Point A is where we should
be and where a perfectly healthy person functions on the pain scale. At this level there is a great distance
between the pain threshold and the level of function of the individual. Little hurts or accidents will
lead to a very short term pain that heals quickly and is then gone. It will lower the level of the individual
on the pain scale if they aren’t able to heal completely, but there will not be pain for any period of time.
Point B is where the above person might
go for a very short period of time. Point B can also represent where a person goes who has had multiple
small injuries that add together and lower the functioning level of the person to the point where they have acute pain from
many long term conditions. Stress and toxic exposure can also move a person to point B. Usually
if treatment is applied, it doesn’t take very long to get the person above the pain threshold. If
the only goal of that treatment is to get the person out of pain (just above the threshold) it won’t take much of an
injury to put them over the limit and into pain again. This person will have multiple visits to a physician
for pain that seems to keep coming back.
Point
C is a significant trauma that takes the person into the pain area far enough to cross the misery threshold. That
person will be significantly disabled without treatment and will likely take a long time to heal. With
treatment, the level of pain will go from miserable pain to simply pain before getting to the point of no pain.
Points D to E represents chronic long
term pain. Pain has a cumulative effect on a persons mental state and over time a simple pain will wear
the individual down to where the pain becomes miserable. Chronic pain is the most difficult to deal with
from both the patient standpoint and the physicians point of view.
Point F, just above the pain threshold is all the farther the insurance companies want your treatment to go.
This is where you have the opportunity to make a decision for yourself. If you are ok with getting
just above the pain threshold and having repeated bouts of pain with repeated treatments and possibly a slip into chronic
pain, that’s your decision. If you would like to achieve what the WHO defines as health we would
like to work with you, your spine, and your nervous system to get you to point G, near the optimum state of health, or as
close as we can get you. If we can get some health reserves built up for you, it will take much more to
cross you into the pain area, and you can draw on those reserves to restore your health more easily.
How do we affect the Social and Mental aspects of health?
By correcting bodily functions, hormones, electrolytes, cholesterol, and through toxin elimination, the other functions
of the body improve and so does the mind. Also, we recommend getting out, moving, taking up a hobby, and
seeing other people. Pain and motion have an inverse relationship to each other so the more you move, the
less pain you will feel. By being part of a community of people who care for you and who you can care for,
you also improve your outlook and wellbeing.
Speak with your doctors at Brookfield Family Chiropractic for ways to improve all aspects of health.
© 2007 by Roy D. Lubkeman, D.C.
