Cast your mind back to a time you were recovering from an injury… perhaps you took a tumble and injured your leg or badly sustained an injury in sport.
Did you limp to avoid putting weight on your injured leg? Did you use your good arm more than your injured one to lift shopping bags and carry out your daily routine?
If the answer to these is yes, and you’re suffering from chronic pain right now, the domino effect of body compensations is in full swing!
In this blog, we’ll explore what it means when body compensations start to take over in a “domino effect” and how one injury can spiral into the rest of your body.
And we’ll also discover there is truly hope for people like you to end their chronic pain and get back to a pain-free and happy life!
Understanding the Domino Effect
The domino effect refers to the chain reaction that occurs when a single change causes a similar change nearby, which then causes another similar change, and the pattern repeats itself.
In the context of our bodies, an injury or imbalance in one area can cause us to instinctively adjust our movements to compensate, which can lead to imbalances and discomfort in other areas.
For instance, a knee injury might lead to a limp, which in turn could cause strain on the other leg or hip over a long period of time.
Now, you might not consciously realize you’re making these compensations after a while as it becomes second nature, which is why you’re suffering with chronic pain now even if it’s not a part of the body that was involved in your injury.
How Body Compensations Occur
Body compensations are our body’s instinctive way of protecting us from pain. When one part of the body is injured, we naturally tend to protect it by using other parts of our body more heavily.
This is an effective short-term solution that aids in recovery.
However, over an extended period, these compensations can lead to overwork and strain on other parts of the body, creating a new set of problems.
The new problems arise when your injury has gone.
Imagine your body is a jigsaw puzzle, when you’re injured pieces move to protect the injured area, and when you heal sometimes the pieces don’t return back to their original location leaving you with an uneven puzzle.
Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Pain
Understanding and addressing the root cause of your pain is the key to breaking the cycle of chronic pain.
Often, this involves more than just treating the area where you feel pain, but also the areas that have been overcompensated due to the original injury.
A holistic treatment approach that includes physical therapy, proper nutrition, and a more active lifestyle is often the most effective way to overcome the domino effect of body compensations and get back to enjoying your day-to-day activities and free time with no pain holding you back.
Remember, it’s never too late to seek help and take the first step towards a pain-free life and our offer can help you do it!
Want To End Your Chronic Persistent Pain For Good?
So many of my patients have suffered for FAR too long with chronic pain that stemmed from an injury they had 20 years ago. So I’m here to tell you, you don’t have to keep struggling on, there is a way to end it for good!
This month I am offering the first three past patients who reach out to us about their chronic pain a FREE total body stretch/myofascial untwisting which would normally set you back $250!
During this session, you can experience the relief of a total body stretch paired with getting to try out one of the best treatments for your chronic pain done by specialist chronic pain experts!
However, if you’re not quite ready to take this step yet, you can arrange a free, no-obligation telephone consultation to speak to a member of our chronic pain specialist team and discover the next best steps for you.
You can arrange your free telephone consultation by filling in our simple web form or giving our Bradenton clinic a call at (941) 226-2605.
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