Now, Dr. Shealy’s ideas have been the foundation for pain management therapies used worldwide, and the ”Shealy Program” is the mainstay of chronic pain treatment and management sought by patients and physicians alike.
Shortly after graduating from Duke Medical School, and beginning his career as an accomplished neurosurgeon, Dr. Shealy noted: ”The most common symptom in the world is pain, and yet nobody specializes in it.” At this early phase of his medical life, he decided to look into pain, what causes it, what we can do about it, and how it affects us as human beings.
He had not been investigating long before he recognized that the majority of long term fixes for chronic pain did not come from the established medical community, but from the ”folk domain.” Shealy began a series of research and experimental processes which included any ideas he could come across that claimed to be able to treat chronic pain in the long term without the use of narcotic medications. Consulting and researching with acupuncturists, mystics, faith healers, color therapists, folk healers, and other non-traditional therapists, and blending this new knowledge with his medical background, Dr. Shealy came to the conclusion that, while none of these methods was THE cure for chronic pain, almost all of them had developed a documented history of being able to successfully eliminate chronic pain in a good number of their attempts. It is at this juncture that he decided that ”It is the interaction of the four main fields of stress; the chemical, physical, electromagnetic, and emotional; that is the cause of all illness..not some, all.”
Overall, Norm’s work has expanded the field of Energy Medicine, using electrical, electromagnetic, mental, physical and emotional tools for health enhancement. He has been president of the International Society the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine. His work with Caroline Myss led them to start the first doctoral program in Energy Medicine. In 2001, that work led to the establishment of Holos University Graduate Seminary. He was President of Holos University for its first 7 years and is now Professor Emeritus of Energy Medicine.
His other contributions include:
- Winner of first Harold G. Wolff award for excellence in pain research
- Biogenics®, a ”software” system for biofeedback training and self-regulation
- Facet rhizotomy, a safe technique for management of back pain
- Medical Intuition as a diagnostic tool
- Trained several notable Medical Intuitives, including Caroline M. Myss
- Cranial Electrical Stimulation for control of depression
- Founder and first President of American Holistic Medical Association
- Founded the Ambrose and Olga Worrall Institute for Spiritual Healing
- Founded Holos Institutes of Health, Inc., a 502-C-3 organization for research and education
- Developed the concept of neurochemical profiling as critical diagnostic systems for depression
- Developed the Shealy RelaxMate™, the most successful adjunct for relaxation
- Discovered 4 unique natural techniques for rejuvenating the body’s ability to make DHEA, the most critical hormone for determining health
- Developed an advanced computerized traction table for treatment of headache and back pain
- Demonstrated that transdermal application of magnesium is much more effective than oral supplementation
- Developed the SheLi TENS™, accepted by the FDA for treatment of pain
- Co-Founded with Caroline Myss the American Board for Scientific Medical Intuition
- Founded and is President of Holos University Graduate Seminary, a graduate school, accredited by New Thought Accreditation Commission, offering doctoral degrees in spiritual healing and Energy Medicine
- Has 9 United States patents
- Holistic Person of the Year, 1985, AHMA
- Stress Award, 1997, American Institute of Stress
- Elmer and Alyce Green Award, 1998, ISSSEEM
- Pearl Award, 2000, Bio-Medical Synergistics Education Institute
- Founding Diplomate, American Board of Holistic Medicine, 2000
- Spurgeon English Humanitarian Award, 2002, Temple University
- Senior Fellow Emeritus, 2003, Biofeedback Certification Institute of America
- Professor Emeritus of Energy Medicine, Greenwich University
He has over 312 publications, including 23 books. His first major public book, 90 DAYS TO SELF-HEALTH sold 130,000 copies.
He has appeared on numerous national TV programs, including The Tomorrow Show, The Joan Rivers program, Geraldo, Good Morning, America, the Today Show, Oprah, the Wisdom Channel, and scores of regional and local television and radio programs. He has had for 20 years the most popular call-in radio show in the Ozarks on KWTO, 560 AM. He publishes a free weekly e-newsletter.
Since 1971 he has lectured worldwide at hundreds of medical schools, universities, hospitals and churches, with up to 100 appearances each year.
