There are two ways to get out of pain:
1) External Intervention: stretching, soft tissue work, strengthening, etc. When used in the right amount and timing, they will fix the root cause of the problem.
2) Internal Intervention: medicine, supplements… but also food.
The goal of an internal intervention is usually to reduce inflammation.
But what is inflammation anyway? Is it always a bad thing?
Not exactly.
Wikipedia defines it this way: “Inflammation is a protective attempt by the organism to remove the injurious stimuli and to initiate the healing process. Without inflammation, wounds and infections would never heal.”
In plain English, when you’re trying to get pain-free and heal, you actually NEED inflammation to occur.
The problem is: most people experience what is called acute or chronic inflammation.
The same way too little inflammation will slow down the healing process, too much of it will keep you in pain longer.
That’s when the doc comes in:
You: My neck/back/shoulders/soul hurts like crazy.
Doc: Take these pills! Magic!
(4 weeks later…)
You: My neck/back/shoulders/soul hurts even if I take the pills.
Doc: Take MORE pills! Magic!
Now that’s a problem: 1) You can’t rely on pills for the rest of your life and
2) They will take a toll on your liver and overall health in the long run.
Instead of relying solely on pills, I suggest you focus on avoiding foods that keep your body in that chronic state of inflammation.
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