Did you know that rheumatism is a collective name for more than 100 different conditions? They involve your so-called “musculoskeletal system,” such as joints, muscles, tendons, bones and soft tissues. As many as one in nine Dutch people have some form of rheumatism. Every day they live with pain, stiffness and fatigue as a result of their condition and take medications to combat these symptoms. Yet it can be done differently. BodySwitch Heemskerk specializes in naturally addressing rheumatism and other autoimmune diseases.
The autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease. That is, there is always an inflammation underlying it. In the case of rheumatoid arthritis, it is a chronic inflammation whose cause is found in the intestines in most of the cases. Not for nothing is it said, “A healthy gut is good health.
Looking for the cause: measuring is knowing
In order to identify the causes, we first start with a comprehensive intake, where a list of 140 to 160 questions must be filled out about medication use, lifestyle and other important points. Through a specialized laboratory test of blood and stool, we can see where the cause lies: often these are nutritional factors and we also often see a deficiency of, for example, vitamin B12 and vitamin D. But these are only a few of the factors that can play a role. .
Maintenance costs money
After all, your health requires maintenance, just like your house or car, for example. If you fail to do so, sooner or later you will run into trouble. Your body is made up of trillions of cells that are constantly being renewed. If you don’t provide proper building blocks for that, abnormalities arise resulting in defects (disease). ‘Will you also become a director of your own health like me? Want to know how I can help you with that? Then get in touch. Because good health is for you too.
Personalized treatment plan: focus on recovery
Rheumatoid arthritis patients often take heavy medication that has many side effects. Medications that suppress inflammation but do not address the cause. Our focus is precisely on that. By creating a customized treatment plan, we focus on restoring body processes and the immune system which in most cases will end the inflammatory process and thus the symptoms. Damage once done cannot usually be reversed (completely), but a stable situation can be created. Our body is brilliant and wants only one thing: recovery and balance. If we support those processes well, a lot is often possible.
Motivation and commitment
To achieve the desired result, some things are required of the client. Lifestyle and eating behaviors must be modified, which does require the right motivation and commitment. In the process, the client is often confronted immensely with his own behavior, but if, for example, he cannot or will not stop smoking, the treatment is usually already hopeless.
Of course, it’s okay to “sin” once in a while, but there’s also a danger in that. For example, someone with Crohn’s disease who has a severe intolerance to dairy may experience a severe flare-up for two weeks when they eat ice cream once. Such an experience will make it less difficult to resist that ice cream next time. However, a rheumatoid arthritis patient where the cause is dairy will not immediately develop symptoms after eating ice cream. This makes the trap of eating ice cream again next time more likely. The risk is that he will fall back into old eating habits, with all the consequences.
In rheumatoid arthritis patients, you often see an intolerance to gluten, milk or a combination thereof. But there are usually other factors at play. That intolerance can be hereditary. Rheumatism itself is not. A customized nutrition plan, supplemented with specific and targeted supplements to restore processes, will significantly improve the quality of life of someone with rheumatoid arthritis. The treatment is based on body-friendly substances, with the aim of restoring health and processes as best as possible. Are you curious about how we can help reduce your rheumatic symptoms? Then contact Frank Jonkers of BodySwitch Heemskerk!
Bodyswitch Heemskerk
Rijksstraatweg 55
1969 LC Heemskerk
0251-234000
heemskerk@bodyswitch.nl
https://www.bodyswitch.nl/heemskerk
About the company:
At Bodyswitch Heemskerk you have come to the right place to get healthy and fit. The practice helps with a variety of complaints: gut symptoms, chronic fatigue, thyroid disorders, obesity, rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune disorders.
