Mind-Body Pain Relief

The mental-emotional aspect of health is for sure the most controversial topic. I have to say, it absolutely boggles me how one can not see how this critical area is so VITAL to the health and well-being of every single human being on this planet.

It is also EXTREMELY correlated to chronic pain and through its elimination.

Here is a short list of some of the common mental-emotional stressors:

Job: Love vs. Hate relationship

Job: TOO much love! (yeah, I”m talking to you work-aholics!)

Generally feeling bored or stagnate with life

Lack of passion

Feeling stuck or frustrated in certain areas of life

Relationship stress: Abusive relationships, lack of connection, relationship has long been over, but hasn”t been ended!

Social stress: Perception of self in the context of your own social group, Caring too much about how others perceive you

Imbalanced or limiting spiritual beliefs: No connection with something greater than self, Limiting beliefs about own capabilities or what life holds for you. Believing in hell vs. heaven and questioning which one you’re gonna go to! (more on this very touchy topic later!)

Now, can you start to understand, after reading this list and paying attention to what goes off in your head as you do so, how these areas can create emotions and feelings (which ARE things) that can affect you on many levels?

Here’s just a sample:

An interesting case includes a woman who came to see me who had structural scoliosis for her whole life. She had been in pain for a long time. Unfortunately, after a mis-diagnosis, she had a piece of her intestines surgically removed.

After interviewing her, I found that she had been experiencing many digestive problems, along with her chronic back pain. On a 1 to 10 scale, her pain was at about an 8. She was about to go on vacation for a few weeks right after I saw her, so I decided to start her on some nutritional principles that really help reduce inflammation in the body.