Wednesday, May 28, 2008

What Effective Testing For Stiff Muscles Could Do

A test that could find stiff muscles would change the game and have huge benefits for the world. Not only would problems be found and treated more, but treatments themselves can be better assessed for their efficacy.

In my own experience with traditional medicine, the muscle relaxants I was given for my initial muscular complaint would be completely discredited as a valid treatment once muscular problems are accurately understood.

I also feel much of what many chiropractors do will need to change, as the rearranging of bones pulled out of position by tight muscles is only a bandaid for problems with muscles. Incidentally, without that bandaid, I could not have gotten past some very real pain.

Even physical therapy will have to adapt, with greatly increased benefits and less wasted money.

Not to mention the other therapies I haven't tried, many which may have some benefit or lots of benefit. Solid evidence will cause re-evaluation and improvement, and lead to a much healthier population with fatter wallets.

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