The Art and Science of Healing by Dr. Mark J. Rogers


Title: The Art & Science of Healing – with Light
Author: Dr. Mark J. Rogers with Nike Azoros
Publisher: Dr. Mark J. Rogers with Nike Azoros
Genre: Medical Pages: 442
Format: Paperback/Kindle




Chronic pain has reached epidemic proportions but it is not a disease. Chronic

pain is a genuine physical problem and its epidemic is being spread by the very

treatments the doctors are prescribing. Over thirty percent of patients across

the world present with back, neck, or head pain, the majority of whom are in

chronic pain, but all doctors offer is a prescription for painkillers and a referral

for intensive physical therapy. The patients never improve, in fact they get

worse. Instead of receiving empathy and understanding they are often accused

of being dishonest about the severity of their pain. Some are even sent for

psychotherapy. 'The Art and Science of Healing - with Light' breaks that vicious

cycle. Within it is explained to patients how they developed chronic pain in

the first place and how to begin to heal their migraines, back pain, neck pain,

tinnitus, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and all forms of chronic pain

in general.

Doctor Mark Rogers bases the healing process on his 7 Principles of Healing

Chronic Pain. His methods are all based in science, are common sense,

pain free, drug free, have no painful exercises, and no 'mind over matter'

meditations for coping because the problem is not in the mind of the

patients, it is in their bodies at a deep cellular level. The 7 Principles have

a conservative efficacy of eighty-five percent. As long as the Principles are

followed the patient will heal. It is the medical system that is keeping patients

in pain through ignoring the origin of the pain. Pain is not a mystery, it is not

a disease, it means you are being hurt. Chronic pain means you are still being

hurt. Written in a clear easy to read style with minimal medical jargon it is

designed for patients to finally give them understand what happened to them

and gain control over their healing processes so they can start healing today.

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From Dr. Mark J Rogers:


Before I developed the 7 Principles of Healing Chronic Pain, over 15 years ago, I was always frustrated that I could not help the patients who presented at my clinic in some form of chronic pain. They make up over thirty percent of all patients. Thirty percent is a figure so staggering that it is of epidemic proportions, yet I was unable to be of any real help to any of them beyond offering a prescription, and a referral for physical therapy. Neither option provided anything more than short term relief. I too suffered chronic pain in the form of debilitating migraines, tinnitus, neck and back pain. I couldn’t help myself let alone my patients.

What made things worse was that there seems to be no real drive within the medical community to improve the situation of the chronic pain patient. Doctors focus on how many patients they can see in a day, not in how many they can heal. There is no focus on outcomes, just incomes. This attitude is a determining factor in patient care and it led me to make the conclusion that it is the treatments of physical therapies and painkillers, along with old school medical attitudes, that are spreading the epidemic of chronic pain.

I first learnt of how the body’s own anatomy is the key to healing pain when I met medical research scientists from NASA. They introduced me to Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) and how effective it is in accelerating the healing processes – but the reader need not be concerned that that my book is all about laser – the book is not about LLLT.

The book is all about educating the reader about why his or her body is generating pain and how to get it to stop. LLLT, also known as cold laser, is a recommended optional extra.
Through the application of science, the people from NASA had found ways to help astronauts recover faster from the effects of zero gravity. They return to Earth with muscles so wasted they temporarily cannot walk and so swollen with lymphedema they are in pain. When the astronauts were surrounded with cold lasers they healed quickly.
The NASA scientists by their own admission were still working on getting better results. I decided I needed to know more about the healing processes and the fact that laser light actually accelerates them, so having been a migraine sufferer for thirty years I experimented on myself.

I healed, and haven't had a migraine since.

Yes migraines are curable, as is back pain, neck pain, vertigo, most tinnitus, fibromyalgia, trigeminal neuralgia, and unexplained chronic pain.

I went back to medical school where I took intensive anatomy courses so I could really understand every detail of the human body, and I became adept at laser therapy. I then used that knowledge to build a true method of healing, not a temporary therapy, and I call that method the 7 Principles of Healing Chronic Pain. Over years of training and research extra to my medical qualifications I found that healing can only happen when the body is given the correct conditions. No drug or physical therapy will heal chronic pain, the 7 Principles of Healing are what heals chronic pain and I explain them in full detail within my book, The Art and Science of Healing Chronic Pain – with Light.


Book Excerpt:

‘Those who do nothing are inviting shame ...(as well as violence). Thosewho act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.’ John F Kennedy, 11th June 1963 Address to the American People on Civil Rights

‘The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people whoare evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.’ Albert Einstein

The purpose of this book is to enlighten patients about how they developed chronic pain and how it can be healed. There is no mystery, no mind over matter and in the majority of cases, no medications. The solution is a powerful blend of Nature and Science that is presented in a set of 7 common sense Principles that, when applied correctly, activate and assist the healing processes within the human body. 

Patients feel frustrated that in a time where scientific research has  brought about many advances in curing diseases, keeping our organs in good  health and extending life expectancy, most doctors still can’t fix a bad back or tell you the real reason you get migraines or that permanent ringing in your  ears.
This book explains why.

The book is in three parts. In Part 1 I introduce the 7 Principles of healing chronic pain. Through them it is explained why chronic pain develops and how the normal processes the body should be carrying out to battle it are actually being inhibited by common mainstream medical practices. 

I explain that chronic pain is widespread chronic inflammation, and in the chronic pain patient that inflammation is being exacerbated by the very medical treatments the doctors are prescribing. The more medical treatments the patients have, the worse they get. The result is a very sick patient. The doctors are following established, and unquestioned, guidelines so therefore it must be the patient who is at fault. A vicious downward spiral is created and it is the patient who pays the price in every way.

I have also chosen to include a little of my own story. This was not my original intent but as the book developed it soon became clear that some of my personal history was relevant to my medical work and findings on the treatment of pain. 

There is nothing more personal than pain. I was once a chronic pain patient and the search for my own cure led me down an extraordinary path. I share that experience in the interest of revealing how current medical systems for pain treatment are not only ineffective but also defective, to the point where one might begin to feel it’s deliberate. I am aware my personal story might be of no interest to some readers so I encourage them to feel free to skip the part about me which is in Chapter 1 under the sub-heading of ‘My Personal Experience with Chronic Pain and How I Healed’. After that I talk about the importance of doctors applying science in the art of medicine. I have strong opinions about it but again the reader might prefer to skip over it and go straight to reading about the 7 Principles. Within them I provide an understanding of the importance of cellular health and how chronic pain patients lost theirs. 

You will be introduced to Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT). I have developed my knowledge in laser therapy over the last fifteen years. LLLT is also known as cold laser therapy. This is different to the high intensity lasers used in surgery. Cold laser does not cut and is cool to the touch. 

While there is much about laser within this book it is not about laser. 
Don’t feel that because you don’t have anyone near you offering cold laser therapy that you are unable to be helped. This book was designed to guide you through learning all about healing your pain, with or without laser. I make it clear that Laser is not a panacea. If used alone, without applying the 7 Principles, it will not completely cure your pain. Use the 7 Principles alone and you will heal, slower. Laser and the Principles will accelerate the healing. The combination of the two, Art and Science, works rapid wonders.
You will learn that the adherence to the 7 Principles with or without the scientific application of cold laser therapy will reverse the damage caused to your cells and rejuvenate them to their normal state of full pain-free health. 
You will become a whole new person, physically and mentally.

Throughout the course of this book it might appear that some forms of physical therapy are being singled out as ineffective. I am vehement that when it comes to chronic pain, they are not only ineffective but dangerous. 
One of the things the patient will learn is that the so-called strengthening and stretching exercises of physical therapies are a big part of the problem. Most worsen the pain by irritating its source. Physical therapies have their place, especially in rehabilitation after the pain has healed, but definitely not while it is still present. It will be recommended that physical therapies be discontinued for the duration of the healing process. Once a pain-free state is achieved the patient can return to physical therapies, but only then. Patients will be educated as to why this is the case so they can decide their own course of action.

In Part 2 we discuss the individual conditions. You will learn some facts that will challenge old thinking such as, migraine is a type of neuralgia, and tinnitus is not really a noise, it is a phantom noise. You will also get to meet some of my patients who kindly agreed to be case studies. Their stories will inspire you, and some of them don’t hold back about how angry they feel towards the current medical system and how it kept them sick, in some cases for decades. Also included are the patients most frequently asked questions. 

Part 3 is how to incorporate the 7 Principles into daily activities including sleep, exercise, and even intimacy. Medicine must put the patient first and incorporate more Science instead of blindly following draconian protocols designed purely for legal protection and financial benefit for doctors. When more Science such as LLLT becomes a part of mainstream medicine the benefits to all aspects of society will far outnumber any initial introductory inconveniences to the medical establishment. 

There will be less reliance on pharmaceuticals. Insurance claims will resolve much easier, the workplace will be safer, and recovery from all accidents will be faster. Laser is invaluable for healing chronic pain quickly but it is also is an effective modality for preventative medicine. When mainstream medicine incorporates more Science there will be many changes in the way we heal. Chronic pain could soon become a thing of the past. 

Chronic pain has long been considered to be an uncontrollable mystery condition. It has been grandly labeled as a complex biopsychosocial condition. Some doctors even consider it to be an incurable disease; others claim it is a result of the patient’s neuroticism. No wonder the patient is confused. The confusion ends now. 

Your pain is real and it has a traceable origin. My methods locate that origin, that bull’s-eye, and the laser targets it, fills it with healing light and the body does the rest. The Principles, and the laser, are perfectly safe, pain free, and so simple they are revolutionary. The chronic pain sufferer will finally be able to get off the medical merry-go-round. When mainstream medicine stops disguising its fear of change by shunning cold laser therapy and instead embraces it, in doing so it will enter a new phase of sophisticated and inclusive patient care. Get ready for a long overdue medical revolution.






Chronic pain is pain that recurs frequently or is a constant part of one's life.Often the source can be difficult to locate and even the reason behind it may seem impossible to discover. The author of this book, a doctor, and his father,also a doctor, suffered from migraines. The doctors they consulted told them there was a genetic component to their pain.Pain itself is not a disease. It is a symptom. Pain serves a purpose.Many doctors prescribe higher doses of drugs or different drugs when a patient does not get relief. This method of treatment has high possibility of drug addiction. It even happens to doctors. Light therapy does not run that risk. The phototherapy (heliotherapy) discussed in this book is Low Level Laser Therapy, aka LLLT or Cold Laser therapy. The purpose of this book is to help non medical readers, or average patients, pain sufferers, to understand more about chronic pain, how the body naturally reacts to pain, and how typical Western medical treatments can make the cause worse.Dr. Rogers also devised a 7 Principles plan for dealing with pain even when Light Therapy is not available. Presented in the book are case studies from actual patients.Forms of light therapy go as far back as we have history. Florence Nightingale was known as the Lamp Lady. She observed that patients exposed to light, whether direct sunshine or through a window, improved faster. Even further back, around 400 BC, Hippocrates discovered that pain is caused wherever the body has inflammation. Physiologically the human body requires light for optimal health; it transforms light into electrochemical energy. Light stimulates metabolism and immune response mechanisms. By studying and applying physics, Dr. Rogers discovered that simple changes in posture, living aligned with the Law of Gravity, work as pain relief. He believes that chronic pain is caused by soft tissue damage, which will not show up on an x-ray. Soft tissue contains pain receptors and nerve endings. When injured soft tissue releases noxious chemicals resulting in inflammation and pain. Dr. Rogers attended a medical seminar almost 20 years ago. He wasn't particularly interested in lasers until it promised relief for his own pain, migraines. Like most humans our interest increases if something personally affects us.The book discusses how medical treatment is influenced by insurance and drug companies.Also discussed are balanced systems of the body, and problems caused by imbalances, and inflammation as a cause of depression. LLLT has been successfully used for wound care, arthritis, and carpal tunnel.It is a very interesting book and very well presented. It gave me much to consider and think more about. I will be asking my own doctor about several of the points Dr. Rogers presented.I received this book as part of a blog tour in exchange for my views.I am recommending it to other chronic pain sufferers.




 



About the Authors

Dr. Mark Rogers has been a general practitioner for thirty years and developed 

his expertise in soft tissue injuries, chronic pain, and laser over the last 

twenty. A former migraine and back patient himself, he saw the need for a 

book specifically for patients and how to heal their pain. He has presented 

papers on his methods all over the world and lectures to post graduate 

Masters students. Three times nominated for Australian of the Year he lives in 

Adelaide, Australia, is married and has five children.

Co-author Nike Azovas is the author of four books. Her novel, ‘The Eagle of 

Spinalonga’ was an international bestseller and was one of Amazon UK’s One 

Thousand Best Books of 2013. 

Two more novels are underway, a thriller called Woken and one about life in 

Greece during its financial crisis. 

Trained in journalism, creative writing and business she lives in Greece and 

Australia, and has three children.

Their latest book is The Art and Science of Healing – with Light.

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