The Truth About Back Pain Revealed. The blog that explains how to apply quantum principles to end back pain is back (after a true holiday)! If you want to follow the thread, please check out my previous blogs on this subject.
There is an intriguing relationship between the physical posturing, pain and tension patterns of one’s spine, one’s perception/consciousness and one’s behaviors in the world.
Would you attempt to pet a dog if its tail was tucked, its ears were back and its shoulders were scrunched up with hair bristling? Probably not. Why? Because the animal is obviously in a defensive posture.
Reaching out to pet that dog is a risk because a posture like that means that the animal is perceiving your approach as a threat. The dog’s behavior is being guided by it’s fight or flight instincts. Even if you’re trying to help it out of danger or feed it…you’re likely to get bit because the animal is operating from the most primitive part of its brain for behavioral instructions at that moment.
Our own spinal posturing, perceptions and behaviors share similar principles. When we get overwhelmed, injured or stressed we’re apt to shift into the fight or fight mode. Our shoulders droop, our chests sink in or protrude out, our necks and jaws jut forward, our tailbones tuck.
Along with these postural changes comes a reduction in the flow of blood and oxygen to the highest most evolved parts of our brains — the cerebral cortex and neocortex. These regions are associated with an ability to form meaning, put things in context, be aware of and observe our own actions, experience gratitude, feel compassion and all “higher” states of being.
Defensive Posture = Less Gratitude and Less Conscious Awareness? Yes.
And what about back pain? What does all of this have to do with ruptured discs, torn ligaments, strains and sprains and sciatica? We’re on our way there. Stay tuned.
Warmly,
John
Thanks for these posts John.
Hi John,
Another great post.
Because of my back issues, I've always been interested in various symptoms and causes. The posturing makes sense. In fact, I've always thought that the reason why my calf muscles seemed smaller or less defined than those on others was because I was always on my 'back foot'. Meaning, that instead of being confident in my approach to 'whatever' and leaning forward in my posture, instead I was reluctant and ready to back away. Is there a connection or was I grasping?
Thanks
Phillip
Good post. Will pass along to my clients.