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Healing- Let it Happen Fully! | Aery Chiropractic & Acupuncture
Written By: Dr. Sue Aery - Aery Chiropractic & Acupuncture | Issue: 2020/11 - November
The application of simple steps can dramatically enhance the miracle of healing.
Healing is a pretty amazing process! The cascade of events that takes place both inside and outside the body is usually triggered by some type of insult to the tissues, organs or other body parts.
Once an injury is evident, the healing process begins. There are variables, of course, including age, health and the extent of the damage. Inflammation is part of the process and very important for expedited healing.
The first thing that we want to do to address an injury is to stop any bleeding that accompanies the incident. On the outside of the body, this can be evidenced by a cut, bruising from a torn muscle or broken bone, or raised skin such as a head or bone contusion or bruise.
Initially, it’s important to apply ice, but usually only for the first 12 hours.
After this, heat is good to apply in increments of 15 minutes in order to bring new blood to the area and encourage inflammatory cells to do their job. The immune system is a huge player in the efficient process that begins with preparing the area, then proliferative changes and then the final, restorative stage that brings the tissues as close to a normal state as possible, given the extent of the damage. Important cells are delivered in this process, including phagocytes to remove debris, other white blood cells to continue the healing and specialized inflammatory cells to keep it clean and expedite the repair process.
When an injury stalls in its healing process or becomes a chronic pain process, we have concerns about the body’s natural ability to bring the job to completion and to remove the known mechanism of injury. Many chronic injuries are the result of too much activity too soon and/or repetitive habits that are repeatedly injuring the area and wearing the tissue down faster than the body can keep up the healing process.
At this point, intervention with a natural health doctor will usually find the cause and make the corrections as well as expediting the healing process through natural means and techniques.
Either way, make sure that you understand what is happening to your body, do the right things to help the process and understand that healing can take time, so be patient and diligent! Healing well leads to feeling well!
