The Spiral of Healing and Disease

Once we head down a path or healing or disease, it becomes a spiral.  It often takes quite a bit of energy to change directions once you have been along one path or the other for a while.  The lower the amount of time and energy in one direction, the easier it is to turn it around.  However, after years or decades of ill health, it can be very daunting trying to get on a path to healing as it takes a long time to start seeing and feeling the benefits of being healthy.  There is no magic pill that can turn years around in a day.  Imagine trying to stop a train instantly - you either fail to slow down or cause a disaster.  It takes time and constant energy, even just in baby steps, to slow the train, stop it, and then change directions.

A specific example I experienced recently is tendonitis in my wrist.  It slowly got injured with repetitive strain and a few events which caused inflammation.  Before I knew it, my body decided that it needed to protect me by causing excruciating pain in my entire hand so that I stopped using it.  I thought I broke my wrist.  With constant icing, rest, and Advil, I was able to turn the spiral around.  Sometimes, the initial discomfort is barely noticeable, but this is the time to prevent it from spiralling out of control.

This downward spiral often happens to people who experience trauma or a lot of stress in their lives without taking the time to recover.  They end up with adrenal fatigue, their immune system goes down, they get allergies, inflammatory diseases, glucose intolerance, gain weight, are too tired to exercise or eat properly, and before they know it, they have nutritional deficiencies, respiratory issues and even more stress.  It is a dangerous spiral and your body will make you rest by making you so ill you cannot do anything else but rest.  If this sounds like you, or someone you know, please go see (or have your loved one go see) a Naturopathic Doctor for help.

Remember that in order to heal ourselves, our whole body (mental, physical, emotional, and energy/spiritual) needs to heal as it is all connected.