What is Chronic Pain?
Chronic pain and overall body inflammation are at the root of any disease process, especially so in cases of pain. Inflammation is one of the main causative factors of disease. Chronic pain suffers can rarely get off pain medications until the inflammation is resolved. While inflammation is a protective mechanism, hanging around for too long after the healing process has completed will lead to scar tissue and inflammation remaining. This creates ‘congestion’ in the system which perpetuates the pain and inflammation, preventing the body from returning to a state of wellness.
How is chronic pain diagnosed?
Pain is varied in experience and can be stemming from several different etiological conditions. The whole person must be taken into consideration and evaluated to properly address the root cause as quickly and effectively as possible. Chronic pain can be sharp or shooting, dull or sharp. It can occur in the bones, nerves, or tissues. It can be in the pelvis, abdomen, back, or joints. Chronic pain can take many forms.
Folks in pain can expect to feel sore when waking up with tight muscles, headaches, popping sounds in the joints, inability to touch ones’ toes, back aches, numbness, etc. These all stem from lack of circulation and blood flow, too much scar tissue, and inflammation in and around the ‘bull’s-eye’ areas of pain. Over time, scar tissue and adhesions that have formed from longstanding inflammation become ‘glue or cement’ like in the body prohibiting proper circulation.