"This isn't my child."
It's a phrase I hear often in my practice. A parent sitting across from me, exhausted and heartbroken, describing a child who was perfectly fine — and then wasn't.
Sleep disappeared. Rages came out of nowhere. Food restrictions, severe anxiety, OCD — behaviors that seemed to just appear. And at the center of the nightmare are parents who know, with every fiber of their being, that this isn’t their dear, sweet child. And they want their child back.
So do I.
What changed? In many cases, the answer is strep. And for many families, Biomagnetic Therapy has been the answer they couldn't find anywhere else.
Strep (streptococcus) isn't confined to the throat. It can show up anywhere in the body, causing a wide range of symptoms — from sudden rage and anxiety to joint pain, skin rashes, digestive issues, sleep disturbances, and more. And it frequently goes undiagnosed, because the acute symptoms fade — the sore throat clears, the fever breaks — and then stranger symptoms begin appearing that seem completely unrelated.
This isn't something most conventional medicine is equipped to identify. Standard strep tests check for active infection in the throat. They aren't designed to find strep that has migrated, gone dormant, or taken up residence somewhere else in the body. So, tests come back negative, and parents are told everything looks fine. But you know it doesn't.
Strep is naturally found in the body, and bodily trauma like injuries, concussions, dental procedures, and other triggers like illness can allow it to spread.
What does that look like?
In my practice, I’m increasingly seeing strep present as:
If you're reading this and nodding, you're not alone.
I am currently working with an 11-year-old boy who was a perfectly healthy, happy child until age three or four, when he was diagnosed with strep multiple times in quick succession. Repeated rounds of antibiotics almost certainly took a toll on his gut, which is likely part of the picture. Today he struggles with OCD, sleep issues, and rage that is completely out of character for him. His mother drives over an hour each way to bring him to me.
"This isn't my child," she told me.
This is PANDAS — Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections. It occurs when a strep infection triggers an autoimmune response that affects the brain, causing a sudden onset of symptoms that can include OCD, severe anxiety, emotional dysregulation, tics, sleep disturbances, food restrictions, and personality changes that seem to appear out of nowhere.
But I can tell he's in there. He loves coming to my office, and he's steadily making progress.
When he walks in, I see glimpses of the boy his mother describes starting to emerge.
Strep is highly contagious, and families often pass it back and forth without knowing it, especially when it's not presenting as a classic sore throat. By the time one child shows behavioral or physical symptoms, other family members may be carrying it too. Treating the whole family is often the key to lasting results.
Recently, a mother brought in her three daughters — ages 6 (twins) and 9 — after they began experiencing a range of concerning symptoms. The 9-year-old was having severe sleep issues with nightmares, waking the family multiple times a night. One 6-year-old was experiencing rage so severe she couldn't get through a school day without incident. Her twin sister had become extremely sad, wasn't eating, and complained of constant stomach aches.
After just one session treating all three girls for multiple strains of strep and other imbalances, the mother texted me the next day:
"Everyone slept through the night….magic!"
Three days later: "Oldest daughter has slept through the night for 3 nights in a row! 'D' has come home off the bus with no rage!"
After a second session, the results continued. The 9-year-old told her mother she slept "more amazing than I ever have." The twin who had been so sad woke up "very, very happy" and was eating again.
And then there's Rita, whose daughter has been one of my clients. Here's what she shared recently:
"Biomagnetism has been such a huge help for my daughter. We've done multiple sessions focused on strep bacteria, and each time we've noticed significant improvement — in emotional regulation, mood, digestive complaints, and sleep. What used to be multiple night wakings has turned into consistent, full nights of restful sleep. As a parent, you're always looking for what truly makes a difference, and biomagnetic therapy is the one thing we've stayed consistent with because it genuinely works."
Rita also came to see me for herself. She had been experiencing numbness in her arm, disturbed sleep, and eye floaters. I placed magnets for strep. She texted me days later to say all three symptoms were gone.
A mother and daughter, both carrying strep. Both finding their way back to themselves.
This is why I do this work. Not just to address symptoms, but to help families come home to each other.
Every week, parents come into my office asking: "What's THE thing that’s causing these symptoms in my child?"
It's never just ONE thing.
We've been conditioned by traditional medicine to search for a single diagnosis. But our bodies don’t operate in isolation. What's really happening is a tipping point — too much inflammation, too many stressors piling up. The immune system is on overload, and the symptoms are the body's way of signaling it's becoming too much.
Maybe it's strep that pushed things over the edge. Maybe there's also underlying and lingering COVID or Lyme disease, mold exposure, or emotional stress from a new school or a difficult transition. It's all burden on the body. All of it, together, creating the perfect storm.
The good news? With Biomagnetic Therapy, it doesn't matter which combination of factors is at play. We let the body lead.
Parents often ask me: how does this actually work?
We are electromagnetic beings. Our hearts generate electrical signals measured by an EKG. Our brains produce activity captured by an EEG. MRI machines use our body's magnetic properties to create images. When our electromagnetic field becomes disrupted by pathogens — viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi — or by trauma and stress, Biomagnetic Therapy uses therapeutic-grade magnets to restore balance.
I place magnets at specific locations on the body in pairs, creating polarity between two points and bringing the body back to a neutral, balanced state. Once the environment is no longer hospitable, the body begins to detoxify naturally.
How do I know what's present in your body?
Your body tells me. Using muscle testing, also known as applied kinesiology, or dowsing, I receive direct feedback from your body's innate intelligence. Every session is completely individualized. We work through the layers — multiple strains of strep, PANDAS, EBV, Lyme, gut pathogens — whatever the body is calling for. As those layers are addressed, symptoms associated with a wide range of conditions often begin to improve.
If you've been told the tests are normal but you know something is wrong, trust that instinct.
If your child is experiencing concerning symptoms and you can't explain it, trust that, too.
Strep may be part of the picture. And there may be other answers you haven't been offered yet. You don't have to keep searching alone.
I offer in-person and remote sessions for both children and adults. To learn more or to book an appointment, call (603) 402-9134 or email info@nhhealthwellness.com.
Karen Cerato, OT, RMT, BMP is one of the most highly trained and advanced biomagnetic practitioners in the U.S. She has been successfully addressing many symptoms for clients with four wide-ranging biomagnetic protocols, including Lyme Magnetic Protocol (LMP) and Post-COVID protocol by Joan Randall of Integrative Wellness, Biomagnetic Pair Therapy by Dr. Luis Garcia, and Emotion Protocol by Janelle Elyse of INDRA. Karen works with clients of all ages, both in-person and remotely all around the country.
