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Chiropractic patients commonly seek out care for an ache or pain. Understandable isn’t it? Patients believe that as soon as their pain is gone, they will be better. The irony is patients do not actually come in because of pain. People in pain become patients when pain starts to prevent them from activities they love to do. Pain becomes a motivator to take action so they can return to a certain quality of life. The wellness revolution is in full swing. As we gain a stronger understanding of human potential we see a tremendous capacity for longevity and the expression of vibrant life. Scientists have discovered isolated populations of people that live extremely long lives without any evidence of disease (120-150 years). Most people will spend more money on their “health” in the last two weeks of their life than they do their entire lives!Dr. Eric Plasker said it best, “Many people spend the first 50 years of their lives ignoring their health while they accumulate wealth, only to spend the next 50 years losing their wealth to buy back their health. Knowing that your longevity potential is 100 years gives you an opportunity to place your health at the top of your value scale.”

Does anybody really want to manage pain? As a society and a human being, wouldn’t we rather understand: 1.Why the pain is there 2. How to fix it at the least amount of cost so that it does not return? Of course! Drugs and surgery are not the answer and Americans are finally starting to see the light. That boat is sinking. For too long the medical community has left people with three choices 1. live with the pain and do nothing 2. Take medication to reduce pain but risk side-effects 3. The last is surgery which can have a high failure rate depending on location. Who wants to bet on those odds? The intent of this article is to identify how the differences in philosophy between medicine and chiropractic have a dramatic effect on outcome. Often medicine “misses the forrest for the trees.” When we look at the metaphysics of medicine vs chiropractic, we discover a vastly different nature of reality. Medicine utilizes a reductionistic model of health. The goal is to break the body down into its parts to be able to understand the whole. For example, they study cells, organs, tissues, biochemistry, physiology, etc… Each is its own branch of science. When a patient comes to a medical doctor with a symptom, the doctor runs tests to see if the body is producing something in excess or if it is deficient. The most common solution is to control the biochemistry with a pharmaceutical drug or perform surgery with the ultimate goal of normalizing the body.

The nature of the Chiropractic model of health is that the body is a self-regulating and self-healing “organism.” We are much more than just a compilation of cells, organs and tissues. We are a thriving, complex and dynamic living being. Our nature cannot be reduced to a double blind randomized control trial. We do not fit into this paradigm because of the complex nature of our existence. We belong in a holistic model and for good reason. The very nature of holism takes into consideration the entire being. Holism looks at the dynamic interaction of the body on a structural (cells, muscles, organs, tissues, nervous system etc…), biochemical (macro and micronutrients, enzymes, cofactors, air quality), and emotional level (thoughts, circumstances of life a.k.a. “stressors”, 2500 words per minute running through our brain telling us who we are and what our potential is.) The health of the human body cannot be broken down merely into systems. One system cannot be considered without taking into account the other. They are one in the same and each system depends equally on the health and function of the other to maintain human life. When each system is doing its job appropriately, would you say that the organism is dying or thriving? Obviously thriving!

The three facets of health (structure, biochemistry and emotions) are interdependent. As stress accumulates on one of the systems, say emotionally, it has a deleterious effect on the body. The emotional stress can actually compromise the integrity of the structure of the musculoskeletal system. Quite often, this shows up in the office as pain. To a medical doctor, the pain is the patients problem. Medicine treats the symptoms. The answer to the M.D. comes in the form of anti-inflammatory drugs and pain killers. Metaphorically, the doctor has just put a band aid on the pain and blown the diagnosis. The doctor has taken the batteries out of the smoke detector and the house is still on fire. Does the patient feel better? Perhaps for a while. Is the problem taken care of? NO WAY! Damages are silently accumulating because the fire is still burning. So the pain comes back and often worse. Their answer is stronger drugs or worse, surgery. Chiropractors treat the cause of the problem. The symptom was pain, however the real issue was emotional stress and more specifically the inability of the body to cope with the stress. There is a cause and effect relationship here. The cause is the emotional stress or disturbance to the nervous system which prevents the patient from coping with the stress. The effect was the pain. The role of the chiropractor is to remove interference from the nervous system so it can neutralize the emotion, cope with the stress, and heal itself. Is it surprising that emotions cause elevated blood pressure or changes to the biochemistry of the body? Not now!

It is the fundamental answer to the confusion associated with chronic pain and it is the title of the article. Pain is NOT your problem! It is not! Pain is an invaluable protective mechanism. It is a symptom which functions to prevent further damage from occurring in the body. Pain only makes up 10% of the nervous system. The majority of the nervous system operates silently and thanklessly. When the health of the body is threatened, pain is there to warn us to “listen up!” Society demands productivity, it is no secret. We have been methodically trained to ignore pain. We learned from an early age that pain equals weakness. Our mothers, fathers, teachers, preachers, coaches and big pharmacy told us to “suck it up, walk it off, be tough, don’t rub it, take an aspirin etc…”

*Whisper* we were LIED to! This is a dirty little secret. We never learned to question the origin of our aches and pains. We were never taught sensory acuity to our bodies. You probably believe it is normal for aches and pains to appear out of the blue sky. This is absolutely not true! These aches and pains only seem random for an externally driven person. The eternal victim and “why me” type of person. The external person blames the state of their heath and their circumstance on bad luck, bad germs and bad genes. When we have aches and pains on the outside, this is a mirror image of what is going on within our bodies. Aches and pains serve as progressive sirens. They warn us to listen up because the health of the system is compromised. The longer you ignore the root cause of the problem, the louder the sirens get. If you suffer from chronic pain, you have struggled with implementation of a proper exercise and nutrition program. You have not taken into consideration how your emotional health and stability influence your physical state. As an externally driven person you have been unaware of these contributions to poor health because nobody has told you. Forgive yourself. More importantly stop feeling sorry for yourself. Because I care about you so much and you deserve to express and experience life at an optimal level pay attention. Take massive action and challenge yourself.

Pain is your wake up call that screams at you to change your life and take control. Pain demands that you exchange your lower level behaviors for ones that serve you better. As you work to isolate the “why” you are in pain, you start the process of deepening your understanding of health. A mind once expanded can never contract to its original size. You cannot unring a bell! The more you embrace the process and take massive action, the stronger and more internally drive you will become. These actions lead to knowledge which, when combined with experience, lead to personal power!

Chiropractic care is an investment in your health. Choosing wellness care over sick and symptom based care is a proactive and preventative action. You can now see how there is no need to wait for the engine to smoke to change the oil in your car. When you consciously shift your paradigm of health and break free from your outdated belief systems which no longer serve you, this is extraordinary action! This is applaudable because it is such a massive shift in thinking. If you join a gym, does the membership card come with 6 pack abs and a tight toned butt? Do they guarantee lower blood pressure for paying your monthly dues? Of course not! A spectacular body and great health take an investment on your part of sweat and participation. You must show up to reap the benefits. You need to put in the work, just like life! You can either be the “observed” or the “observer” and on the inside or the outside. The observed lived consciously and internally. Every practice member within Transformation Chiropractic pays cash for their care. They understand and appreciate that paying for their care is an investment just like training in the gym. People under my care choose to live optimally. They appreciate that life long wellness is a decision. Nobody is forcing them to choose health and vitality. They are educated on the benefits of chiropractic care for prevention. Transformation Chiropractic patients enjoy the journey of wellness. They understand that “wellness” is not a state they can race to. There is no point where you have “made it” because a pinnacle does not exist. There is only one absolute destination in life and that is death. How we choose to utilize the iterim is our human potential. By holding ourselves accountable to the process of achieving this potential, we live internally and practice free will!

Dr. Shaun Stuto is a missoula wellness chiropractor and owner/founder of Transformation Chiropractic. Transformation Chiropractic is a chiropractic wellness center in downtown Missoula, Montana. Visit our site today and learn more about how you can start creating a life of abundant health.

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