Pain as a Cry for Care: A Body’s Message
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Speaker: [00:00:00] Oh, poor baby. Can you imagine if we treated our pain as if it were a baby? Some of us do, we may feel an ache in our neck and shoulder, and we'll want to protect it by crawling into a ball and, holding ourselves, refusing to move to avoid. Any further pain.
Now, when a baby cries, it's only a few things that could be going on. She may be hungry, tired, she may want a diaper changed and it's, it's almost the same thing with pain where you may be experiencing. Pain because of tightness. Weakness, stiffness, maybe [00:01:00] overuse. Either way, the the body is trying to give us a signal.
It's trying to communicate with us the best way that I can. Now, for a baby, it's crying out loud. And for our body, it's sending out the most intense feeling that you could feel.
These are pieces of information and we seek out a physical therapist to figure out what exactly is the information that's being conveyed.
And sometimes I can just look at you and know exactly what's going on. There's this patient who has been suffering from neck and shoulder pain for a few years now. And whenever I see him, he's leaning on his left shoulder, arm, and [00:02:00] elbow. I've told him, you're protecting this pain. You're holding onto it and you need to let it go.
His pain extends from his neck down into his fingers. I Explained that your nerves are trying to tell you something.
So I get him into a nerve glide position and after just a few sessions that pain is beginning to dissipate.
Speaker 2: Okay. What I'd like for you to take away from this is your body is trying its best to talk to you. You need to start listening. If you are having trouble understanding or trying to understand what your body is telling you, please reach out to me at kinesmovement.com. I will help you move better so you can live better.[00:03:00]
Until next time, take ownership of your movement, do more weight less. I'll see you on the next one.
