Join Glen Depke, traditional naturopath and former clinic director of the Mercola Clinic, as he unravels the mysteries of adrenal insufficiency as it related to HRV, chiropractic care, supplementation and testing protocols. This CLA affiliate track session inspired doctors to see the next steps in the care of their stress real;ate disorders
6. • Reviewed over 4,600 adrenal saliva test kits
• These statistics are based on individuals with some
type of health challenge
• I have seen only 5 people test in the normal range
• Approximately 1/10th of 1 percent were actually in a
normal range
• If you are not testing adrenal function, you are leaving
people in the dark
Percentage of Health Challenged
Individuals with Adrenal Insufficiency
11. Triggers for Adrenal Insufficiency
• Mental/emotional
• Subluxation
• Nutritional
– SAD
– Food Intolerance
• Chemical
– Toxins
– Emotional response
• Inflammation
• Infection
12. Stress Response Gone Too Far
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Cardiovascular Disease, High
Blood Pressure, Elevated
Blood Fats
• Infertility, PMS, Menopause
Symptoms
• Autoimmune disease
• Chronic inflammation
• Osteoporosis
• CFS/Fibromyalgia
• Cancer
• Chronic Illness
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13. Assess Your Likelihood of
Adrenal Fatigue
• Take your complimentary
adrenal stress profile
assessment
• What’s your score?
• How I use this in my
practice.
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14. Reduce or Eliminate Your Triggers
• Laugh and play
• Chiropractic adjustments
• Learn empowering
emotional release
• Eat well and eliminate food
sensitivity
• Reduce your toxic load
• Create and anti-
inflammatory effect
• Assess and eliminate
infection
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17. Assisting Adrenal Function
• Look for signs
• Heart Rate Variability
• Use your complimentary assessment
• Testing adrenal function (saliva)
• Reduce or eliminate triggers
• Balancing Adrenals
• Enjoy improved health and happiness
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18. • Deeper understanding of every patient
• Improved results with spinal adjustments
• Accelerated improvement in patient health
• Increased revenue for your practice
– 10 Adrenal test kits weekly
– 10 follow up consultations
– Basic supplementation for each patient
– Continued follow up appointments, testing and supplements
It’s a Win/Win for Your
Practice
19. • Minimum yearly revenue increase
based on 10 adrenal test kits weekly
– Adrenal test kit revenue $237,120.00
– Follow up consultation $166,400.00
– Basic supplement recommendations
$320,320.00
– Minus cost of testing -$205,920.00
– Minus cost of supplements -$160,160.00
– Staffing cost -$83,200.00
– Minimum Net income $274,560.00
It’s a Win/Win for Your
Practice
20. HRV Interpretation
• HRV is a constant evaluation
necessary to track the
combined approach of
adaptive responses.
• Chiropractic is the essential
foundation behind the
adjunctive wellness
strategies. Indeed
adjustments alone are not
the final answer.
• Chiropractic “sets the table
for health and wellness”
22. • Introduce the symptoms of chronic inflammation
• Describe the importance and influence of NF-kB state
• Identify potential inflammatory triggers
• Identify and explain chronic inflammatory feedback
loops
• Expose the functional medicine dead end
• Assist in understanding chronic inflammation out of
control
• Discuss moving forward to support the body in
overcoming chronic inflammation
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The PAIN of Inflammation
23. • Does it take you a bit to get moving in the morning
• Do you feel aches and pains with regularity
• Are you stiff getting up from your desk
• Are you challenged with chronic disease
• Do you feel that your belly is bloated
• Has weight gain been an issue for you
• Are you feeling fatigued and frustrated
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Early Signs of Chronic Inflammation?
24. Did you know that most with chronic inflammation is
not diagnosed until this is already a significant health
issue?
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The PAIN of Inflammation
25. The PAIN of Inflammation
• Did you know that approximately
116 million Americans suffer with
chronic pain, which is about 1/3
of our country?
• Recognize that chronic pain is
almost always tied into chronic
inflammation.
• What is your PAIN?
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33. • Nuclear Factor Kappa Beta
– A protein complex that controls the transcription of
DNA
– It is found in all cell types and is involved in cellular
responses to stimuli such as stress, cytokines, free
radicals and antigens
– Controls the expression of genes encoding the pro-
inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, adhesion
molecules, inducible enzymes (COX-2 and iNOS) and
growth factors
– Chronically elevated NF-kB is linked to cancer,
inflammatory conditions and autoimmunity
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What is NF-kB?
34. • Increase in fat cell production
• Insulin resistance
• Insulin surges
• More inflammation
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NF-kB Feedback Loops
35. • Tight junction breakdown
• Leaky gut
• Immune activation
• More inflammation
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NF-kB Feedback Loops
36. • Suppression of cytochrome
P450
• Hepatic (liver)
biotransformation
• Activated liver end products
• Add environmental triggers
and…
• More inflammation
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NF-kB Feedback Loops
39. • Inflammatory triggers
• Chronic Inflammation/
NF-kB
• Neurotransmitter
Bradykinin
• PAIN
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The PAIN of Inflammation
40. • Nutrition
– Food Sensitivity
• Blood Testing
• Food elimination diets
– Standard American Diet (SAD)
• Significantly reduce or sugar and processed foods
• Reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption
• Eliminate gluten and/or other food sensitivities
• Eat according to your Nutritional ID
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Moving Forward w/Support
41. • Chronic stress
– Chiropractic Adjustments
– Deep breathing
– Meditation
– Prayer
– Yoga
– Tai Chi
– Fun
– Schedule “life” breaks
– Emotional release techniques
– Professional therapy
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42. • Exercise
– Chiropractic Care
– Anaerobic activity
• Weight training
• Stretching
• Pilates
• Gentle flow yoga
• Casual walk or bike ride
• Burst training
– Aerobic activity
• Reduce significantly or
eliminate
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Moving Forward w/Support
43. • Testing
– Adrenal testing
– C-reactive protein (CRP)
– A1C
– Homocysteine
– GI pathogen screening
– Food sensitivities
• Supplementation
– Gut support
– Immune Support
– Adrenal support
– Anti-inflammatories
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Moving Forward w/Support
L-Glutamine
44. • Address the four feedback loops
– Leaky gut
– Immune support
– Liver support
– Weight loss
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Moving Forward w/Support
45. The PAIN of Inflammation Program
• Anti Inflammatory Meal Plan
– Remove all potential inflammatory
foods or foods that were tested via
blood testing
– Consume as much allowable foods
as desired but not overfull
– Follow your Nutritional ID
percentages
– Eat according to your Nutritional ID
as much as possible
– Eat as often as needed prior to
getting hungry
46. The PAIN of Inflammation Program
• Anti Inflammatory
Supplement Plan
– Turmero
– Resvero
– Ultra D
– Glutathione Recycler
– Nitric Balance
– GI Synergy
– Repairvite
– Hepato - Synergy
– Clearvite - PSF
47. • Deeper focus with every patient
• Improved results with spinal adjustments
• Accelerated improvement in patient health
• Increased revenue for your practice
– Focus on patients one on one
– Create group programs in your office
– Create group programs online
• Potential HRV recognition
It’s a Win/Win for Your
Practice
48. HRV Interpretation
• HRV is a constant evaluation
necessary to track the
combined approach of
adaptive responses.
• Chiropractic is the essential
foundation behind the
adjunctive wellness
strategies. Indeed
adjustments alone are not
the final answer.
• Chiropractic “sets the table
for health and wellness”
The hypothalamus is known as the master switchboard because it’s the part of the brain that controls the endocrine system. The pituitary gland, which hangs by a thin stalk from the hypothalamus, is called the master gland of the body because it regulates the activity of the endocrine glands.
Based on 520 people with 2 test kits, yearly supplements, 2 sessions and the cost of the adrenal consultant at 50%.
abnormal mobility of the coccyx which may trigger a chronic inflammatory process leading to degeneration of this structure