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Arthritis Pain
My Experience with Arthritis PainMartial Arts have taken a toll on my body. I have been involved in constant training for so many years that parts of my body have experienced degeneration comparable to someone literally twice my age. I am 35, but I have injured many areas of my body...I have had broken ribs… Dozens of muscle, ligament, and tendon injuries… Trauma, contusions, and bruises from falls, throws, kicks, punches and other blunt forces to my body… I have been stabbed and cut in weapons training… Dozens of back injuries… Several dental injuries and lost a few teeth… Extensive foot injuries and fractures… Torn meniscus in my right knee TWICE… Separated my right shoulder TWICE… I have completely destroyed my right hand and wrist requiring extensive reconstructive surgeries… The list goes on and on. I have developed arthritis is my right hand recently. I thought it might become a problem for me and it did for some time. I was confident that although the diagnosis was not good, I could alleviate all the pain through constant usage and avoiding any fear of the condition. This was the same approach I used to combat my back pain, so it made sense to try it for my arthritis as well. It took a few months, but my pain DID END. Once the arthritis pain was convinced that I would not allow it to gain control over me, it gave up and left, never to return. This is the power of knowledge therapy. It can over ride the powerful diagnostic nocebo effect and banish pain forever. I have used it time and time again to become a stronger and healthier person. Knowledge therapy has literally saved my life… Recommendation on Arthritis PainOdds are that you have not damaged your body the same way I have damaged mine. Very few people (luckily) have the same attitude of ”mind over body” and ”that which does not kill us makes us stronger”. Martial arts have been my greatest love, as well as my greatest physical oppressor. That is no doubt…I have been diagnosed as having severe arthritic change in several areas of my body. At first, doctors were surprised that I was not in pain constantly. They warned that pain was imminent. Well it has been quite some time and I feel better than ever. I do not fear arthritis pain and I do not expect that it will cause me any great suffering in life. I understand the facts of the condition as well as the circumstances of my own physical condition. I am at risk for arthritis, but undaunted by the prospect of the pain. My belief is that this alone will keep me functioning normally well into old age. The strength of the mind and knowledge of the realities of this condition will prevent almost any patient from suffering under the tyrannical pain of arthritis. It is simply a matter of overcoming the perception that this condition is guaranteed to cause pain. The reality is that most cases of arthritis cause pain through the same measures as all the other psychosomatic pain syndromes …psychological suggestion, nocebo effect and oxygen deprivation.
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