Ring the Alarm

Musculoskeletal pain is like the fire alarm in your house. It is your body’s way of telling you that something is wrong. (Imbalance, weakness, tightness, etc.)

Taking pills to try and “fix” low back, shoulder, hip, knee, and neck pain is like popping the battery out of a beeping fire alarm. The alarm may stop, but you didn’t put out the fire.

Many chronic pain issues can be resolved in a relatively… short amount of time with proper and diligent corrective exercise.

However you won’t see a constant barrage of TV ads promoting physical activity as a means to reduce your dependency on pills, hot packs and ointments. As comedian Bill Maher once joked, “Ask your doctor if getting off your ass is right for you!”