Chronic pain has always been a mystery. For the more than 100 million Americans who suffer from it, their pain often returns at the slightest provocation, even when doctors can't find anything wrong. In
Total recovery, Dr. Gary Kaplan argues that we've been thinking about the nature of pain all wrong, resulting in the misdiagnosis of untold numbers of patients who receive inadequate, even inappropriate, care. Physicians continue to diagnose conditions like migraines, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, chronic back pain, depression, anxiety, and PTSD, when a growing body of research shows that these are not diseases in themselves, but
symptoms of inflammation in the brain. The cause? Not a single event, but a long-term accumulation of traumas. Every injury, infection, toxin, and emotional blow generates inflammation, activated by tiny cells in the brain called microglia. These signals can keep firing in the nervous system for months, even years, to devastating effect. Fortunately, it is possible to quiet inflamed cells and restore balance so sufferers can finally address the underlying cause of their chronic pain. With Dr. Kaplan's revolutionary new medical model, millions of misdiagnosed readers can stop suffering and fully regain their health.
