fibromyalgia and trauma 

 

If you have fibromyalgia you can probably trace the origins of your illness back to a specific event that was traumatic for you. It might have been an injury, an illness, or something emotional like an insult. Or it might not have been a single event but rather a stressful period of time in your life such as an unfulfilling job. 

 

In the 1970s the Swiss medical doctor Dr. Jean Elmiger discovered that the shocks and traumas were the underlying cause of several untreatable diseases. He found that he could successfully cure these diseases with homeopathic medicines if he treated each shock in the reverse order in which it occurred. He called his method Sequential Therapy.

 

How it’s done

 

Basically, you write down all the significant traumas in your life on a timeline, both physical and emotional. Start from the most recent and go all the way back to birth, and beyond. Each shock is then treated, one at a time at intervals of about 3 to 4 weeks. 

 

It is a highly effective form of therapy that produces results, but it can be challenging for two reasons:

 

It takes time. If for example, you suffered from 20 significant traumas throughout your life, and we dealt with one every three week, then it would take just over a year to get through them all. On average treatment takes one to two years. 

 

Relive the past. As you go through the events on the timeline long forgotten memories, buried emotions, and past symptoms will temporarily resurface. Reliving the past can be hard to deal with but it’s absolutely vital if you want rid yourself of the past traumas held in your body.

 

A brief history

 

The idea of sequencing began with the founder of homeopathy, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843). He observed that ill health often began with an initial shock or trauma, such as fall, concussion, emotional shock, or drug. This initial shock would then eventually give rise to a variety of secondary diseases. Hahnemann found that if he treated the initial shock the secondary diseases would usually disappear by themselves soon after.

 

For over 150 years little was done with this profound insight. This was because the initial shock didn’t produce any visible symptoms – instead, it negatively altered the general state or tone of the patient. This altered tone was extremely difficult to detect and diagnose and was thus rarely treated. Secondary diseases, on the other hand, produced numerous symptoms and suffering so they were much easier to identify and treat.

 

In the 1970s the Swiss medical doctor Dr. Jean Elmiger discovered that the shocks of drugs and vaccinations were the underlying cause of several untreatable diseases. He found that he could successfully cure these diseases with homeopathic medicines if he treated each shock in the reverse order in which it occurred. In his book Rediscovering Real Medicine, Elmiger laid out his method of treatment, which he called La therapie sequentielle or Sequential Therapy.

 

In the early 1990s Patty Smith and Rudi Verspoor of the Hahnemann College and Clinic for Heilkunst developed and refined Dr. Elmiger’s discoveries, especially in terms of emotional shock. In their book  Autism: The Journey Back, Recovering the Self Through Heilkunst they clearly explain the effectiveness of sequential treatment, and its role in Hahnemann’s broader system of medicine called Heilkunst.

 

I’d like to add in my own minor contribution. Medicine always works better when it’s combined with regimen (healthy lifestyle). Sequential therapy is the medical part and you’ll be very surprised to hear that the regimental part is tidying. Yes, you heard that right.