Re: sphincter of oddi dysfunction?????

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Becki

Your condition makes me feel sad for you and I want you to get better,

hopefully without surgical intervention. Surgery is such a cruel way to " cure " a

problem.

In light of that, I have even more question marks for you, I hope you won't be

offended by them. Does any of the literature on SOD etiology list STRESS or

PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCE on the spasm of the muscle?

Do you notice any connection to stressful events in your life, menstrual cycle,

seasonal or holiday influence, body weight, exercise, or dietary influence? Is

there something very bad going on in your life right now that could cause

something inside to get tensed up?

I'm wondering about this because of the complex nervous component being

discovered in the digestive tract (second only to the brain in neurotransmitter

production). Some of these " control " nerves to the sphincter could have been

damaged by surgery. These nerves originate from spinal nerves and could be

stuck " on " by back damage (subluxation, even minor) or they could be

currently stimulated by stones or sludge in the bile ducts or other triggers

from the digestive tract. It is a fact that a living muscle can't spasm without

a

nervous (electrical) input. I'm just trying to " track it back " to the true

source.

I'm also wondering how supplementation with calming teas, herbs or

essences would affect to the spasms? (it can work everywhere else). What

effect would fasting do? How about working with a diet that favors soothing

muscle and nerves and avoiding all the things that are excitory (coffee, tea,

certain spices, sugar, ciggies)? Are there homeopathic remedies in the

literature that relax this particular spasms? (there are many muscle spasm

remedies) How about meridian massage, Reiki, or spinal alignment? How

about acupuncture?

Will in Minneapolis