Your Symptoms Are Not The Problem

Hey

Doctor Ryan Alter. I’ve got something today. I want to teach you to really understand what’s actually going on when you’re having whatever problem you’re having. Point I want to make today is that your symptom

Your back pain

or your leg pain

or your headache is different than the actual problem.

The symptom is not the problem. When someone has shooting pain down their leg

that is the symptom. The problem potentially is a vertebrae that shifted a disc that’s bulging or irritated or herniated that’s pressing on that nerve

causing the shooting pain down the leg. But the bulging or herniated disc or the vertebrae problem is not the same as the pain going down the leg.

You can eat pills or get a shot and potentially have the pain in the leg gone. But the problem is still there. Here’s another example that will really kind of solidify this thought. You break your arm

you’ve got shattering arm pain

and you go to the hospital

and they give you a shot of morphine

and all of your pain is gone.

The symptom is gone. Is the problem gone? You haven’t even started. The bone needs to be set

cast goes on the bone

weeks or months of healing

then maybe some rehab. So you can see, the symptom and the problem are not the same. Here in our office

we’re focused on addressing the underlining problem to help you get better long term and prevent future problems down the road.

Remember

We’re here in Delray Beach, and we are on a mission to help you and everyone you know feel your best. So if you know anyone

or yourself

or your family member has anything bugging them

you call us.