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| Category: Health Information Specialist |
Date published: May 29, 2009 |
Q. Did that help?
A. Yes, but the help was only temporary. However, the relief was very welcome and I hung in there. I spent $2,000 over the six and one-half year period. I tried rolfing, but I really didn't give it a fair trial (only one visit). Because of the cost, I had to make a quick decision. I also had three cortisone shots over the last two years of my condition. They helped, but once again, only temporary relief. At this point I was desperate. I began to look into other fields of endeavor, because I thought I would have to quit the profession. But I received a flier from a vitamin company that said a certain supplement might help muscles. I reasoned that if it might help muscles, maybe it would also help tendons. And, happy day, that proved to be true! I took the supplement and began feeling better within two weeks! How did I settle on two supplements? Just by fate or luck. You know how you try things from vitamin companies before you give them to your patients. Well, I did that and found that two of the many I tried helped my tendinitis. (I know this was not scientific, but there is a scientific reason why they worked.)
Q. How are other health professionals going to believe that exercise helps tendinitis when they know that overuse is what brings it on?
A. My exercises are not work or muscle-building exercises. I will admit that seven and one-half years ago I experimented with two exercises and almost wrecked my right shoulder. So, I quit exercising altogether. Then about one and one-half years later I began doing the helpful exercises that appear on my video and they work very well in helping to relieve tight sore muscles and tendons. Today I feel fine and I'm working harder than ever (even though I'm 68 years old). I've been using my system in my practice for the past six years and the results have been fabulous! Interestingly, through this experience I realized that I had been missing between two and four tendinitis patients per month. (And so are most other health professionals.) Since I've had my video, I've kept a record of all the tendinitis cases I treated to keep track of the results. I have found that 90 percent are completely cured. Among the remaining 10 percent are patients who were misdiagnosed and those who did not follow instructions properly.
ONE CAUTION: The video special exercises and other home treatment advice must be used in combination with the supplements for the very best results. Do you see a trend here? This is it: Tendinitis victims will not achieve lasting results until some of the thinking and approaches of the past are replaced by new thinking and approaches. Give the body what it needs and it will respond!
Now a word about the elderly and why they develop tendinitis. The elderly usually are not employed in jobs that will overload the muscles and tendons. However, as we grow older, we lose muscle mass, muscle strength, muscle tone and muscle elasticity. Add to this probable poor circulation. The end result is muscle tightness and stiffness. This leads to tendinitis. (My theory is: Do something good for the muscles and you will be doing something good for the tendons.) The elderly respond exceptionally well to this treatment because they don't have to go back to a job where they are over-loading their muscles and tendons. Fellow Chiropractors, if you are not addressing the needs of your tendinitis patients, they will not only continue to suffer, but also they will "walk." Wouldn't you do the same? Beginning today, examine every patient that complains of "arm pain" for tendinitis in the elbow and shoulder areas. You will be surprised! Next assure them that, now, help really is available. No longer must the population suffer indefinitely from the effects of tendinitis! Expose them to the system. They will love you for it! But time is of the essence. Every month, two to four tendinitis patients are walking out of your office in pain. But, knowing what you now know, you can help them say "Good-bye to Tendinitis," and have them walking in, instead of walking out.
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