11/12/2025
, , and can be tricky to fix for some.
The “itis” or inflammation word makes people think they should rest, take it easy, don’t do as much. Well, if it’s the problem, that’s the right thing to do.
And if that’s the case, NSAIDS, and cortisone injections would help (anti-inflammatory) and it wouldn’t come back.
BUT
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺, 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲? 𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆.
They will also not get better after NSAIDS or cortisone. Or it will temporarily feel better before shortly after revealing itself again.
𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝘼𝙐𝙎𝙀: 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧. (𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙡𝙚). 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣 𝙄𝙉𝘾𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙉𝙀𝙒.
𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙢: 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 (𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙤). 𝙄𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙄𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧, 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙡, 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚. 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙘. (𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨/𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧).
This is the first thing I dive into when speaking with somebody that’s looking for help, or somebody who’s gone through the traditional healthcare system without success.
Most of the answers are in the location of the pain, it’s variability, and how it acts when not moving/moving, and what happens to it under load.
Pain, stiffness, weakness problems makes sense if the diagnosis is correct.