7% of adults in the US prefer to not take or can’t afford medicines! While the government battles the pharmaceutical companies regarding affordable medication, what is a person to do? Continue in pain? The majority of complaints of pain are related to muscle and joint discomfort. Many individuals may not have expendable income to spare, many have other ailments that preclude the chronic use of medication. In the developed nations the trend is, if there is an issue, take a pill to control the symptoms.

There is another effective way to manage pain that has been in use for 150 years in the United States. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment(OMT). Research has demonstrated that safe touch and treatment with safe hands can affect the body and also the mind to manage Pain. At the inception of OMT in the 1870’s there were no safe medicines to prescribe. Pain was a part of life. We know that pain effects the body and emotions and vice versa. ( I have previously written about OMT and endocannabinoids) There is an effective and proven treatment for pain sufferers, OMT.

Brookmead Medical Associates-Osteopathic is here to help! we are a phone call away. (856) 751-4109.