Pain, in conventional medicine is often treated as the enemy, rather than a sign of deeper dysfunction that ought to be explored in order to find and treat the source so that true healing can occur. Treating pain symptomatically is not a zero sum game either. As a matter of fact the toll related to the drug treatment of pain is considerable. In America the number of narcotic drug prescriptions continues to soar with about 200 million prescriptions for narcotics in the opoid group alone dispensed per year. The death toll from accidental overdoses, suicide related overdoses, and interactions with other drugs continue to skyrocket. This applies not only to narcotics, but also to OTC pain killers such as those containing acetaminophen (i.e. Tylenol) and NSAIDS such as ibuprofen (like Motrin and Advil). As a matter of fact one could argue that OTC pain killers are more dangerous in some ways than prescription pain killers with the death toll for acetaminophen and ibuprofen alone above 10,000 each per year and with well over a 100,000 serious side effects reported each year on each of these two OTC drugs.

Shooting the messenger:

Treating pain, which is a symptom, with drugs is in some ways analogous to shooting the messenger. Suppressing a symptom does not make the cause go away. It just forces it underground. Instead, we should be listening to the message and addressing its cause. Inflammation is a common mechanism by which pain is generated. Figuring out what the contributing factors are to inflammation, such as excess acidity levels in the body, certain nutrient deficiencies or toxicities, certain microbes, certain dietary factors, anatomical anomalies and so forth should be central to our efforts to help the individual heal rather than just covering up the symptom.

Integrative medical approach to pain:

Healing pain requires the discovery and resolution of the root cause. In my book: “Heal Thyself – Transform your life, Transform your health”, this concept is laid out in great detail.

Recall Healing:

The root cause of our afflictions associated with pain is often not found in the physical realm, but in the mental and emotional realm. Recall Healing is a modality that is used to discover the underlying conflict(s) that program for the specific disease process causing pain and then to resolve those conflicts. It is based on the premise that disease is a biological solution to unresolved emotional trauma and that healing can only take place when these traumas are brought to consciousness and then cleared.

Segment Therapy

There are wonderful tools available in the integrative medical field to assist in resolving pain without further disturbing physiological balance and contributing to more dysfunction and disease. These include acupuncture, combined with homeopathics (homeopuncture), neural therapy, etc. When combining all these strategies, the term segment therapy is used, and is a very effective treatment strategy for pain associated with dozens of different diseases including arthritis, neuropathies, back and neck disorders, migraines, fibromyalgia, and many others.

Other tools:

Many other wonderful treatment strategies are used in integrative medicine, including herbal, nutritional, homeopathic, PEMF (pulsed electromagnetic field therapy) and bio-oxidative strategies such as hyperbaric oxygen and ozone to help address pain effectively without contributing to more disease formation.

If you are suffering with pain and Inflammation whether from an injury or age related arthritic changes you can try our Pain and inflammation relief package, Arthritis support package or Joint health support package. Clean up your diet by getting on the Green Life Diet which you can find in my book Heal Thyself. You can get these at www.shopqhi.com.

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