Natural Pain Relief

Natural pain relief means using treatments and lifestyle strategies that tend to stimulate your body’s inborn healing mechanisms to heal your body itself in order to lessen or get rid of your pain.

Examples of treatments and lifestyle strategies that are effective in relieving pain naturally are chiropractic care, acupuncture, massage therapy, naturopathy, functional medicine, exercising and movement, eating healthy, nutritional supplements, and stress management.

Treatments that provide natural pain relief treat the underlying cause

Most times, treating the underlying cause of your pain makes more sense than covering your pain up with medicine like tylenol or ibuprofen. For example, many headaches are caused by misaligned bones of the spine near the base of the skull. As a result, these misalignments irritate the nerves that travel into the head and cause headaches. In these cases, it would make more sense to get chiropractic adjustments to treat the misaligned bones and nerve tension, which is the underlying cause of these headaches, rather than covering up the symptom with tylenol.

When you correct the underlying cause of your pain, you are more likely to get pain relief and regain your health.

Treatments that provide natural pain relief tend to be more safe and more effective than drugs

In general, natural treatments tend to be safe because they stimulate the body to heal itself. In other words, the body being able to heal itself is a safe and natural process that supports the function and life of the person.

On the other hand, drugs, on the whole, aren’t as safe as natural treatments. Whereas, natural treatments support the natural function of the body, drugs aren’t compatible with the natural chemistry of the body. Therefore, many drugs can be toxic and have many side effects.

Although drugs are needed in cases of acute trauma, acute infections, or end of life care, they fail to address the underlying cause of most health problems which are largely chronic in nature. For example, pain medications like tylenol, ibuprofen, and aspirin can help mask your pain, but fail to solve the underlying cause of your pain.

The following posts explain how you can get natural pain relief and start to live pain free, with more strength, energy, and focus.

Chiropractic Care for Heartburn Relief?

Do you often experience a burning sensation and pain in the centre of your stomach, radiating to your mid-back? Spending your day curled up in pain is far from ideal, and antacids don't always provide the relief you need. You might be wondering if chiropractic care for heartburn relief could be the answer. Understanding the Link Between Chiropractic Care and Heartburn Relief While studies on chiropractic care and heartburn are limited, many patients report finding relief. (1) Chiropractic … [Read more...]

My Stance on Gluten

Do you get heart palpitations? Unexplained tremors? Bloating after eating pizza or pasta? Do you have a skin condition that won’t go away? Do you have generalized muscle and joint pain? All of these symptoms can be related to a gluten intolerance and should be taken seriously. Testing yourself to see if you have gluten intolerance is very important to get healthier and stay healthy. Many of my patients know I take a hard line when it comes to eating gluten. The fact is, I have no … [Read more...]

How to Treat Your Tennis Elbow

Do you get a sharp or aching pain on the outside of your elbow? Has it become hard to grip and pick up things? Has it got so bad that even opening the door is hard? Or maybe you just notice a slight nagging tightness and ache in your elbow while working at your computer? If you answered yes to any of these questions there is a good chance you have tennis elbow. In this article I will discuss some options on how to treat your tennis elbow successfully. Tennis elbow is a common complaint I … [Read more...]