Rheumatism RHEUMATISM

I'm Raymond Rheumatism, and when I run riot in your body you generally writhe with pain. Unfortunately for many of you, I am accepted as an inevitable part of advancing age, or as a family inheritance.

Maybe I had better identify myself a bit. Basically, I'm a painful condition of the joints and muscles, caused by inflammation in those areas. Inflamed joints do not produce the proper amounts of lubricating fluid; then old Raymond Rheumatism can start his act. I should say acts, because I have a painfully interesting variety.

First, I may occur in almost any joint or muscle. I may be a stiff neck for one person. In another victim, I may select the knees, or the arms, or the back. I do get around! Often I will start off as a not-so-severe pain, and just about the time you begin to get concerned, I'll flit away. But you can usually depend on my return. When I get you properly conditioned, I'll return with increasing frequency and stay a bit longer each time.

If you do nothing about me - except complain to your friends and family, and pop pills - I may even become chronic, and then you have real trouble.

Sometimes I'm called Raymond the Rainmaker. Actually, there's some basis for that. High humidity often forecasts a shower of rain. When the humidity is high, the imbalance of fluids in your joints is more noticeable - and more painful. When I make a surprise call on you, you may, with some degree of accuracy, become a weather prophet.

But this is a pretty high price to pay for a fleeting moment of glory, especially when there is something that you can do about me. Go and see a Doctor of Chiropractic. If you haven't allowed me to reach an irreversible state, they can help you send me to the dugout permanently.

Your general health and well-being are dependent on messages from the brain to all organs and muscles in your body, through an intricate nervous system. The mainstream for this nervous system is your spinal column. If any vertebrae are misaligned, the messages are not carried through the nervous system properly, and this means other vital parts of your body will not function properly.

Your doctor of Chiropractic, through gentle adjustments which relieve nerve irritation, can get this nerve energy flowing properly again.

A Doctor of Chiropractic will find out if you have had a recent infection such as tonsillitis. They will check to see if all your elimination processes are functioning properly. All these things can produce toxic conditions that make it perfect for me to perform my perfidy.

By the way, I don't care for warm clothing. That helps you eliminate poisons in your body. Show me a singlet in cold weather, and Raymond will be right there.

Incidentally, not all my friends call me the Rainmaker. Some of them refer to me as the Painmaker. This is a great joke on you. Actually, I wasn't invited. But as long as you make conditions right for me, I'll make The Man Who Came For Dinner look like an overnight guest.

I can be invited out. Check with your Doctor of Chiropractic for the proper wording on the invitation.

Only Nature Heals ... Chiropractic Proves It!​Rheumatism

"Discover the Benefits of Chiropractic" Parker Chiropractic Research Foundation, 1973. Litho in U.S.A
Authorised Redistribution; J. Howard Morley D.C. Dip. N.B.C.E. Doctors of Chiropractic. U.S.A