Prolotherapy Cures Chronic Pain- Part 1 of 5
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The fact that we call it pain “management” is very unfortunate. In short, most chronic pain is not just manageable, but can actually be totally alleviated using natural means.
This will be a five-post series, in which the main treatment I will share with you is a technique known as prolotherapy. You are probably googling right now. Just so you know, if you read this Mayo Clinic article on prolotherapy, it is deeply flawed. I will critique it in a subsequent part of this series. Today, Mayo Clinic actually endorses prolotherapy. Also, former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop recommends prolotherapy to his patients. Nevertheless, prolotherapy is still not widely known. Strange, but true!
If you look at Wikipedia’s entry on chronic pain, it has a large section for Management. It states: “It is rare to completely achieve absolute and sustained relief of chronic pain.” This is a true statement, but that is only because people fail to find and remove the root cause of their chronic pain. The article goes on to list various ways to deal with the pain. Most of these are pharmaceutical drugs. These drugs may or might not be helpful, and can often be harmful in the long run. Masking symptoms will, by definition, never cure chronic pain. If you are suffering from chronic pain, are on pain killers, and feel sick of wrestling with your pain everyday, place prolotherapy in the back of your mind, should you decide to try something new.
Some Statistics on Pain:
Taken from American Academy of Pain Management
• 50 million Americans live with chronic pain caused by disease, disorder or accident.
• An additional 25 million people suffer acute pain resulting from surgery or accident.
• Approximately two thirds of these individuals in pain have been living with this pain for more than five years
• The most common types of pain include arthritis, lower back, bone/joint pain, muscle pain and fibromyalgia
• in 2000 it was reported that 36 million Americans missed work in the previous year due to pain and that 83 million indicated that pain affected their participation in various activities
And from another source:
• Chronic Pain Costs the American Public $100 Billion Annually
It is very clear that pain “management” is very expensive. The fact that one out of every six people in the USA lives with chronic pain is proof enough that the current state of pain management is not acceptable. If you are about to have a child, can you believe that there is a 17 percent chance that he or she will live with chronic pain, if limited to current popular medical treatments? For a condition that has been plaguing mankind since time immemorial, and has so much money invested in it, our advancement in treatment seems conveniently retarded.
Disclaimer: This article is not medical advice. This is opinion and is for informational purposes only. If seeking medical advice, consult a licensed physician.
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I look forward to reading the next 4 parts of this series. Thanks for your contribution to Take Charge of Your Health Care Carnival.
Thanks Helene. You can follow the links in the article to see the other 4 parts.
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