Blind Science

Written by Ed Howes


Scientific proof - it is all we care about. We paid much time and money to learn this, therefore; it must be more valuable than anything we can learn with an investment of less time and money. It justifiesrepparttar ever spiraling costs of our practice. This is like saying that a course of instruction in a university is far more valuable thanrepparttar 115407 regular use ofrepparttar 115408 public library. That free knowledge can only be worth what we've paid for it.

Western scientific medicine has taken this arrogant stance for close to a century. Little or no respect is paid to allrepparttar 115409 medical history that preceded scientific inquiry. Their god is scientific method and they pretend all they do is proven safe and effective by someone. They have no use for anecdotal evidence that createdrepparttar 115410 folk and traditional medicine, practiced aroundrepparttar 115411 world to this very day. If grandma passed her gallstones with a mega dose of olive oil, they don't care because grandma is uneducated and does not worship scientific method. If a treatment doesn't come from our fraternity, it is of no value to us. By this attitude, we know their worship of science is more important thanrepparttar 115412 Hippocratic Oath they swear. They are free to do all kinds of harm; if it is scientific. They have a license to kill and they do not take it lightly. Or do they?

They would rather see you die from their often admittedly ineffective treatments, than to see you live, due to treatment that is unscientific. If a million people use an unscientific remedy and two die, it makesrepparttar 115413 TV news sorepparttar 115414 rest ofrepparttar 115415 million will know they are flirting with death. They will finally go seerepparttar 115416 doctor they have not trusted for years. If they go see that doctor, they may wait for hours to be told; "I don't know anything about that treatment. You are probably throwing your money away." Then he will send them a bill for his service and they know they just threw their money away and they are sure this is what scientific medicine is all about. Why do you think they call their customers patients? "If you come to us for help you will have to be patient."

The motto ofrepparttar 115417 American Medical Association must be: keep them busy and keep them ignorant. Encouragerepparttar 115418 members to continue education that we approve and leave them little time to do so. Get them to choose specialties in school that further narrow their medical focus. Work them to exhaustion withrepparttar 115419 promise of six figure incomes. Point out that this sacrificial lifestyle gives them nobility and authority. "Mr. Jones, I do this procedure thirty times a week, you can trust me." It meansrepparttar 115420 same as when buying a used car.

Many millions of Americans no longer care about scientific method and double blind studies. Ifrepparttar 115421 friend, co worker, neighbor or stranger in a waiting room, mentions she got relief from arthritis using an unproven method,repparttar 115422 sufferer won't hesitate to try it.

If a million people are using scientifically "proven" prescription drugs and a hundred of them die from unproven drug interactions,repparttar 115423 cause of death is a stroke, a heart attack, or natural causes. That will not be TV news and many of us wonder how many die every year from scientific treatment. How many people die to supportrepparttar 115424 186 billion dollar pharmaceutical industry? Their motto appears to be; whatever ails you - take more drugs, especially ours. Ask your doctor for a prescription.

Their advertising pays off with larger and larger annual sales and profits. What they may not see is they are selling more and more drugs to ever fewer people. Many elderly are dying from treatments or kicking their drug habits by using natural and much less expensive methods. The monopolistic drug industry has had little interest in natural, unpatentable substances becauserepparttar 115425 profit margins were so low, they could not afford to bother with them. But now, due to an act of Congress in 1994, low profit supplements have reached an annual American sales level of 18.6 billion dollars (likely more atrepparttar 115426 time of this writing); while only ten per cent of monopoly drug sales, it probably represents close to a fifty per cent sales and profit loss torepparttar 115427 monopolies.

Damn, that pain in my a##! Here’s what you need to know about Piriformis Syndrome (Sciatic Pain)...

Written by Jesse Cannone


If you’re reading this article, it’s a good bet that you have a radiating pain running downrepparttar back of your leg that just won’t go away. If what I’m about to tell you sounds familiar, don’t worry, help is onrepparttar 115406 way.

Sciatica and Piriformis Syndrome arerepparttar 115407 same condition... it is just thatrepparttar 115408 medical community is starting to callrepparttar 115409 condition byrepparttar 115410 muscle (Piriformis) that is involved and getting away from calling it byrepparttar 115411 name ofrepparttar 115412 nerve that is involved (sciatic) nothing more than semantics.

Did you go see your primary care physician and get diagnosis of Sciatica only to have them refer you to an orthopedic specialist and than get a diagnosis of Piriformis Syndrome... and than be told to see a Physical Therapist andrepparttar 115413 PT tells you a little heat, ultra sound, electrical stimulation and some therapeutic exercises and we will have you good as new???

If this isrepparttar 115414 path you have been down and you're tired of allrepparttar 115415 worthless treatments that just don’t work, you must read this article! I guarantee you, it will likely be far different than what you have read or heard anywhere else!

First, let me tell you why today’s traditional treatment methods just flat out missrepparttar 115416 boat. The medical community is so conditioned and focused on treating onlyrepparttar 115417 symptoms and trying to get in as many patients a day as possible, that many people are misdiagnosed and/or mistreated.

Sciatic pain is simply caused by pressure being placed onrepparttar 115418 sciatic nerve and there are primarily four things that can create this... you may have one or more ofrepparttar 115419 following:

1. Pressure caused by shortening and tightening ofrepparttar 115420 piriformis muscle. This is almost always due to months or years of muscle imbalances inrepparttar 115421 hip rotator muscles.

2. Pressure caused by spinal stenosis, which is a decrease inrepparttar 115422 space betweenrepparttar 115423 vertebrae. This is primarily caused by uneven pressure and compression due to muscle imbalances.

3. Pressure caused by Isthmic spondylolisthesis which is simply when a vertebrae slips or moves... this can sometimes pinchrepparttar 115424 sciatic nerve but often times people who have this condition don’t have any pain, symptoms, or even know they have it!

4. Pressure caused by a herniated or bulging disc. A herniation is when a disc protrudes out from betweenrepparttar 115425 vertebrae and this can either be caused by an event like a car accident, or, by months or years of uneven pressure due to muscle imbalances. It is also important to note that many people with herniated discs don’t even experience pain or symptoms, and many don’t know they haverepparttar 115426 condition.

As you can see, there is a trend here... in nearly every case, muscle imbalances arerepparttar 115427 primary cause ofrepparttar 115428 pressure being placed onrepparttar 115429 sciatic nerve.

If you are not sure which one ofrepparttar 115430 four is causing your sciatic pain, I recommend you start withrepparttar 115431 basics. Most cases of sciatic pain are caused by muscle imbalances so if you begin to work on correcting any muscle imbalances you have, you should start to see improvement right away.

There are several self assessments you can perform to help identify which specific muscle imbalances you have and these are covered in our Loserepparttar 115432 Back Pain Video along with step-by-step instructions on what to do to eliminate your imbalances and pain. You can learn more by visiting http://www.losethebackpain.com

Sciatic pain comes about either due to a traumatic event, muscle imbalances, or a combination of both.

The event scenario is most likelyrepparttar 115433 catalyst for sudden onset of sciatic pain. So what happens… when there is undue stress onrepparttar 115434 Piriformis muscle that stress causes it to go into spasm and then you have pain due torepparttar 115435 Piriformis muscle putting pressure onrepparttar 115436 sciatic nerve.

In most cases, people go to physical therapy or minimize their physical activity to breakrepparttar 115437 pain – spasm cycle and in most cases your symptoms subside. However…the event will also set you up for a life time of sciatic pain ifrepparttar 115438 Piriformis muscle does not recover 100% in both strength and flexibility.

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