Gastroesophageal reflux

Gastroesophageal reflux is, in most cases, caused by issues related to diet.

The appropriate medication, herbal remedy, physiotherapy, or other manipulative techniques will never fully compensate for poor eating habits.

Temporarily, symptoms may be reduced and it may seem as if the problem is solved, but only until toxins regain their full influence over the remedies, which, in my opinion, are only temporary.

When I was still working in the hospital, I had a patient I had to rehabilitate, who was waiting for a presumed ALS diagnosis. He told me he had been taking a well-known antireflux drug for about twenty consecutive years.

Out of both professional and personal curiosity, I asked him for all the necessary information to understand how much his lifestyle could have influenced his probable illness.

That’s when I realized that my own long-standing reflux could be a warning sign for a potential future condition and that it had to be addressed primarily at the table, without relying on any medication or supplement to merely mask the symptom.

Later, I noticed how the Mézières breathing technique, with the outward flow of air during exhalation, positively affected the mechanical closure of the cardia, preventing the backflow of stomach contents into the esophagus.

Spring is a time of “awakening,” and when it is not possible to direct it toward our own awareness, life may shake us with psycho-physical issues, necessarily pushing us to change course.

We are not here by chance, and if our universe seems indifferent, it is because our inner world needs to change.

Change is movement, and this can certainly also improve gastroesophageal reflux.