortunately, once you reduce your consumption, the heart usually returns to a healthy normal rhythm.
- Sodium – Too much salt can cause structural changes in your blood vessels and make you more likely to develop atrial fibrillation. For some people, it’s hard to avoid salt. In these cases, it’s important to increase your intake of potassium. It can balance out the sodium and help your heart get back in rhythm.
- Tyramine – This amino acid can affect your blood pressure and cause your heart to beat abnormally. You’ll find tyramine in aged cheeses (such as parmesan and gorgonzola), soy sauce, sauerkraut, and salami.
- Some herbal supplements – Some herbal supplements contain stimulants or other ingredients that can throw off your heartbeat. And they can have negative interactions with heart medications.
- Medications – Your prescription or over-the-counter medication could have an ingredient that’s causing your heart to beat abnormally. These include antihistamines, general anesthetics, and muscle relaxants. Talk to your doctor about other alternatives.
- Eating too much – Oversized meals can lead to heartburn, which can lead to atrial fibrillation. Try eating smaller portions throughout the day instead of three big meals.
While all of these can be factors, one of the biggest causes of arrythmia is a nutrient deficiency. In fact, I’ve seen one nutrient stop an arrythmia in just a few days. That is magnesium (1,000 mg daily). This deficiency is so common, the first question I ask someone with an arrythmia is: Are you taking enough magnesium? It doesn’t fix every case. But it fixes a lot of them.
Studies have shown that up to 38% of patients with sustained ventricular arrhythmias have a serum magnesium deficiency. These studies are usually very conservative, so the number is probably much higher.
What’s more, 72% of those with arrhythmias have an excessive magnesium loss. Correcting this deficiency with IV magnesium usually corrects the problem.
Another study found that if you can’t get IV magnesium, taking it orally along with potassium will correct an arrhythmia in about 3 weeks on average. And a number of case reports have shown that magnesium can be effective for fixing various drug-induced arrhythmias.
If magnesium doesn’t clear up the arrythmia, I suggest adding CoQ10 (up to 200 mg daily), fish oil (two capsules daily), and nitric oxide.
Once your heart is beating normal again, you very well could see your pain go away. It might take a few months, so be patient. Sarah’s case was so severe, it’s taken nearly a year. But her case and many others show that you should take care of your heart first. It could be all you need to do to live pain-free!
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