Pine Island Chiropractic – Davie, Fl. 33324 - Dr. Carlos Hinojosa - 954-424-1142
Recently I received a review by a patient who lives in the Plantation Florida area, that sparked the interest to put on paper a much needed explanation to clarify a misconception about pain which clouds the understanding of this very important survival tool, gets in the way of addressing the problem and successfully treating the cause of the pain steering the pain victim to look for the ridding of the pain the fastest way possible by the utilization of pain killers, steroidal drugs and prescription medication many times leading to the abuse of these drugs.
First, we must remember that the use of any medication, prescription medication, anti-inflamatiories always have consequences. These are toxins invasive to our bodies poisoning our liver, kidneys and causing negative effects to our bodies. An over the counter painkiller accessible to anyone without a prescription is the major cause for kidney failure to Americans today. There are many people awaiting a Kidney due to this medication that most homes have in their medicine cabinet or desk.
After treating thousands of patients as a Chiropractor for musculo-skeletal conditions in the Davie, Plantation and South Florida area for the past 15 years, and treating people in other states as well, the understanding of pain among the majority of the population is mainly the same. The initial reaction to pain is to get rid of it any way possible instead of interpreting it and find out what its trying to tell us.
Pain can be the result of something as sudden and acute as an auto accident, sports injury or fall to a pain that develops over a period of years due to a deteriorating condition that degrades the affected tissue over a long period of time. This could be the result initially by an accident or fall that doesn’t get corrected and with time, wears out joints and causes pain when the structure is subject to a stress that it cant handle causing inflammation to a tissue or nerve. An example of this could be a pain to the lower back that shows up every 6 months possibly affecting a leg or legs. In this case as the degeneration advances through the years, the pain appears more and more frequently with time. If left untreated and the condition not corrected, the damage to the area can become so severe that there is nothing that can be done and the patient is left with the only alternative to take pain killers to try to cope with the pain. This is a terrible position to be in.
This condition is very important to mention. The toughest job that I have as a Chiropractor is to re-educate the patient and change what they have been taught since they were children basically ridding them of the conception that pain is due to the absence of pain killers in their blood stream. This sounds ridiculous. But basically this is the common conception due to all of the advertising and the TV ads and doctors educating us through the years. How do you change that. This is sounds impossible if you only have a couple of minutes. But fortunately, there are experiences and common sense that I as a Chiropractor can put together for the person with neck pain or back pain sitting in front of me that makes sense and they can understand it.
There are two statements that can summarize why my practice is so successful in treating musculo skeletal conditions and pain where others have failed. Chiropractic and the knowledge of Bio mechanics certainly help. The first is “Use it or Lose it” and the second is a statement and teaching by Hippocrates, the father of Modern Medecine who said “ Look well to the human frame and the spine for the cause of disease” .
Pain is a tool that is inherent and available to all of us to protect our body. Pain tells us to address a problem that exists and that is harming our body causing damage that is potentially harmful and can become irreversible if not addressed. Inflammation usually accompanies pain and is also meant to help us and to rid our bodies of toxins in response to damaged tissue in our body.
If you have pain or experience inflammation or both, you need to find out what is causing the degradation of your body creating the inflammation and pain, and correct this situation. The wrong response is to mask the pain or rid of the inflammation ignoring the problem. Corrections usually don’t happen overnight due to the healing process. But the stage needs to be set. Get evaluated structurally just as you would for your car or bicycle if its not functioning properly. Take of yourself. A life with pain or chronic inflammation is a hard way to live.
Dr. Carlos Hinojosa - Chiropractor
Pine Island Chiropractic
8600 W. State Rd 84
Davie, Fl. 33324
(954) 424-1142
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