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“All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted
as being self-evident.”
To understand a bit more of what my dad has been undergoing
this summer, we interviewed the man Dr. DeMartino calls his guru in many ways,
Dr. George Gonzalez, creator of Quantum Neurology (QN). First things first –
what is QN?
“Doctors are taught how to strengthen weak muscles,
restore lost sensation and use the bodies’ natural actions, reactions and
reflexes to achieve a desired result. When the body responds to rehabilitation
it commonly demonstrates immediate improvement. Our experience has been when
these weaknesses in the nervous system are strengthened; the body has the best
opportunity to heal itself.” [from Quantum Neurology.com]
We visited Dr. Gonzalez and his wife at their home in
Mid-town Los Angeles to get their story and philosophy.
“We take a person who has any sort of nerve damage,
whether that’s motor weakness, muscle-skeletal weakness or sensory loss and
we’re able to rehabilitate that,” Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez says the challenge is getting people to know
about QN. He says the general reception from most experts is good. It is the
precise ability of QN to turn specific nerve switches on and off that makes it
ground-breaking.
“What’s great is it’s natural, safe and non-invasive,”
Gonzalez said.
I know – too good to be true? You’re right to ask.
And, to his credit, Dr. Gonzalez never ducked the questions – even to the
direct question of whether or not he was called a quack (pun fans rejoice).
“Coming from a martial arts background, you see a
great grand master,” Gonzalez said. “Somebody might come up to him and say
‘Your stuff doesn’t work. You don’t know what you’re doing.” The Grand Master
could flick them off very easily and hurt them very badly. But that doesn’t
happen because with that level of understanding comes a great level of control
and respect. Similarly with Quantum Neurology, we have that level of control
and respect for the nervous system. We’re able to understand the terrain of the
individual patient we’re dealing with – understand the specific, exact nerves
that are damaged. Each of the layers can be restored individually.”
There are several things here that are very important
to my dad. One, he’s reached a relative dead end with traditional western
medicine. He’s been told he’s not a candidate for deep brain stimulation
surgery (and he doesn’t want holes drilled in his head anyway) and he’s maxed
out the pharmaceutical options. He’s always been a fan of natural health care
where possible, believing in his body’s ability to heal itself. And finally, he’s
seen positive results from this process over the last couple of months.
“I feel the medical model is very interested in doing
business the way they want to do business,” Gonzalez said. “Which is drugs,
surgery, and that kind of model.”
Gonzalez went on to say a number of things that
interested both me and my dad. His approach is about respecting the body. He
says “knowing theyself is true health” and that “We must leave room for the
things we do not understand”. While some might dismiss those thoughts as to
esoteric, I think they belong square in the discussion of health. They speak to
humility, process, respect and empowerment.
Ready to geek out for just a moment? Follow Dr.
Gonzalez here:
“We’re using different physics with Quantum Neurology,”
he said. “We’re using Quantum Physics and light therapy to work with the body
not Newtonian Physics. There’s a difference. That alone gives us a different
understanding. Just like field hockey and ice hockey are different because they’re
using different physics in their games. Same thing with Quantum Neurology.”
“Most methodologies look at the body as a chemistry
set,” Dr. Gonzalez said. “You get your blood work. They don’t look at any of
the other information. They just say, this one’s off we’re going to give you
whatever drug matches for that. That’s a tough way to go.”
The idea of giving away one’s power to a doctor
because he or she says she knows what’s best for you (definitively) is a mistake,
in my opinion. The most knowledgeable doctors are still guessing. To be clear,
I am not denigrating western doctors or any other form of medical practitioner,
only arguing for what Dr. Gonzalez says in that we must leave room for the
unknown. We must respect it. We must explore it. We must remain humble in our
approach. And when all else fails, we must consider our bodies for the immense
gift that they are – tremendously powerful and pliable, able to transform in
ways that can absolutely astound us if only we give them the proper input – and
that comes on many levels.
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