A unique therapy healed Dianna’s pain and gave her a new lease on life
After years of trying different medications to fight debilitating pain, fatigue and brain fog, Dianna Schillinger learned about a unique therapy that healed her symptoms and gave her a whole new lease on life!
Dianna Schillinger sat in the emergency room, fighting back tears. For weeks, the Nellysford, Virginia, 44-year-old had been suffering with severe joint pain and fatigue. Now, after a barrage of tests, she finally had a diagnosis. “You have fibromyalgia,” the ER doctor told her.
Dianna was shocked and frightened. She didn’t know a lot about fibromyalgia, but she knew that it was a chronic condition that affects how the brain processes pain. How am I going to live like this? she agonized.
“There are medications that can help relieve the symptoms,” said the doctor, trying to reassure her. And over the next few years, Dianna tried several different drugs, but none helped. She continued to battle flu-like symptoms, joint pain in her knees and legs, sensitive skin, depression and fatigue. The “fibro fog,” also made her forgetful, and she found it difficult to find the right words and keep up a conversation.
In time, Dianna had to give up her job as a regional sales manager, which required her to travel a lot, and take an at-home position.
Eventually, she went to part-time work. This isn’t the life I want, Dianna thought, sadly. But having exhausted all the options conventional medicine had to offer, she didn’t see any hope for her future.
“ZB is profoundly effective at releasing tension”
— Gail Dubinsky, M.D.
A surprising relief
Then one afternoon, Dianna met a woman at the local community center who was trained in Zero Balancing (ZB), a body-mind technique that uses touch to restore balance and alignment in the body, encourage relaxation and heal emotional distress. “I think it could really help you,” she told Dianna.
Dianna was skeptical, but she knew she had few options left and decided it was worth a try. At the start of her first session, the practitioner looked at Dianna’s posture and asked what she was dealing with that day, both physically and mentally, since any emotional issues can also manifest in the body. She then had Dianna set an intention for the session—for example, to let go of any pain she was feeling in her body or spirit and to feel at peace with herself and her life.
Then, while fully clothed, Dianna lay down on a table and, using gentle touch, the practitioner worked her way up Dianna’s body from her feet to her head.
The practitioner increased the pressure depending on where she felt tension so she could unblock these areas and allow fresh energy to flow into Dianna’s joints. The treatment lasted about a half hour, and afterward, Dianna noticed her pain had lessened and she felt extremely relaxed.
Hopeful, Dianna began going for treatments every two weeks, and each time, she felt less pain and inflammation and had more mobility. Even more amazing, within just a few months, she was able to stop all of her medications with her doctor’s support. She also noticed her depression and anxiety had improved dramatically, she was more optimistic and her energy soared.
Today, Dianna, 51, keeps her fibromyalgia symptoms at bay by going for treatments once a month (the cost is $ 60 an hour, and you can find a local practitioner on Zerobalancing.com). “I wouldn’t be where I am today without Zero Balancing,” says Dianna, who’s now started her own petsitting business. “I have my life back, and I can finally see a bright future!”