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View profileI always tell my patients: the trial period exists precisely so you don’t have to take my word for it. You will know within a week whether it works for you.
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View profileI see Dallas patients regularly whose knee X-rays look terrible but who have manageable pain — and others whose X-rays look mild but who can’t sleep. The pain isn’t in the image. It’s in the inflammation and the nerve signaling.
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