Natural Pain Relief Part II – What Works?
The benefits of using natural pain relief, in place of opioid narcotics, such as OxyContin - include no toxic side effects, and the collateral enhancement of related functions to that which is being targeted by the natural, holistic treatment.
Natural pain relief treatments share a common purpose in that they are all interventions designed to invigorate and strengthen natural body functions, as a means to enabling the body to overcome painful disorders of both body and mind.
Although most natural methods for healing have been known about for centuries, in many ways, since the end of the two world wars, there has been a “Dark Age” for natural healing - cast into the shade by the aggressive promotion of proprietary drug medications, and as a spin off from that – a lucrative world wide drug trade, for “recreational use”.
Natural healing is now making a comeback, and is widely sought after, due to the limitations, and side effects of prescription drugs. Increasingly, practitioners of natural healing and pain relief are obtaining certification so that people can make an informed choice as between allopathic and holistic healing methods.
Doctors of Chiropractic treat pain caused by musculo-skeletal disorders both natural, and as a result of trauma. Chiropractors treat the whole person, dealing with orthopaedic and neurological irregularities, often providing instant pain relief, increased strength and flexibility to joints, that have otherwise been treated as a cause of chronic pain and medicated.
Improvements to posture as a result of chiropractic intervention often bring improvements to digestion, breathing, a reduction of pain related tension, and tension related pain – creating an enhanced sense of well being.
Chiropractic healing is safe for both adults and children.
The relatively new science of Trigenics combines three treatment techniques to deal with acute and chronic spinal pain. With no drugs or surgery, and using state of the art x-rays, thermography, orthopaedic and neurological testing, practitioners obtain a clinical picture of the injury site and using a manipulative technique that involves soft tissue therapy with resisted exercise, to relieve pain, restores functionality and brings healing.
Trigenics naturally reprograms the brain’s response to pain, so that what ever the cause of the injury, pain can be diminished.
Clinical pilates is a form of structured pilates exercise, designed to bring about release of tension and pain relief with movement and exercise.
Yoga is an ancient spiritual, meditative practice, involving body postures. Yoga has for many years become secularized, and focused upon overcoming pain and related tension in the body and mind, by using meditative mental control and extreme relaxation techniques.
Massage of a remedial kind will often incorporate muscle, tendon and ligament massage so as to relieve acute symtoms of pain.
Similar to remedial massage is remedial myofascial release techniques that involve manipulation of the connective tissues.
Natural pain relief in childbirth means no risk to the child of toxic side effects, natural pain relief for children means no drug toxicity to impair growth and mental development, and the risk of death. Natural remedies are essentially “gentle” with the body.
One of the most comprehensive approaches to recovery of health and pain relief is the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture. Because acupuncture taps into sources of mental and physical energy – for most people acupuncture brings great relief.
Effective natural treatments for pain often have some “negative” side effects that are really the beginning of healing. The effects are temporary, and will subside as the body and mind come more into balance. Understanding that pain often needs to be expressed and its causes treated before good health can be restored is a fundamental principle of natural healing.
Using drugs to maintain an appearance of health often contributes to the maintenance of “sick” conditions in the body, disturbances of the mind.
Abuse of drugs is one of the many causes of chronic pain, stress and deterioration of the body and mind. The situation is not improved by using drug maintenance programs.
Leaving people to ultimately find their own way out of drug addiction, after a short detox, means that people continue to have drug cravings, and addictive behaviors.
The approach taken by comprehensive alcohol and drug addiction recovery programs begins with a commitment to a science based, social model for addiction recovery that uses holistic principles to achieve good health and healing.
Comprehensive programs draw on many natural, drug free principles and practices – all designed to work with synergy towards completely craving free drug addiction recovery.
Narconon promotes complete and thorough detoxification as a base for healing, removing toxins latent in the body for years, that contribute to cravings. The pain of drug withdrawal is overcome by completely natural methods – supplements and nutitious food help to restore the body, “touch therapy” helps relieve pain, both physical and emotional.
While body detox is being completed, students of the program take part in coursework that provides education and understanding, and practical applications for life improvement, and communication enhancement, helping people to have better human relationships and to feel better about themselves.
Graduates of the Narconon program for complete addiction recovery are pain free in body and mind, with no physical craving for drugs, and no painfully destructive, addictive patterns of behavior.
