Pain has a complex character and is best understood by considering biological, psychological and social factors. In this article we briefly consider the theories that have developed to help understand the process of pain.
Our interpretation of pain seems to vary over time and across cultures. Pain, it seems, is a very personal experience and does [...]
How We Understand Pain
February 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off
Tags: · explain pain, Gate Control Theory, spinal cord
Back Aches I
December 21st, 2009 · Comments Off
It is very possible that at least 50% of backaches are mentally induced, the wages of the sin of nervous tension. The spinal column houses the spinal cord, a main pipeline of the nervous system. Nerves continually on edge constantly nudge at the muscles surrounding them. Tension pinches blood vessels like a vise. Thus dammed [...]
Tags: · back muscles, nervous tension, shoulder joint, spinal cord