Yesterday I wrote about pain medication being the solution to my debilitating pain from bursitis and arthritis.  Pain meds were not the only treatments as you notice I was also prescribed an exercise regimen.

I was a very active young person and had my fair share of muscle cramps and back pain.  I was fortunate that my family doctor was a DO who could do adjustments on my spinal alignment and relieve the majority of the pain.

I experienced whiplash from a car accident that was sever enough to cause an S curve in my spine which looked like scoliosis on an Xray.  I was under the care of a chiropractor and a physical therapist for over a year, but the spine straightened, and the pain went away.

Shortly after being diagnosed with COPD, I had a very sharp pain on one side of my neck.  I told my doctor about the pain and was given a set of neck exercises to do 3 times per day and the pain went away.

Pain is often our bodies telling us that something is out of whack.  I was experiencing severe pain in my right side and mid back.  It turns out that the cause was diverticulitis, a hiatal hernia, and acid reflux.  Pain meds were not the answer here.  Antibiotics and an acid reducer solved the problem.  I had attempted to solve the problem myself and was taking OTC pain medication which was making the problem worse.  It was a quick fix at first, but also turned out to be a bad solution.

We should not always want the quick fix for the pain.  We must find the source of the pain and treat the underlying condition.  Even though I am taking a pain medication for the bursitis and arthritis, Meloxicam is also an anti-inflammatory which aids is reducing the route cause of my pain.