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The most common presentation that we have at Ilkley Chiropractic Clinic, is the patient who presents with musculoskeletal pain, who, when questioned, has had the pain, intermittently for a long period of time, sometime years.

Patients state that the reason that they have not presented before is because they “thought the pain would go away, as it had done every time in the passed.” Thus the patient consequently believes that the problem has been miraculously solved.

The reality is that the problem does not go away. What actually happens is that the body compensates for the condition, by subtly amending the patient’s posture, thus temporarily reducing the level of discomfort.

The body does not wish the patient to be in pain, and thus it will subconsciously alter the dynamics of the body to minimise the pain. Often this will take the level of discomfort below the level that the body informs one’s conscience.

Unless one has experienced a particular trauma, most problems we see are as a result of persistent poor posture, or regular abusive muscular skeleton activity. This means that the level of discomfort and dysfunction increases over time.

Over time the compensations that the body sets up to alleviate the initial pain and discomfort, become compromised themselves, leading to addition levels of discomfort and pain. The consequence being that, on presentation, the patient is always in a lot more pain than had they listened to the pain initially and made an appointment to have their condition treated at the outset of the awareness of the problem.

The fundamental thing to comprehend, is that the body does not waste its time needlessly “informing” you of the existence of pain. When you are in pain, it is the body telling you that you need assistance and should seek it.

People seek assistance very rapidly when they have a toothache, but presume that they can ignore the pain that is musculoskeletal pain. To do so only creates greater issues further down the line.

So listen to your body, listen to your pain, and contact Ilkley Chiropractic Clinic, as soon as your symptoms present. Then you will be relieved of your pain quicker, be in pain for a shorter period overall, and be returning to your activities of daily life much earlier, and more positively.