What's the Root Cause? by Dr Vikki Petersen

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  Told You Don't Have a Hiatal Hernia? You Still Might 16.09.2026 10min

  If a test came back clear — or a hernia was found and called "too small to matter" — and you still have the symptoms, this video is for you. Dr. Vikki walks through why a sliding hiatal hernia is so easily missed, what the research actually says about hernia size and symptoms, and why a normal test result is not the same as a real answer. → Book a consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ Call us directly at: 727-335-0400 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ What we c...
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  What's Actually Happening During a Hiatal Hernia Attack 11.09.2026 11min

  A hiatal hernia "attack" can feel terrifying — crushing chest pressure, burning, breathlessness, a pounding heart, and a wave of panic that makes you wonder if it's a heart attack. In this video, Dr. Vikki walks through exactly what's happening inside your body during an attack, step by step — the pressure, the acid, the esophageal spasm, the trapped gas, the breathlessness, and the panic — so the episode that's been frightening you finally makes sense. Book a consultation: https://rootcause...
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  Heart Palpitations at Night? It's Your Hiatal Hernia 09.09.2026 14min

  You're lying in bed. Nothing stressful has happened. And your heart starts pounding, fluttering, skipping — or you jolt awake at two in the morning with your heart racing and a feeling of dread you can't explain. If your cardiologist has already checked you and told you your heart is healthy, and this still happens the moment you lie down, there's a reason — and it has nothing to do with your mind. Dr. Vikki explains the gut-heart connection almost nobody looks at: why lying flat chang...
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  Hiatal Hernia: Symptoms You'd Never Connect to It 26.08.2026 17min

  Hiatal Hernia: Symptoms You'd Never Connect to It A hiatal hernia can cause symptoms that have nothing to do with your stomach — a hoarse voice, upper back pain, a cough that won't quit, breathlessness, heart palpitations, stubborn hiccups, filling up after a few bites. Because they're scattered across the body, almost nobody connects them to one cause. In this video, Dr. Vikki walks through the surprising symptoms of a hiatal hernia and why one small problem can show up almost anywhere. → ...
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  Heart Palpitations After you Eat? It's Your Stomach 24.08.2026 13min

  Does your heart flutter, skip, pound, or race after eating — even though your cardiologist says you're fine? → Book a consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ You're not imagining it. There's a connection most doctors don't talk about: the gut-heart connection. In this video, Dr. Vikki Petersen breaks down exactly how a hiatal hernia, stomach pressure, acid reflux, and the vagus nerve can trigger heart palpitations after meals — and why the t...
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  5 Signs Your Acid Reflux Is Actually a Hiatal Hernia 05.08.2026 16min

  Reflux is a symptom, not a diagnosis. In this video, Dr. Vikki explains the two-part valve that keeps acid where it belongs, what a hiatal hernia does when it pulls that valve apart, and the five signs that point to a mechanical problem instead of an acid problem. If your reflux changes when you change position — that's not an acid clue. That's a gravity clue. ➡️ Book a Consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ 🔍 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━...
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  Acid Reflux Pill Hurting You? 01.08.2026 14min

  Acid reflux pills like Prilosec, Nexium, and Protonix were designed for about 8 weeks of use — yet millions of people stay on them for years. In this video, Dr. Vikki walks through 5 signs your acid reflux medication may be hurting you, why you feel like you can never stop taking it, and what to look at instead. ➡️ Book a Consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ What we cover → Fatigue and low iron or B12 → Muscle cramps and hear...
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  Misdiagnosed? 5 Signs it's your Hiatal Hernia 30.07.2026 13min

  Have you been told you have GERD, asthma, anxiety, IBS, or heart palpitations—but treatment isn't solving the problem? Your diagnosis may not be wrong... it may be incomplete. In this video, Dr. Vikki explains 5 common symptoms that are frequently blamed on other conditions when a hiatal hernia is actually causing them—or making them worse. You'll learn how a sliding hiatal hernia can affect digestion, breathing, the vagus nerve, and reflux, and why so many people continue to suffer despite...
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  5 Hiatal Hernia Symptoms You Should Never Ignore 20.07.2026 12min

  Some hiatal hernia symptoms are easy to dismiss - and a few of them are the ones that matter most. In this video, Dr. Vikki walks through the five symptoms you should never ignore, what causes each one, and which symptom means you should call your doctor today. ➡️ Click HERE to Book a Consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ Call or text us directly: 727-335-0400 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️  What we cover → Chest pressure and tightness — and how to tell it a...
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  Why Hiatal Hernia Causes Chest Pressure and Excessive Burping 17.07.2026 19min

  If you've had chest pain after eating that goes away when you burp - or you can't stop burping no matter what you do - this video is for you. Neither of these is random. Neither is psychological. Both are mechanical symptoms of the same root cause: a hiatal hernia that hasn't been properly addressed. In this video I'm explaining exactly what's happening in both cases - and giving you practical steps you can start using today. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔍  WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ━━━━━━━━━━━━━...
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  Why Hiatal Hernia Surgery Fails 16.07.2026 10min

  🩺 Surgery might sound like the obvious fix - but for most hiatal hernia patients, it's not the permanent solution they were promised. Dr. Vikki Petersen breaks down exactly why, and what to do instead. ➡️ Book a Consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ In This Video → Which hiatal hernias actually need surgery - and which don't → The types of surgery and how they differ → Short-term success vs. the long-term reality → Why the rep...
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  5 Signs Your Anxiety Is Actually Your Hiatal Hernia 14.07.2026 18min

  If you've been told your symptoms are "just anxiety" but treatment never fully worked, there may be a physical cause that's been missed. In this video, Dr. Vikki explains how a hiatal hernia can irritate the vagus nerve and produce the exact symptoms we call anxiety - and the five signs that point to your hernia instead of your mind. ➡️ Book a Consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️  What we cover → Why symptoms hit after ...
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  5 Things Making Your Hiatal Hernia Worse 15.06.2026 13min

  If you have a hiatal hernia and you're still suffering despite medication and diet changes, something you're doing every single day may be making it worse. Book a Consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ These aren't unusual triggers. They're completely ordinary habits that nobody has told you are a problem - because most doctors aren't looking at this mechanically. In this video I'm walking you through 5 everyday habits that are directly aggravatin...
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  Acid Reflux: Why it's Worse at Night 15.06.2026 12min

  If your acid reflux is worst at night - waking up with acid coming up, chest pressure, throat burning, or palpitations - you are not imagining it. ➡️ Book a Consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ Root Cause Medical Clinic | Clearwater, FL | Functional Medicine | Telehealth Available Nighttime is mechanically the hardest time for a sliding hiatal hernia, and most patients have never had anyone explain why In this video I'm walking you through exac...
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  Hiatal Hernia & Anxiety: It's Not In Your Head 08.06.2026 13min

  If you have a hiatal hernia and you also struggle with anxiety, unexplained unease, or panic that seems to come out of nowhere - this video is for you. ➡️ Click HERE to Book a Consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ Call us directly: 727-335-0400 It is not in your head. It is not a separate problem. Your gut and your brain are in constant communication through the vagus nerve, and when your hiatal hernia is disrupting that communication, anxiety is...
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  5 Signs Your Hiatal Hernia is Getting Worse 18.05.2026 10min

  Most people with a hiatal hernia are told to manage symptoms. But a hiatal hernia can get worse - and it doesn't have to be getting larger. Functional worsening can happen even when your scan looks the same. ➡️ Book a Consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ Root Cause Medical Clinic | Clearwater, FL | Functional Medicine | Telehealth Available In this video, I'm walking you through 5 specific signs that your sliding hiatal hernia is progressi...
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  5 Myths of Hiatal Hernia 09.05.2026 21min

  Struggling with hiatal hernia and not getting real answers? Book a consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ Root Cause Medical Clinic | Clearwater, FL | Functional Medicine | Telehealth Available If you've been told surgery is your only option — or that you'll be on PPIs forever — there are some things you need to know first. In this video, Dr. Vikki Petersen breaks down 5 of the most common hiatal hernia myths and sets the record straight with resear...
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  Hiatal Hernia: 4 Hidden Symptoms 06.05.2026 28min

  Struggling with acid reflux, bloating, or unexplained symptoms? Book a consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ Root Cause Medical Clinic | Clearwater, FL | Functional Medicine | Telehealth Available If you’re dealing with multiple symptoms like heartburn, shortness of breath, or palpitations and not getting clear answers, you’re not alone. These issues are often treated separately—but may actually share the same root cause. In this episode, ...
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  What You're Not Eating is Keeping You Sick 04.05.2026 15min

  What is the most important step you can take for gut health and preventing disease? It costs you nothing additional to fill this gap in your diet. In the episode, Dr Vikki Petersen explains a critical missing element in the American diet which is setting us up for weight gain, diabetes, cancer risk and depression. We're talking about short chain fatty acids (SCFA) - a type of fat produced in your colon from microbes. They are named: butyrate, propionate and acetate. Benefits? Stabili...
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  Why Bloating Triggers Heart Palpitations 30.04.2026 13min

  Struggling with bloating and heart palpitations? ➡️ Book a consultation: https://rootcausemedicalclinics.com/hiatal-hernia-natural-treatment/ Root Cause Medical Clinic | Clearwater, FL | Functional Medicine | Telehealth Available If you've been told your heart is fine but you're still dealing with palpitations, irregular rhythm, or chest tightness after meals — your heart may not be the problem. Bloating and hiatal hernia can trigger real cardiac symptoms through a connection most doct...