subject: West Palm Beach Chiropractors, Symptoms vs. Problems, chiropractor, auto accidents [print this page] West Palm Beach Chiropractors, Symptoms vs. Problems, chiropractor, auto accidents
West Palm Beach Chiropractors. Symptom vs. Problem.
PAIN & SYMPTOMS
Do you know that there is no cure for the common cold. But, if you go to any drugstore, you'll see shelf after shelf of "cold remedies." There are medicines for all the discomforts associated with the cold. Do these drugs cure the common cold? NO, absolutely not! The best they can do is temporarily stop the symptoms while the body works to regain its health. Nevertheless, you'll often hear people rave about a particular drug. "It really knocked that cold right out of me," they'll exclaim. "I was so sick and I took two of those pills and felt better the next day". "My back pain went away right after taking those pills". Unfortunately, these people are confusing their symptoms with the actual problem and/or injury taking place in their bodies. They think because the symptom is gone, the problem is gone. We need to realize that symptoms are the body's way of announcing that there is a problem. When everything in the body is functioning normally, we don't have headaches, stomach problems, neck or back pains. If the smoke detector alarm in your home went off in the middle of the night, would you rush over and disconnect it? Once the noise was gone, would you go back to sleep again as if nothing had happened? Of course not! That's because you know that the alarm is NOT the problem. It's just a warning that a problem exists. The same is true for symptoms. Your body will often send out a warning signal -- a symptom -- to tell you that a problem exists. If you take a couple of pills to cover up the symptom, it's like disconnecting the alarm. You haven't solved the problem you've just silenced the alarm.
In my West Palm Beach practice I deal with many people who are in pain. Whether it be from an auto accident, slip & fall or etc., it is important that they understand that "pain" is a symptom to a problem. Although I may administer various therapies that help alleviate pain & discomfort, my overall objective is to address the problem. If I correct the problem, the pain/symptom will go away.
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