Over the years, many of my new clients have come to seeking treatment for their pain. Often times he or she will tell me “I don’t know why I have this pain; I consider my lifestyle to be healthy. I exercise, and eat healthy. I don’t understand why I have this pain, why won’t it go away?” Other new clients have claimed “I had this pain for many (weeks, months or years). I have been taking (Tylenol, Aspirin, Ibuprofen, or Cortisone shot), and I’m sick of it.”
So, here are two groups of new clients, one considers themselves to be practicing a healthy lifestyle, exercising, eating healthy, and not using any prescription drugs. Other groups are the average American, eating the normal Standard American Diet (SAD), work is their exercise, and taking prescription drugs for their illness and pain, is also considered themselves “health”.
These are two different groups, but they have similar reason to seek acupuncture or massage treatment, “I’ve had friend comes to see you and they told me that their pain is gone,” or “I read an article, and it said many claim acupuncture can help cure the pain.” “So, Ray fixes me,” they said.
I’m sorry; I don’t want to burst your bubble or upset you, but I just want to tell you this. Neither acupuncture, nor massage treatment are “Magic”, I cannot make your pain disappear in one or two treatments. Sometimes it might take up four to eight treatments before you feel a little better. It is all depends on your health condition, and your lifestyle (genetic makeup, workload, diet, water intake, and exercise level etc.).
If you are looking for a miracle, then the invention of modern medicine such as Tylenol, Aspirin, Ibuprofen, or Cortisone shots etc are for you. Those pain blockers help temporarily block the nerve communications in your nervous system, so you can continue doing what you’re NOT supposed to do (The movement that cause your injury at the first place). If you take those pain medicines day after day, week after week, your acute pain will become chronic issues and you will not even know it, until many decades later. (But you feel healed due to the absence of pain)
Pain killers are the fast way to stop the pain, but according to WedMD, pain medication also comes with side effects. For example; “Acetaminophen drugs such as Tylenol may cause nausea, rash, and/or liver damage. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Advil, Aleve, and Motrin may cause; upset stomach, heartburn, nausea, allergic reaction, in high doses and long-term use may increase risk of heart attack, stroke, stomach ulcers, and kidney problems. Use prescription anticonvulsant medicines to manage pain it may cause; dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue, headache, confusion, and/or skin rash. The use of prescription corticosteroid medicines may cause nausea vomiting, swelling of hands and feet, increased appetite, increased risk of infection. Long-term use may cause osteoporosis, and cataracts.” These are just a few examples; the list of side effects from different prescription drugs goes on even further.
Every day we spend our time watching the television, reading magazine, and newspapers, you may see prescription drug commercials promoting the wonderful effects of the drug. It is the future, and care of all disease. You could live a normal pain free disease free life. Don’t worry about the side effects; the pharmaceutical company will always take care of you. Just talk to your doctor, he or she always can write you another prescription to control the side-effects.
So, from the day you started taking your first over the counter pain killer for your lower back or neck pain, few years or decades later you might have 4 or 5, maybe even more daily prescriptions to maintain your health.
“After taking pain killers for so many years, I live without pain. Why now, do I feel the pain I’ve missed out on? Understand that the human body has the ability to heal itself and adapt to change. That’s the reason that when you are young, your metabolism is higher. Your body heals fast, so you might only take couple of over the counter pain killers to stop the pain. But when you get older your metabolism slows down. Your body adapted the effects of the pain med over time; therefore, those over the counter pain killers didn’t work as well as before for the some pain. So now you need to use prescription pain medication. After a few years you might find the prescription pain meds didn’t work anymore, so now your doctor recommends you to try cortisone shot. Many years later, the cortisone shot didn’t work anymore, now your doctor might recommend you to do a nerve block surgery. After that, all nerve activity will cease, and you cannot feel in the spot.
You have to understand that there are many reasons for pain; it could be a physical injury such as trauma, an automobile accident, or a serious fall etc. Internal issues such as chronic constipation may cause lower back pain. Early signs of liver problems might cause middle back pain. Pain from left shoulder to the elbow may indicate heart problem. So, besides over use of the muscles, there are many reasons why we feel pain.
I cannot cure your pain because there is no such thing as a cure. “Why is that?” It’s because pain is the language of our body, it is how our body communicates with our brain. If your brain never communicated the sensation of pain to your body, you would never know that you were over working you body, or that anything was wrong. Taking pain killers may help temporary relieve your pain, but it also bring toxin into your system. Decades later, you are seeking alternative treatment for you pain. Now, we are not just working on your pain anymore. We also have to work on other issues; the major difference between alternative treatment and conventional medicine is that alternative treatment treats the body as a whole. When you come to seeking me for help, I need to talk to you, listen to your concerns, your health history, and understand your lifestyle before I can create a treatment plant that fits your needs.
Why does it take a few treatments before you are relieved? During the treatments, we are trying to re-educate the muscles, changing cell memory, just like a chiropractic adjustment, or physical therapy, one treatment at a time redundant. It can take years to develop a problem, and it will take a long time to reverse it. A good healthy, clean diet also is important for your recovery; our bodies need the right macronutrients and micronutrients to heal itself. Also, drink enough water to hydrate the body and flush out the toxins. Daily exercise to strengthen and stretch your muscles can assist improvement to your circulation, and overall health.
So, if you want to try to use alternative treatment for you pain, please be patient……………… AH…….. “Patient” I was not born in the US, I am Chinese and grew up in Hong Kong so English is my second language. My question is that why do the doctor’s call the ill and sick people in their office waiting to be treated called patients (just food for thought)
I am not saying conventional medicine or prescription drugs are bad, I believe if you have pain or feeling ill you should go to see your doctor to receive an appropriate diagnosis. Then talk to your doctor to see the best option for your health condition is. If you are taking any prescription pain meds to temporarily relieve your pain, then remember to drink a lot of water, and learn how to detox your body.
Maintaining a good health is a hard work, if you are looking for a miracle or a quick fix; alternative treatment is not for you. But, if you are ready to change, and would like to live a drug free lifestyle please give me a call to make an appointment, I will be happy to meet with you in the future.
So, here are two groups of new clients, one considers themselves to be practicing a healthy lifestyle, exercising, eating healthy, and not using any prescription drugs. Other groups are the average American, eating the normal Standard American Diet (SAD), work is their exercise, and taking prescription drugs for their illness and pain, is also considered themselves “health”.
These are two different groups, but they have similar reason to seek acupuncture or massage treatment, “I’ve had friend comes to see you and they told me that their pain is gone,” or “I read an article, and it said many claim acupuncture can help cure the pain.” “So, Ray fixes me,” they said.
I’m sorry; I don’t want to burst your bubble or upset you, but I just want to tell you this. Neither acupuncture, nor massage treatment are “Magic”, I cannot make your pain disappear in one or two treatments. Sometimes it might take up four to eight treatments before you feel a little better. It is all depends on your health condition, and your lifestyle (genetic makeup, workload, diet, water intake, and exercise level etc.).
If you are looking for a miracle, then the invention of modern medicine such as Tylenol, Aspirin, Ibuprofen, or Cortisone shots etc are for you. Those pain blockers help temporarily block the nerve communications in your nervous system, so you can continue doing what you’re NOT supposed to do (The movement that cause your injury at the first place). If you take those pain medicines day after day, week after week, your acute pain will become chronic issues and you will not even know it, until many decades later. (But you feel healed due to the absence of pain)
Pain killers are the fast way to stop the pain, but according to WedMD, pain medication also comes with side effects. For example; “Acetaminophen drugs such as Tylenol may cause nausea, rash, and/or liver damage. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Advil, Aleve, and Motrin may cause; upset stomach, heartburn, nausea, allergic reaction, in high doses and long-term use may increase risk of heart attack, stroke, stomach ulcers, and kidney problems. Use prescription anticonvulsant medicines to manage pain it may cause; dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue, headache, confusion, and/or skin rash. The use of prescription corticosteroid medicines may cause nausea vomiting, swelling of hands and feet, increased appetite, increased risk of infection. Long-term use may cause osteoporosis, and cataracts.” These are just a few examples; the list of side effects from different prescription drugs goes on even further.
Every day we spend our time watching the television, reading magazine, and newspapers, you may see prescription drug commercials promoting the wonderful effects of the drug. It is the future, and care of all disease. You could live a normal pain free disease free life. Don’t worry about the side effects; the pharmaceutical company will always take care of you. Just talk to your doctor, he or she always can write you another prescription to control the side-effects.
So, from the day you started taking your first over the counter pain killer for your lower back or neck pain, few years or decades later you might have 4 or 5, maybe even more daily prescriptions to maintain your health.
“After taking pain killers for so many years, I live without pain. Why now, do I feel the pain I’ve missed out on? Understand that the human body has the ability to heal itself and adapt to change. That’s the reason that when you are young, your metabolism is higher. Your body heals fast, so you might only take couple of over the counter pain killers to stop the pain. But when you get older your metabolism slows down. Your body adapted the effects of the pain med over time; therefore, those over the counter pain killers didn’t work as well as before for the some pain. So now you need to use prescription pain medication. After a few years you might find the prescription pain meds didn’t work anymore, so now your doctor recommends you to try cortisone shot. Many years later, the cortisone shot didn’t work anymore, now your doctor might recommend you to do a nerve block surgery. After that, all nerve activity will cease, and you cannot feel in the spot.
You have to understand that there are many reasons for pain; it could be a physical injury such as trauma, an automobile accident, or a serious fall etc. Internal issues such as chronic constipation may cause lower back pain. Early signs of liver problems might cause middle back pain. Pain from left shoulder to the elbow may indicate heart problem. So, besides over use of the muscles, there are many reasons why we feel pain.
I cannot cure your pain because there is no such thing as a cure. “Why is that?” It’s because pain is the language of our body, it is how our body communicates with our brain. If your brain never communicated the sensation of pain to your body, you would never know that you were over working you body, or that anything was wrong. Taking pain killers may help temporary relieve your pain, but it also bring toxin into your system. Decades later, you are seeking alternative treatment for you pain. Now, we are not just working on your pain anymore. We also have to work on other issues; the major difference between alternative treatment and conventional medicine is that alternative treatment treats the body as a whole. When you come to seeking me for help, I need to talk to you, listen to your concerns, your health history, and understand your lifestyle before I can create a treatment plant that fits your needs.
Why does it take a few treatments before you are relieved? During the treatments, we are trying to re-educate the muscles, changing cell memory, just like a chiropractic adjustment, or physical therapy, one treatment at a time redundant. It can take years to develop a problem, and it will take a long time to reverse it. A good healthy, clean diet also is important for your recovery; our bodies need the right macronutrients and micronutrients to heal itself. Also, drink enough water to hydrate the body and flush out the toxins. Daily exercise to strengthen and stretch your muscles can assist improvement to your circulation, and overall health.
So, if you want to try to use alternative treatment for you pain, please be patient……………… AH…….. “Patient” I was not born in the US, I am Chinese and grew up in Hong Kong so English is my second language. My question is that why do the doctor’s call the ill and sick people in their office waiting to be treated called patients (just food for thought)
I am not saying conventional medicine or prescription drugs are bad, I believe if you have pain or feeling ill you should go to see your doctor to receive an appropriate diagnosis. Then talk to your doctor to see the best option for your health condition is. If you are taking any prescription pain meds to temporarily relieve your pain, then remember to drink a lot of water, and learn how to detox your body.
Maintaining a good health is a hard work, if you are looking for a miracle or a quick fix; alternative treatment is not for you. But, if you are ready to change, and would like to live a drug free lifestyle please give me a call to make an appointment, I will be happy to meet with you in the future.
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