HELPING SPRINGFIELD GET OUT OF PAIN FAST

When those patients that have been dealing with a problem for years or decades start to function (and feel) better, one of the things almost every one of them says is, “I wish I would have found you guys earlier.” Not only could they have avoided unnecessary suffering but if they’d come in earlier we may have been able to help them more. You see, matter has limitations. What I mean by that is that when something happens, let’s say you are in a car accident, your body changes. If we are able to treat someone right away it is much more likely to get someone back to their pre-injury status because the changes haven’t set in yet. The longer you wait, the more those changes become permanent. Scar tissue builds up, the way you move changes, nerves can be damaged and more. If we get to someone a long time after that accident, there is a good chance that we can get them feeling better but there is a certain amount of function that is never coming back, and if they aren’t able to function at 100%, they will be more susceptible to injuries going forward.

Your body doesn’t want you to be in pain forever so it starts to adapt if an injury isn’t treated. For example, if you have knee pain in your right knee, your body may start to favor that knee and avoid putting as much weight on it when you walk. That in turn changes the way that you walk, which puts stress on your lower back. It also can cause your other knee to bear more of the weight so if the problem isn’t addressed you can end up with two bad knees. The body’s ability to adapt is powerful but those adaptions are meant to be short-term solutions. A lot of times when our bodies adapt it allows us to feel better even as the function decreases. If those adaptions are left to set in, eventually the pain will return.

When those patients I mentioned earlier wish they’d found us sooner it is because they realize how much time, energy, and money they wasted dealing with the problem over the years. I implore you to not wait to get checked out, because waiting will very rarely help. It will only help to hide the underlying problem and can create other compensatory issues, as well as turning the original injury into a chronic one. The last thing you want is to have a feeling of regret that you should have taken care of something sooner. When dealing with a chronic health problem, I think of it like planting a tree. They say the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, but the second best time is now. So don’t delay any longer. Schedule your appointment with one of our amazing Doctors today!