tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391787092968782143.post569626114139091545..comments2023-10-30T01:43:05.263-07:00Comments on Teach Yourself Medicine: Teach Yourself Medicine, the Autonomic Nervous SystemDr Liz Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17185117010872402401noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391787092968782143.post-5128255452145539522009-12-19T23:45:32.891-08:002009-12-19T23:45:32.891-08:00Thank you Black Dog - I missed your comment sooner...Thank you Black Dog - I missed your comment sooner. You are right! <br /><br />Weight loss, omega 3s, glucosamine, pilates or yoga style exercises help. www.egoscue.com is one of my favorite sites - great approach to pain and movement. <br /><br />Well done!!! and keep us posted! <br /><br />You are right, right and right! I want this blog to share the knowledge we all have about being healthy!Dr Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17185117010872402401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391787092968782143.post-53591567843273551502009-12-14T03:00:21.689-08:002009-12-14T03:00:21.689-08:00It seems today that a high proportion of Physician...It seems today that a high proportion of Physicians are happy to treat the symptoms rather than the patient as a whole. This leads to damage over time that is beyond help, except to consign ourselves to the dubious and often overrated intervention, of a Surgeon.<br />This seems especially the case in many of the areas you describe. Ailments such as osteoarthritis, which I suffer from, are treated often with increasingly powerfull painkillers, whose side effects are well known but largely ignored, instead of promoting life style amendment to at least ameliorate the problem.<br />I was unprepared to accept this, knowing as I do, the somewhat dubious outcomes of surgery and that NSAIDS often create further more dangerous co-morbidities than that which they are prescribed for. <br />Wieght loss, omega 3 in high concentration and low molecular weight hyalauronic acid has over a few months reduced my pain to the level of the odd moment. I had tried a few other well known supplements but non had been suggested by my Physician. Just 'oh that might be an idea', when I suggested Omega 3 salmon oil. The attitude seems to be, advise painkillers and then go on the list for surgery. What a pathetic response?<br />I applaud your eandevour to treat the patient, not the symtoms and to educate us all in taking responsibility for our own bodies. The NHS could save vast amounts of money if Doctors could go back to the principle of Healing and not simply prescribing. Oh and I changed my GP.blackdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955864390301639553noreply@blogger.com