Here’s a very big difference between Chinese medicine and Western medicine. You know what annoys me the most about modern medicine? The notion about false hope.
They insist on operating in silos, separating how you feel with how your body is. In Chinese medicine, your body’s state reflects how you feel and what your emotional state is. So if you FEEL that things are going well, your body feels good. Isn’t that truth? When you feel optimistic, doesn’t your body feel energetic?
It’s funny when their patients tell them that they’re coming to see us, that they insist that we’re giving you false hope. Aren’t they affording you NO hope? Then they can’t understand why their surgeries DON’T work, why their drugs DON’T work, why their psychotherapy DOESN’T work? Why on earth are they in the business of medicine, if you’re not hopeful for a favourable outcome or result? Why ELSE do you go to see a doctor or therapist?
They must be insane. But seeing as so many of them, are also unhealthy, you perhaps shouldn’t expect much from them! Many are depressed because they realize they’re not helping people. So they feel helpLESS. It’s not by accident that I and so many of my colleagues in Chinese medicine take excellent care of themselves. It truly is the medicine.
Chinese medicine is all about hope and optimism. We have tools that help people become stronger so that they overcome their injuries and their illnesses. But it’s a two way street. You’ve got to be willing to put in the work that we assign you. By work, it’s really not complicated nor is it hard work. The secrets to regaining your health are right in front of you, if you’re willing to accept the challenge.
Your mental well being is tied intimately with your physical well being. No silos. Everything is connected. A connection to yourself always means being aware about how you feel about things. No injury or illness is ever an accident or can’t be explain.
So because you’ve arrived at a certain point in your suffering and you seek out my help, you’re going to feel better JUST by making that first positive decision. There is no such thing as false hope when you deal with us. Because you already have it inside you. You just need to be guided to using HOPE to heal NOW.
Dr. Joanny Liu, TCMD, RAc, P.Eng. Dr Joanny Liu “Best Selling Author and founder of Extraordinary Sports Medicine, where we help athletes reverse injury, get back in the game they love and improve their quality of life.” Best selling book at: Heal Your Concussion: How to Quickly and Effectively Get Back in the Game Remember, we’ve got two books about healing concussions in Amazon: Knock OUT Concussions, Heal Your Concussion: 21 Days to Brain Health, and Dr. Joanny’s new book, Heal Your Concussion: How to Quickly and Effectively Get Back in the Game is NOW live on Amazon!
