If you’re in pain, it’s tempting to grab some drugs and medicate it away. But, it’s important to realize that the pain itself isn’t the problem. Pain is only a warning message, telling you something else is wrong in your body.
Using ibuprofen or steroids to get rid of the pain and inflammation might help for a little while, but it also reduces your awareness of the underlying problem. You can end up doing more damage to yourself by numbing the pain, because you’re simply not feeling the damage as it’s accumulating.
A Web site on trigger point therapy points out that “pain must always be viewed as a warning that something is wrong and needs attention. It’s not good medicine to kill the messenger and ignore the message.”
Pain medication is only a temporary solution — it won’t solve the underlying cause or heal the injury. Next time you reach out your hand for the ibuprofen bottle or go in for a steroid injection, try to think about where your pain is coming from, and what you can do to help your body out, beyond just numbing your pain.
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Ibuprofen and Steroids Can’t Cure RSI
Thursday, April 3, 2008 16:19If you’re in pain, it’s tempting to grab some drugs and medicate it away. But, it’s important to realize that the pain itself isn’t the problem. Pain is only a warning message, telling you something else is wrong in your body.
Using ibuprofen or steroids to get rid of the pain and inflammation might help for a little while, but it also reduces your awareness of the underlying problem. You can end up doing more damage to yourself by numbing the pain, because you’re simply not feeling the damage as it’s accumulating.
A Web site on trigger point therapy points out that “pain must always be viewed as a warning that something is wrong and needs attention. It’s not good medicine to kill the messenger and ignore the message.”
Pain medication is only a temporary solution — it won’t solve the underlying cause or heal the injury. Next time you reach out your hand for the ibuprofen bottle or go in for a steroid injection, try to think about where your pain is coming from, and what you can do to help your body out, beyond just numbing your pain.
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