Dr. Ilya Skolnikoff

This specific methodology that has been researched, developed, tested and practiced for more than 11 years by Dr. Ilya Skolnikoff, DC, DIBAK is now providing relief and healing for local and international patients visiting Triad Of Health Family Healing Center in Marin County in Northern California. Skolnikoff’s methods combines diverse modalities that include Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, acupuncture, flower essences, homeopathy, gemmotherapy, oligotherapy, nutritional counseling, energy medicine, emotional therapies and a wide variety of other therapies to provide effective treatment that addresses root issues at the cause of any particular healthcare issue. Health care is all about understanding what is the underlying pattern that is causing any particular person’s health puzzle.

One day when I was at the gym lifting weights I tore 90% of my pec major muscle on the right and had to get it surgically repaired.  A few years later I tore the other pectoralis major muscle on the opposite side of my body.  When I began to study Professional Applied Kinesiology I later learned that the pectoralis major muscles are related to the liver.  The Acutane had caused me to have an extremely toxic liver.  Because I was feeling so poorly, I went to the Medical Doctor to have a blood lab done and the blood lab revealed that my thyroid hormone levels for TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) were more than 4 times normal.  I was suffering from hypothyroidism.  

Mineral deficiencies have become rampant in the modern world. Over the last 3000 years or so, many of the minerals have washed down into the sea. Lots of people are deficient in both iodine and zinc. Iodine is needed to make thyroid hormone and zinc is needed in order to taste properly, make stomach acid, smell, have a properly functioning hormonal system and hundreds of physiological functions.

Triad Of Health Family Healing Center now holds regular thyroid workshops that are completely FREE. This means that people in the local and surrounding communities are able to come and learn about the options to the conventional model for thyroid disease. The conventional model offers patients only 3 ugly and frightening options:

The experts say that you should replace your mattress every 5 to 10 years, with eight years being the sweet spot. They’re expensive, so you’ll want to do a lot of research to make sure that it’s the best choice for you and your family. You should also try to make sure that your new mattress is also the healthiest option for the planet.

If you are having headaches and want to get rid of them then you are not alone. There are about 45 million Americans that suffer from headaches (1). The most important thing when dealing with ANY health concern is to determine the underlying cause of that health concern. There are 3 causes of ALL HEALTH CONCERNS. There are structural, chemical, and emotional causes of all health concerns and headaches would be no exception to this. For example, according to Alan Miller, ND of Bastyr University, heavy metal toxicity is directly associated with headaches (2). This is a chemical cause of headaches.

Hypocrites, the father of modern medicine said, “the highest good is to find the cause.”  What he meant by this is that if you do not find out what is causing the symptom then you will not be able to get rid of the symptom with any lasting result.  Of course, back pain is a symptom.

Nearly all digestive problems involve either the Ileocecal Valve, the Valves of Houston, or both valves.
When a person has a lot of difficulties with their digestion they ALWAYS have difficulties with their emotional state – ALWAYS

When thinking about digestion, most people think about the balance between good bacteria in the gut and bad bacteria. This is important. It is true, if there is too much of a certain bacteria and too little of certain other bacteria then this is called Dysbiosis. Dysbiosis is an unhealthy environment (chemistry) of the gut. One of the main things that causes dysbiosis is an over burdened and over taxed liver and gallbladder. Poisons and toxins accumulate in the liver and gallbladder and when they do they lead to poor digestion. It is very difficult to digest protein if you are deficient in zinc because you are under a great deal of stress and unable to metabolize stomach acid because you are missing the zinc necessary to do so.

Recently after talking to a few new and old patients as well as hearing about some things that are becoming popular in the media, it has come to my attention that very few people know what the scope of my practice is and what types of conditions we treat in our office. Our office has always taken pride in considering ourselves to be relatively good at marketing our services but this realization that our ideal patients do not know what we actually do has been a big wake up call for our office.