And What You SHOULD Do to Make Your Pain Go Away

The Top 5 Mistakes People Make When Trying to Become

Pain Free

The human body can suffer two types of pain:

• Acute Pain—normal sensation triggered in the nervous system to alert you to possible injury and the need to take care of yourself.

• Chronic Pain—pain that persists. Pain signals keep firing in the nervous system for weeks, months, even years.

Acute pain goes away once the injury is fully healed.

Chronic pain persists, however, and common complaints include:

• Low back pain• Arthritis pain• Headache• Cancer pain• Neurogenic pain (pain resulting from damage to the

peripheral nerves or to the central nervous system itself)

• Psychogenic pain (pain not due to past disease or injury or any visible sign of damage inside or outside the nervous system).

In their efforts to try to alleviate chronic pain, many sufferers make five

common mistakes.

Mistake 1—They basically take out stock in heating pad companies

In other words, they treat their areas of

pain with lots of heat. Heat does—

• Relax muscles• Stimulate blood flow• Relax spasms• Soothe sore muscles

Heat can be applied either locally or systemically.

Local heat is applied to a specific area with a:• hot water bottle• heating pad• moist heat (hot, damp towel)• heat wraps Systemic heat raises your overall body temperature:• hot bath or shower• sauna• steam bath

Unfortunately, heat is

generally not effective in

treating chronic pain.

Using heat therapy is not a substitute for a medical evaluation and treatment.

Mistake 2—They think surgery is the ONLY answer to fixing chronic pain

Our doctors at Pivotal Health prefer to avoid surgery until other treatments have

been tried.

Surgery may provide initial pain relief, but can cause other problems:

• It could permanently damage the patient's ability to perceive other sensations such as light touches or temperature changes.

• Surgery has also been known to cause new, and different pains to occur.

• Surgery often doesn’t address the root causes of the pain.

Mistake 3—They think that prescription medicines can fix anything

Often, sufferers can temporarily make the pain go away, but there are

other problems with using medications long-term.

Problems with pain prescriptions include:

• Most of the drugs necessary to treat long-term pain are opioids, which can be highly addictive.

• Long-time users develop a drug tolerance, requiring higher and higher doses.

• Can cause hyperalgesia, which is an increased sensitivity to pain.

• Doesn’t address the root cause of the pain.

Mistake 4—They think they will just have to learn to live with the pain

Sadly, people with chronic pain are generally very unhappy people

Often short-tempered and impatient because the constant pain wears them

down and saps their energy.

They often isolate themselves because it is easier to stay at

home and do nothing than to

aggravate the pain while putting on a "social" mask to

meet with friends.

Studies have shown that

people in chronic pain are more

likely to become depressed.

Pain doesn’t have to be a life sentence!

Mistake 5–They go to a chiropractor, but only get "regular" adjustments

They think that eventually their regular adjustments will make the

pain go away.

Most chiropractors simply are not trained to handle chronic pain.

Instead of making those mistakes, there are several solutions that chronic pain

sufferers can choose instead.

Solution 1—Investigate alternative methods for treating chronic pain

• Acupuncture• Localized electrical stimulation• Brain stimulation• Psychotherapy• Relaxation therapies• Biofeedback• Behavior modification• Structured exercise• Physical therapy• Dietary changes

Solution 2—Find a chiropractor that is Chiropractic BioPhysics trained.

Chiropractic BioPhysics (CBP) is a combination of chiropractic and physical therapy procedures that specifically help

with chronic pain.

A CBP trained chiropractor is also trained in trigger point therapy and

massage.

Trigger points are places in muscles with tight bands of muscle fibers that are very

susceptible to irritation.

When first manipulated, the trigger point will replicate the pain the patient feels, but if manipulation continues, often the pain is

reduced or completely resolved.

Solution 3—Call Pivotal Health Physical MedicinePivotal Health Physical Medicine’s CBP trained doctors offer premier medical care in Charlotte County, FL. We specialize in helping patients alleviate their chronic pain. We have an integrated team of medical professionals that are totally invested in making sure each patient has a positive long-term outcome.

We are experts at treating and alleviating chronic pain. In addition to being CBP

trained, we also incorporate many targeted alternative methods for treating chronic

pain into treatment plans that we’ve seen work time and time again for patients!

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