So as you may know, Chronic Pain is rampant in this country. I read a statistic recently that estimated 1 in 3 adults have a chronic illness or some form of chronic pain. Holy Shhhmokes!!!! Without a doubt YOU know someone in this group.
So what options do people in this country have to help overcome their pain? After all, no one wants to just live with it...
For some, using Young Living Essential Oils has become a life line out of their lives of chronic pain. No it is not a silver bullet and there are no guarantees, but last time I visited with a doctor and received a prescription for my child, I believe the closing comment was "if that(prescription) doesn't work, call and we'll work you back in." He made no promises and offered me no silver bullet either. And when I did have to go back because the antibiotic cause bloody diarrhea for my son, I had to pay for another office visit and another prescription. Don't get me wrong, I am not in the camp that all medical doctors are malicious and out to get you, but I do believe many of them could stand to expound their complementary treatment knowledge and become versed in offering more than just another pill.
If you would be interested in educating yourself about how Essential Oils may support your body's own ability to heal and balance, message me and we will look at that together.
I ran across this recent article by Dr Mercola, who by the way is a Neurosurgeon who is VERY well versed in many complementary/alternative remedies. I've copied part of it here. If you are interested in reading the post in its entirety go here: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/07/17/painkiller-addiction-overdose.aspx
By Dr. Mercola
Pain, regardless of cause, is among the most common of health ailments. Unfortunately, Americans in particular are succumbing to drug addiction in record numbers as a result of short-sighted and financially-driven drug marketing.More than 70 million prescriptions for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are written each year, and according to 2010 data,1 there were enough narcotic painkillers being prescribed in the US to medicate every single adult, around the clock, for a month.By 2012, a whopping 259 million prescriptions for opioids and other narcotic painkillers were written in the US,2 which equates to 82.5 prescriptions for every 100 Americans. And those narcotics are responsible for 46 deaths each and every day...Americans use the most opioids of any nation—twice the amount used by Canadians, who come in second place in terms of prescriptions.3 The problem has become noticeable enough that US officials now warn that narcotic painkillers are a driving force in the rise of substance abuse and lethal overdoses.As noted by CDC Director Tom Frieden,4 narcotic painkillers are very dangerous medications: "Patients given just a single course may become addicted for life,"he recently warned. I strongly recommend exhausting your options before resorting to a narcotic pain reliever, and I'll list a number of alternatives at the end of this article.These drugs do have a place and it is a great benefit to have them as a resource, but it appears that they are clearly being abused by large numbers of people and the evidence suggests that it is likely the majority.It's quite clear that these drugs are being overprescribed, and can easily lead you into addiction and other, more illicit drug use. I strongly suspect that the overreliance on them as a first line of defense for pain is a major part of this problem.
