Dr. Rhaphael Rettner, DC, Thank You For Saving My Life

It’s easier to stay healthy than it is to get healthy, but getting healthy again is possible.

It’s been almost a decade since I began to experience a confusing and quite frankly, horrifying health condition that’s been so absurd no doctor I had ever met even knew where to begin to help me. I consider it a miracle I was able to eventually meet Dr. Raphael Rettner, DC, who I believe saved my life and changed the course of my health journey with his practice and an observation. While Dr. Rettner is now retired, I’d like to share my story so that other aspiring chiropractors can find his literature and learn from the experience we shared.

Raphael Rettner is an expert chiropractor who began practicing in 1982 after graduating from Palmer College of Chiropractic West. He was semi-retired when we met in September 2003, agreeing to see me as a patient because he “Enjoys watching the transformation people go through." As part of his commitment to providing compassionate, quality health care, Dr. Rettner continues to pursue education with pure intrigue and is well regarded by other professionals in the field for several chiropractic techniques that he’s developed himself—which is how I heard of him from a past seminar attendee.

I knew Dr. Rettner was the right doctor for me immediately when, over the phone he asked me, "Was anything traumatic happening during the time your symptoms began?" He then explained how the trauma of wanting to yell and scream at somebody and holding it back can cause tension to be stored in the neck. Over the years I've heard many times that emotional trauma can cause weird symptoms in the body, but no one's ever been able to say how or what to do about it. With a great first impression and a solid recommendation from someone regarded as one of the best chiropractors in all of Sweden, I decided to travel for his care about 250 miles from where I lived at the time.

And now… Thanks to Dr. Rettner, I finally have a general understanding of my strange and debilitating symptoms. My chronic inflammation and pain problems can be quite severe; it's taken many years to understand my different symptoms which seem to transcend the normal scope for a diagnosis. It’s also been very difficult to get a good idea of what exactly is even happening, with complications ranging from persistent distraction to trouble breathing and even reality-shattering headaches at times. My health is finally improving tremendously, and I honestly don’t believe I‘d be saying that if I hadn't met Dr. Rettner. He's not only helped me understand my symptoms, he's taught me how to get/stay healthy.

Dr. Rettner’s care is wholistic in the sense that he combines emotional and structural therapies with nutritional guidance to address the root causes of many illnesses that affect people like myself every day. During our first visit, Dr. Rettner evaluated my structural health with impressive precision, finding problem areas before I had the chance to point them out. We discussed my different traumas and came up with a plan to address each level of my healing journey according to my health goals. In practice, that looks like addressing the emotional roots in the stored tension and then identifying which structural support techniques are going to offer the gentlest, most effective, and most painless improvement.

It’s well known that emotions affect our nervous system, but not many people understand this reality to the same degree as Dr. Rettner. He’s got it down to an intuitive science; and after several visits I've learned about many of the triggers for my symptoms and I am now on the path to recovery. The fact that I’m writing these words right now is, quite frankly, amazing. After about 8 years, I was sure that I would spend the rest of my life with intense suffering. There were times I thought I could die from what I was going through. It's now been less than a year since Dr. Rettner observed patterns and treated my symptoms, and my small remaining hope has been transformed into an inevitability knowing that I am getting better.

I’ve often thought to myself that the kind of knowledge and experience Dr. Rettner has to share is beyond valuable. I truly believe other professionals in the chiropractic field should learn from Dr. Rettner in order to carry this knowledge forward to help more people for generations. We originally wrote this article to promote one of his seminars, and I am now retrofitting it to share his books along with my personal health journey. I’ll also be using advice from him to complete my own book, a fictional revelation of how I went from projecting my deepest darkest fears to nurturing and embodying the light in a bout of faith and good luck.

I had measured 6,1” growing up, and eventually started measuring at only 6 foot, but after experiencing Dr Rettner’s care I regained an inch! I’ve personally experienced many of Dr. Rettner’s chiropractic techniques, including some of his respiratory techniques which have helped me breathe better and relieved swelling in my throat even improving my singing voice. I’ve called doctors all around the country, and seen dozens in person, coming up short with nothing more than some interesting images and resources. It took following love to strange and foreign lands, before a recommendation from another specialists lead to my miracle.

I’m grateful for Dr. Rettner, as he has helped me restore clarity to my vision and redefine my relationship with my health. I recommend anyone experiencing chronic pain or who wants to lose weight to read Dr. Rettner’s books. And I highly recommend chiropractors to learn about the emotional connections to chiropractic care so they can better help their patients. I’m sure there’s plenty of good information that can be gleaned from Dr. Rettner’s books, and let’s hope he writes more too! Thanks for reading my story, thanks to Dr. Rettner my book will have a happy ending. Stay tuned to hear more stories from my travels as well!

This ad was recorded for Dr Raphael Rettner’s Chiropractic Respiratory Techniques Seminar in the Fall of 2024.

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