Prolotherapy
Pain:It Is Not an Ibuprofen Deficiency
Pain is not, and never
will be, an ibuprofen or any other anti-inflammatory medication
deficiency. If this is true, why are millions of people taking
these medications every day for their chronic pain? Instead of
masking the pain with drugs, why not receive a treatment that stimulates
the body to repair the painful area? Perhaps the reason
for this is because the usual course of events in treating chronic
pain by traditional physicians, pain clinics, and sports rehabilitation
centers is to first treat the pain with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
medications (NSAIDs), then with cortisone shots, eventually progressing
to arthroscopy, and when the painful condition persists, some type
of surgical procedure. This scenario is all too real for many people! (See
Figure 1.) The problem with this approach is that all of
these traditional treatments weaken the body, increasing the likelihood
of future injuries and chronic pain.
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