If you have had shoulder pain, hip pain or back pain for a long time, it stands to reason that that issue is not going to heal overnight, even once you have found the correct treatments. Much like going to the gym, tissue healing means putting in repetitions. You can’t get a six-pack in three gym visits, and you can’t heal chronic pain in three treatment sessions. Once you have found the right treatments, it is typical for healing to take 3-6 months for most chronic pains. Of course, some outliers heal very fast, and those who heal slower, but 3-6 months is a pretty good timeframe to reduce pain to a manageable level in those who have struggled for a long time. Amazingly, the body can sometimes hold pain, degeneration, and repetitive strain for decades and still do a great deal of healing within six months. But it seldom does that without a very significant level of effort from both the patient and the practitioners. 

When patients come to us with the most stubborn pains, we often work on them twice a week for the first three months of their care and sometimes reduce that to once a week for another three months. It can feel like a lot of work at the time, but of course, it’s more than worth it if I get you out of pain. It is also not a great deal of work compared with how long these issues take to manifest. It is frustrating to go through so much inconvenience and expense to get pain-free. It can be like the combination of hassles involved with a weight loss journey and getting a bunch of dental work done simultaneously. But let’s face it, what were the chances of chronic pain being something that would go away easily given how much we still struggle with it in our modern microchipped world.