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| healingback |
Posted - 05/20/2011 : 01:21:05
i emailed my first osteopath last night, he intially said after the third time i went to him that he thought my pain could be emotionally based. i emailed him last night to ask him why he felt that.... and his reply was this.... it probably me being stupid, but i read it and his words i just dont get, so i thought id ask you guys to maybe make sense of it...
here it is -
I do believe that in many cases the emotions have an impact on our health at some level, either noticeable or not. In your case it is a structural issue that is manifesting.
Emotion is defined as a mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling.
We all have emotions (feelings) that are both positive and negative, the negative emotions or toxic thoughts tend to be from a learned past experience that have become a bad habit, if you want, Those toxic thoughts send a fight or flight response, a chemical response through our system and affect our physiology. This continuous exposure to a chemical or hormonal cascade causes our bodies to become exhausted and fatigued because there is never a physiological conclusion an end to the fear, the fear or thought (feeling) never goes away and so you become stuck in this emotional rut
I think a two prong approach would be best a physical and an emotional therapy, the best emotional therapy would be Cognitive Behavioral therapy (CBT) this will help build strategies and mechanisms in dealing with negative or toxic thoughts by understanding where they came from.
I hope that has been of some help.
any thoughts ?
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| Javizy |
Posted - 05/20/2011 : 03:43:48
He's basically saying you suffer from anxiety. The fight-or-flight response is a primitive defence mechanism programmed into your brain to help to protect you from impending danger. For example, a giant rottweiler steaming toward you. Starting from your face, your entire body tenses, your digestive system stops, adrenaline is pumped around your body, your circulation is optimised for movement - you're ready to either take the dog on or get the hell out of there!
It's probably saved you from injury many times throughout your life, so the response itself is very important. The problem is your thinking brain (neocortex) and all its nasty thoughts. The primitive brain isn't aware of its connection to the thinking brain, and can find it just as threatening as giant dogs. Every time you experience psychological stress, the primitive brain senses danger and activates the fight-or-flight response.
If you suffer from psychological stress for a long period, the constant release of hormones starts to sensitise your nervous system. You start to feel edgy and react to the slightest stimulus, further fuelling the problem. This is when the unconscious part of your nervous system can start to deregulate - muscle tension may remain unnoticed by the brain, circulation may become unbalanced, the digestive system may malfunction, and skin problems, weakened bladder and shallow breathing may also result.
So, like your osteopath is saying, you need to start by getting a hold on your anxiety so that you can give your nervous system a break! CBT is a good approach for realising just how negative your thought patterns can be, and taking the steps to change them. Check out this book if you'd like to do it by yourself http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cognitive-Behavioural-Therapy-Teach-Yourself/dp/1444100890/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1305883924&sr=8-3. According to the book, CBT is available on the NHS, and only requires around six sessions on average, so speak to your GP. What you can do right now is remove probably 70-80% of your anxiety by accepting your situation and pain! Worrying about it is literally just fuelling the problem.
However, since you have back pain, the opposite of the fight-or-flight response may also be playing a role. The Green Light reflex occurs when you're curious or ready to do something, and forces your back into an arch, among other things. If this becomes habituated, the brain may forget that the back shouldn't be arched permanently, and leave the muscle in a permanent state of tension. This causes a lot of pain, and appears on an x-ray as if the spine has no support, so arrogant, absolute idiot physicians send you to have vertebrae fused without even palpitating your muscles, which clearly are supporting the spine, but forcing it out of shape! You can find more information about this here http://www.massageandbodywork.com/Articles/AprilMay2004/hanna.html and in Hanna's book Somatics. |
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