Neck and Back pain - Pain relief.
Osteopaths, chiropractors, therapeutic masseurs, physiotherapists and the list goes on, are mainly some of the more recognised professions dealing with neck and lower back pain or just pain management.
When the structural integrity of the body is consistently challenged, over a period of time, discomfort and pain will increase. Some of the reasons can be located in places that a spinal manipulation or “cracking of the bones” may not necessarily address for a long term relief or provide a sustainable assistance.
NIS consider the Glands (organs) as a primary caused of referred pain of structural difficulties. Consideration must be given to the aspects of a pathological, emotional or chemical involvements that can sometimes be considered as an underlying cause in many cases of structural pains.
Yet, NIS is addressing structural difficulties past beyond the current understanding of any other health systems. A leap into neck and back pain has been achieved, when addressing the Tensegrity principal governing the structural make-up of the body.
The Tensegrity principal is a rather complex function achieved by the brain, as it is continuously challenged to maintain the body’s structural integrity every seconds. A simple movement has so many repercussions between the tension of muscles, ligaments and nerves and the compression from the bones in the body that must be in perfect balance at all times.
The Tensegrity allows movements of the skeleton which is tension based without friction or being affected by the gravity pull. When Tensegrity is not maintained, then systems to compensate are activated and may be the start of referred pain. From proper cranial-sacral functions, joints and spinal mobility, the importance for Tensegrity to remain congruent and integrated is a necessity for all smooth structural functions.
The following factors need to be investigated further when considering any structural discomforts or pain of any sorts: tendons, ligaments weakness or damages, retaniculum restrictions (such as elbow tennis or carpal tunnel), nerve entrapments and finally proper joints proprioceptions (when the brain is fully aware of the bones’ position and muscles involved in a joint and give the ability to determine when to stress or relax associated muscles to smoothly achieve the required movement, failure to maintain proper messaging through receptors can reflect in pain similar to a frozen shoulder).
Even with the best intentions to help someone in pain, repeated inappropriate manipulations may create more damages rather than searching for the origin for a pain to the neck, back, spine or elsewhere, and should there be a glandular or structural involvement behind it.
Neck or back pain can have many origins, on a personal note it is not after having dealt with a viral infection in the pituitary gland that Didier’s increasing neck pain, despite 3 chiropractor’s adjustments per week for a period of 6 months and with no noticeable improvements, he experienced an 80% release from one NIS treatment and his pain was completely gone by his second treatment. This alone was the major contributing factor in Didier’s decision to know more about NIS and its principles. The principal of reciprocity of the spine was creating a compensation pain in the lower back area too, which by the simple release from the top of the neck he experienced a complete pain relief in his lower back.
Many patients have “switched” and now rely on the NIS’ approach to treat acute or chronic neck or back pain, as their preferred therapy for its achievement and benefits rather than ongoing chiropractic manipulations, reflexology or even Bowen therapy.
Neck and back pain or any structural pain can be likened to the warning red light on your car’s dashboard telling you the oil or petrol is low, the brake or cooling system needs immediate attention. By attending to the red light only, by putting your thumb over it or taking the light globe out, it will only immediately address the annoying warning signal, but in no circumstances addressing the fact that oil need to be added to the motor for its proper long term functioning, which is the actual signal notification.
There are no reasons as to why you should be engaging any forced manipulations or release from subluxation, although extremely common it can now be looked at as a barbaric and very prehistorical approach to structural problems. Your brain can measure the right amount of force to be applied for an adjustment, which is not the case in a forced manipulation. Your brain knows the safest way it should be done, most of the time during your sleep when you twist and turn, or even through out the day when stretching or moving; by doing so you will avoid unnecessary deterioration trying to address your specific pain.
NIS relies on the brain intelligence to achieve a long term sustainable result to pain, rather than the limited knowledge and experience of a practitioner, in order to avoid any horror scenario created by improper adjustments or applied force, and provide and long term sustainable rectification rather than an “ongoing” 9 or 12 months plans at $2000 for a trimester of a two minutes noodle, sorry two minutes adjustment session three times a week (less than 10 minutes in total for the week), to realise at the end that no real benefit has been achieved. Do not get fooled by the well greased marketing approach from a “Free” Spinal Check, followed by X-Rays to support your absolute necessity to start addressing your problem and avoid now a potential “Dooms-Day” and pain scenario. Well tuned advertising and marketing strategists utilised the fact that Fear will get everyone to do and pay for things you do not want to do or actually need, this exact principle is why people still decide to vaccinate their children. When it comes to pain, no one likes to experience it and knowing it always get worst with age, it is highly recommended to act on it the sooner as possible. It remains solely your decision to decide the way you will go bout it and the more information and options you are given, the best appropriate informed decision you can make.
NIS has definitely confirmed its leading position in the field of natural health system and specially when it come to neck pain or lower back pain and any types of pain relief.