CHRONIC PAIN

Despite tremendous advances in modern medicine, chronic pain continues to skyrocket.

How could this be?

In general, the medical community has focused on temporary, symptomatic relief, instead of the cause of many medical conditions.

Have you ever wondered why this is the case?

The problem, typical of most rehabilitation today, is that the average therapist and physician thinks that the absence of pain or a certain measurement of restored degrees in a particular range of motion = recovery...it DOES NOT!

Whenever we are injured, we experience pain. According to Dr. Vladimir Janda, “Pain reprograms the nervous system faster and more effectively than any therapeutic modality we have!” As a means of survival, the body always seeks to avoid pain, and move toward, or gain pleasure.

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