The Pain Is In Your BrainWritten by Dr. Michael L. Johnson
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 alpha 1 adrenergic receptors along membrane of C fiber, or pain fiber. Usually, C fiber is covered, but in presence of norepinephrine, cover is removed. As brain function decreases, IML function will increase and therefore increase probability of pain. As brain function increases, IML function will decrease. This will decrease release of norepinephrine and decrease probability of pain. Usually, if a person were to exceed metabolic capacity, or over-stimulate his bodily functions (such as running a marathon or lifting weights for first time in years), he would expect to feel some muscle pain. But what about person with chronic pain, whose pain just came on gradually with no known cause? Let me give you an example. There is nothing physically wrong with a person's leg, yet he may feel pain in his leg as a result of alpha adgernernic activation due to high firing of intermediate lateral cell nucleus because nociceptive afferent would fire spontaneously.
Dr. Michael L. Johnson is a Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist with over twenty years of experience in private practice, over 850 hours of neurological studies, and 3800 hours of postgraduate education. His best-selling book "What Do You Do When the Medications Don't Work? - A Non-Drug Treatment of Dizziness, Migraine Headaches, Fibromyalgia, and Other Chronic Conditions" is available wherever books are sold. © 2005 M. L. Johnson
| | Carpal Tunnel SyndromeWritten by Dr. Michael L. Johnson
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As a Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist, I take a different approach to treatment and prevention of carpal tunnel syndrome. After a thorough neurological examination, I determine which part of nervous system is not functioning properly. The right brain controls left side of body, and left brain controls right side of body. If a patient is experiencing pain on one side of body (right or left), opposite brain may be firing at an abnormally high rate. In order for a patient to perceive pain, an area of brain must fire at a higher frequency. If pain is bilateral (on both sides), there may be different central structures involved, such as brain stem or cerebellum.
Dr. Michael L. Johnson is a Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist with over twenty years of experience in private practice, over 850 hours of neurological studies, and 3800 hours of postgraduate education. His best-selling book "What Do You Do When the Medications Don't Work? - A Non-Drug Treatment of Dizziness, Migraine Headaches, Fibromyalgia, and Other Chronic Conditions" is available wherever books are sold. © 2005 M. L. Johnson
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