Have you ever battled an unexplained chronic illness? Have clinical tests failed to provide answers for erratic digestive concerns? Today we welcome to the podcast Dr. Amber Walker to discuss her book Mast Cells United, and her long journey through holistic healing. From environmental toxins like mould, to explaining why certain foods will digest well one day but not the next, we touch base on mast cells, EDS, and much more in today's episode on living with chronic illness. Show Notes: 0:00 - Who is Amber Walker and what is her story with chronic illness and MCAS? 6:30 - How did Amber get into Physical Therapy and how has her own patient history influenced her path? 11:00 - What are mast cells? What is Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)? 19:45 - We discuss the process of getting "labels" from chronic illness, including misdiagnosis, and how to get away from identifying as any one label. 23:00 - How accurate is IgE food allergy testing? Amber discusses her patient experience with these kinds of tests, and why certain foods are sometimes fine while sometimes they can set off a reaction. 28:30 - We talk about the environmental factors that contribute to MCAS and chronic illness, notably mould toxicity. 32:15 - Amber touches on food supply and choice of cooking & beauty products. 33:00 - What about wifi and EMFs? 34:40 - We talk about the importance of using a quality water filter, no matter where you are. 36:30 - The importance of sleep hygiene & breath work for chronic illness. 37:45 - We talk about resources for re-wiring the nervous system and calming down sympathetic response. 45:40 - Keeping a focus on overall toxic load, not just food, not just mould, everything adds up. 48:15 - How exercise can help or hinder chronic illness. 59:30 - We discuss the importance of relationship and support, and blocking out the negativity of certain people. 105:20 - Amber's book recommendations: - The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk - Toxic, by Neil Nathan - The book of Joy, by Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu 107:20 - Amber's non-negotiable daily self-care tool: Making time for spirituality & making time for patients 109:00 - Amber's one piece of health advice: Healing is possible. 1:11:45 - Where you can find Amber Additional Listening: https://www.movewelldaily.com/move-daily-health-podcast-episode-013-lets-talk-functional-medicine-with-dr-sharon-kelly/ More about Dr. Amber Walker: Dr. Amber Walker, PT, DPT, CFMP, is a physical therapist graduate of Regis University who has been working with patients for over a decade. She began her career in northern Peru, where she worked in clinics and hospitals, taught at continuing education events, conducted research, and started a public health project for children with disabilities as a volunteer with Catholic Medical Mission Board. Upon returning to the U.S., she mainly focused her clinical practice on sports medicine, spine pain, TMJ dysfunction, and swimmer-specific injury prevention. As affiliate faculty with Regis University, Amber has returned to Peru five additional times for leadership in conferences, university-sponsored clinical education, and service learning opportunities with DPT students. Over the years, Amber gained valuable additional training in manual therapy and exercise through the Ola Grimsby Institute, functional dry needling, and comprehensive strategies for the chronic pain and chronic fatigue patient populations. She now specializes in working with patients who suffer from chronic conditions including fibromyalgia, dysautonomia, mast cell activation disease, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome,
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