Sunday 14 February 2016

Pain, pain go away! Don't come again another day

What is pain and why do we experience it?


Pain is the bodies way of getting us to pay attention, to let us know something's not quite right - a prompt to make us do something different, to save ourself.
For example, when we step on a sharp object the nerves send a message to the brain to register the pain saying "pay attention something's not quite right", the brain then sends a message to the muscles to move the foot or step lighter telling us "to do something different" and the pain goes away…

Except when it doesn't!

What's that about?

Why do some of us have long held pain?
For example back pain that may have first occurred from a fall and over time the injury has healed from a medical perspective but the pain never really went away. Some days it's worse than others, sometimes things ease it and sometimes they don't.

Why is that?

What's going on there?

Doctors and scientists may have no answers to these questions but do you? Does your body that initially sent the pain message hold the answer on how to stop the pain message still being sent?
Of course it does - but you have "to pay attention, somethings not quite right" and I mean really pay attention to all of you because the body doesn't only send us pain to change our physical behaviour it also sends pain to get us to pay attention to our emotions, behaviours, thoughts and beliefs.
Think about when you're really sad particularly when you're trying to suppress your sadness and hold it in - any chest pain?
What about when you're stressed - any headaches or neck pain occur as a result?
What about feeling anger - do your muscles stiffen, your joints lock up?
All of these physical pains are warnings from our body to "pay attention something's not quite right" and to "do something different", because if you don't, overtime, your unexpressed sadness may show up as lung or breathing issues like asthma, cold/coughs or even pneumonia, your unresolved stress could turn into migraines, aneurysm or stroke, your constant feeling of anger or frustration may cause symptoms of arthritis, debilitating muscle pain or inflexibility.

So if you have any "unexplained" physical pain broaden your awareness. Look outside of only the physical and consider what emotions, behaviours, thoughts or beliefs may also be causing you pain, may also need you "to pay attention, somethings not quite right - do something different".

It's worth a try :)

Yours in health, harmony and happiness




If this newsletter has touched a chord in you but you are unsure how to heal your pain from this new level of understanding please call us because this is what we do - we help you get in touch with your body but also your mind and your spirit so you can access what it is you need to know "to pay attention to", to clear any blocks "the somethings that aren't quite right" and to choose new emotions, behaviours, thoughts or beliefs "to do something different" and reclaim wellness.