Chronic Pain

A recent new patient has reminded me that many people consider their chronic pain as hopeless or even worse as normal. A frequent source of chronic pain are the muscles, joints, ligaments, and tendons of the body. Once these areas are injured, they often heal with a greater concentration of nerves in the tissue. That makes them more sensitive than normal tissue. Healing of these parts called "soft tissues" is seldom perfect but in many cases it is very far from what could even be considered good. The degree to which this tissue becomes more normal again is the degree to which it will be stronger and produce less pain.

Fortunately, with appropriate chiropractic care, these tissues can be stimulated to remodel further towards normal. This will result in better mobility and less pain. In fact, that recent patient who had been believing her condition mostly hopeless was pleased to report (and I was pleased to hear) that she was feeling almost normal again after just a few weeks of treatment!