Rewiring Chronic Illnesses: How Amanda Wentland’s ICS and Oral Swab Testing Are Redefining Functional Healing
When the System Fails You, Rewrite the Code
For Amanda Plevell, PhD, MSCN, CNHP, CNS, healing began in a wheelchair.
Once a vibrant artist and musician, Amanda never intended to become a clinician, much less a pioneer of a radical new healing approach.
But when chronic illness left her body failing and her legs immobile, survival required more than willpower. It demanded innovation.
"I was told I might never walk again, but I believed in something deeper: the body wants to heal," Amanda shared.
She didn't just recover; she rebuilt her life, her method, and an entire paradigm for healing.
Out of this transformation came the birth of ANMC (Advanced Nutrition and Lifestyle Management Clinic), a practice and platform dedicated to bridging the gap between holistic care and functional, trauma-informed healing.
At the core of ANMC is the NeuroGenic Method, a revolutionary approach developed by Amanda herself. This trauma-informed system doesn’t just treat symptoms—it decodes the nervous system at its root.
Through her signature Initial Consult Screening (ICS) and a unique oral swab assessment, Amanda has helped thousands of clients and now trains other practitioners to do the same.
This is how she went from decoding her own body to founding ANMC and creating a replicable system for complex healing that’s changing lives worldwide.
The Why: A Journey That Started with Pain
Amanda’s path into healthcare wasn’t planned. As a child, she had a natural instinct to care, rescuing animals and creating healing environments in plastic buckets. But it wasn’t until illness took over her own body that she began the deep dive into healing.
"I fell into education because I was trying to fix myself. Then people began asking for help," Amanda recalled.
Those early requests led to workshops, small group sessions, and eventually full client rosters. As Amanda healed, she accumulated credentials:
PhD in Natural Medicine
Doctorate in Clinical Naturopathy
MS in Clinical Nutrition with a specialization in Trauma Nutrition
Certified Brain Health Practitioner (Amen Clinics)
Certified Lyme Specialist and Nutrition Specialist
Her story from patient to pioneer is more than just inspiring. It’s instructional.
The Method: What Makes NeuroGenic Healing Different
Amanda’s NeuroGenic Method is built around one foundational insight: chronic illness is often the result of misrecorded experiences in the nervous system.
"Neurogenic means the illness originates in the nervous system. It’s not just physical,it’s emotional, energetic, experiential," Amanda explained.
The nervous system constantly asks, “Am I safe or not safe? ”
Every experience, taste, sound, and emotion is encoded as part of that answer.
When past trauma gets linked to an everyday input, like a food or sound, the body misfires.
Case in point: Amanda once worked with a woman who had a life-altering wheat allergy. But the root cause wasn’t gluten—it was a traumatic incident in a wheat field during a church confirmation. Once the emotional imprint was decoupled from the wheat, the allergy dissipated.
“It’s not magic. It’s neurology,” Amanda emphasized.
Her method doesn’t force the body. It supports it in remembering how to heal.
The Innovation: What ICS + Oral Swabs Reveal That Blood Work Misses
Conventional medicine relies heavily on blood tests. But Amanda saw the limitations firsthand.
"Blood tests show what's available in the blood at that moment. They miss tissue-level imbalances, energetic patterns, and the ‘why’ behind symptoms," she explained.
That’s why she created the Initial Consult Screening (ICS)—a streamlined, comprehensive intake that combines
Her proprietary oral swab analysis
Trauma-informed intake forms
A functional wellness scorecard
The result? A precise, actionable blueprint.
“ICS lets us see inflammation, cellular function, and emotional history in one cohesive view,” Amanda said. “It’s about showing the client, ‘Your body isn’t broken. It’s responding to something.”
The oral swab offers a less invasive, more comprehensive approach to lab work, aligning with Amanda’s philosophy of supporting rather than pressuring the body.
And it’s scalable—trained ICS practitioners can deliver this care across the country via telehealth.
The Transformation: Real Results From Real People
Amanda’s method isn’t theory—it’s practice.
One client—a construction worker with severe IBD—was experiencing over 20 episodes of diarrhea daily. "Two weeks into the protocol, he called and said, ‘You changed my life,’" Amanda shared.
Another client, suffering from Sjogren’s syndrome and debilitating dry mouth, finally healed when Amanda helped her decode the language of her subconscious:
She said, “It’s a difficult pill to swallow when I have to do everything myself.” That phrase alone was the clue. Her nervous system had linked her dry mouth with the trauma of abandonment.
This kind of transformation isn’t rare,it’s the norm.
And Amanda makes it replicable.
The Legacy: Training a New Generation of Practitioners
Today, Amanda doesn’t just work with clients one-on-one—she trains others in her method.
Through ANMC’s Practitioner Protocol, she teaches clinicians how to:
Decode subconscious patterns
Apply oral swab assessments.
Use the ICS to build personalized, neurogenic protocols.
“What I tell my trainees is, don’t stress about building a system. Pay attention to what you say most often to clients. That’s your method, hidden in plain sight,” Amanda advised.
With over 26 books, many of which originated as client handouts or recovery downloads, Amanda has created a body of work that educates and empowers.
Books That Became Blueprints
Amanda’s written legacy is as powerful as her clinical work.
“I wrote my first three books while in a wheelchair. My muscles didn’t work, but my mind still did,” Amanda shared.
Too ill to type, she dictated thoughts into a voice recorder. Even when her jaw barely moved, she was determined to share what she was learning.
Among her published works:
The Genesis Code — a foundational exploration of how generational experiences and coding influence health outcomes.
The Healed, The Healer, and the Healing — more than a book, it's an interactive technique to help unlock healing through subconscious work.
I Speak Symptom — her latest and most beloved, a practical guide to decoding what symptoms are trying to communicate.
Much of her writing began as personalized guides for clients. “It wasn’t planned. I just wanted to make health understandable,” Amanda explained.
And many of the books, she says, felt like divine downloads—information that came through her, not from her.
From Wheelchair to Wellness: A Testament to Possibility
Amanda’s personal transformation is more than a miracle—it’s a mission.
“If I was told I was never going to walk again and I had been in a wheelchair, to the point where I am now obviously walking, nothing is impossible. Nothing,” Amanda said.
This mindset is the heartbeat of ANMC’s mission: to make functional, trauma-informed, neurogenic healing accessible—and to reframe what’s possible in healthcare.
Every test. Every client. Every training. It all flows from this belief: that healing is not only possible—it is the body’s default when given the right environment.
Amanda’s journey is proof.
The ANMC Vision: Redefining the Future of Healing
At the heart of ANMC lies a revolutionary vision, to create a healthcare system where trauma-informed, neurogenic healing becomes the gold standard for treating chronic illness.
ANMC exists to shift the paradigm:
From managing symptoms to understanding root causes
From fragmented care to integrated, intuitive healing
From clinical detachment to compassionate, story-based medicine
Their mission is bold but clear: empower the body’s natural intelligence to heal itself by decoding the nervous system, honoring personal experiences, and designing individualized, non-invasive protocols.
Amanda’s leadership is proof that when practitioners are taught to see the story behind the symptom, true healing becomes possible. With every trained provider, every ICS assessment, and every restored client, ANMC builds a new blueprint for what healthcare can and should be.
This isn’t alternative medicine. It’s advanced healing.
What Wellness Professionals Need to Hear
Amanda’s journey offers vital lessons for anyone in the health space:
Do not deal with reality. Create it.
Symptoms are clues, not enemies.
The nervous system drives everything don’t ignore it.
Oral swabs reveal what blood panels miss.
Healing is personal. Protocols must be, too.
What’s Next for ANMC
Amanda is scaling ANMC’s reach through:
Practitioner training and certification
Digital content based on her books and case studies
Expanded telehealth access nationwide
Her vision: a new healthcare model where nervous system regulation is the cornerstone of chronic illness care.
Final Reflection: Healing Is Not Linear, But It’s Always Possible
Amanda Wentland didn’t just walk again—she walked into her calling.
From a wheelchair-bound visionary to a nationally sought-after practitioner and teacher, Amanda’s story is a reminder that healing starts with understanding. And that understanding starts with listening to the body, to the nervous system, to the words we don’t even know we’re saying.
“Your cells are not against you. They are growing toward health. You just have to stop feeding them misinformation,” Amanda explained.
In a world flooded with diagnostics and disconnected care, Amanda’s work is a powerful reminder:
Healing is not a formula. It’s a language. And she’s teaching us how to speak it.
Learn more about ANMC’s ICS Assessment and training at [https://www.anmcholistichealth.com/]
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