What our Pains tell us
by SchaOn Blodgett, CCP, BTAT
One of the largest health concerns, yet one of the least
talked about, is Pain. An estimated 37+% of Americans suffer from some sort of
Chronic pain[1].
To put this into perspective, only about 4% of Americans suffer from some form
of invasive cancer[2],
8.3% have diabetes[3],
and approximately 35.7% are obese[4].
Even though Americans suffer with chronic pain more than most other ailments, many
people find little to no relief. Why is that?
In one study conducted on the West Coast, they found that
80% of chronic back pain sufferers had no physical damage that could be
diagnosed to explain the pain. I would assume that many other forms of pain
would have very similar results. So, if there is no physical damage, why is there
pain?
One theory is that the pain is psychosomatic. According to
Google, psychosomatic means “caused or aggravated by a mental factor such as
internal conflict or stress, of or relating to the interaction of the mind and
body[5]”.
Personally, I would add “Spirit” after Mind and Body as we know from a holistic
standpoint that all dis-eases are spiritual in nature that we bring into the
mental-emotional thought process which then encourages changes to our brain
waves, hormonal endocrine system and other cascading-like reactions, and
finally we manifest this into our physical reality.
Another theory is that the pain is caused by the lack of free-flowing
energy, and with it, free-flowing information. According to Dr. Reinhold Voll,
a German physician and a pioneer in modern holistic medicine, “Pain is the
outcry of the tissue for flooding energy, and with it, flowing information – to
put it simply, for each pain, there is a reason in the depths of
consciousness.” Also, through research by Prof. Dr. Fritz-Albert Popp, a leading
biophysics researcher, he found that Infra-Red at 950 nanometers (nm) was able
to penetrate into the nucleus of a cell and give it more energy. This is
important because the nucleus of the cell controls all metabolic (energy)
functions of the cell, as well as contains the DNA (information). Could this be
an answer for the 37+% of Americans who are suffering? It is very possible as
seen from a small research study done at a pain clinic in Herne Germany headed
by Dr. Kurt Saupp. They found that Infra-red at 950nm applied through Esogetics
therapeutic principles, coincided with 70% of patients having substantial
relief from their pain! Though, now you must wonder about the other 30%. Are
there other signals to help us reach the depths of our consciousness?
The last theory I would like to share is dealing with the ideas
of Conflict, Life Path, and Karma (Karma being simply Action = Cause, Effect,
Consequence). This theory, which ties into the previous two, talks about the
pain as a signal telling us that we have deviated from the journey of our life
path, and most importantly, giving us clues as to how we get back on our path. Some
examples: pain in the knees generally
talk about fear, and could be telling us that we have fears of the journey. Pain
on the outside of the ankles could
talk about aggressions that we hold towards ourselves for the choices we made
and in turn the walk is painful. The hips
give us a signal that we are no longer reacting with our life path and that we
must take action. The back of the shoulders
hint about a weight we were not meant to carry, whereas the elbows about not giving ourselves the room
or space we need. L5/S1 hint towards
issues with partnership and aggression towards the father or masculine, and the
neck hints to inflexible thinking
and aggression towards the mother or feminine. The jaw gives us the signal of deep childhood trauma or conflict that
you are not able to let-go of, and chewing on it still today. The Atlas-Axis joint hints that we can no
longer see the light above or the way ahead. All of these give a deeper hint of
the theoretical spiritual cause for your physical pains.
I must say… it is amazing how our bodies work… “Ask
yourself, and you will respond. Then take Action!”
[1] http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/07/04/prsr0708.htm
compared to July 2011 US population of 311,591,917
[2] http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerBasics/cancer-prevalence
compared to estimated July 2008 population of 301,621,157
[4] http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2012-03-20/More-obese-people-have-joint-pain-heart-conditions/53673314/1
“The obesity percentage is slightly lower than other
recently released government data, which showed that in 2010, 35.7% of U.S. adults were obese.”
[5]
Google Search “define: psychosomatic”
