Where does pain originate?

Pain doesn’t have to be caused by a recent injury. Lifestyle choices and injuries from years ago can resurface later in life, causing pain to occur. The pain actually comes from the physical pain receptors: temperature, chemical and mechanical.

Many people believe arm and leg pain is caused from a pinched nerve when, in reality, most arm and leg pain is referred pain from muscles, joints, and ligaments. Inflamed muscles and joints as well as leaking herniated discs can irritate nerves. Disc bulging is a common finding, which is most often painless. Most conditions respond very well to specific spinal joint adjustments, neuromuscular therapy, and Cox® manipulation.

Remember that our brain is like a computer that operates on megabytes of data. The nerve impulses generated by our joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons and discs are the megabytes for our brain. Locked joints cause a loss of data to our control center causing dysfunction. Dysfunction causes abnormal stress on the ligaments leading to inflammation. Chronic dysfunction leads to pain, injury, and degenerative changes to the discs, joints, ligaments and tendons.

Education and knowledge of our bodies are essential to total wellness. Don’t wait until pain occurs to seek help, but be proactive to build a wellness plan for your lifestyle.