The "WHolistic" Approach
by
Dr. C. Gary Taylor
Holistic chiropractor
Cold lasers, colored glasses, tuning forks,
percussors, magnets and foot baths—these are just some of the tools
used by holistic chiropractors to treat patients.
 Dr.
C. Gary Taylor, D.C., is the only holistic chiropractor in Columbus.
He says, "We don’t treat diseases, we treat patients who suffer from
them." He follows a 6 step protocol at his Wholistic
Wellness Center. He spells it with the "W" to emphasize the "whole
body."
 Quoting Thomas A. Edison, who said,
"The
doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his
patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause
and prevention of disease," Taylor says it’s his goal to bring a
person’s body to balance structurally, nutritionally and
emotionally. Using the tools of his trade, he eliminates
interferences that keep the body from achieving good mental and
physical health. He adds that there is also a place for prayer in
his program. His 6-step protocol to health and wellness includes
removing nerve interference, rebalancing electromagnetics, resetting
adrenals and the general adaptative syndrome, repairing nutrition,
removing infective organisms, replacing enzymes and hydrochloric
acid, reinoculating the bowel flora, removing abnormal emotional
patterns, removing or reprogramming allergies and sensitivities and
removing heavy metals and toxins. He said that this
protocol has been successful in helping improve the health of
patients with such conditions as acid reflux, allergies, asthma,
arthritis, autism, auto immune disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome,
chronic neck and back pain, colic, fibromyalgia, hormonal
imbalances, migraine headaches, attention disorder, sports injuries,
stress and tension related problems and traumatic brain and spinal
cord injuries. Taylor, who’d been what is known as a
traditional chiropractor for 12 years—manual manipulation of spine
and joints—got into holistic medicine by accident and he says it
saved his life. "I went to Atlanta for another
recertification course, and was dreading it. At the time I was
suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome and could barely make it
through each day," he said. "I went into one of the classrooms, but
something made me change my mind and I went into one where Dr. John
Brimhall was teaching. I was fascinated by the seminar and
afterwards asked him if he could help me. Dr. Brimhall referred Dr.
Taylor to one of his students who practiced in Atlanta, Dr. David
Lee. As it turns out, Dr. Lee was a classmate of Taylor’s at LIFE
College. Taylor said Dr. Lee determined that he was allergic to
dairy products, that he had other allergies and emotional blocks.
Taylor said that after four months of following the wellness program
Dr. Lee set up that "I was feeling better than I’d felt in 10
years." Now Taylor’s patients are crediting him with
saving their lives.
 Anita Ledoux was in an auto
accident. A 2 x 4 crashed through the windshield of her pickup truck
and knocked her head through the back window. She said the accident
left her an emotional and physical wreck. She said she was
prescribed medicines for her different ailments—anti-depressants,
anti-inflammatories, muscle relaxants—but soon she’d have to change
medications because they would react with the other medicines.
Since coming to Dr. Taylor, she is off all medicines. "I only take
nutritional supplements," she said. She also sent her husband to see
Dr. Taylor after his hand and wrist were smashed. "His (Dr.
Taylor’s) treatment did in five weeks what the doctors were
expecting to take three months," she said. Pam Reese
is another patient who also says "Dr. Taylor saved my life."
She began seeing Dr. Taylor in 1984 after a series of 14 automobile
accidents, "I was always the passenger," she quickly points out. All
she got from traditional physicians was extra strength Tylenol for
her pain. Dr. Taylor’s treatments left her pretty much pain free,
although she has occasional flair ups of pain from time to time, "but nothing like it used to be," she said. He also helped her with
her emotional well being after her son died four years ago during
the Easter weekend. Since then, she’s been to Taylor for treatment
of depression, reflex sympathetic dystrophy ("20 years ago, they
told me I’d be in a wheel chair in 10 years, hasn’t happened yet,")
rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, and lupus. "I didn’t treat the disease, I treated the patient by removing the
interferences that allowed her body to heal," Taylor said.
Dr. Taylor is especially high on the Erchonia cold
laser to diagnose and treat injuries and disorders. He said the
laser will strengthen reflexes and muscles, increase range of motion
and reduce pain. He said it’s been used successfully to reduce
inflammation and swelling and help in healing burn victims.
In his book, "Solving the Health Puzzle with the 6
Steps to Wellness," Dr. Brimhall devotes several pages to the laser,
touting it for pain relief, sports injuries, nervous system
injuries, and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. For Dr. Taylor,
healing is all about testing to discover what’s blocking the body’s
ability to heal itself, then applying the proper tools and
techniques to get the body back into balance. "The primary role of
the chiropractor is to get spinal alignment to rid the body of
interferences, to allow the body to heal itself," he said.
Dr. Taylor’s office is at 2649 Juniper Ave. His phone number is 706
563-1953. The web site for his practice is www.advanced-wellness.com.
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