Atlantic Ave Magazine April 2024

HEALTH & BEAUTY | PAIN RELIEF
BY DR. RYAN BAKER
BACK ARTHRITIS ALLEVIATION:
Breakthroughs of
Natural Medicine
Arthritis is commonly known as painful inflammation combined with
stiff joints. But the big question is, why do so many of us end up with
arthritis and can it be avoided? First, let’s understand how it develops.
Arthritis typically starts out as excessive pressure on joints
due to unsupported postures or movements that are not ideal
for the way the body was designed to move. This increase
in joint pressure leads to inflammation at the joint level, which then
leads to pain with movement.
Over time, if this is not corrected the joint cartilage begins to degrade
and wear down. The normal wear-and-tear process that happens
as we age is always going to be there, especially with weight
bearing joints, but the rate or how fast that degenerative change
happens we can influence! A very important part to this is that we
must learn how to move our body well, before moving it often. In
this way we can limit the potential of arthritis developing or progressing
and the extent it affects our daily lives. Beyond our own
awareness of proper movement, it is becoming more and more
prevalent that individuals are seeking natural solutions to their
pain relief with arthritis.
Many have resorted to pain medications, corticosteroid injections,
epidurals and in severe cases, even surgery, but found that
it was not a long-term solution to their pain. With approaches like
this, the main focus tends to be symptomatic relief and not exactly
addressing the root cause, but instead, blocking pain receptors so
one is less aware of the issue. Unfortunately, in many cases the pain
tends to come back, if even achieved at all.
Chiropractors help individuals with arthritic pain by providing
chiropractic adjustments to help facilitate healthy motion into
these joints, that essentially lubricates the joint and can provide
pain relief to movement. Adjustments lower inflammation at the
joint level and as inflammation decreases, pain tends to dissipate
as well. When joint inflammation is significant, more advanced
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therapies like Class IV laser therapy has been found to significantly
reduce swelling and inflammation and achieve pain relief at a much
faster and more effective rate than many other treatment modalities.
It can be a powerful, non-pharmaceutical solution to help reduce
pain without the side effects of medication. For many, this is
still only one piece to the equation.
With chiropractic adjustments to restore healthier joint motion
and mobility and laser therapies to lower inflammation within the
joint then combined with stabilizing the joint with proper movement,
this is a multifaceted approach that can be effective at dealing
with not just back arthritis, but other movement-based aches
and pains for many. Approaches like this typically are administered
over a series of treatments, where sessions build upon the one before
to drive results and progress. The frequency and number of
sessions necessary to achieve pain relief can be different for everybody.
Much depends heavily on the extent of arthritis, how long
it’s been persisting and many other factors that have to be taken
into consideration when developing an effective treatment plan.
Therefore, it is important to consult with a healthcare professional
to determine the best plan of action. Arthritis doesn’t have to be
a hopeless endgame, for many, it is a sign that we need to change,
and given the right tools, it is possible to get back a life without pain
staying in the way.
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