Feeling fatigued, foggy-minded, overwhelmed, helpless, disillusioned, loss of ambition, drive, desire, motivation, or drained physically, mentally, or emotionally.
Burnout is defined by the American Psychology Association (APA) as “physical, emotional, or mental exhaustion, accompanied by decreased motivation, lowered performance, and negative attitudes toward oneself and others.” Most people don’t realize they’re experiencing burnout until they become notably dysfunctional in their daily activities.
Both the terms burnout and hypoadrenia or adrenal fatigue are generally not recognized medically. Why? It is my observation as a practitioner, researcher, formulator, and manufacturer for over 40 years that medicine doesn’t usually recognize a health problem until a pharmaceutical is approved to treat it. Most drugs can cause or aggravate burnout over time. Remember, ED was never a recognized diagnosed condition until Viagra was discovered.
Since the late 1970s, we screened every patient for frank hypoadrenia by using Ragland’s blood pressure test, which is done by simply having the patient lay on their back and rest for about five minutes. Then take the BP reading and note the top or systolic number. Let’s say it’s 120. Then have the patient stand up while pumping the cuff or using an automated button and record the immediate standing BP. Normally the BP should go up about five points to prevent all the blood from circulating into our legs. The adrenals secrete the hormone that constricts the blood vessels to prevent this postural hypotension from happening, which is why people with hypoadrenia commonly feel lightheaded when standing up quickly. Dropping of the systolic BP indicates adrenal fatigue, and the more it drops, the greater the problem. I have experienced mild drops from five to 10 points and major drops of 30 to 50 points.
Frank hypoadrenia is a significantly growing problem. We observed in the 1980s that about 50% of our patients had notable drops with Ragland’s BP test. In the 1990s, it rose to about 60%. During the 2000s, it was 70%, and the 2010s, it was about 75%. People are burning out at an alarming rate. As chiropractors, we can do something about it and be rewarded for it.
The rushing demand for stimulating energy drinks, caffeine, alcohol, and drugs is providing a very short-term quick fix and a much more severe longer-term aggravation and chronic worsening of the problem. Nutritional support of certain nutrients like adrenal glandular extracts, pantothenic acid, vitamin C, and others help support but often don’t fully correct the problem.
Homeopathic adrenal burnout remedies and related chiropractic technique have provided the most corrective and curative solutions. Basic lifestyle awareness and management also are essential for optimal health and well-being.
Homeopathic remedies are not stimulants. In fact, homeopathic adrenal, burnout, and fatigue remedies can be taken during the day for a steady energy flow and taken at night for a sound, restful sleep to awaken more energized and restored. How is this possible? Because homeopathy acts to awaken our body’s restorative processes to heal. Homeopathy works within our energetic regulatory control networks, such as our nervous system, to promote homeostasis that modulates a healing balance within us.
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A great tool to overcome adrenal burnout and fatigue is Ragland’s BP test. With an automatic BP cuff to monitor progress, your patients can keep a daily log of what they are doing each day and how they are helping or hindering their progress. Through this revealing process, your patients will discover their best personalized diet, exercise program, positive and negative interactions, and lifestyles that help them the most and the unique things that are hindering their health. The old saying is true, “one man’s medicine is another man’s poison.”
By checking their Ragland’s blood pressure every morning and logging it in their health journal, they note the changes in BP drops. When the drops get worse, they see what they did the day before for signs of what is hindering them and underline their suspicions. When their BP drop is less, they underline what they suspect is helping them.
Besides the obvious junk food and not exercising, here are a few unsuspected things my patients discovered:
1. One patient changed from drinking red wine at their evening meal to white wine to improve their BP drop.
2. Another changed from running 4 to 8 miles a day to only running 1 mile for a noticeable improvement.
3. Change from lifting weights every day for 1-2 hours to doing a yoga class for an hour.
I am not suggesting these changes for everyone. Your positive changes may be the opposite. The trend to overcoming burnout is positive changes. You can be overdoing it in certain areas of your life and underdoing it in other areas. Your Adrenals need rest from stress, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Rest is the beginning of restoration!
Changing to find balance in your life is essential for everyone. Homeopathic adrenal burnout and fatigue remedies are powerful solutions to awaken our body’s inner abilities to heal and restore. An extreme number of patients are suffering needlessly and seeking a doctor with this basic knowledge to help them. You can easily be that doctor and enjoy the fruits of healing a growing global problem with financial and personal fulfillment.
Frank King, ND, DC, is a nationally recognized researcher, homeopath, speaker, naturalist, and author of The Healing Revolution. He — is the developer and manufacturer of SafeCare for professional use only. SafeCare is the most comprehensive, high potency, pure water-based Homeopathic formula for Chiropractors. Dr. King now offers to all Chiropractors a FREE 13-page e-book, "Adrenal & Thyroid Management" to empower your patients to overcome adrenal burnout and fatigue. Contact his office at 866298-2740, [email protected], and www.safe-care.com for more information.
