Hiatal hernia and misaligned atlas???????

Hiatal Hernia story and question I was feeling sick. Chest pain, dizziness, burping and general feeling of anxiety which included increased heart rate, sweating and feeling like I had to go to the bathroom. It would come and go and I became worried so one night I was feeling really bad so I went to ER. Testing was done to rule out the old ticker and then I checked myself out and headed to work. Started to feel better that day but my wife and I went to dinner Friday night and again the symptoms arose. I started to nose around the internet typing in the symptoms and low and behold it became apparent that it was a hiatal hernia. Looks as though hernia's can cause many symptoms and I had many of them. It sucked! People on the internet seemed to be suggesting that self treatment is best and surgery is a last resort. A giant nerve runs the entire heart, lung and digestive systems and that nerve, as most nerves, is very sensative to unnatural alignments. My symptoms were heartburn (upper left side of chest) head and neck aches, back pain, dizziness, stomach pain, bloating and gas, sweating, malaze, uncontrolled pooping, increased heart rate, burping and of coarse anxiety. Even my arm hurt sometimes. Who wants that so I set off for a cure or at least some relief. Changed my diet to vegan (almost cause I am not perfect) Ate tiny amounts of food (no more than half a small bowl) Chewed everything alot or blended it. Ate six times a day. Did jumping jacks with a full belly of water and also did self hernia alignment.(fingers under the rib cage and down) For the most part it worked but still have the bloating, belching and gas. Side effects of diet change also were good. Blood pressure down 20 points. Lost 10 pounds. Reduces arthritis pain(Amazing) My question is....has anyone been successfull seeing a chiropractor ect. for adjustment and is ther anything else that anyone can recommend such as acupuncture or the old reflexologist? I have taken no drugs other than tums and peptobismol. I sometimes worry about the side effects of drugs. I really don't like Doctors but I am aware they have their purpose. My Doctor at the ER looked at me with glazed over eyes and ordered another expensive test.

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11-07-2012, 05:08 PM	#2
Stretch1one Veteran (male) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: California Posts: 392	Re: Hiatal Hernia story and question I find your story very fascinating because it sounds exactly like mine with the exception I continue to have issue. I to have been diagnose with a HH and Gerds. I have been battling this for some years. If I stop the meds PPIs I get all the bad symptoms you mention. While on PPI I still get some of the symptoms but not all and not as bad I have have tried diets and exercise eating smaller meals with limited success. I am 40 year old male I live in Bakersfield which is way south of you but have worked in Turlock before some years back anyways maybe you could share some more of your daly routine that helps you I know I would be Interested along with others of any success you am have. Last edited by Stretch1one; 11-07-2012 at 05:09 PM. Reason: Adding to it

11-07-2012, 05:10 PM	#3
Stretch1one Veteran (male) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: California Posts: 392	Re: Hiatal Hernia story and question Also I been to a chiropractor with very limited success. Although my back felt it did little for my hiatal hernia.

11-08-2012, 06:52 PM	#4
Although Newbie (male) Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Turlock CA Posts: 2	Re: Hiatal Hernia story and question Quote: Originally Posted by Stretch1one I find your story very fascinating because it sounds exactly like mine with the exception I continue to have issue. I to have been diagnose with a HH and Gerds. I have been battling this for some years. If I stop the meds PPIs I get all the bad symptoms you mention. While on PPI I still get some of the symptoms but not all and not as bad I have have tried diets and exercise eating smaller meals with limited success. I am 40 year old male I live in Bakersfield which is way south of you but have worked in Turlock before some years back anyways maybe you could share some more of your daly routine that helps you I know I would be Interested along with others of any success you am have. Thanks for your reply. I have reduced the symptoms with a strict diet. It's the McDougal Diet. You can google that. He says it's the healing diet. On the flip side, I still have issues and am looking for the solution. There is nothing worse than feeling sick all the time. I would like to find a way to realign the hernia to its normal position if that is possible. So far I just changed my diet, started doing jumping jacks with a full stomach (water) and reduced the amount of food I consume to very little at a time. 75% of the symptoms have subsided. Now for the other 25%. I used to like to exercise but I have found that chest and stomach exercises can cause discomfort so I have reverted to the exercises we used to do in elementary school. Disipline is the hardest part because before I could eat anything without regret. If your stomach isn't working right then the whole GI track is affected. I think this nerve is the root cause of all the symptoms. I hope we can all pool our knowledge and find a solution.

11-08-2012, 08:48 PM	#5
Stretch1one Veteran (male) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: California Posts: 392	Re: Hiatal Hernia story and question I have a Dr appt the 20th of this month and recently heard of a procedure called TIF and the is a highly touted Dr in Santa Monica LA area that was on the Drs show its very interesting sounding. But the jumping jacks I do something similar by sanding on my tip toes hands up and slamming down on my heels throwing my arms down it helps me.

05-08-2013, 12:20 PM	#6
rajtp Senior Member (male) Join Date: May 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 133	Re: Hiatal Hernia story and question hey stretchone - curious to hear the rest of your story. Did you eradicate the remaining 25%? Also did you look into the TIF surgery? Thanks

05-16-2013, 02:36 PM	#7
Terlin Senior Veteran (male) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Michigan Posts: 659	Re: Hiatal Hernia story and question Quote: Originally Posted by Although I was feeling sick. Chest pain, dizziness, burping and general feeling of anxiety which included increased heart rate, sweating and feeling like I had to go to the bathroom. It would come and go and I became worried so one night I was feeling really bad so I went to ER. Testing was done to rule out the old ticker and then I checked myself out and headed to work. Started to feel better that day but my wife and I went to dinner Friday night and again the symptoms arose. I started to nose around the internet typing in the symptoms and low and behold it became apparent that it was a hiatal hernia. Looks as though hernia's can cause many symptoms and I had many of them. It sucked! People on the internet seemed to be suggesting that self treatment is best and surgery is a last resort. A giant nerve runs the entire heart, lung and digestive systems and that nerve, as most nerves, is very sensative to unnatural alignments. My symptoms were heartburn (upper left side of chest) head and neck aches, back pain, dizziness, stomach pain, bloating and gas, sweating, malaze, uncontrolled pooping, increased heart rate, burping and of coarse anxiety. Even my arm hurt sometimes. Who wants that so I set off for a cure or at least some relief. Changed my diet to vegan (almost cause I am not perfect) Ate tiny amounts of food (no more than half a small bowl) Chewed everything alot or blended it. Ate six times a day. Did jumping jacks with a full belly of water and also did self hernia alignment.(fingers under the rib cage and down) For the most part it worked but still have the bloating, belching and gas. Side effects of diet change also were good. Blood pressure down 20 points. Lost 10 pounds. Reduces arthritis pain(Amazing) My question is....has anyone been successfull seeing a chiropractor ect. for adjustment and is ther anything else that anyone can recommend such as acupuncture or the old reflexologist? I have taken no drugs other than tums and peptobismol. I sometimes worry about the side effects of drugs. I really don't like Doctors but I am aware they have their purpose. My Doctor at the ER looked at me with glazed over eyes and ordered another expensive test. I dont know if this a hernia but my stomach seems sunken in with shortness of breath , it feel like I'm pushing against something when breathing. I don't have enough presure to cough or spit can you? My shoulder and back seem to be being. Pulled forward ? Please respond

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