Dr. Perez

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Three Types of Treatment

Many of our patients first come to us with symptoms such as lower back pain, migraine headaches or loss of balance. To treat patients, we look for the cause of the symptoms in order to recommend optimal treatment. Treatments fall into three primary categories: Structural – or physical such as your nervous system or soft tissue Nutritional – a deficiency or abundance of substances such as vitamins, minerals or chemicals Emotional – many symptoms are caused by emotional unbalances, such as stress Once diagnosed, Forte Wellness treats one, or a combination of two or three causes, each to the degree that it is contributing to the symptoms. An example would be a patient who visits us with lower back pain.…

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Stress is the Number One Cause of Symptoms

Our bodies are either in one of two states: Wellness mode vs. Fight or Flight (anxiety) mode. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) studies show that stress is the major cause of illness and accountable for as high as 90% of cases. We all have stress in our lives that stem from different sources. Our levels of anxiety and tension vary as well. Different parts of our nervous systems become out of balance through stress. While our systems are unbalanced, we’re more susceptible to sickness and feeling unwell. While we can’t remove all the stress makers from your life, Forte Wellness, through customized treatment plans, can help you rebalance what has been forced out of alignment. Call us at (626) 698-8784…

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Why more boys tend to have autistic tendencies than girls?

Eighty percent (80%) of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders are boys. This startling fact is based on several factors that have to do with the development of the brain in children. For reasons not completely understood, boys are more susceptible to environmental toxins as fetuses, and as young children. During the first two years of life, the right hemisphere develops more than the left hemisphere. Boys typically rely more on the right hemisphere of their brain as children, and also tend to have a larger right hemisphere when very young. Because of this, and the fact that the right hemisphere develops first in young children, any stress or insults (environmental, physical, nutritional, etc.) during the first two years of…

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Why autistic children have a hard time learning to talk?

Nonverbal communication must be in place and activated before verbal communication can take place. Parents of autistic children sometimes try to make their children talk not knowing that it is very difficult to do this without having the nonverbal communication in place. Nonverbal communication is the foundation of verbal communication. Brain based therapy as offered at Forte Wellness, helps improve nonverbal communication. To improve nonverbal communication in a child a series of functional neurological tests must be done to determine if a child has a right hemispheric brain deficiency, or left hemispheric brain deficiency. When the brain hemisphere deficiency is detected then specific neurological exercises can be given to the child to help improve nonverbal communication. By Dr. Bernardo Perez…

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