Why we’re screwed

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[@tigressofforli3398]

People need TIME and REST so they can heal but this society refuses to allow this.

[@sonquatsch8585]

preach.

[@T.W._Elle]

I fully agree. We are so busy being humans DOING and DEALING with so much, that it’s impossible to simply be a human being. Society doesn’t allow humans to simply BE.

[@dmurphy5689]

Yep. Its nice for those who can afford to. Many arent as well off. And this is by design. Too many are on their high-horse about so many things. Its easy to judge something from the outside looking in. Experience is the best teacher.

[@zarroth]

also, need to reject the recommended diet proposed by the gov. Ever since they've done that, we've seen a rise is all kinds of problems. Anything processed is NOT good for you. Carbs in general are NOT good for you. you do NOT need fiber. Literally everything they taught us benefits the food corps, and is detrimental to our health. Our staples are red meat with it's fat, poultry, eggs and fish. There are no exceptions to this and you do not need to eat anything at all other than that. History has shown this time and time again, meanwhile people will argue wanting to believe what they were taught without doing any research or testing.

[@mcneillmama50]

I don't even go to my medical dr. any more for lab work. I know the labs I want to keep an eye on. I use an independent lab and keep him out of the picture, now that I've learned the pharmaceutical companies are the one that determine what "normal" blood lab results are.. It's a conflict of interest that I'm not willing to adhere to any longer. They keep setting the blood labs with short, narrow windows so they can get more people doped up, slowed down, or hopped up on their money racket toxic substances. I still believe that the majority of prescription meds are about 10% medications and 90% fillers, stabilizers and other chemicals not known to us. Most patients do not know they have the right to refuse prescription drugs and ask their medical doctors for alternative and complimentary supplements and treatments that do work. You can refuse to allow your doctor's office to take your BP (since none of them do it correctly any more). The way they take BPs in an office defies consistency which is why you should montior your own BP at home. Bring your cuff from home and insist the doctor use it verses their's. Watch what the response will be. It's always the same. Oh that brand isn't accurate. Like they know the accuracy of every brand of BP monitor. I was even told my doctor it wasn't necessary for me to monitor my fasting blood sugars at home, even though he diagnosed me with metabolic syndrome and diabetes runs in my family. He told home glucose meters are unreliable???? What???? It that's true then we are being scammed by every glucose monitor company that has products in every Walmart, CVS, Walgreens and mutual drug store.

[@larryarrington9395]

This response is so on point I too do my own lab tests and seek guidelines that are better reflective of the times. 🎉❤

[@allison471]

Agree with everything you say here!

[@TiredEmpath]

You make great points as did the doc. To your point, I have an appointment today at a local lab for some blood work I had ordered privately and did self-pay even though I have insurance. This will be the 2nd time this year that I got bloodwork without a doctor ordering it. I was chastised last week for declining a shot for arthritis pain. I told her that I’m fine once I move around and stretch. That’s key, to move around.

[@fazole]

My friend is in a test program for a noninvasive blood sugar monitor you wear like a watch.

[@judymiller5154]

I've had a couple quite high BP readings in the past few years, tho I could easily see it wasn't taken even close to correctly, like shivering cold, animated chatting, moving, cuff so tight it became quite painful. So I have been living with an underlying concern tho home readings were OK. Go to a new doc, nurse sees a high reading, I complain about the tight cuff, she loosens the cuff and raises my elbow to heart level: 123/78!! I will refuse further in-office BP, just carry recent home readings. 👍

[@edguyrocks5865]

Pain is a tough thing to deal with...

[@Jack-gn4gl]

Medical cannabis

[@bryantsamperi3402]

​@@Jack-gn4glRecreation is essential to good health, thus medicinal. There is no such thing as recreational and medicinal cannabis. It's a scam the alcoholic and codependent are using to tax cannabis to pay for alcohol's massive deficit. Remember, there were 100s of millions of violent alcohol related crimes over the past 60 years, including the abuse of 10s of millions of children, all primary causes of PTSD and other stress disorders that sent masses running for alternative substances, but mostly cannabis (75% of consumption was cannabis). Those who waged war on the only known competitor to alcohol l, and the people who were consuming it, continues, and recreation verses medical cannabis is a false dichotomy meant to scam money from those consumers.

[@Allinthefamilee]

@@Jack-gn4gl not hardly pal

[@Jack-gn4gl]

@@Allinthefamilee not your pal tosser

[@noosphericaltarzan]

I am a disabled veteran and the VA has withheld medical care for severe chronic pain and fatigue for decades. First they refused to treat it; then said that it doesn't exist since there's no treatment plan. We are talking about so much pain I was hospitalized in the 2000s. I had to figure it out on my own. Basically, my best hypothesis is that "chronic multi symptom disease", or GWI, is actually myofascial pain syndrome and a chronic fatigue syndrome that occurs because of some dysfunction in the ampk signaling pathway. I figured out how to constantly grow new mitochondria in skeletal muscles (not so much brain, but suspect that is serotonin related). Chronic fatigue mostly mitigated. Acute fatigue always triggered by ampk activation, so I try to keep it deactivated unless specifically targeting it. Pain.. the pain in your fascia is easily differentiated because you will have strings of knots along your muscles where fascia adheres to muscle. Some of the muscle fiber will get stuck together in these taught bands. It doesn't work to simply massage this out by itself. You need to train your fascial and muscular system most days of the week; start small and work up. I have experimented with mist kinds of training in past decade. The best things I found were kettlebells (girevoy style, not hardstyle), Olympic lifts, and swinging maces. It's that variable force curve. Your entire fascial system can be rebuilt in about a year. I swear to God, I am sitting here wondering how this applies to others, and all I see are doctors telling people to do the opposite of what actually worked for me. I never would have discovered this had I not been the victim of criminal medical neglect.

[@WHITE11WIZARD]

Big kudos to you! I have chronic pain and I know how hard it is just to get through the day much less do work like you have done.

[@greyfox6665]

Keto/Carnivore diet is seeing some amazing results with chronic pain syndrome.

[@noosphericaltarzan]

My pain comes from the fascia. Keto is mostly a fad diet but has some applications to certain health problems (not mine and not for most people). Honestly, I manage the pain quite well now. If you have myofascial pain syndrome (and you may well have it if you got a throw away diagnosis like fibro or whatever), then ironically the thing you need to do is -- very gradually -- increase activity levels until you can train sport. The fascia has to be trained almost every day to keep it from cramping up and creating adhesions. The chronic fatigue happens because of mitochondrial loss in brain and skeletal muscle. You can increase it in skeletal muscle by training sustained in a low heart rate (about 60-70% of you max heart rate, though the best adaptations can happen between 70-75% accompanied with some structural and systemic fatigue you must learn to manage). I am pretty athletic now. Actually, my main problem at this point is that it turned out I was predisposed to GWI (the pain and fatigue) because I was born with a rare primary immune deficiency. When VA hospital found out, they intercepted outside medications and changed one to try to poison me to get out of paying for IVIG infusions. Duke University saved my life from them. Government refuses to prosecute or allow me to just get real health insurance. Now I have zero healthcare because VA cuts me off everywhere. Duke provides infusions almost as a charity since VA only pays 2k out of 10k per infusion, and is trying to figure out how to get me a doctor. I was getting trauma care from a charity but the grant runs out. Senator Tillis knows all of this and refuses to do anything about it.

[@MalaklypsetheElder]

The VA did the same thing to my dad for decades. He was crazy, it had nothing to do with him being coerced into operation White Coat, etc. Feinstein not anything related to him getting sick in the military, the defoliants used where he served (special agent OJ), nope, it was all in his head.

[@LP-ib9um]

@@noosphericaltarzan Near Infrared Light can also help with this. Dont be too hard on the VA, they , like other MDs in the US, are slaves to the pharmaceutical industry who are tied to CDC, FDA and insurance who control what is " gold standard" and approved treatments. If they stray, they are held liable if anything goes wrong.

[@bryantsamperi3402]

It's worse than that. The mental health crisis which has 10s of millions strung out on prescription psych meds still has not been addressed by the medical community. In the past 60 years you had 100s of millions of violent alcohol related crimes, including the abuse of 10s of millions of children, all primary causes of PTSD and other stress disorders that sent 10s of millions in search of a alternative recreational (stress relief) substance. When the alcoholic and codependent medical community joined with the alcoholic and codependent lawmakers and enforcers to ensure their own recreational drug of choice had a monopoly over the market, even knowing the mass trauma is was causing, they turned a billions of dollars valid business - cannabis, the only known competitor to alcohol - over to ruthless Mexican cartels which became the foundation of their empires. They are now poisoning our people with real poisons instead of providing stress medicine - recreational cannabis - to the traumatized masses. The culpability the medical community has in multiplying mental health patients by recommending enforcing alcohol - their own drug of choice I remind you - as the only recreational substance the people have to choose, then the negligence in sitting back for 60 years watching all the death, disease, destruction, deficit, violence and sexual perversion, and have the audacity to claim " cannabis is the gateway," is enormous. Of course, they will never admit it, nor thst cannabis was the number one recreational substance the victims of those alcohol related crimes were choosing for stress relief, thus medicine to treat symptoms the drug of choice of the medical community caused. Yes, the mental health crisis is greater than the pain crisis because the alcoholics and codependents won't admit their culpability, nor that cannabis is a valid recreational (stress relieving, thus medicina) substance, but they will go on drinking alcohol as a poor example to the people.

[@justinbeloy5829]

Most people don't want to heal, they just want to be comfortable until they die...

[@traceytansley1659]

Not sure about that, I think if we could be healed, we would.

[@marysmith4811]

What? Clearly you haven't been in debilitating pain. My mother was a woman who never stopped. She was thin, walked every day, cooked, cleaned her own house, knitted, sewed, read, took vacations, and entertained friends regularly, and had a wonderful marriage. Their winters were spent in Florida and they enjoyed exploring new places. Yet her life came to a screeching halt because of pain. In her shoes I bet you would have chosen comfort over what she went through.

[@justinbeloy5829]

@@traceytansley1659 Most (I said most) people like pills more than effort. So if they could be healed with a pill, you are right on. But if it takes effort and training "most" people would rather just take a pill to kill the pain and keep doing what they are doing. I am not even trying to say that approach is bad, just that it's common. Hell, it takes one to know one and as I get older I am of the realization that I just like some things that are bad for me and there's really no point in giving up joy at this stage of life. Some people might want to live forever but I'd just rather be happy with whatever I got left. That's just me though and I'm kind of an asshole...

[@justinbeloy5829]

@@marysmith4811 I do know a little bit about chronic pain and yes, 100% I choose comfort. See my other comment.

[@SGTSLACKASS]

And what is wrong with that.

[@andreasspyrou7688]

i think you gotta tell them this Adam.. STOP TRYING TO GET RID OF YOUR PAIN!! THE PAIN IS A MESSANGER TO HELP YOU FIND THE ROOT CAUSE OF YOUR PROBLEM.

[@Hippy2021]

Why are you screaming? Is someone here deaf? He's not answering your comment. Capitalize your writing is a rude manner

[@batfink274]

People in pain are incapable of listening to reason, let alone adhering to it. They're purely emotional, so they're reasoning centres have been shut down in their prefrontal cortex.

[@Tecolote41]

Absolutely. Better to get to the cause of the pain rather than the pain itself.

[@thejackanapes5866]

The root cause of the problem is sentience, specifically phenomenal binding and nociception mediated by negative valences of consciousness. (essentially, biological evolution is the root cause of the problem). Nociception could be mediated by a somatosensory pressure sensitivity in anything older than a toddler, completely devoid of any negative valence, with no mortal risk from missing any damage cues. But the evolutionary process, since it is not a design spec, could never have produced relatively complex multicellular organisms without pain; the ability to respond to a non-valenced pressure-sensitivity could not evolve on its own because it requires metacognition / linguistic expression of abstractions on sensory experience. Those are far downstream from early common ancestors. The only coherent response to the sentient predicament is to stop procreating, end predation in the biosphere, and replace all natural nociceptive pathways that remain with painless ones. Humans will never learn this at sufficient scale to obviate these symptoms because there is no fitness payoff for doing so. Humans, like all life, are addicted to fitness payoffs. Humans have an additional layer of delusion which cripples their capacity to address this problem coherently. Prediction: 99.9% of interlocutors who read this will respond one of three ways: 1) ad hominem/argue the arguer 2) appeal to mythology and cope as justification for continued procreation/pain/suffering/death; or 3) abandon epistemology entirely.

[@edgregory1]

Mother Teresa said it's Christ touching you, and denied them paliative pain relief.

[@Jack_Warner]

I hope I can mention this, Adam, without it getting me a strike. For four years, I suffered with a condition known as Trigeminal Neuralgia. It is a very painful condition that inhibits one from doing simple things like eating, washing, shaving, combing hair. I was given some drugs by my GP, that were made for epileptics. They didn't do anything for me, but last year, I watched an interview with a guy called Clive De Carle. He suggested Magnesium tablets could cure a lot of problems, although he didn't mention my condition. I've been free of this terrible pain now, for over a year.

[@jadeansumney7060]

My husband and I have seen a chiropractor once a week for well over 30 years. We are not taking any prescription drugs...we go dancing a couple times a month. I believe in chiropractic care.

[@lcolon5606]

Dancing is great for physical and mental health. Good for you!

[@Dastardly_X]

Older brother was born with lump on his head , Had bouts of projectile vomiting, No one could figure any help. Finally dad took him to a chiropractor, Fixed all his issues .

[@joeshmoe7899]

I did the same. Still in pain.

[@dasdguy7606]

Same here.

[@stygianjack9017]

If it’s working for you then it’s psychosomatic. Chiropractic methods are wu wu and about as legitimate as homeopathy. Look into the founder and it’s background.

[@stevewalters9472]

Your story about Phen Phen struck a cord with me. I had a neighbor who took it to loose weight fast. Instead she lost her life from a fatal heart attack. She was in her early 40’s, and she was only about 20 pounds overweight. Instant gratification is not always a good thing.

[@SueK51]

Right you are, Steve; cutting the carbs, sugars and limiting your dairy is the way to go. Not worth losing your life for a few pounds; sometimes, instant can be deadly.

[@carlmorgan8452]

Diet and excersize ..... I know, but who actually follows 🤔 the docs orders?

[@fedup2892]

I don't even know how I came across this video but I did. Let me tell you a story Dr. Story. In 2003 I had a pain that started behind my knee my doctor suggested I go see an orthopedic doctor. He said I needed to start pyhsical therapy. The pain got progressively worse with therapy. This orthopedic doctor wouldn't give me any other type of medication besides arthritis medicine. He did not give me an MRI and as I continued to work it hurt to stand it got so bad I was crying the pain was so bad. When I asked him to take me off work he would not until I had a yelling match with him in his office. He suggested light duty which there was none for my case because it wasn't a workman's comp case. He finally took me off work the pain got so bad I could not stand for more than 10 minutes without being in such stabbing pain down my leg I had to yell in pain for hours. I couldn't sit and the only way I could exist was lsying on my stomach. The pain was so excruciating if I had to stand in line to get medication for 20 minutes I was about to go out of my mind. Finally after months of this this orthopedic doctor suggested surgery when I said yes the orthopedic surgeon scheduled an MRI I found out I had a herniated disc and the pain was my nerve hitting my spinsl column. He wanted to know why the doctor had only prescribed arthritis medication. I had no idea but was in severe pain for months. Nothing would help until my wonderful orthopedic surgeon used a new technique called microdiscectomy on my L5S1. I have never had another issue again. I would say doctor that you don't know pain until you have the pain your patients have, have a little more compassion and not everything is treated with a pill and if they need a pill maybe they need the right one. Show some humility too we are also screwed by doctors who think they know it all when they don't.

[@redrider8036]

Have worked as a licensed PTA for 32 years. Have seen thousands of seniors who suffer from chronic pain of some kind. Then a little over a year ago I suffered a lumbar injury from repetitive practice. I never got diagnostics, but knew the dermatome patterns indicated L5-S1 disk herniations. Started self care performing all the normal exercises with use of a few modalities. Received some relief, but a year later was still suffering with radiculopathy. Then I subscribed to a rehab course that included as a first step reading the book “The Way Out” by Alan Gordon. His great research and treatment through what he terms as “Pain Reprocessing Therapy” focused on Neuropathic/Psychogenic pain which was the key to my recovery. Within 48 hours of reading the book and beginning some PRT exercises reduced my pain from a 8-9 to a 1-2.

[@whatisthisevenfor26]

Thank you for speaking the truth and not being silent😊

[@leeanneburchell7053]

I Totally agree with you, I’ve been doing exercises for arthritis in my shoulder, no meds, it’s been months , but it’s improving everyday even my range of motion is better🤗 BUT, when someone is in constant pain all the time I can understand that they just want it to go away😢 it’s very sad , sending good wishes from Australia :-) And we need more doctors like you 👍🏻

[@AdamJStoryDC]

You got this!

[@deirdremorris9234]

Hi. Have you reduced or eliminated sugar?

[@eveleengray9067]

Look into carnivore. Reverse the symptoms. It works.

[@leeanneburchell7053]

@@deirdremorris9234 Hi Deirdre, not really , I have 1 sugar in my tea and coffee, I only have 2 cups of tea a day and 1 coffee. Should I be reducing it?

[@gj2986]

@@leeanneburchell7053 years ago i stopped taking sugar in tea for lent, 40 days at the end of the 40 days i had a cup of tea then with sugar in when i tasted it i instantly knew i would never have sugar in tea ever again, it spoils the whole taste of the tea

[@paulmarshall9189]

This concept is by no means limited to medicine. It's actually become kind of a universal SOP.

[@buickinvicta288]

Follow the money.

[@user-zv4fn4np3f]

Dr. Story, you have hit the nail on the head. Being 62 and recently gaining 20 lbs., I began having knee pain AGAIN. I know without a doubt it's because I had gained weight and needed to make my health a priority and lose this weight. Doctors are so eager to get patients through their office (because this is what healthcare has mandated) that they would rather prescribe a medication than be honest with their patients. I applaud you for being honest with this patient and not giving a medication as a first resort.

[@Farlig69]

Carnivore

[@rickadams9]

Be careful. There going to want you to get a knee replacement.

[@jenniferh7297]

I would like this video a thousand times if I could!! I was always a pill popper until about 10 years ago, after learning about Rockefeller medicine now I say no to just about any medication any doctor recommends, it’s forced me to practice self reliance in doing the hard work that needs to be done to be healthy.

[@AdamJStoryDC]

Please join the channel (Hit JOIN button) or do Patreon. I'd appreciate it.

[@chrislonsberry1974]

You are so right! America is the land of instant gratification!!

[@mancunianinlondon]

that's why the USA now has a huge epidemic of pain killer addiction. How many people do pain meds kill everyyear?

[@marysmith4811]

But if you have debilitating pain, you want it to stop. And it's not just American's. I have an aunt in Italy who is pain, and if someone told her there was a pill to help it go away, she would take it. In fact she does take pills, but they only help a bit.

[@valerieg9494]

People need to eat right, exercise. Use warm and cold compresses for pain etc.

[@clivevreeswijk4555]

Patients need to participate in their health. I used to work night shifts with a supervisor whom had several heart attacks, he continued to eat fast food and smoke. Yes he exercised but that does not negate the bad choices. Whenever I was booked to work with him, I always prayed he would be OK.

[@viatranquilla]

Arthritis is the result of joint damage, as well Arthritis is a chronic condition meaning it is NOT going to go away, and is a condition that causes inflammation or swelling in one or more joints due to aforementioned damage. Symptoms include pain, stiffness, redness, warmth, swelling, and decreased range of motion. In some types of arthritis, other organs are also affected. There are over 100 types of arthritis.. Arthritis is also the result of wear and tear on one's body, and those of us who worked in the construction field know all too well about damage resulting from work induced wear and tear.. Those that built this country are damaged and they want us to exercise..? lol.. What happens when stress is applied to worn parts..? Pain happens..

[@alicegunn3970]

I love how straight up you are.. thanks Dr

[@ruurdm.fenenga2571]

It is because some of us, are very disconnected from the Earth.

[@bigchief2331]

Not only the earth but also our fellow humans. I can't believe that this is what life is like now, it's utterly miserable and soul destroying.

[@user-nk8ww9ce9k]

@@bigchief2331 what kind of human are you?

[@lesliea.m.5392]

@@bigchief2331😢 sending loving light 💡 God is my hope and I pray 🙏 you will see not all is bad not all is lost to darkness, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger as my grandma would say

[@Magik1369]

Most humans have lost their Soul and are severed from Earth, from their own Self, from the Divine, and from others. However, they are completely unconscious of this fact because they lack basic self awareness. This sorry state of affairs typically manifests before a civilization collapses and that is exactly where we are heading by 2030.

[@mouse6210]

We're also disconnected from our bodies.

[@CreekIndianAlitaArmy]

I'm older and a powerlifter who averages 8,000 steps per day. Heed Dr. Story's advice! Exercise and watch your diet. This simple approach does wonders for your body...

[@wjack4728]

This is a Doctor I can respect

[@lawrencestokes6608]

Sir, your honesty is something that’s not heard much when people visit doctors offices.. I so appreciate your honesty and commentary, and listen to your advice. If you don’t think you’re being heard, trust me, many are listening! I often share your wisdom!

[@AdamJStoryDC]

I appreciate that!

[@ChrisInToon]

Hello you are a man of patience, you cycle, therefore you know the joy of cycling a long way and look at how far you came, the exact antithesis of the folk who say i want it now.

[@ruthsnively7248]

Amen, brother. We want the "quick fix" for everything. It takes patience and consistency to get better. We have to exercise, eat right, and be consistent with each of these and then wait patiently for our bodies to heal. I want long term health, not a quick fix for pain that does not address the root cause.

[@mckenziemcneil902]

Thank you. This video is what we need to help people understand that time and effort are worth it.

[@AdamJStoryDC]

Absolutely!

[@allison471]

Thank you Dr. Story! 😊

[@moniquegonzalez9276]

Yep! I can attest to what you’re saying. I have systemic arthritis, a torn meniscus and spinal stenosis and sciatica. I’ve been exercising with a trainer, and seen a massive improvement, even well enough to get off celebrex. All of this in only 10 weeks.

[@richardclark375]

My mother had arthritis and died from the medication!

[@TiredEmpath]

I’m so sorry about your mother. It’s hard I know. 🙏❤My mother refused meds except for 1 BP med and a thyroid med. She lived to 99, sharp as a tack.

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

Thank you,for being so upfront,honest about medications and people's overall health care.I,agree with what you expressed Dr.Story.

[@mattwaters6987]

Thanks for sharing this information. 😊

[@margiestephens7281]

I appreciate your frankness! I have 2 kinds of arthritis in my 78yo back & I stretch, do Yoga poses, aerobic moves, swim to exercise all to just to keep my pain at bay. These people like you said just want a quick fix but aren’t really interested in managing their pain in the least. Oh, well …. Just wanted you to know there are still folks out in the world who have come to love & appreciate their beautifully aging old bodies. Margie from Alabama

[@maxwillson]

Our society is so impatient about everything. It really is becoming unbearable at times. I work at a plastics manufacture and people get so mad when they hear our lead times. We're a small business, we don't have a lot of physical space, we make our products when you order them. We're not Amazon. Wait a few weeks. So many impulse buyers today.

[@Techjunkiero]

Unfortunately, you’re right. It’s been like this for decades. This is why I follow you on this channel. For your honestly and philosophy.

[@tonytribble2977]

When I first started chiropractic, I experienced retracing for the first few weeks. My body was trying to go back to where it was before the adjustments. So glad I stuck with it, 37 years now. My Chiropractor uses the Grostic Technique. Only way to go for me, but I realize new Techniques are successful treatments as well.

[@pauluskersten2975]

You are absolutely right!

[@gazb8829]

A main issue is that when a patient comes to a GP and want's a more in-depth understanding and to fix an underlying problem, all they get is a script for medication that they don't really want to take due onside effects. Most GP's have resorted to being drug dealers for the pharmaceutical companies.

[@visualverbs]

My wife, at 80, is trying to "go cold turkey" to quit tramadol. She has arthritis of the spine (and degenerative disc disease). They put her on trama-crap 12 years ago and NOW treat her like a 20 year old drug addict, with piss-tests, pill counts, lectures and whatnot. Pharmaceutical America is a suckass place.

[@edwardmclaughlin7935]

Well, well, well! There is still someone in medical practice who has retained his integrity and genuine concern for the welfare of patients, instead of jumping into the gravy boat. Liked and subscribed on this one video.

[@sundancer7381]

Sad but true. People are dying due to their not accessing information about a healthy diet, exercise, meditation, etc. If "the doctor they are currently seeing hasn't said it, it isn't true."

[@loisfreiner6127]

Thanks Doc , i appreciate your opinion

[@vincentkosik403]

Spot on Doctor...many do not want to do what is necessary to prevent later problems down the line...keeping weight down, good diet and exercise every day...streching ect..thank you

[@derekcrymble9085]

There is no such word as "irregardless" . I had a hip replacement at 50 , that was the only solution to the pain I endured for the 2 years I had to wait to get it .

[@AdamJStoryDC]

Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Edition, 1976. Look it up. I win.

[@user-dk7os6hp4z]

@@AdamJStoryDC 😆

[@user-dk7os6hp4z]

Actually it's still a double negative which is not correct..nice essene try tho doc rivers of Potomac hehe 😅❤

[@AdamJStoryDC]

@@user-dk7os6hp4z call the dictionary company and complain.

[@Nonsensically]

Thank you.

[@mikehammer1777]

Ginger, turmeric, juicing, herbs, change your diet to exclude inflammatory foods.

[@BillyBlaze7]

I was diagnosed with stage 3 Avascular Necrosis of my left femur head when I was 32 years old. I am 56 now. Off and on I have used morphine AS PRESCRIBED since my diagnosis to buy time to get a hip replacement. My surgeon told me that usually people can get only 2 hip replacements in a lifetime, and almost always for the third they have to use cadaver donor bone if its even possible. I finally got to the point to where I wanted to get the hip replacement done and had two strokes, now my heart rate lives in the low 40's from damage from the strokes and for this it became very dangerous to undergo being put to sleep to have surgery. Ive been walking on a dead and decomposing hip joint over 20 years and now I am stuck with it for the rest of my life. Luckily I am the rare type that doesnt get HIGH off of morphine and this have only taken just enough to knock down the pain enough to deal with it so I can walk. The pain has gotten extreme but I refuse to up the dosage and dont abuse my medication in any way. Yet I am still looked down on like I am a junkie, and something akin to trash on the bottom of a shoe. I wish and pray that every pain management Dr has to go through what their patients do so they understand the challenges of being a helpless victim to chronic pain and then be subjected to being treated and looked at as trash.

[@bryandowdey1779]

So much sense!

[@daringgreatly8473]

Where can I find a doctor like you! 😩

[@marysmith4811]

Doctors, even functional medicine docs need to start looking at what medications the patient is taking. Some doctors now believe that blood pressure meds can cause pain, dementia, and even diabetes. Unfortunately, those docs are usually on youtube. The mainstream medical docs, the ones who just repeat what they are taught in school and lack any kind of critical thinking, would never think of switching out someone's meds EVEN THOUGH, they know that they can pose a whole host of issues. Their lame response to this would be something like..."oh, that only occurs in 5% of the population". If a surgery goes wrong, that surgeon comes under scrutiny, and he should, but with all other health issues, no one thinks that their doctor mismanaged their pain meds.

[@Sparkles12340]

I’m from UK 🇬🇧 I swear to God - true story….my mother’s caregiver was asked to boil her 2 eggs. She hadn’t got a clue where to start….35 years old. Shocking! OMG, just horrifying. You can forget cooking healthily and taking care of yourself. 😵

[@stephenvince9994]

I have ankylosing spondylitis . You are 200 per cent right doc I know. I’ve had this disease 30 years. I’m still working and still working at it.

[@anthonypetrozzelli5429]

Excellent video, Dr. Story. You are so correct! I was studying pharmacy years ago. While I was working as a pharmacy intern in a pharmacy, I had chance to read and study drug side effects. I was horrified on how many dangerous side effects of pharmaceutical drugs. I was turned off by how the pharmaceutical companies control chain pharmacies and pharmacy colleges. There was no holistic options. Western medicine, with the help of big pharma, is all about surgery and drugs. In 2016, I had a horrific car accident. I was in a lot of pain, especially my back. I only took ibepfren for 3 weeks, no pain killers. I stretched, walked and swam. I did this for months. Fortunately, my pain went away, and I have no pain or back pain today. Back surgery, I believe, is too ify. I did it with out prescribed drugs.

[@MrRudy-vk7xx]

Health is a commitment.

[@peter5.056]

I foresee incredible long-term problems with the GLP-1 drugs. I'm a dietitian with the same philosophy as you, that the patient needs to do the hard work to get real results, and 90% of people just don't want to hear it. People want the quick fix, even if it's just a superficial one.

[@johnyancey3857]

Absolutely true everyone wants instant gratification all things take time

[@dickfleissner8257]

Soooo true. Thank you for posting.

[@cnam1258]

You are a great doctor I think.

[@JK-vc7ie]

I never go to the doctor. I don’t take any drugs.

[@gabyfields3235]

Very wise!

[@sleeve8651]

I'll be quite frank here ! Having suffered some 40 years, or better with body pain, related to a Back injury I received in the Military, ( Never seriously treated ),later, surgery at L4 - L5, I can tell you, there are times when you wish you could reach thru your Ass and grab your Spine ! I now have chosen to call it, " Body Pain ", as it effects every cell in your body ! I told myself that I would not cave into the pain, but instead fight to remain active, unfortunately, several other injuries to my Back, be it Automobile accidents, etc. ! But most credit I give to GOD ! As I'm sure without his Grace, I would have quit long ago, and likely been in a wheelchair ! Praise GOD ! Amen and Amen !

[@BuJammy]

"Desperate woman judged by pain-free doctor" would be a good title.

[@karlhungus5554]

If the patient is in severe pain and not able to get any relief and/or has trouble sleeping because of it, it would seem reasonable to do both -- work on the long term plan, but also use something in the short term (even if only intermittently) to offer some symptom relief. Maybe it's prescription, maybe it's an over-the-counter medicine, or maybe it's some sort of herb(s) or supplement(s). Having been stuck in the medical mill with no progress from standard allopathic medicine or integrative/functional medicine for some chronic issues, I've learned to take whatever help I can from wherever I can get it. Neither side is all good or all bad. Both have strengths and weaknesses.

[@Larbr000]

This is my Mom. She stopped moving enough a long time ago and she just gets worse. She refuses to even try to strengthen her body for it to get better. She just complains.

[@silviebreber1523]

Maybe her pain is greater than you are aware.

[@ericmeranda2668]

Great analysis of people and how they process thoughts. Completely agree that alot of people are short patience and discipline

[@ClintGibbs]

Adam Story for President

[@AdamJStoryDC]

Thanks Clint.

[@Jack-gn4gl]

He doesn't meet the age criteria

[@SanityIsland]

This is why all our foundational institutions are corrupt. "Make it feel better, even if it makes the problem worse."

[@pilotmike797]

people will die in their laziness

[@martywilliard]

Correction - people ARE dead in their laziness. Great point !

[@FocusedOnNow]

@pilotmike797 Maybe, just maybe, these people are not lazy, maybe they're just tired. Really tired. Compassion will lead us forward far more than generalizations. Peace 🕊️

[@LuvDogs65]

Laziness?! No, don't be so judgemental bud. Everyone has a different story and has had some bad situations. Not laziness.

[@DonaldGaron]

Although more people are using food as medicine recently, there is really not enough of a focus of the effects of what you eat on your pain, symptoms and long term health. There really is too much of a focus on drugs.

[@BeatVisions]

Every doctor I’ve been to as an adult has just recommended some sort of pills. I ignored the prescriptions and exercised/changed my diet each time instead. Fixed my problem both times I’ve seen a doctor in the last 25 years.

[@maryweymouth1371]

Ill.suffer with pain before pharmaceutical crap

[@BillyBlaze7]

That works til you are in so much pain you cant stand it

[@youtubejasonyoutubejason6962]

Great topic and info; “irregardless” isn’t a word. It’s “regardless” 😀

[@AdamJStoryDC]

It is a word. See Oxford dictionary. 2nd edition. 1976

[@gromby783]

The popular convention is that if enough people use language improperly, we change our definitions. It shouldn't be that way.

[@AdamJStoryDC]

@@gromby783 if a person wants to know if a word exists, one could check the dictionary. Do people not use these anymore?

[@vlnow]

Its so funny how many comments are about this ! I think language evolves and we all use some words that may or may not be 'proper' but are understood by the person we are talking to.

[@gromby783]

@@vlnow A language where words are build on roots is sensible. Deviating from this is just degradation. It's not an arbitrary distinction.

[@SFbayArea94121]

It’s quite wild how many of our jobs affect these conditions too. I’ve worked at kaiser Permanente here in the San Francisco Bay Area for 15 years and the inflammation in dealing with unreasonably difficult people and attention seekers has made back pain 10x as bad as since I took disability and also developed diverticulitis which people don’t usually get until mid 50’s (I’m 34) and eat a healthy diet.

[@FreezeGopher1]

What are the long term effects of chronic severe pain? Taking a pill is also a legit treatment option.

[@archur111]

You're my kind of doctor.

[@_kathrynprice]

We've been conditioned, by the pharmaceutical industry, with doctors as their sales representatives, to believe that we need medication for pain when in fact our bodies can heal themselves if we make the right choices. I've had incredible success with an Osteopath for back pain, lost 30 lbs, and at the age of 60 I'm fitter, healthier, more energetic, and happier than I've ever been.

[@dunexapa1016]

I agree with you one thousand percent Doctor. Becoming as active as you possible can is one of the best medicines. Get out there and struggle. I have had three heart attacks, two major ones. I was back to work in a month when I was still working after the first two and helped my daughter doing handyman work after the third. I have been keeping the weight down (I was overweight for years) and try to eat healthy. And most important of all, give God thanks and study the Bible and teachings of Jesus. I owe the 'Big Guy' plenty. He has been very good to me. The least I can do is try to return the favor.

[@alipainting]

I got rid of arthritis in my hip by quitting gluten, specifically bread, cereal and Mint Milanos.

[@robertgarcia3031]

As a 61 year old man with chronic severe back pain, you will do just about anything to stop the pain immediately.

[@AdamJStoryDC]

This is true. The person in the video didn’t have your pain. It was an ache. The question is, “Should she be given the same dosage and medication that you would take?”

[@elainemidgley7878]

I have a friend who would rather take pain killers then try natural options ..... I bought them all sorts of natural remedies and unfortunately they'd rather pop a pill sad. Very sad.

[@limitisillusion7]

Natural remedies are largely a farce too, unless those remedies are based on diverse, healthy nutrition and exercise. There's no handful of natural supplements that fix the problem. If you don't fix the big things, no amount of small remedies, natural or synthetic, will fix the problem.

[@gj2986]

if thats what makes her happy then why won't you be happy for her? pain relief medicne is from natural plants from nature too

[@marysmith4811]

My mother was in debilitating pain. It came on overnight. She would have been the one to say "yes", and I wouldn't blame her. In fact she was prescribed gobs of pills and they did nothing. Having said that, I kind of believe looking back now, that her blood pressure meds may have been the reason for this unexplained horrific pain. NONE of the doctors she saw for this mystery pain ever tried to switch her medication. Yet they all know that lower back pain, along with diabetes, and dementia are possible side effects. Between this and the COVID lies that doctors have either believed, or just decided to pass on because of the money they received from it, I have lost faith in our medical system.

[@mancunianinlondon]

This is where so many people fell down in 2021. They were not prepared to step back and think about what they were doing. Now millions of previously healthy people are sick or dead. Always think, step back, ponder, weigh up the opportunities and downsides.

[@sabastian4858]

I wasn't let down by the government, they did what I expected, I knew they were up to no good. I was let down by my fellow citizens that fell for it and took no steps to research or question the narrative or the product they got injected with...

[@mancunianinlondon]

@@sabastian4858 I agree. It was probably fear driven in 2020/21. But sadly I now know many people who have been seriously injured or killed by it. Why? Because they didn't think, they just trusted fat cat politicians and businessmen. Very sad.

[@justmyself1000]

And this is why I got out of the medical field....this was 95% of my patients...

[@johnlibonati7807]

Good doctor here. The goal of a medicine dependent population has been achieved. They train the population to know nothing about their bodies. They trigger chronic disease states with their vaccinations, then treat/manage the effects with their drugs, procedures and surgeries, all while telling you your problems are due to 1) genetics, 2) your behavior, 3) idiopathic (i.e. we don’t have a clue). Most doctors do what their laptop tells them to do. This guy is a rarity.

[@uffevonlauterbach]

I was recently diagnosed with IBD. The doctor gave me Protonix. I looked at the side-effects, and it was concerning. I took it anyway, because doctor's orders. But on the third day, I felt a little chest pain and I wasn't urinating normally. Too possible side-effects. I stopped taking it. To stop my IBD inflammation, I stuck to an IBD diet, and the inflammation went away. I can still get flare ups, but I've been on this diet and the Mediterranean diet, so my IBD has stopped flaring up. I'm not anti-medicine. I just don't need more problems if there is a safer alternative.

[@robertjeffery6100]

I remember I pulled my back on a rollercoaster two days later I couldn’t walk I had to lowcrawl on the floor to get to the bathroom.. I got to the doctor office and was in so much pain… I would have agreed to anything…. I didn’t know what was wrong with me but the pain was unbelievable

[@regretta1000]

I'm back on Patreon. Whew!

[@citadel9611]

I've always favored the holistic and preventative approach. To abuse your body for many years only to expect a pill to solve all the problems that such lifestyle has produced is just plain ignorant.

[@KennethAkin-me9je]

Arthritis doesn't get better it gets worse.

[@oldegoatee8450]

81 y/o and I use a PEMF device at night. I do pool therapy a couple times a week. Generally just try to MOVE. Dogs keep me busy! A friend of mine uses red light therapy. I have an Rx for Celebrex as needed. Also taking low dose naltrexone (LDN). If I become incapacitated toward the end, just shoot the juice to me, Bruce!

[@matthewronson5218]

There are no such things as "side effects", there are only undesirable direct effects.

[@ExactlyMyPoint]

I am also a chiropractor. My typical patient wants me to do one thing, one time, make all the pain go away AND not pay me for it.

[@karahamil3657]

There’s another version of then then now …. I know someone on it … crazy!!! I have OA …. Exercise is hard on the body , walking is hard esp since it’s also in my feet and ankles . I can’t take NSAIDS and there’s no pills for it other than pain meds. I hate meds of all kinds … I only take it if I’m in extreme pain. I know exercise helps but boy does it hurt when doing it and after doing it! None on bone knees too ! Too much for someone 67 .. wouldn’t mind if it set in ten years from now but it’s depressing and I refuse to take antidepressants too! I also have spinal stenosis and building L3,,4,5… and SI joint …. Drs say to stay away from chiropractors …. I’m at my wits end I may just try !!!!

[@renzo6490]

OA ?

[@waxedhands4199]

I hear ya 🤙

[@squirelova1815]

"Just get Rid of my PAIN!" That could have been a Monty Python ending with someone whipping out a pistol like in "The Cheese Shop".

[@416alexander]

As a physician our job is to present options with cons and pros to a patient and let patient choose. And not to impose our beliefs and influence their decision. Just a thought.

[@67NewEngland]

- I started having shoulder joint pain. I read and researched and found 4 exercises and stretches that I do several times a week. I’ve experienced tremendous improvement without surgery or prescription. It is possible.

[@user-tf7ec4sw4j]

Your philosophy is your philosophy. I would have walked away also. Me...now receiving pain relief procedure to lower back. Also I do water aerobics, eat half the food I use to and my primary care is from India. Her eastern medicine background works well with my mental health issues.

[@virginiahite9746]

10 years ago my friend complained about pain in her hand joints. We both use computers in our jobs. I showed her a great stretching exercise for hands/wrists she could do even in the car while stopped at a traffic light. She said, "that's okay, I'm going to my doctor for a pill."