Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis can easily cause crippling arthritis especially in women. A woman can go to bed fine and wake up not able to fully move an elbow for example. Traditional medications such as methotrexate, plaquenil and prednisone can cause injury to liver, eyes, and bones respectively. Another option is for the person with rheumatoid arthritis to have a comprehensive natural medicine to try and get at the root cause of the condition. A good work up for someone with rheumatoid arthritis would look like the following:
Nova 8 panel
Diet Typing
Mycoplasma testing
Lyme Disease testing
Fungus testing
ALCAT for food/chemical sensitivity
Metabolic Profile
Adrenal Stress Index
Comprehensive Hormone Testing
The underlying physiology would then be corrected. A natural medicine program for the condition could look like the following:
Hypoallergenic dietm, Antibiotic, Antifungal, DHEA, Cortisol,
Testosterone, Progesterone, Supervits without iron, Osteocare,
Enzyme Max, Aloe Vera Juice, Bromelaine, Prolo Max
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More On Arthritis
There is an epidemic of people suffering from chronic pain. We believe part of the reason is incorrect diagnosis. Very seldom do we find that arthritis itself, is the cause of the pain in sufferers. It is estimated that 15% of the U.S. population has arthritis, with prevalence being about 50% over the age of 65 and only 5% under the age of 44.
Part of the problem is that medical technology has taken over the role of the medical touch. It used to be that doctors would touch patients to make a diagnosis, especially in regards to pain. Today it's very common for people in pain to get an extensive array of X-Rays to show some abnormality. The problem is that often the abnormality is causing the problem.
Did you know that up to 50% of asymptotic people have abnormalities on MRI scans, including herniated discs. The most important thing a doctor could do for you, when you go in for an office visit, is to reproduce your pain. Yep, that's right, that doctor or chiropractor ought to be pokin' around until you down right hurt! We believe, in our practice, if you can reproduce someone's pain in the office, then the pain can be relieved.
Generally chronic pain stems from the soft tissue structures of the body, such as ligaments and tendons. It is reasonable, if you have not had a trial of chiropractic manipulation, to give this a try. Vertebral subluxation or improper positioning of the vertebrae can cause pain. Any physician or chiropractor who is skilled in manipulation can provide you relief and this may be a good place to start.
You should also make sure that you have proper nutrition, as this will be necessary to help the soft tissues heal and the manipulation to hold. For an unknown reason, some folks are slow to heal when they injure tissue. You may not know it, but everybody is injuring tissue all the time. Just our daily activities of working, running around, or mowing the grass causes some injury of soft tissues. Our muscles get strained and ligaments and tendons become weak over time. We use Prolotherapy to encourage these to heal.
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