This information is excerpted from the book, Recapture Your Health, by Walt Stoll, M.D. and Jan DeCourtney, C.M.T. Feel free to use up to 10 tips in an article or story as long as you quote the source and ordering information for the book (at bottom).

Health Tip No. 13: Get the Best Results by Taking the Three Steps to Healing

Regardless of the chronic condition you wish to overcome, the most efficient use of your time and energy for its resolution occurs by following three steps. The first step is learning and study finding out more about your condition and the health and lifestyle approaches that can help you. The second step is implementing some of those lifestyle changes for your improved wellness. The third step is adding other treatments. While starting with Step 3 is not the most effective way to go about reversing a chronic condition, many opt to start here. Hopefully, doing so will create enough benefits for you to become interested in going back to Step 1 and Step 2. Following the order we listed above gives the quickest, best, and most-long lasting results, but it is more important that you get better than how you do it.

Walt Stoll, MD, and Jan DeCourtney, CMT, are co-authors of the book, Recapture Your Health: A Complete Step-by-Step Program to Reverse Your Chronic Symptoms and Create Lasting Wellness, (ISBN 0965317129), available at local and online bookstores, and from Sunrise Health Coach Publications, 1-877-357-9355 or www.sunrisehealthcoach.com.