Amin

I was diagnosed with systemic lupus in 2001. After my diagnosis I began trying many different natural therapies such as homeopathy, acupuncture, and switching to a raw vegan diet.

No matter what I tried my disease would continually flare up leaving me no choice but to take high doses of prednisone. When I first walked into Dr. Wirtanen's office in September 2003 I had every symptom imaginable. My muscles and joints were so inflamed that I could barely move, my energy levels were so low that I was out of breath after walking up one flight of stairs, my skin had several patches which had lost all pigmentation, liver function tests indicated that my liver was under attack, and urine tests showed that my kidney’s were leaking protein.

I initially came to Dr. Wirtanen hoping to get physical therapy to help relieve my aching joints.  During my first consultation, Dr. Wirtanen informed me that I had a host of problems to deal with. First, I had multiple subluxations in my spine that were causing my immune system to malfunction. Second, in its weakened state, my body had been completely taken over by a fungus that was actually eating the melanocytes in my cells causing my skin to lose its pigmentation.

I began treatment immediately. I have come into the office for adjustments, physical therapy, and treatment with essential oils three days as week for the last two months. In addition to this, I have been using his Espavo Medicinal Quality Fungusamongus essential oil every night before bed. I feel like I am a walking miracle. I have full energy levels back for the first time in 2 years, all my liver and kidney function tests have returned to normal, the patches of my skin without pigmentation have been returning back to their normal color, I have reduced the prednisone dosage to almost nothing, and on the days that I do have joint pain, it is so mild that I barely notice it. Before, I could hardly walk. Now, I lift weights four days a week and practice yoga five days a week. I am even planning on doing a 30 day intensive yoga teacher training in January which would have been inconceivable just a few months ago.

The day that I began treatment at the Tysons Corner Healing Centre was the day that I took my life back.   Amin

Postscript - Amin is now a Yoga Teacher in San Diego.

Deedee

Pregnancy - My experience at Tysons Corner Healing Centre has been great right from the beginning. Approaching my pregnancy's due date, I was looking for somewhere that could assist me, and quickly! I was able to get an appointment with Dr. Wirtanen and Jacqueline Gomez, a Certified Massage Therapist, the same day that I called. Through Dr. Rick's use of Logan Basic to help my torqued pelvis, and the coordinating massage therapy that also has soothed my pregnancy aches, I have been extremely comfortable. The hope is that through these therapies, not only will I feel comfortable, my son whose slightly posterior, will turn to face the ideal direction for birth. He seems to be responding to all of the work, as he's turned more anterior lately. Besides these benefits to my pregnancy and delivery, one of the greatest has been that I am so comfortable that I don't feel pregnant anymore. I have been much more mobile since coming to Tysons Corner Healing Centre, and am so thankful that I finally have some pregnancy ache relief!
Thanks, Deedee