• Most people think that wherever they feel pain, is where the problem is.  Let me give some examples as to why this couldn’t be further from the truth.

• When you are having a heart attack, you don’t always have chest pain, but commonly will get pain in the left arm and jaw.  If they treated your left arm and jaw, you’d be dead pretty quick.

• When you have appendicitis, the pain starts above the navel and upper abdomen (the appendix sits in the lower right abdomen), then travels to the lower right abdomen where the appendix sits.

• Gallbladder pain leads to issues in the mid scapula/shoulder region.
• Numbness and tingling in the arms/legs most often stems from a problem in the low back or neck.

• Many times people have foot pain, it can be because they have an imbalance in the hips or lower back.  This works the other way as well, as many lower back pain cases can develop from foot/knee dysfunctions.

The point of this is to make sure that you don’t fall into the trap of always going right to the source of the pain to fix it.  On most occasions, there are other parts involved leading to the problem. This is why many people have “tried everything” to relieve there foot pain or knee pain, however they have only focused directly on the source of pain.  But once they have someone work on their lower back or hip, the problem clears up.

Numbness and tingling is a great example, where you feel the discomfort in your hands or feet, but the problem most often stems from your neck or lower back.  The numbness is simply a symptom of a bigger problem.

Do NOT chase pain, it can lead you to a lifetime of chronic issues, have someone who looks at the entire musculoskeletal and nervous system to determine where the dysfunction is stemming from.