Medical Sovereignty as Related to Knee Pain – Part 2 is part of the self-discovery/self-empowerment series I took out of knee pain. It’s a process of taking back personal power after ACL reconstruction. This concept of “Medical Sovereignty” is a much larger conversation than originally conceived and now being broken down into several articles.
This is Part 2 in the series.
If you haven’t checked out Medical Sovereignty as Related to Knee Pain (Part 1)
Click here to do so…
There are 3 things I can count on whenever I experience challenges in my life:
After a severe car accident in the Summer of 1993 where I shattered a windshield with my face. I was left with my car totaled, and a full-blown concussion. After moving back home with my parents and talking with insurance companies to figure out how I was going to be “compensated” for my injuries.
I found myself torn in an internal struggle with 4 challenges to get better:
It’s crazy to think all my issues were resolved in a 45-minute chiropractic appointment with a chiropractor in Toledo, Ohio, Dr. David DiPaolo
This was not the first time in my life, that I found help to keep my body healthy through various holistic means that the conventional medical model had no clue about.
I’ve always believed “there’s got to be a better way, a more natural way of doing things”
For example, when I first injured my left knee, I did everything I could to avoid going to the doctor believing my body could heal any damage I had done to my knee. 3 knee dislocations later, I found out I was terribly wrong and ACL surgery was now unavoidable.
As a matter of fact, there must be a balance between the two polar opposites: (Conventional Medical vs: Wholistic) Because the conventional medical model has some really great insights for the body to heal.
The process of taking back personal power in your healing process to begin collecting ALL information available from a number of different sources:
This allows for the true path of healing to emerge…
I see too many people stuck in unnecessary pain. They either believe the conventional medical model has ALL the answers…
OR
They don’t believe the conventional medical model has any answers.
For example, my father believes absolutely everything his doctor tells him. As a result, he is now in the double digits as to how many surgeries he’s undergone in the past decade. This is not to mention the “pill organizer” he needs just to keep the number of prescription drugs he needs to take throughout the day.
On the other hand, I have many friends in the Asheville area who are violently opposed to doctors. They will go from practitioner to practitioner to try and find out what is wrong with their knee without ever going to a doctor to get a diagnosis. This is an example where a simple MRI is desperately needed to know how to develop a strategy to heal the knee.
It’s a sad state of affairs…
The quest for Medical Sovereignty as it relates to knee pain is about:
There in lies your unique path to healing your knee…
In Part 3 of, Medical Sovereignty as it Relates to Knee Pain, we’ll look at the word “Medical Sovereignty.” In addition, we’ll also look at the different modalities I use to develop the “Knee Club” Program to help those out of Knee Pain.
Stay tuned for that next week!
In the meantime, if you want help with your knee situation…
Click the link below for all the options to support you out of pain:
Regards,
Bill Parravano
(The Knee Pain Guru)
