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Chronic Pain Comments By Bernard
• Contains Several Sections •
Table of Contents
Section 1: Medical Exam for People-In-Pain (What’s Missing?)
Section 2: NEWS
FLASH!
FDA APPROVES ELI LILLY’S CYMBALTA FOR
“TREATMENT” OF FIBROMYALGIA
Section 4: Black Box Warnings for Over-The-Counter Pain-Relievers
Section 5: CHONDROMALACIA. Oops! I meant.... OSTEOARTHRITIS!
Section 6: A Conversation Bernard Would
Love to Have
Or;
Dr. Klippel, Come Back!
Section 7: The Hocus
Pocus of Phoney Diseases
An Example:
The Mayo Clinic and “Osteoarthritis”Part
1
Section 8: The Hocus Pocus of Phoney Diseases
An Example:
The Mayo Clinic and “Osteoarthritis”Part
2
Section 9: Inflammation is Degeneration....
Section 10: Pain Is Your Friend
Section 11: Pain Relievers Are Your Enemies
Section 12: Medical Mistreatment of Chronic Pain -Overview-
Section 13 Medical Mistreatment of Chronic
Pain
”Carpal Tunnel Syndrome”
Section 14 Proper
Treatment of Chronic Pain
”Carpal Tunnel Syndrome”
Section 15 Medical
Mistreatment of Chronic Pain
“Thoracic Outlet Syndrome”
Part 1
Section 17 Doctors Know Zero
Section 18 Two Symbols That Imply Knowledge
and Request Deference
Section 19 Knee Pain FTH: (Frequently The Hamstrings)
Medical Exam for People-In-Pain (What’s Missing?)
When people-in-pain go to doctors to learn what’s wrong
with their bodies---something very important is always
missing from the Medical Exam. Can you guess what‘s always
missing?
Scroll Down to find: What’s Missing!
The Medical Exam for a Painful Knee. (What’s Missing?)
You have a painful knee. You go to a doctor. The doctor asks where you
hurt and for how long. The doctor may press here or there. The doctor
orders an X-ray. What’s missing?
The doctor didn’t examine your tissues! (An X-ray examines
bones, not tissues. Pressing here or there may cause pain here or there--it
doesn’t examine tissues or explain why you hurt
when pressed.) Tissues make up the bulk of our bodies. If your tissues
were not carefully examined, you did not receive a proper examination.
The Medical Exam for a Painful Hand. (What’s Missing?)
You have a painful hand. You go to a doctor. The doctor asks where you
hurt and for how long. The doctor may press here or there. The doctor
orders an X-ray and perhaps electric probes with needles to check “nerve
speed.” What’s missing?
The doctor didn’t examine your tissues! (An X-ray examines
bones, not tissues. Pressing here or there may cause pain here or there--it
doesn’t examine tissues or explain why you hurt
when pressed. Electric probes to check “nerve speed” doesn’t
examine tissues.) Tissues make up the bulk of our bodies. If
your tissues were not carefully examined, you did not
receive a proper examination.
The Medical Exam for a Painful Neck. (What’s missing?)
You have a painful neck. You go to a doctor. The doctor asks where you
hurt and for how long. The doctor may press here or there. The doctor
orders an X-ray. What’s missing?
The doctor didn’t examine your tissues! (An X-ray examines
bones, not tissues. Pressing here or there may cause pain here or there--it
doesn’t examine tissues or explain why you hurt
when pressed.) Tissues make up the bulk of our bodies. If your tissues
were not carefully examined, you did not receive a proper examination.
(I apologize for all the repetition of "how doctors perform their exams of people in pain." However, people in pain need to understand that wherever they hurt, doctors continually miss the most important part of a physical exam! As you scroll down, do you agree?)
The Medical Exam for a Painful Shoulder. (What’s Missing?)
You have a painful shoulder. You go to a doctor. The doctor asks where
you hurt and for how long. The doctor may press here or there. The doctor
orders an X-ray. What’s missing?
The doctor didn’t examine your tissues! (An X-ray examines
bones, not tissues. Pressing here or there may cause pain here or there--it
doesn’t examine tissues or explain why you hurt
when pressed.) Tissues make up the bulk of our bodies. If your tissues
were not carefully examined, you did not receive a proper examination.
The Medical Exam If You Hurt All Over. (What’s Missing?)
You hurt all over. You go to a doctor. The doctor asks where you hurt
and for how long. The doctor may press here or there. The doctor orders
an X-ray. What’s missing?
The doctor didn’t examine your tissues! (An X-ray examines
bones, not tissues. Pressing here or there may cause pain here or there--it
doesn’t examine tissues or explain why you hurt
when pressed.) Tissues make up the bulk of our bodies. If your tissues
were not carefully examined, you did not receive a proper examination.
The Medical Exam If Your Head Hurts. (What’s Missing?)
Your head hurts. You go to a doctor. The doctor asks where you hurt and
for how long. The doctor asks what kind of foods you eat. The doctor orders
an X-ray. What’s missing?
The doctor didn’t examine your tissues! (An X-ray examines
bones, not tissues. Asking what kind of foods you eat doesn’t examine
tissues.) Tissues make up the bulk of our bodies. If your tissues were
not carefully examined, you did not receive a proper examination.
The Medical Exam If Your Foot Hurts. (What’s Missing?)
Your foot hurts. You go to a doctor. The doctor asks where you hurt and
for how long. The doctor may press here or there. The doctor orders an
X-ray. What’s missing?
The doctor didn’t examine your tissues! (An X-ray examines
bones, not tissues. Pressing here or there may cause pain here or there--it
doesn’t examine tissues or explain why you hurt
when pressed.) Tissues make up the bulk of our bodies. If your tissues
were not carefully examined, you did not receive a proper examination.
The Medical Exam If Your Back Hurts. (What’s Missing?)
Your back hurts. You go to a doctor. The doctor asks where you hurt and
for how long. The doctor may press here or there. The doctor orders an
X-ray. What’s missing?
The doctor didn’t examine your tissues! (An X-ray examines
bones, not tissues. Pressing here or there may cause pain here or there--it
doesn’t examine tissues or explain why you hurt
when pressed.) Tissues make up the bulk of our bodies. If your tissues
were not carefully examined, you did not receive a proper examination.
The Medical Exam If Your Hip Hurts. (What’s Missing?)
Your hip hurts. You go to a doctor. The doctor asks where you hurt and
for how long. The doctor may press here or there. The doctor orders an
X-ray. What’s missing?
The doctor didn’t examine your tissues! (An X-ray examines
bones, not tissues. Pressing here or there may cause pain here or there--it
doesn’t examine tissues or explain why you hurt
when pressed.) Tissues make up the bulk of our bodies. If your tissues
were not carefully examined, you did not receive a proper examination.
The Medical Exam If Your Jaw Hurts. (What’s Missing?)
Your jaw hurts. You go to a doctor. The doctor asks where you hurt and
for how long. The doctor may press here or there. The doctor orders an
X-ray. What’s missing?
The doctor didn’t examine your tissues! (An X-ray examines
bones, not tissues. Pressing here or there may cause pain here or there--it
doesn’t examine tissues or explain why you hurt
when pressed.) Tissues make up the bulk of our bodies. If your tissues
were not carefully examined, you did not receive a proper examination.
The Medical Exam If Your Elbow Hurts. (What’s Missing?)
Your elbow hurts. You go to a doctor. The doctor asks where you hurt and
for how long. The doctor may press here or there. The doctor orders an
X-ray. What’s missing?
The doctor didn’t examine your tissues! (An X-ray examines
bones, not tissues. Pressing here or there may cause pain here or there--it
doesn’t examine tissues or explain why you hurt
when pressed.) Tissues make up the bulk of our bodies. If your tissues
were not carefully examined, you did not receive a proper examination.
I graduated from Loma Linda School of Physical Therapy in 1957--that’s
50 years ago. I discovered that the primary cause of chronic pain is contracted
tissues that press on nerves.
You can’t count on doctors to examine and treat your tissues-- you
must learn to do it yourself if you want to free yourself of chronic pain.
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NEWS FLASH!
FDA APPROVES ELI LILLY’S CYMBALTA FOR
“TREATMENT” OF FIBROMYALGIA
A few comments:
1. Eli Lilly previously pleaded guilty to a criminal count of violating
the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act by off-label marketing of another
of its drugs. It paid $36 million in fines in connection with its illegal
promotion of its pharmaceutical drug Evista.
--Do you trust what this company now says about off-lable Cymbalta?
2. The FDA approval for Cymbalta was based on “clinical trials”
that included a very small number of participants (only 874) for a very
short test period (only three months!).
--Do you trust the FDA for approving a drug with such a small
number of participants for such a short test period?
3. In the trial, Cymbalta was compared with a placebo (sugar pills) and
the “results” were minimal. Keep in mind the drug doesn’t
“treat” fibromyalgia, it is designed to produce psychogenic
changes.
--Do you want to take a drug that fools around with your brain?
4. Cymbalta is an antidepressant that can have horrendous side-effects,
such as liver damage that can lead to death, and thoughts of suicide that
can lead to actual suicide. It can also cause a myriad number of extremely
unpleasant side-effects such as “worsening of depression symptoms,
unusual changes in behavior, anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, difficulty
sleeping, irritability, hostility, aggressiveness, impulsivity, restlessness,
or extreme hyperactivity.” And once you have started to take the
drug, you can have a devil of a time trying to get off of it.
--Do you think its worth all these risks to take a drug that doesn’t
treat fibromyalgia?
..................................................
(Section 3)
Did your doctor diagnose your pain as “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,”
or “RSI” (Repetitive Strain Injury) or “Tendinitis?”
If so, did he or she carefully and thoroughly examine
the tissues of your neck, shoulder, arm, forearm and hand? If not, you
did not receive a proper examination.
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(Section 4)
Black Box Warnings for Over-The-Counter Pain-Relievers
You might think that “Black Box Warnings” for over-the-counter pain relieving drugs such as: Aleve, Ibuprofin, Advil and Tylenol are meant to protect the consumers of these dangerous drugs. However, the warnings are really designed to protect the manufacturers! Here’s how it works:
If you have the patience and fortitude to attempt to wade through the
mountain of mind-numbing details of the Black Box Warnings of these pain-relievers,
you will discover the key words that are skillfully imbedded somewhere
in there: “do not take longer than 10 days.”
People with “Chronic Pain” need something for more than 10
days. So, if they die, or develop serious health problems--too bad for
them--they were warned by the Black Box Warnings to not take the drug
for more than 10 days! Thanks to the Black Box Warnings you can
no longer sue Drug Companies if their products kill or harm you.
See how it works?
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CHONDROMALACIA. Oops! I meant.... OSTEOARTHRITIS!
Ever heard of “Chondromalacia?” That’s
the medical term for degeneration of cartilage.
Ever heard of “Osteoarthritis?” That’s
the medical term for degeneration of cartilage.
Degeneration of cartilage has two names! “Chondromalacia”
is the name doctors use among themselves. “Osteoarthritis”
is a phoney name doctors and drug companies cooked up
to market us for their services and products. (“Osteoarthritis”
fraudulently uses the marketing buzz-word: “arthritis.”) Both
“osteoarthritis” and “chondromalacia” refer to
“degeneration of cartilage”--neither refer to “arthritis.”
Arthritis is inflammation of a joint, and these
words don’t purport to mean that.
It turns out that we have all been duped! Osteoarthritis isn’t
arthritis after all! It simply means degeneration of cartilage.
It has nothing to do with arthritis! It was designed to deceive, and has
proven to be immensely successful.
By the way, degeneration of cartilage is relatively rare. The pain and
tightness doctors say is caused by “osteoarthritis” is really
caused by tissue dysfunction. Doctors don’t know about tissue dysfunction
because they don’t examine the tissues of their patients.
Think about that the next time you hear “osteoarthritis is the most
common form of arthritis.”
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A Conversation Bernard Would Love to Have
Or;
Dr. Klippel, Come Back!
John H. Klippel, MD, is the President/CEO of The Arthritis Foundation. Bernard would love to have a conversation with him. It might go something like this fictional dialogue below:
Bernard: Dr. Klippel, thank you so much for a moment
of your time.
Dr. Klippel: I am very busy, being the President/Ceo
of the Arthritis Foundation--make it quick.
Bernard: I am just a country physical therapist, and
you are a learned doctor, an arthritis specialist, so I would appreciate
if you could explain a few things about arthritis.
Dr. Klippel: Fire away!
Bernard: First of all, what is “arthritis?”
Dr. Klippel: That’s simple enough! I would have
thought a physical therapist would already know that “arthritis
is inflammation of a joint.” Everybody knows that.
Bernard: What’s “osteoarthritis?”
Dr. Klippel: Osteoarthritis is degeneration of cartilage.
Bernard: Wait a minute, wait a minute! You said that
arthritis is inflammation. So, how can degeneration
be arthritis? Are you saying that inflamation is the
same as degeneration? That doesn’t make sense.
Dr. Klippel: Your time is up. I’ve got to go! (Exits
and slams door!)
Bernard: Dr. Klippel, come back! I’ve got more
questions. Say... didn’t I see you on the Larry King Show talking
about the benefits of taking daily doses of VIOXX?
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The Hocus Pocus of Phoney Diseases
An Example:
The Mayo Clinic and “Osteoarthritis”
Part 1
In order to sell us services and products to the fullest extent possible,
doctors and drug companies “create” a disease--when the disease
doesn’t really exist. Once the phoney disease has been
created, and the public is convinced it is real,”Docs and Drugs”
can then reap huge rewards by marketing it to us for all kinds of things--endlessly.
The flock is ready to be fleeced.
Get how it works? They “create” a disease, then sell us stuff
for it.
A perfect example is “osteoarthritis.” Everyone
is convinced there is an arthritis called osteoarthritis. When our bodies
are stiff and painful, we believe doctors when they tell us we have osteoarthritis.
When they say osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, we
believe them. When they replace our joints with mechanical ones because
of “osteoarthritis,” we allow them to do this, and pay handsomely
for their services. And on and on and on.....
Truth is, there isn’t an arthritis called osteoarthritis. Its a
phony disease-- a twisting of words and meanings--a medical hocus pocus.
The disease “doesn’t wear clothes.” We have all been
duped!
The pain and stiffness doctors call osteoarthritis is caused by tight
and contracted tissues outside our joints. Doctors
are unaware of this because they don’t examine the tissues of people-in-pain.
The Mayo Clinic is a prestigious medical center of the highest quality.
Yet, even it perpetrates medical hocus pocus. If you visit its website:
MayoClinic.com and navigate to “Osteoarthritis,” you find:
“Definition: Osteoarthritis, sometimes called degenerative
joint disease or osteoarthrosis, is the most common form of arthritis.
Osteoarthritis occurs when cartilage in your joints wears down over time.”
This is medical hocus pocus--a collection of terms craftily created to
confuse and misinform. “Cartilage wearing down over time”
is not arthritis. (Arthritis is inflammation
of a joint.) The proper term for “cartilage wearing down”
is “chondromalacia.” But, chondromalacia does not contain
the hocus pocus disease marketing buzz word of “arthritis”
that “Docs and Drugs” need to sell us stuff, so they changed
“chondromalacia” into “osteoarthritis.”
Voila! A phoney disease has been created. Countless millions believe
they “have it” and are paying tons of money to Docs and Drugs.
The flock is being fleeced.
The Hocus Pocus of Phoney Diseases
An Example:
The Mayo Clinic and “Osteoarthritis”
Part 2
Doctors have come to believe the hocus pocus of the phoney disease,
“osteoarthritis” because their minds are locked into a limited
examination method.
For an example of how this locked in mind-set works, let’s once
again visit MayoClinic.com and navigate to “Osteoarthritis Tests
and Diagnosis.”
Here we find: “If your doctor suspects you have osteoarthritis,
he or she will examine your affected joint and ask you questions about
your joint pain. To better understand the cause of your pain, he or she
may also recommend:
• X-rays
• Blood tests
• Joint fluid analysis
• Examining the joint with a tiny camera."
You see, except for blood tests, everything at the Mayo Clinic is limited
to examining the joints of their patients. Doctors at the Mayo
Clinic, as demonstrated by their website, do not examine the tissues
of patients “suspected of having osteoarthritis.”
Keep in mind that the symptoms of (so-called) osteoarthritis are pain
and stiffness. These are classic symptoms of tissue dysfunction occurring
outside of joints.
Until doctors, including doctors at the Mayo Clinic, begin to
carefully examine the tissues of patients-in-pain, they will remain locked
into the mythology they created.
Inflammation is Degeneration....
Inflammation is degeneration; degeneration is inflammation.
Black is white; white is black.
Apples are oranges; oranges are apples.
Up is down; down is up.
In is out; out is in.
In other words, words no longer have meaning.
At least, this is the case when doctors say
"osteoarthritis" is arthritis. (See my blog Chondromalacia/Osteoarthritis
September 3, 2008)
Pain Is Your Friend
Mother Nature provides you with a very important alarm signal that tells
you when something in your body needs fixing. The alarm signal
is your friend--without it you wouldn’t know that something
needs to be fixed. The name we give to that very important alarm signal
is “pain.” When the alarm signal goes off for an extended
period, doctors call it: “Chronic Pain.”
The primary cause of chronic pain is contracted tissues that press on
nerves. Tissues contract when physical and emotional stress turns
inward. Doctors don’t know about contracted tissues because they
don’t examine the tissues of people-in-pain.
Because they don’t know about contracted tissues, doctors
don’t know how to respond to that very important alarm signal. The
result is that millions of people suffer chronic pain.
Pain Relievers Are Your Enemies
Mother Nature provides us with a very important alarm signal (its called
“pain”) that tells us when something in our bodies needs fixing.
We should listen to the very important alarm signal and
fix what needs to be fixed. Our bodies will become healthy, and the very
important alarm signal will no longer be needed. Pain will go away and
stay away.
We shouldn’t interfere with that very important alarm signal by
dosing ourselves with “pain relievers.” When we hear a fire
alarm, we don’t try to “relieve” it--we put out the
fire. When we go to a dentist with a painful tooth, the dentist does not
overwhelm us with pain relievers, she fixes the cause of pain.
The result: no more pain.
The primary cause of chronic pain is contracted tissues that press on
nerves. Proper treatment is to normalize the contracted tissues.
Improper treatment is to attempt to relieve the very important
alarm signal that is warning us that something is wrong.
Pain relievers, doctor-prescribed or over-the-counter ones such
as Aleve, Ibuprofin, Advil, Tylenol and all the rest, are your enemies.
They interfere with the alarm signal that Mother Nature, in her wisdom,
gave us.
Medical Mistreatment of Chronic Pain
-Overview-
The primary cause of chronic pain is contracted tissues that press on
nerves. Doctors are unaware of this because they don’t examine the
tissues of patients-in-pain. When you boil it down, doctors are very limited
in what they provide patients suffering chronic pain. These are: drugs,
surgery... and mechanical and electronic devices. None of these
normalize contracted tissues.
Medical Mistreatment of Chronic Pain
”Carpal Tunnel Syndrome”
When the tissues of the neck, back, chest, shoulder, arm, forearm
and hand become contracted, they produce many symptoms, including
pain--and cause a multitude of severe problems, neurologic and vascular,
in the affected areas. Keep in mind this is extensive tissue dysfunction:
from the neck down to the fingers.
When doctors become obsessed with one tiny area of dysfunction,
a strip of tissue at the palm of the hand--they ignore the many symptoms
occurring throughout the extensive area of dysfunction and simply call
the problem: “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.”
Medical mistreatment is to cut into that tiny area beyond the wrist. Surgical
intrusion may reduce some of the symptoms there--but the hand
is never healthy again--and isn’t able to function the way it used
to.
Meanwhile, the multitude of problems occurring throughout the
extensive areas of tissue dysfunction have not been addressed. As time
goes on, these become more and more severe--along with the chronic pain
of these recipients of medical mistreatment.
Proper Treatment of Chronic Pain
”Carpal Tunnel Syndrome”
50 years of treating chronic pain has taught me that it is essential
to examine (I call it “explore”) and normalize all
dysfunctioning tissue, to enable an individual to become healthy and free
of pain. Tissue dysfunction is global in nature. If tissues in one area
of the body become contracted, it is inevitable that tissues in other
areas are also contracted.
To focus attention on dysfunctioning tissues in one area and call it “Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome,” while ignoring another area that someone calls
“Thoracic Outlet Syndrome” and yet another area that someone
calls “Tennis Elbow” (and so on) is not proper treatment--it
is mistreatment. All areas have to be treated and normalized.
In order to carefully examine/explore tissues, one must actually touch
them... with the fingers. Looking at an X-ray of bones does not
carefully examine tissues. Poking at tissues here and there does not carefully
examine them.
In addition to touching tissues in order to examine them, I have found
that a connecting agent must be used to determine the exact character
of dysfunctioning tissues. Without it, fingers are blind; with it, variations
of tissue systems (skin, fascia, muscles and ligaments) can be determined.
Lotion acts as an appropriate connecting agent.
If the tissues of the neck, back, chest, shoulder, arm, forearm
and hand become contracted, then all of these tissues
have to be carefully examined/explored and normalized. This takes more
than one session. However, when finally achieved, the individual is once
again healthy, and his/her chronic pain is a thing of the past.
Unfortunately, doctors don’t have the necessary skills to
properly examine and normalize dysfunctioning tissues. People-in-pain
have to learn how to help themselves out of their chronic pain.
(Section 15)
Medical Mistreatment of Chronic Pain
“Thoracic Outlet Syndrome”
Part 1
The nerves of your arm and hand start... at your neck.
They make their way from your neck, out to your chest, pass through your
armpit, into your shoulder, down your arm, forearm and finally
to your fingers. Your nerves travel a long distance and pass through a
lot of tissues!
Any or all of the tissues along their pathway may become
contracted. When this happens, they squeeze the nerves
(and blood vessels that accompany them) causing pain, numbness and a host
of other symptoms.
Doctors give names to the symptoms at the areas of pain flare-ups,
and ignore symptoms that occur elsewhere. For example, if symptoms
occur where the nerves go out to your chest, doctors focus their attention
there and call it “Thoracic Outlet Syndrome” and
ignore symptoms occurring elsewhere.
If doctors focus their attention on symptoms occurring at your
shoulder, they call it “Rotator Cuff Syndrome”
and ignore symptoms occurring elsewhere.
If doctors focus their attention on symptoms occurring at your elbow,
they call it “Tennis Elbow” and ignore
symptoms occurring elsewhere.
If doctors focus their attention on symptoms occurring on your hand, they
call it “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome” and ignore
symptoms occurring elsewhere.
Doctors don’t understand the global nature of tissue dysfunction
because they don’t examine the tissues of patients-in-pain. The
result is Medical Mistreatment of chronic pain.
Medical Mistreatment of Chronic Pain
“Thoracic Outlet Syndrome”
Part 2
Or;
“Knuckle-heads Remove Healthy Ribs and Collar Bones”
Doctors who remove healthy ribs and collar bones, while not addressing the unhealthy contracted tissues that are the real cause of pain, are “knuckle-heads.” It doesn’t matter if they wear white coats and drag around stethoscopes-- a knuckle-head is a knuckle-head.
These misguided individuals don’t understand that contracted tissues
(skin, fascia, muscles, ligaments) squeeze nerves and blood vessels, causing
the pain and other symptoms up and down the arm that are given names such
as Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Rotator Cuff Syndrome and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
If a doctor wants to saw off your collar bone or one of your ribs,
ask him or her to please carefully examine the tissues of your
neck, back, chest, shoulder, arm, forearm and hand. If you are told it
would take too much time--or that he or she doesn’t know how to
do so, then you will have to learn how to do it yourself, if you want
to avoid mutilation and life-long pain.
Doctors Know Zero
Doctors know Zero about tissue dysfunction, the
primary cause of chronic pain. Yes, they wear white coats. And,
yes, they examine X-rays of bones of patients-in-pain. But, no, they
don’t examine the tissues of patients-in-pain.
That’s why doctors know Zero about chronic pain.
Two Symbols That Imply Knowledge
and Request Deference
There are two symbols that doctors use to imply knowledge and request
deference from their patients:
1. A white coat.
2. A prescription pad.
These symbols are not appropriate for doctors whose patients suffer
“Chronic Pain.”
Knee Pain
FTH: (Frequently The Hamstrings)
Doctors attempt to treat knee pain with pain-killing drugs, surgery
and the replacement of natural joints with mechanical ones. However,
knee pain is frequently caused by contracted tissues outside the knee
joint. The pain is referred to the inside of the joint. Although the
sufferer can swear the pain is inside the joint, it actually radiates
from exterior tissues.
Knee pain is frequently caused by dysfunctioning Hamstrings. These are
the muscles and associated tissues that bend our knees. Hamstrings are
often contracted, thickened and fibrotic. I believe Hamstrings become
severely affected because we spend so much time sitting with our knees
bent for extended periods. This prolonged “bent position” sets
the Hamstrings up for development of tissue dysfunction.
As the years roll on, Hamstrings become more and more dysfunctional.
I suspect that dysfunctional Hamstrings, ignored by doctors, lead to
large numbers of unnecessary knee replacements.