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Bravo, Yolanda! I've just finished reading Dr. Yoho's article with the same angered reaction as you had.

I sustained a spinal injury five years ago and have been in crippling chronic pain ever since. I declined spinal decompression surgery (horrifically invasive and debilitating in itself) as well as opioid medications.

Of the many, many alternative therapies and remedies I've tried, the most nurturing (and most expensive, sadly, not at all covered by any insurance) has been deep-tissue bodywork, 90-minute sessions weekly. I started during the peak of the pandemic, so grateful that the practitioner would treat/touch me even though I was unvaccinated. It was the only close human contact I had, the only human touch. Even though the effect on the nerve pain and impingement was minimal, the human/emotional connection sustained through the darkest of times.

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