If you are living a life in pain I know what you are going through because I suffer with chronic back pain. If you have been in pain for a long time you understand how sometimes we feel that things will never get better. I want to give you some helpful tips for when you think you just can not take the pain anymore. I want you to know that you are not alone.

I felt so alone for a long time in my life. No one understood my pain not even the family that loved me so I felt that I could not talk to them about it. I felt as though it would be me and the pain forever. It is easy to let depression overcome you when you are in pain for weeks, months, or years. Don’t let it get you down.

Go to the psychiatrist, they can help you. You need someone to talk to and this is what they do for a living. They are good at talking and listening. Some people think that the depression is brought on by just the pain, but that is not it well not completely. When you have chronic pain you can not sleep at night.

Your mind and body start to feel the effects of the nights you do not sleep. This is also something a therapist can help you with. If I had a hard time doing something it would make me even more upset than I already was especially when it was something that I needed to do in the house or around it. There was one time when I needed to put the hoover wet dry vacuum in the garage shed and I could not because of the pain.

The pain was just too overwhelming and I just sat and cried. That was the finally straw for me and I started seeing a psychiatrist the next day. She has helped me tremendously. Mentally I started to feel better but the pain was still there. That is when I tried vegetarian glucosamine. This is a supplement that is very safe, it has glucosamine in it that helps to repair cartilage. I don’t know if it will even help but I am willing to try anything as I am sure you are too.

But I did just start it so I will continue to take it. The point is if you are in serious pain then do something about it. Do not sit around feeling sorry for yourself and letting the pain beat you down. You are a strong person so get up and fight back.

If you are depressed then see a therapist, if you are hurting then take supplements to help. Do not let this problem beat you because if I can fight back so can you. Do everything in your power to not let this problem beat you down. Fight back anyway you can.

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JOINT INFLAMMATION is a very painful, with multiple sets of conditions (100), progressively leading to joint damage, deformity and loss of mobility. inflammation and engorgement of the arm and leg joints is characteristic of the disorder. Persistent pain, disability and death are regrettable consequences.

Joint inflammation problems include:

• pain
• stiffness
• damage to joint cartilage (the tough, smooth tissue that covers the ends of the bones, enabling them to glide against one another) and surrounding structures.

Below you will find discusson on how Chinese medicine, pain herbs and food therapy are employed to bring these conditions back to balance.

UNDERSTANDING JOINT INFLAMMATION?

JOINT IMBALANCE doesn’t happen overnight and once understood, can resolve quicker than you realize. According to Chinese medicine, the primary problem underlying arthritis is obstruction with painful results. With varying degrees, there is an exhaustion of both the Liver and Kidneys and insufficiency of the physical energy (qi). The blood has become blocked by external cold or hot-damp or drying imbalancing influences. The condition includes:

• cold or hot and painful joints
• difficulty in flexing and extending the joints
• aversion to cold or hot with attraction to the opposite condition
• In some cases the limbs and joints will be aching, numb, painful
• overall physical body feels heavy.
• tongue is a light pink or dark red

   

There are graduating arthritic conditions where the site of pain and deformity is more intense, with heat or cold predominating, however, the primary appraoch is to get the obstruction to move. This is done by changing the internal environment by opposing the wind-cold/hot-damp/dry and altering any external conditions contributing to the obstructions. Additional attention needs to be given to the general emotional state that may indirectly support the blockage.

HOW DO WE GET BETTER?

JOINT INFLAMMATION: FOOD THERAPY  & CHINESE MEDICINE

“We are what we eat.” The majority of us would concur that a good number of imbalances are caused by what we swallow. We unkowingly create imbalances by not being aware of how critical this area is, especially in the latter years.If we select foods and supplements which break down our homeostasis then it would benefit us to become very attentive to our constitution and foods which improve equilibrium. Below, you can begin to choose foods that deliver balance for this obstructive condition: 

Foods That Benefit & Foods To Avoid

Foods to Counter Joint Pain: Asparagus, Cabbage (poultice & ingestion), Celery, Cod, Cherry, Chives, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Garlic, Ginger, Goats milk, Grape, Kelp, Oranges, Papaya, Pineapple (Bromelain), Pumpkin Seeds, Royal Jelly, Scallions, Sesame oll, Spelt, Spirulina, Soy products, Strawberry, Sprouts (mung, red clover, radish, mustard, lentil, adzuki, garbanzo, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds), Tumeric, Water melon, Barley products, Wheat grass products, Alfalfa products (tablets, tea), Chlorophyll foods, Almonds (5-6 dy.),

Foods to Avoid: Excess meat (some fish is best), Excess protein, Intoxicants (alcohol, coffee, tobacco, marijuana, etc.), refined sugar and other sweets, Oxalic acid foods (rhubarb, cranberry, plum, chard, beet greens, spinach), Solanine foods (Nightshade family veggies: tomato, eggplant, bell pepper, potato, if sensitive), Dairy (cow’s milk & bi-products), Nuts, Nut butters, oil-rich seeds,

HERB FORMULAS FOR PAIN   Formulas are created and rendered, taking into consideration, a person’s constitution, environment, life energy (qi), lifestyle and emotional status to name a few concerns. Chinese medicine focuses on bringing all these areas into balance. The chief focus is to provide a formula that specifically targets the painful site, resolves the underlying imbalance in the body without inciting more physical maladies.

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