Inflammation Can Kill You

Schillinger Chiropractic & Wellness Center

Dear Patients & Friends,

The health care industry has been stating for years that "inflammation" is the root bio-chemical cause of pain and degeneration of all tissue types (cardiovascular, muscular, bone, etc.). I define the word inflammation as a tissue's intelligent chemical reaction to mental or physical stress. Inflammatory reactions in our body, like muscle or nerve pain is the body's way of saying that something is wrong.

When inflammation is uncontrollable, it can eventually kill a person depending on the location of the problem. For example, when a pancreas has been chronically inflamed by alcohol, the prognosis is often death.

When patients tell me about their symptoms, I sometimes use the chart in each treatment room to show them that the three most important goals of chiropractic care for curing structural problems is:

1. reduce inflammation
2. restore normal range of motion, without pain
3. prevent future flare-ups and degeneration (ex: arthritis) with wellness care

Don't Make the Inflammation Worse

Pain relieving medication can be helpful in the short run, but it does not address the underlying cause of the problem. The goal of all health care procedures should be focused on curing and preventing the problem form returning. Currently, most conventional health care treatments are focused on pain relief only.

Unfortunately, during treatment, some patients continue to engage in the same activities that caused the inflammation, thinking that the chiropractic treatments, exercises, massage therapy and supplements will cure them. The truth is, if you give your body a chance to heal itself with natural therapies, most of the time, it will efficiently do so.

Chiropractors use this term "innate intelligence" to illustrate that the body and mind can, and almost always will, do the right things to heal itself. The problem is that so many patients want the instant gratification of instant healing.

I have learned from my own countless structural problems, that my "innate intelligence" knows how long my body needs to resolve the issue.

Try This

When I'm treating your structural issues, I usually recommend topical anti-inflammatories like Biofreeze or supplements, like PTI, which stands for Pain, Trauma, Inflammation. This is a mixture of herbs (valerian, willow bark, passion flower, etc.), vitamins (B3 & B6) and minerals (calcium, magnesium, etc.)

Like any supplement, PTI may work miracles, it may do nothing, and it may do something in-between these two extremes. The only way to see what works is for you to try different remedies. Once you discover the ones that work for you, use them to treat AND prevent inflammation.

Most importantly, STOP doing the activities that caused the inflammation in the first place!

In health,

Dr. Mark

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