Hi,
I agree with many who've posted - detox would be a very good thing, as well as going to a skilled rolfer.
So detox means getting off anything processed - I would advise doing this slowly, because otherwise, it can leave him feeling worse, rather than better.
Also, get him to a very, very good bodyworker - your average massage therapist will not do. Rolfing would be the best option. I'm an ex-massage therapist myself, and have seen firsthand how some symptoms that baffle modern medicine are actually related to muscular imbalance. If he's at a desk all day or at a computer, there may indeed be nerve compression somewhere.
But I would also look at his diet and clean that up.
I don't think a psychic intervention is called for (and that's coming from my current area of expertise ...). I'm sure there's some energetic root cause, because everything is related, but this issue needs to be addressed in the physical.
No matter, by the way, if your bf isn't into the "funky-woo-woo" - Rolfing has a very sound anatomical foundation, and I don't think eating less processed food would be too "out there," either.
Best of luck and blessings,
Andrea
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