Somatic Spinal Health And Chronic Back Pain Workshop – 6-Hour Course Date: Starts Monday 1st July : Location – Les Cotils : Time 6-7.30pm : Cost £75 Learn how to clear up the cause of your pain rather than simply alleviate the symptoms. Unless you have had a violent accident, your back pain, whether sudden or chronic, has been coming for a very long time. Muscular tension which builds over a long period of time will eventually lead to muscle spasms via unexpected movements. Somatic Spinal Health Workshops teach you to get control of the muscles of your body rather than allowing them to habitually tighten through repetitive inefficient use and over-use, and repetitive strain and over strain, both leading to repeated stress. As you become more unaware of how your body works, the brain learns to hold the muscles tight until you can no longer relax them without feeling under duress. Relaxation becomes a huge effort and often feels like a waste of time. It’s a key indicator for ‘nervous tension’. Eventually the pain is triggered as a mind habit rather than (but sometimes alongside) physical exertion. The problem is definitely physical but the mind is also telling the muscles to constantly hold a state of habitual tension resulting in tissue being on the verge of spasm or just feeling constantly tight, often leading to over-use and fatigue in various parts of the body, as well as spasms of the back muscles. Most protocols address ‘weak spinal muscles that need strengthening’. Strengthening regimes are only a partial solution. What about the overused tissues? Why strengthen these. They are already tired!!! But they feel weak and are short so they need stretching, right? They affect posture so these muscles require strengthening and stretching, right? But now we understand the problem is not weakness but over-activity. Strength exercises focus too much on muscles rather than via brain level control of the muscles, connective tissue and joints. If you can feel it – then you can move it and you can actively relax it (during movement). Weights apply forces on tissue unrelated to the affected area so you end up strengthening around the weakness. The core problem is surrounded by bodyguards, which will fail as the body ages. And around we go… Weights have their place but not in chronic backpain where the muscles are usually overused and overactive. When the muscles relax they feel stronger and lengthen naturally. Muscular function normalizes, alignment improves and comfortable movement returns. ‘You’ control the movement of your muscles – or rather your brain does. Become aware of how you move and which part of the body is being used for whatever your activity. Regain control of your body and eliminate your back pain.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:55:46 +0000
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