Achieve total wellness with no more pain

Did you know that up to 75 percent of reported pain isn’t linked to an identifiable physical cause? That means pain is not just a physical issue, so ultimately it can’t be treated by physical means alone. Research shows that between 30 and 40 percent of adult Americans experience some degree of chronic pain, and that’s only physical discomfort. When you consider emotional or psychological pain, chances are everyone is living with some kind of pain.

Most people cope with pain by searching for a quick, physical fix. A New York Times article reported that more people are now addicted to painkillers than to street drugs, and that hospitalizations related to prescription drugs have increased fivefold and overdose deaths fourfold in the last decade.

But the secret that nobody tells you is that painkillers only mask pain. They don’t and can’t cure it. It takes someone like Dr. Rajiv Parti, a highly successful anesthesiologist who specialized in treating pain, to tell the truth about it in his new book, Pain: Forgive, Love, Heal. After suffering from a series of debilitating, nearly fatal illnesses that started in August 2008, Parti realized he was addicted to painkillers in March 2011. That’s when he made the profoundly difficult but ethical choice to give up his practice, to conquer his addiction, and to search for a real solution.

Soon he realized that his pain was not just physical but deeply emotional, psychological, and spiritual. That led him to Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India where he had been born. By becoming a student of that ancient holistic, natural practice, which he combined with meditation and yoga, Parti was able to regain control of his life with a new focus – to share his personal journey through pain to forgiveness, love, and healing.

“I was given my life back specifically so that I could help others suffering from chronic pain, addiction and depression,” Parti said.

As both a pain management specialist who prescribed pain medication as a healing solution and as a patient who has seen the havoc they wreak on the mind and body, Parti is an advocate for a consciousness-based approach to healing, encouraging people to explore healing through non-pharmaceutical, non-invasive therapies.

“It is my firm conviction that one cannot achieve total wellness or sustained health without understanding that there is a dimension to wellness that comes from beyond the physical care of the body,” he said.

To learn more about Parti and his book, Pain: Forgive, Love, Heal, go to www.basichealthpub.com