Knee & Shoulder Pain – Central Sensitivity
Central Sensitivity Symptoms: Popping sensation and sound in knee when bending, knee needs to be elevated and/or extended to avoid irritation, bent knee for an extended period of time results in stiffness and pain, other areas on the same side of the body (e.g. shoulder, low back) are often sore,…
Shoulder Blade Pain – Centralized Pain
Central Sensitization Symptoms: Deep burning and sharp pain between the shoulder blades (Bilateral Interscapular Pain), loud and painful cracking in knees and other joints. Solutions: Keep a food log for 1 week. After the week is out, identify foods that are high in potassium and magnesium. Eliminate these foods for…
Spinal Pain & Centralized Pain
Central Sensitization Symptoms: Dull and achy pain in the spine, and sharp pains in the spine when physically touched. May experience pain in the muscles surrounding the spine as well (Bilateral Paraspinal Muscle Pain). Solutions: Remove all refined and artificial sweeteners from your diet for one week. Substitute with Stevia…
Severe Bone & Joint Pain – Central Sensitivity
Central Sensitivity Symptoms: Sudden onset of widespread and severe bone and joint pain. Solutions: Keep a food log for one week. Look up CALCIUM levels for each food item (you can do this through Google) as you write them down. Keep writing in the food journal until you identify a…
How Can I Sum Up CSS for Other People?
You have a VERY narrow window for homestasis. Homeostasis is the process that maintains the stability of the human body’s internal environment in response to changes in external conditions. This means that while most people need a lot of something to throw their bodies out of balance and incur the…
Itchy, Dry, Stiff, and Spasms – Central Sensitization
Central Sensitization Symptoms: Dry and itchy skin without rash, dry mouth, dry eyes, increased muscle tightness, stiffness, spams, and pulls. Solutions: Are you drinking a fair amount of water per day? I mean at least 6 or 7 8oz glasses of water with nothing else in it per day? Part…
Why do I Throb All of the Time Everywhere?
People with CSS are highly sensitive to sensation, including increases of blood pressure. While blood pressure is considered the “silent killer” because people typically don’t notice when it rises or lowers, people with CSS often can. The first sign of high blood pressure is very strong throbbing. While some of…
Swollen & Tender Lymph Nodes – Central Sensitivity
I might only be me…..but. In my childhood and adolescence I always had swollen lymph nodes. They are less swollen these days, but are still tender, but so is everything else, so it’s not something me or my doctor are concerned about. If you have recently noticed that your lymph…
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Syndrome (MCSS)
Question: What is it and What is Known About MCSS? Answer: Actually, the preferred medical term is Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance (IEI), which can be defined as a “chronic, recurring disease caused by a person’s inability to tolerate an environmental chemical or class of foreign chemicals.” IEI thus represents a complex…