Dr. Brownstein Relaxation acts just like chemical muscle relaxers or tranquilizers like Valium which calm down the mind and nervous system and allow the muscles to relax. In your book, you state that pain should never be accepted as a permanent condition that you have to live with forever. Say more about that. Dr. Brownstein Most doctors tell their chronic pain patients that they will just have to live with their pain. I make a distinction here.
Pain is always temporary.
It is never permanent. Pain is the language that your body uses to get your attention to tell you that something is out of balance in your life. Pain actually is a healthier sign than say numbness or no feeling at all. For example, if someone has a stroke or a spinal cord injury with paralysis in a certain limb, there will be no pain in that limb whatsoever, but also, there will be little chance of regaining the health of that affected limb. With back pain, or any pain, the pain signifies that the nervous system, the master system in the body, is intact and that the condition can be reversed.