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Back Pain Prescription
The most common back pain prescription involves enrolling the patient in a long term regimen of often poorly conceived therapies. Most patients go to their care provider hoping to discover the cause of their pain and find a real cure for their agonizing symptoms. Statistically, more patients may win the lottery than ever find this seemingly impossible to achieve dream of eliminating their
chronic back pain…
Doctor’s Back Pain Prescription* The first case is when a patient is diagnosed with a particular spinal abnormality which is blamed for their pain. The patient is most commonly both relieved at understanding why they have pain, but also nervous that a structural cause is present. It is almost unheard of for a patient to question a medical diagnosis when it comes to back pain, even though the majority of diagnosed conditions are rarely problematic and are most typically NOT the actual cause of pain. * The second scenario is when no physical reason for the pain is discovered, but the doctor uses some non-specific term to literally CREATE a diagnosis. Most often, the diagnosis is “muscle sprain”, “muscle imbalance”, “unstable posture” or some other less than specific conclusion. These diagnoses are not verifiable in many cases and amount to little more than saying “your back hurts…” Back Pain Prescription TreatmentRegardless of the conclusion as to why the pain is present, most patients will begin a long journey of treatment hoping to cure their misery. Some will recover quickly and never know how lucky they truly are. Most will not be so fortunate…The majority of patients will endure a series of conservative treatments which are not likely to permanently resolve their pain. Some therapies will be moderately effective, but short lived in their pain relief. Some will be less effective and some might even make the back pain symptoms worse. Patients begin to lose hope after 3 or 4 unsuccessful treatment modalities have been abandoned, but DON’T FEAR, doctors have plenty of other options for you to try!!! While the patient suffers, the cash register is ringing. The back pain industry is HUGE BUSINE$$ and makes care providers RICH. This is no secret, but I just like to make it PERFECTLY CLEAR as a reminder of the motivation behind your care prescription... Drastic Back Pain PrescriptionPatients will often tire of getting nowhere in their quest for permanent relief. They will typically move from doctor to doctor looking for better results, but find nothing except further frustration and pain. Patients often blame the unsuccessful therapies on their doctors, but never question their original back pain diagnosis. It really never ceases to amaze me that a patient will consider a doctor’s treatment skills to be a sham, but still give that doctor all the credit in the world for making a perfect and accurate diagnosis! IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL!!!Patients will usually descend into progressively more invasive treatment options and will commonly finally face inevitable back surgery. Of all treatments, surgery is considered to be a last resort, yet demonstrates horrific results for resolving chronic back pain. If patients only knew that surgery was unlikely to help them and very likely to make them worse, they would NEVER agree to go under the knife… Ideal Back Pain PrescriptionThe research is crystal clear when it comes to back pain. Patients who DO NOT seek medical care at all recover faster and better than patients who do. This is an appalling statistic and should be the shame of every doctor working in the back care sector. Why is medical treatment known to worsen and perpetuate at least as many pain syndromes as it cures?The answer is simple. The best back pain prescription a doctor can make for many patients is simply NOT TO WORRY about the pain. Tell the patient IT WILL PASS. Reassure them "YOU ARE OK". Stop scaring them. Stop making them fear the worst. Stop perpetuating the myths of illogical spinal causations, when diagnostic tests show that these conditions are not usually responsible for the pain. Just stop it already! Doctors love to treat. Treatment is their business. Treatment should continue until the cause is eliminated or the patient’s bank account or insurance coverage is depleted. Often, the only treatment a patient needs is simple reassurance to enact a speedy and permanent recovery. Is this treatment ever offered? RARELY. Why is that? Well I can think of 1 main reason… $$$ Back Pain Prescription RecommendationThis article is not an attack. It is not aimed at every patient or every back doctor. It is directed at chronic pain patients who have been misled and misdiagnosed with a variety of ever changing treatment-resistant conditions which have enslaved them into a life of medical servitude and fear. It is also directed at the doctors who have enslaved these poor souls and refuse to set them free, while profiting all the while at the expense of human suffering.How do I know this is happening everyday, all over the world, ad nauseum? It happened to me. It is happening to thousands of patients who write their stories and send them to me. It is revolting and the medical community acknowledges the problem, but does not fix it. Doctors continue to treat, treat, treat and TREAT, but almost NEVER CURE… Why do we allow it? PS… To all the doctors who are currently writing the hate mail to send me… This article probably does not apply to you. If it did, you would not be the type to care enough to write a letter anyway. You would be too busy counting your MONEY. Save the letter and help me make a change… You know the abuses exist. Someone has to stand up and fight for those patients who are wrongfully oppressed. If I will not do it, then who will? Will you?
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