Services Provided

″ Diagnostic Services
″ Conditions Successfully Treated
″ Techniques Utilized
″ Applied Kinesiology (AK)
″ Brist Emotional and Allergy Release Technique (BEAR Hug)
″ Cold Laser Therapy
″ EB 305 - Energy Balancer
″ Nutritional Counseling
″ Lifestyle Seminars
″ Nutritionals
″ Orthotics

• On-line Store (order nutritional supplements)

Diagnostic Services

We provide a wide range of holistic diagnostic and treatment services to help your specific condition.

• Bio Impedance Analysis
• Biological Terrain Laboratory Analysis
• Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratories testing (including Genomic profiles)
• Hair analysis
• Heavy metal testing through Doctor's Data
• Lipid and Glucose Profiles
• Live Cell Microscopy
• Neurologic Examination
• Neurotransmitter Testing
• Orthopedic Examination
• Total Health Scan
• X-ray

Our desire is to get to the root cause of your health condition; we use our in-house laboratory and examinations first and recommend outside laboratory tests when Dr. Brist feels they are warranted.

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Conditions Successfully Treated

We have had success helping patients with the following conditions achieve greater health.

• Acid Reflux Syndrome,
• ADD / ADHD,
• Allergies,
• Asthma,
• Arthritis,
• Autism,
• Auto Immune Disorders,
• Candidiasis,
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,
• Chronic Neck and Back Pain,
• Colic,
• Colitis,
• Crohn's Disease,
• Dyslexia,
• Emotional Difficulties,
• Fibromyalgia,
• Headaches,
• Hiatal Hernia,
• Hormonal Imbalances,
• Immune Suppression Disorders,
• Infantile Disorders,
• Infertility,
• Insomnia,
• Knee pain,
• Learning Disabilities,
• Migraine Headaches,
• Orthopedic Problems,
• Parasitic Infections,
• Phobias,
• Plantar fascitis,
• PMS,
• Scoliosis,
• Shoulder injury,
• Neurovascular Disorders,
• Post-Surgical Dysfunction,
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.)
• Sports Injuries,
• Stress and Tension-Related Problems,
• Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ),
• Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries,
  Just to name a few…

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Techniques Utilized

The following is a list of techniques utilized by our office:

• Chiropractic Adjustments of the Spine and Extremities
• Advanced Self Affirmation Techniques
• Allergy/Sensitivity Elimination and Reprogramming Technique
• Applied Kinesiology
• Applied Neurology
• Biosonic Repatterning (Sound)
• Cervical Disc Techniques
• Chromatherapy (Color)
• Cold Laser Therapy / LLLT
• Couples Reintegration Technique
• Craniosacral Therapy
• Detoxification Therapy
• Electrical Muscle Stimulation
• Emotional Therapy
• Environmental Medicine
• Enzyme Therapy
• Exercise Programs
• Eyelight Therapy
• Five Minute Phobia Cure
• Herbal medicine
• Homeopathy
• Ionic Hydrotherapy
• Low Force Instrument Adjusting
• Lumbar Disc Techniques
• Lymphatic Massage
• Magnetic Field Therapy
• Myofascial Release
• Nutritional consultation
• Orthotics
• Ocular Release
• Positive Point Therapy
• Scar Tissue Release
• Scoliosis Repatterning
• Therapeutic Exercises
• Trigger Point Therapy
• Traction
• Visceral Manipulation

We use leading-edge technology to help create phenomenal wins for our patients when it comes to their health.

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Applied Kinesiology (AK)

Applied Kinesiology (AK), developed by Dr. George Goodheart in 1964, uses bioenergetic feedback through testing the strength of various muscles in the body. Dr. Brist uses this highly individualized, in-depth sytem of analysis--also called muscle response testing (MRT)--to assess various aspects of a patient's state of health. This includes evaluating and treating postural and muscular imbalances, neurovascular and neurolymphatic points, subluxation, cranial-sacral movement, acupuncture meridians, and nutritional status. Dr. Brist uses muscle response testing to help identify the inter-relationships of body systems, allowing him to provide truly holistic health care to his patients.

Dr. Brist uses AK to evaluate functional illness, which typically precedes disease. AK enables health investigation without intrusion. AK gives insight into the underlying causes and solutions to many functional health problems.

"One of the biggest benefits of AK is it gives us a tool for discernment!"

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Brist Emotional and Allergy Release (BEAR Hug) Technique

What is a BEAR Hug? BEAR Hug (Brist Emotional and Allergy Release Technique) is a revolutionary treatment system based on the principles of Chiropractic, Acupuncture, and Applied Kinesiology (Muscle Response Testing). This technique was developed by Dr. Brist and adapted from John Brimhall's A/SERT (Allergy/Sensitivity and Emotional Release Technique), which is a modification of NAET (Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique) developed by Dr. Devi Nambudripad. This treatment, in conjunction with the 10-Step Protocol, can bring about dramatic improvement--at times even total elimination--for all types of allergies. It is simple, non-invasive and extremely effective. It is currently practiced by hundreds of health practitioners, including MD's, nurses, acupuncturists, chiropractors, dentists, and, to some extent, allergy sufferers themselves.

How does a BEAR Hug work? The BEAR Hug technique is based on the recognition that all things, animate and inanimate, in our universe have their own specific electromagnetic fields due to their atomic and molecular makeup and that these fields affect each other. This is true for our bodies, rocks, pollen, mold, peanut butter, a flower, water--in short, everything! This electromagnetic energy is associated with meridians (energy pathways) in acupuncture, chi in Chinese Medicine, and can be demonstrated with Kirlian photography. Nuclear physicists can determine the type of atom by its electromagnetic frequency. According to Dr. Devi Nambudripad, this is what happens: Your energy system and brain interpret a particular substance (a diamond ring, a whole wheat bagel, a peanut, hot water, sun light) as potentially harmful to your body, and your body reacts. For other people this same item is totally harmless. Your energy pathways freeze up as a way of defending the body against this unsuitable substance. This in turn blocks your energy meridians and, if this condition continues, the overall functioning of your body suffers.

BEAR Hug Diagnostics - Our fingertips are very sensitive to the electromagnetic energy of substances with which we come into contact. By placing a sample of a suspected allergen into a person's hand, and using Applied Kinesiology muscle testing, the BEAR Hug practitioner can determine whether or not a person reacts "weak" or "strong" to the substance, i.e., whether this substance causes an energy blockage in the patient's body. Such blockages can cause a wide variety of symptoms, from sneezing and coughing to chronic diseases such as asthma or fatigue.

BEAR Hug Desensitization - The BEAR Hug practitioner stimulates key points along the patient's spine while the patient is holding the allergen. The doctor stimulates certain meridian points, specific organs and lobes of the brain with a cold laser. A chemical change takes place in the autonomic nervous system, neutralizing any allergic reaction to the substance. BEAR Hugs reprogram the brain and the nervous system, and eliminates your body's conditioned response to the "allergen." Environmental medicine has been dealing with hidden allergies for several decades. You try to avoid the allergenic substance in your life, you go on a rotation diet, and maybe you can manage. But with BEAR Hugs you can continue to have contact with the very substance that made you sick.

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Cold Laser Therapy

Where is this being used?

The Erchonia cold laser device has gained recent FDA approval for the non-surgical treatment of neck and shoulder complaints and is being used widely in the NFL and by the USPS tour de France team chiropractor. The beneficial effects of the Erchonia laser are currently being researched by leading plastic surgeons for use in liposuction procedures.

How does it work?

When the body has an injury the cells are damaged and fail to function within normal parameters. Low level lasers penetrate deeply into the skin and work by restoring this abnormal cellular function. Physiologic effects include improved metabolism, circulation and tissue healing.

Laser therapy may be useful to you if you have any of the following:

• tendonitis
• frozen shoulder
• fractures
• post-operative wounds
• sprain-strains
• scar tissue
• autoimmune diseases
• chronic or acute pain
• wound healing
• arthritis
• migraines
• disc herniations
• minor nerve damage
• carpal tunnel syndrome
• heavy metal poisoning

For more information on this therapy go to www.erchonia.com.

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EB Pro--Energy Balancer

The EB Pro was designed and developed to restore the body's energy and balance while facilitating and aiding in its natural detoxification process. This device has been proven in clinical trials to balance and restore the body's pH and electromagnetic energy.

How does it work?

The EB uses direct current similar to that of the human body to create an ionic field. The patient places his or her feet in the bioenergetic water to receive the flow of ions that increase cellular function. Studies have shown that more cellular ATP is produced during treatment, which enhances the cells' ability to work and detoxify at a higher rate.

You may benefit from the EB 305 if you suffer from:

• arthritis
• allergies
• chronic pain
• multiple chemical sensitivities
• autoimmune diseases
• edema
• inflammation
• heavy metal poisoning

For more information on this therapy go to www.4ebr.com.

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Nutritional Counseling

Nutritional counseling appointments are available in office or by phone. The supplements and medical foods we recommend are from the highest quality, pharmaceutical grade nutritional lines. In most cases, these items can be shipped directly to your location. When possible, nutritional consultations are often combined with Applied Kinesiology testing. In this way, Dr. Brist can select products that are most compatible with your body's biochemical individuality. For example, if you have a bacterial infection, several herbal, homeopathic, and vitamin-based remedies could provide support for your body to overcome that infection. Applied Kinesiology testing eliminates most of the trial and error and helps Dr. Brist zero in on the remedy or remedies that are most likely to help you.

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Lifestyle Seminars

As a community service to businesses, churches, and other organizations, Dr. Brist is available for on-site seminars and health talks. Allow us to educate your staff on how to prevent conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome, neck pain, shoulder pain and low back pain. In addition to workplace education, we are also available for general health and wellness seminars. Please contact us for availability and booking.

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Nutritional Supplements

As a Certified Clinical Nutritionist and Naturopathic Physician, Dr. Brist knows how to use nutritional supplements to treat a wide variety of conditions. From treating infections (sinus, respiratory, intestinal, etc.) with herbal remedies and detoxifying the liver with medical foods to normalizing female hormones and easing arthritis pain with supplements, Dr. Brist's recommendations are safe and highly effective.

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Orthotics

Because your feet are your foundation, Dr. Brist pays special attention to their stability and function. Many people have fallen arches or dropped ankles. This can cause not only foot pain and fatigue, but also structural problems in the rest of the body. Aching legs, knee pain, pain along the outside of the thigh, low back or hip pain, pain between the shoulder blades, and even headaches can result from fallen arches. Dr. Brist fits his patients who need them with Super Feet foot orthotics. Many orthotics are made by stepping into a mold, which duplicates the fallen arch. In contrast, Super Feet orthotics are made with the foot in a non-weight-bearing position so that the orthotic can support your foot in its optimal position. Super Feet orthotics offer the both stability and flexibility and have been proven to reduce or eliminate low back pain in clinical studies. Super Feet orthotics are affordable, and you can wear them home the same day. Be sure to contact our office before purchasing foot orthotics for you or anyone in your family.

Order Supplements On-line

To order nutritional supplements from Nutrition Dynamics, click on the link at the top of this page. You will be directed to the Nutrition Dynamics website, where you will need to set up a personal profile. When prompted for the practitioner's account number, enter "110382." Your supplements will be shipped from Nutrition Dynamics directly to you, you'll be charged a shipping fee, and you'll save 15% on every order. Please note that if you need to return a supplement, you'll need to send it back to Nutrition Dynamics. Returns within 60 days with a copy of the receipt will receive a full refund. Please do not return items purchased on-line to our office. To save 20% on most supplements we carry, plan to purchase your supplements from our office on Super Thursday. Super Thursdays are normally the second Thursday of each month. Call our office at 763-546-9151 to place your order or for more information.

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