Dr. Norm Shealy: Advocate for Optimal Health

The top causes of premature death: Obesity, Cigarette smoking, Prescription drugs, Medical complications, Depression, Inactivity, Carelessness, Alcohol, according to Dr. Norm Shealy.

At a recent workshop, Dr. Shealy stated if you want to live to be 100 (and he means a vibrant healthy 100 years of age): Have a positive attitude, Maintain a Body Mass Index (BMI) 0f 18-24, No smoking, Eat real food, Exercise 30 minutes a 5 days a week, drink less than two alcoholic drinks a day, and do not take street drugs.

Dr Shealy is a vibrant 84 year old who practices what he preaches. He lives a wellness lifestyle on his farm in southeast Missouri. He grows his own organic food and cans it. He takes 5,000 units of vitamin D3 weekly.

Norm Shealy, a leading expert in pain management was among the first to specialize in the resolution of chronic pain. Shealy, a pioneer in developing safe and effective treatments such as Biogenics, founded in 1971 the first comprehensive pain and stress management facility in the country. The Shealy Institute is respected worldwide for its innovative and successful rehabilitation approaches. Dr. Shealy's intensive research into pain and stress management has resulted in numerous pioneering treatments using non-drug approaches. His has published over 275 research articles. Shealy has presented seminars and workshops worldwide, which are attended by physicians and lay persons alike. He has been a consultant to leaders in every specialty and to the personal physicians of Presidents Kennedy and Eisenhower.

Long at the forefront of Alternative Medicine and Alternative Health Care, he introduced major innovations for pain control including the Dorsal Column Stimulation (DCS) and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS).  His research emphasis has broadened to include the vast field of self-regulation including biofeedback, autogenic training and his introduction of Biogenics ©, a major tool for stress reduction.

Currently Dr. Shealy is researching specific blends of essential oils that effectively stimulate energy circuits in the body to enhance DHEA, oxytocin, calcitonin, and reduce free radicals. He has designed a combination of oils that provide detached calmness and relief from both depression and anxiety without the harmful effects of prescription medications. These oils are a vast improvement over and are more appropriate for our children than harsh medications.

Shealy is concerned that 40% of our children suffer from “a black cloud of depression.” That this depression is initiated in the first seven years of life, and sometimes at conception because of the environmental conditions in the mother’s womb resulting from poor nutrition, stress, pollution (environmental, pharmaceutical). Also major trauma in the first 7 years of life inhibits the child’s ability to produce adequate amounts of oxytocin. Oxytocin characterized as the “hormone of love” might provide hope for those suffering with depression, according to researchers who are currently conducting a clinical trial, according to researchers at the University of California.

Dr. Shealy has designed the OPTIMAL RECOMMENDATIONS & THE BIOGENICS® PROGRAM ©, which is described on his website. Here he outlines his suggestions for living a healthy optimal, vital life. He describes many natural and alternative treatments for many health concerns. The Shealy Protocols cover the treatment of: Depression, Migraine, Anxiety, Fibromyalgia, DHEA restoration, Osteoporosis, Addiction, Diabetes, Reduction of Free Radicals, Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Shealy states “You always start with conventional medicine. Physicians are superb at making diagnoses. In acute illnesses conventional medicine may save your life. But, if the treatment suggested does not work or, you evaluate the risks and are not willing to take them, “Complementary, Alternative, Holistic, Integrative” approaches are worth considering.”

I believe because Dr. Shealy no longer has a private practice he has chosen to focus on helping us to be empowered consumers as we invest in regaining and maintaining healthy, optimal lives. If you have the opportunity to hear Shealy speak, I highly recommend it. On his website be sure to check out the resources section and the pages identified as OPTIMAL RECOMMENDATIONS & THE BIOGENICS® PROGRAM ©, and THE SHEALY PROTOCOLS©.

Shealy is an advocate for the integration of mind/body/Spirit as key to living an optimal life. He has researched Holistic Medicine almost from the beginning of his career in the 1970s. He founded the American Holistic Medical Association in 1978, to include the concepts of spiritual healing and spiritual health. He has researched the field of Energy Medicine, using electrical, electromagnetic, mental, physical and emotional tools for health enhancement.

http://www.normshealy.com/

http://holosinstitutesofhealth.com

http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/02/20/treating-depression-with-the-oxytocin-the-love-hormone/35027.html