Most of us treat pain as the beginning of a problem. It isn't. By the time you feel it, whether it's a stiff knee, an aching lower back, or hands that hurt in the morning, inflammation has usually been quietly active for months, sometimes years.
In this solo episode, Dr. Shivani Gupta breaks down why pain is the last signal your body sends, using her own experience with plantar fasciitis and a round of NSAIDs that damaged her gut without ever solving the original problem.
In this episode:
The real difference between acute inflammation, which is protective, and chronic inflammation, which is quiet and easy to explain away
Why Tylenol and Advil work differently, and why neither one addresses the disease process underneath your pain
What's happening inside an osteoarthritic or rheumatoid joint at the cellular level
Why curcumin research shows results comparable to ibuprofen and prescription NSAIDs, without the gut damage
The COX2 and 5-LOX pathway explanation, and why turmeric and boswellia work better paired together
How your everyday ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fats shapes your body's baseline inflammatory response
Dr. Shivani's honest, still-unfolding story about her own hip and spine pain
This conversation is an invitation to listen to the whisper before your body has to shout.
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