More About Dr. Roney

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About halfway through schooling, Dr. Roney had a couple of personal battles to overcome. Dr. Roney was diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. He was following a very healthy lifestyle, but this forced him to research why, at 28, he had a potentially fatal form of cancer. Also, that same year, his father was diagnosed with lung cancer. At the time, the doctors said it was in the later stages, and there wasn’t much they could do. He passed away three months after his initial diagnosis. Dr. Roney and his father had perhaps the most important conversation of his life before he passed. His father opened up to him and admitted that he wishes he would have taken better care of himself and that he regretted this tremendously. The pain of this was, according to his father, worse than any pain he was going through physically.
 
This conversation, and Dr. Roney’s own experiences, further solidified his conviction in helping people prevent disease. Dr. Roney kept searching and learning ways to help people recover from, and to avoid illness, naturally. It became a mission. Upon completion of his Chiropractic degree, he began to pursue courses in a somewhat new field called Functional Medicine. This experience changed his life as a healthcare provider. He learned how to heal a person at the cellular level, from the inside out. He believes strongly, based on years of studying and research that immune system dysfunction leading to systemic inflammation is at the route of most chronic disease, including cancer. It is the cause of autoimmune disorders, degenerative brain diseases, childhood neurological disorders, adult neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and dementia, neuropathy, and fibromyalgia. It is also implicated in thyroid malfunction, hormone imbalance, headaches, and chronic pain. Perhaps an essential concept Dr. Roney learned is there are triggers that cause this immune system dysfunction, inflammation, and subsequent disease. These include poor digestive health, sensitivities to conventional foods, blood sugar imbalance, acute/chronic infections, hormonal imbalances, thyroid malfunction, adrenal fatigue, anemia, poor methylation, and heavy metal/toxic overload to name a few. If these are evaluated in every patient, and protocols are put in place to address these, the patient can and will heal. It’s a beautiful thing to witness, and Dr. Roney is thankful for the opportunity to help people every day.

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