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Body Talk

4/8/2021

 
Body Talk
by Karen Bruno, PT

It has been recognized for a long time that there are interactions between the mind and the body. Our thoughts inform our emotions and that triggers a cascade of events in our bodies. (1) Emotions that are expressed freely and without judgement can uplift us, make us feel happier and improve our overall health. Repressing our emotions, especially anxiety and anger, can produce a physical reaction of tension in the body (Tension Myositis Syndrome). Prolonged tension can lead to pain disorders, stiffness and loss of function. (2)
If you are experiencing chronic pain, stiffness or discomfort, what is your body trying to tell you?  Here is a short, fun practice to begin dialogue and partnership with your body.
  • Allow yourself to acknowledge your body’s wisdom. 
  • Acknowledge anything that feels like discomfort or pain is really not discomfort or pain, but rather your body’s desire to call your attention to it and give you information.
  • Talk to the pain or discomfort. Acknowledge the part of the body from where the pain is coming and speak to it directly. 
  • You may choose to use a mirror and look in the mirror as you speak to that part of your body or you may talk to the body and say, ”Body part, I love you. I am grateful for what you are doing for me. Tell me what you would like me to know”,  and then listen. 

This may seem awkward or strange at first;  it may seem silly or even uncomfortable, but if you do this more and more, you shall receive the answers and your body begins to trust you and you begin to trust your body, thereby creating a partnership for health. Through practicing this over and over you may notice that the pain begins to subside and  may eventually be gone.

You may choose to combine this with a very clear intention that it is your intention to 100% enjoy your body fully, and that your body enjoys you inside of it fully and completely. This supports  your collaboration with your body for a maximum amount of enjoyment.

Although the pain may not leave immediately, recognize that the physical form takes longer to change, but the change starts once you make a connection and change your thoughts. It is new energy; it is new consciousness; it is new awareness. Your job now is to stay in a mode of receiving and know that you have started the process of feeling better, and while it might not be an overnight healing, it will be steadfast and continuous, and with ease and grace. We want this with ease and grace in the most gentle way for you.

According to Dr. John Sarno, in his book, Healing Back Pain, for a condition like chronic back pain, once you call out the emotion that your body is repressing, there is no longer any need for the pain and the body will no longer need to generate tension. (2) 

All of us here at Connect Physical Therapy are here to support you to feel your best. ​

  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5585554/
  2. Sarno, John (1991), Healing Back Pain, Grand Central Life and Style, New York

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  • Home
  • About
    • Michelle Dela Rosa, PT, DPT, PRPC
    • Karen A. Bruno, PT, DPT, PCES
    • Bryn Zolty, PT, DPT, PRPC, BCB-PMD, PCES
    • Katelyn (Kate) R. Sheehan, PT, DPT, ATC
    • Jennifer Watt, PT, DPT
    • Shraddha Wagh PT, DPT
    • Rosalind Cox-Larrieux, PT, MPT, PRPC
    • Giselle Oriendo, PT, CLT
    • Becca Ironside, PT, MSPT
    • Marzena Bard, PTA, CYT, PCES
    • Donna Zamost, PTA, PCES
  • Services
  • New Patients
  • Existing patients
    • Patient Cheat Sheet
    • Pelvic Floor Relaxation
    • Core Strengthening
    • Hip Strengthening
    • Pelvic Correctives
  • Videos
    • Female pelvic pain
    • Male pelvic health
    • Meditation
    • Back pain
    • Pregnancy & postpartum
    • Yoga
  • Ask us
  • Blog
  • Location