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say if a pain lasts 6 months, it has become “chronic.” In other
words, the pain is incurable, hopeless. The person will suffer the rest
of his or her life. |
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2.
Doctors use the word “chronic” instead of “incurable”
or “hopeless” because, well, it sounds better! “My doctor
just told me I have chronic pain” sounds better than “my doctor
just told me that my pain is incurable,” or “my pain is hopeless.”
It helps doctors hide the fact that they are lacking in knowledge. Keep
this in mind if your doctor says you have chronic pain. |
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3.The
gloomy prognosis that dooms millions of people to lives of pain really does
spring from a lack of knowledge. I am a physical therapist and have studied
and treated chronic pain for over half a century--since I started work in
1950 at the Institute for Medical Research, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in
Los Angeles. |
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4. I
discovered that the primary cause of chronic pain is contracted tissues
that press on nerves. If contracted tissues occur in the neck and scalp,
doctors call the resulting pain “migraine.”
If contracted tissues occur in the hand and arm, doctors call
the pain “carpal tunnel syndrome.” And, if contracted tissues
occur throughout the body, doctors call it “fibromyalgia.”
It's all contracted tissues that press on nerves. |
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5.
Doctors do not know about contracted tissues--the cause of chronic pain--
because they don’t examine the tissues of people
in pain. Instead, they carefully study x-rays of bones.
They may press or prod here or there–but that’s not really examining
tissues. That’s why doctors are lacking in knowledge–why they
are unable to reverse the condition that causes pain. |
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6.
I developed a method that does reverse the condition that causes chronic
pain. The method is described in great detail in my book. It enables people
in pain to help themselves to once again have healthy bodies free of pain.
Why “self-treatment for chronic pain?” People have
to help themselves! They can’t count on doctors who have already
declared their condition to be hopeless. |
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7.
How many people suffer chronic pain? According to the American Chronic Pain
Association (ACPA) 1 in 3 Americans suffer chronic pain. What a terrible
testament to the inadequacy of the medical establishment. |
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By the
way, I am 78 and have no pain anywhere in my body. In the past, I suffered
pain in my neck, shoulders, arms, back and legs. Pain that doctors called
“chronic.” However, I treated myself in the way I advise others.
The result: for many years I wake in the morning without pain, and go
through the day without pain. I walk with a spring in my step, instead
of hobbling around. If I could do it, so can readers of my book. |
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