The Blessing of Pain (Part 3 of 3)

[Read Part 1 Here]  [Read Part 2 Here]

(Excerpted from Dr. Norton’s new book: Where Does It Hurt?  Surprising Stories and Insights for Releasing Pain and Restoring Whole Body Health – Go to www.WhereDoesItHurtBook.com to order and to find out more about the “Share the Solution” Rebate Program)

**Important!! Read below about Dr. Norton’s recent and upcoming TV appearances, book signings, and speaking events.

I have had countless patients during their initial consultation tell me about all of their efforts to force the pain to go away. “I’ve tried several over-the-counter medications and multiple drugs my doctor has prescribed, and none of them have worked,” they say again and again. I’ve responded by saying, “It’s great that they didn’t work!” That usually elicits a look of surprise and confusion.

Then I explain that their condition probably isn’t due to a shortage of ibuprofen or Vicodin®. “Since your pain has refused to be masked, it has forced you to keep searching and find me. Now we can locate the real cause, apply a true solution, and help you finally get well.”

Just as Christopher Reeve would have been willing to feel pain again simply to feel at all, the same is true of people with Hansen’s disease (otherwise known as leprosy). This is a chronic bacterial infectious disease that can cause severe deformity of the feet, hands, and face.

This condition may result in permanent nerve damage and leads to loss of sensation in the affected areas. Burns and injuries may go unnoticed and untreated as a result.

Do you see how pain is critically important to let us know when tissues are damaged? Then we can make the necessary changes—our ally to the rescue.

I once read a story about a man with leprosy who witnessed someone failing to open a locked door. He saw that the key wouldn’t turn, so he offered his assistance. Imagine this: The lack of pain sensation in his hands allowed him to twist the stuck key until it was bent and had sliced his finger all the way down to the bone.

Normally, the alarm warning of pain would force a person to stop and conclude that the lock couldn’t be opened. In this case, however, he could run right through the red light and not even notice. He had no pain, therefore he had no ally.

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Pain has been designed into us with an important self-preserving purpose. It requires our attention, discerning, understanding, and willingness to take appropriate action in a reasonable time frame to prevent permanent damage.

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(View applications of this message to your life in Healing Hints below)

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Visit Dr. Norton's web site. The Norton Chiropractic Wellness Center web site is packed with a vast amount of news, tips, and health information. Also check out and interact with our new Ask Dr. Norton Chiropractic Health Forum. If you are experiencing pain, or just want more information on your health or how we do business, please stop by!

News & Events

1. During the week of February 25-28, 2008, Norton Chiropractic Wellness Center will conduct a Pain Solution Week. This is a very special event because all people new to our office or who haven’t been present for at least 6 months will receive multiple benefits as follows:
   
   The consultation, full examination (including the unique computerized nervous system stress assessment), any needed spinal x-rays, the doctor's report of findings and recommended strategy cost only $40 and there’s no obligation to initiate care! This is a $240 value and is only offered 3 times each year.
   
   Please call 559-490-9550 ASAP for the best times and share this with anybody you know who may suffer with pain or illness of any kind. We must hear from you by February 28th to be included! If you would like to learn more about us and our work first, then please go to: www.DrMatthewNorton.com for everything you could ever want to know.

2. Dr. Norton’s new book Where Does It Hurt? Surprising Stories and Insights for Releasing Pain and Restoring Whole Body Health is now available for purchase after three long years in creation. Orders may be placed at www.WhereDoesItHurtBook.com or by calling 559-490-9550. Consider the people in your life that may be suffering with pain or illness whose quality of life could be dramatically improved with your help. Go over to www.WhereDoesitHurtBook.com to learn about our new “Share the Solution” $10 Book Rebate Program.

3. We have sold the majority of the “First 500” special limited edition numbered/personally autographed copies of the book. If you would like to have one of these first printing books then act very soon before they’re gone. They will become more special after Dr. Norton receives national media attention soon on The Today Show, Good Morning America, or even Oprah!

4. In case you missed it, Dr. Norton appeared on the Central Valley Today television program with host Alex Delgado for the third time on Friday morning February 15th.  He discussed his new book, Where Does It Hurt?, explained his nervous system-focused spinal adjustments and how they release pain instead of masking it with medication, brought a current patient who testified as to his powerful results, and then demonstrated an adjustment. If you saw the show and liked it, please show your support by e-mailing CVT@KSEE.com with your rave reviews. Thanks.

5. Dr. Norton will have another article published in the upcoming 2nd issue of the new World of Wellness magazine going to print soon. It will be entitled Pain: Life Destroyer or Catalyst to Healing? Look for it at Whole Foods or many other health-focused locations.

6. Dr. Norton will be speaking at Dr. Diana Morton’s Medical/Dental Compounding Pharmacy at 689 E. Nees Ave. (at First St.) on March 11th from 6:30-7:30 PM. The topic will be “The Secret Solution to Pain”. Seating is limited and the cost is $10. Call 559-439-1190 to reserve your seats.

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Norton Chiropractic Wellness Center (View Map) at 5670 N. Fresno St. Ste. 102 in Fresno, Calif. Call us at (559) 490-9550 or contact us here.

If you are in the California Central Valley call Norton Chiropractic Wellness Center at 559-490-9550 or visit us online at www.DrMatthewNorton.com for a virtual tour and to schedule an appointment to see if we can help you.

You will also appreciate the valuable tools on the Learning Resources page of the website if you are not in our area!

Healing Hints

1. If you have pain or illness symptoms that you’ve been inclined to see as a negative burden to be blotted out, I encourage you to reconsider your perspective and approach. Use the pain or other clues of system disturbance to locate the deeper underlying cause and then do whatever you can to correct that issue. The pain could be your greatest gift.

2. If your work puts you in a position of interacting with individuals in pain or you have friends or family that are suffering, you have a powerful opportunity to influence and guide them toward finding the cause and a real solution. You could be the voice that gives them back their quality of life. Be willing to take a risk by speaking up.

3. Previous injuries, especially car accidents, even when perceived to have been minor, are commonly the beginning of a long, slow downhill slide into chronic pain. Please don’t take even the slightest injuries lightly. If you do, it could be one of the most unfortunate decisions of your life.

4. Back pain, neck pain, and headaches are three of the top causes of chronic pain and disability. They typically result from a combination of initial physical injuries later complicated by the superimposition of mental/emotional stresses.

5. Chronic pain and disability aren’t always able to be resolved and undone once present. It’s always much easier to prevent them. However, if addressed by seeking to correct the cause as early and completely as possible rather than simply trying to mask or manage the symptoms you can often be successful.

6. A thorough chiropractic spinal and neurological assessment ASAP may well hold the answer for returning your health, vitality, and pain-free state, or better yet, prevent you from losing it in the first place. Contact us at Norton Chiropractic Wellness Center at 559-490-9550 to schedule an appointment for an evaluation before another week passes. It could change your life. Go to www.DrMatthewNorton.com for more information.

About Dr. Norton

Dr. Norton unites his passion for learning, teaching, and healing with a compassion for those who are struggling with pain and illness or not performing at their peak. He brings to his work a high level of academic achievement and cutting-edge bodymind research. However, he also brings a deeply caring heart transformed by difficult personal life experiences. Read more.