Tuesday, March 10, 2009

How To Fight Pain And Inflammation Naturally

If you have ever suffered from any type of ache or pain, you know that it can be life changing in many ways.

Many people are forced to abandon the sports and activities they love.For some, even simple everyday activities like getting out of bed and walking become near impossible.

Unfortunately, most doctors simply write prescription after prescription for drugs that have been proven to have side effects often worse than the pain they are supposed to be helping.

The good news is, nature has it's own solution and pain is no different.In fact, the list of natural remedies that have been proven to provide safe and effective pain relief is long, but before I share with you these little-known natural healers, it's important that you understand pain and what causes it.

What is Pain?

Pain is your body's way of telling you that something is wrong, much like a fever.And just like with a fever, most people simply mask the pain instead of dealing with the underlying cause of the problem.

In addition to dealing with the underlying cause, it's important that you also deal with the inflammation.In fact, millions of people who suffer from various aches and pains like arthritis, back pain, fibromyalgia and others do so because of chronic internal inflammation.

What is Inflammation and How Does It Cause Pain?

Inflammation is a response from your immune system in response to an irritant.For example, if you sprain your ankle, your immune system creates a protein called a Circulating Immune Complex (CIC for short).The CIC travels down to the injured ankle and causes pain and swelling.

The pain you feel is to inform you of the injury or damage.And the swelling is protective as it prevents you from moving it and causing more irritation.This is also your body's way of running to the problem with fresh blood, antibodies and vital cells in order to begin healing and repairing the damage.

Then what normally happens is our bodies produce proteolytic enzymes which counteract the inflammation, and things return to normal.That's why a sprained ankle as a young child heals within a few weeks at most, but can take six weeks or more for an adult of say 45.

The problem is, after around age 25, our production of these enzymes drops off almost completely so there is nothing to tell the body to stop the inflammation.These enzymes are also responsible for cleaning the blood, fighting off viral and bacterial infections and breaking down excess fibrin (scar tissue).

In addition to the decrease in production of proteolytic enzymes, there are also numerous other things that contribute to the build up of inflammation in our bodies.

Here is just a short list of factors that contribute to inflammation:


Unaddressed pain and injuries
Toxins and chemicals in our air, water and food
Poor nutritional habits
Bacterial or viral infections
Allergies
Prescription medications
Auto-immune diseases
Negative mental and emotional stress


Over time, inflammation continues to increase in our bodies causing damage to all of the tissues and organs, often without us even knowing it's happening.








If inflammation is not controlled and the body continually fights this battle, symptoms of chronic inflammation can show itself as arthritis, colitis, chronic fatigue, sinusitis, cataracts, chronic pain, hair loss heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer's and dozens of other ailments and conditions.

Inflammation is what slowly kills us.

More and more research is coming out now that proves this.For example, here's a quote from a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine: "there is convincing evidence that inflammation is strongly linked to heart attacks and stroke."


And in another study published in The Annals of Neurology, the researchers concluded, "inflammation is linked to Alzheimer's and other dementing diseases.

" And a recent Harvard study found that "half of all heart attacks are caused by inflammation".

We know that reducing inflammation is critical to eliminating pain and preventing disease and illness, but how do you do it safely and naturally?


About the Author

The Healthy Back Institute is recognized as one of the leading experts in the treatment of back, neck and sciatic pain.

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