The Cost of Musculoskeletal Pain

For 6 months, Nazih couldn’t walk properly with all of the pain he was in! After a series of Myotherapy treatments, he was climbing the Dandenong 1000 steps week after week! Theo was told he needed surgery for Archilles Tendonitis and sought a second opinion at our clinic. He since recovered fully without surgery and is back to playing tennis and chasing his children around, enjoying fatherhood. Grant had a herniated disc and couldn’t work for many weeks. He was recommended surgery after he tried many different modalities including physio and osteo. After a series of treatments and a recovery program at Advanced Myotherapy, he astounded the surgeon with the new MRI results showing is spine was healthy, without the disc herniation! Malina was treated by a Physio weekly for 4 months for carpel tunnel syndrome, tendonitis and fibromialga. In just one session her tingling was almost gone! Chemain had severe shoulder pain with a twisted nerve at the base of her skull. She had been in pain for 2 months! Went to see the After the third treatment including dry needling all pain and nerve distress was gone! Many more stories like these include clients who have been able to return to their daily living without pain killers, often for the first time in months! Harmful drug use continues to be a serious public health issue in Australia with 1,808 drug induced deaths registered in 2016. Most of these deaths were due to prescription pain killers. Pain medications are highly addictive and the dependance on them can be lethal and debilitating! Moving Beyond Pain naturally is vital now more than ever as stress and injury related illnesses and pain conditions are on the rise.

• In 2001, 32% of the population reported having a disease of the musculoskeletal system as a long-term condition. Most of this was reported as back pain.

• Musculoskeletal conditions accounted for 18% of all hospital visits!
• In 2000-01, more money was spent on musculoskeletal problems than all but one other diseases being cardiovascular, out of the total allocated health expenditure ($4.7 billion).
• The value of services for musculoskeletal diseases is the highest of all the major disease areas with $879 million being spent on musculoskeletal diseases in the health sector in 2000-01 (AIHW 2004).
• Chronic back pain and slipped discs accounted for 19% of total health system costs for musculoskeletal conditions, with the highest expenditure on professional services accounting for 38%.

Chronic Muscle pain is a common issue people face today! Recovery is far more attainable than most people realise! At Advanced Myotherapy, our passion is facilitating long term recovery. Self Care education is our strongest value. If we can help people break drug dependancy where possible..we will! The cost of pain killers is phenomenal! The cost of pain is a debilitating restriction of lifestyle and mental health. Our purpose for using Myotherapy and Massage is to help people achieve a fulfilling quality of life. Without addiction to drugs and without unnecessary and preventable surgery.