Pain Lies

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Pain Lies “I have tried everything and my pain won’t go away. “ This is something I have heard my clients say for years. That

Actually that is why we are

they have been in a spiral of

the HOPE Wellness Institute.

pain and dysfunction and have

Because those same clients

been to so many medical

also told me that since we are

practitioners that the have lost

working together they feel that

all “Hope” of ever getting

life can be different. They had

better. It really frustrates me

HOPE again. My goal is to

to see so many people be in

help as many people as

that spiral of hopelessness. It

possible stop the pain cycle

is a big part of what fuels me

and take back their life. I love

and keeps me going. I know

to teach my clients ways they

there are ways to help break

can help themselves, and I

people out of that spiral.

know there are many people who for a variety of reasons cannot come to see us at HOPE Wellness Institute. I am providing this E-book as a

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way to help you help yourself.

in them. To change we must

Medicine as we know it has

address the all of the stories,

become so segmented that it

even the ones we have

often forgets that you are a

forgotten about. That doesn’t

whole person. Your beliefs,

mean we have to go back and

your words, your posture,

rip open old stories and relive

your actions, your movements,

them, we just have to

your food, your environment,

acknowledge that they are a

your family, friends, and

part of us.

coworkers all have an impact on how you feel, an impact on your health, your pain and on your life.

Pain decreases your focus and concentration Everything in your past, in I look at Life as if it were the

your life, has left traces on

inside of nautilus shell. Each

your body, mind and soul. All

layer of the spiral

of this contributes to the pain

encompasses the layer under

that you are experiencing.

it. Each Chamber is different.

Most medical practitioners

Each chamber holds a part of

work with the current obvious

your life’s story. All of those

symptom, or the latest in a

stories have a combination of

string of symptoms, or the one

sadness, hurt, joy and beauty

that is screaming the loudest at

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this moment in time. All of those small and not so small events in your life have combined to create the pain you find yourself in today. It has created your habits, your way of moving, your beliefs,

The first thing I want you to

both conscious and

do is start being aware of

unconscious. It has created

when you are in pain. Are you

your pain.

in pain all the time? If so what is the level of that pain? When

To “heal” you have to come

did you start being in pain?

into balance. When you apply

Was there an incident or

this idea into your life you can

accident that created your pain

significantly increase the

or did it come on gradual? If

progress and speed of your

you are in pain all the time, is

healing. Which results in less

it the same level all the time or

pain and more stamina, energy

does it go up and down. If it

and productivity. Because

varies does it change many

when you do that, all the

times during the day or is it

healing works together

worse some days than others.

synergistically and builds on

Is it worse when you first

itself.

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increase? We are going to

but.... Having worked the

look more deeply at a few of

thousands of clients that I

these triggers and help you

have over the last 30 years, I

decrease your level of pain.

have learned that this is true.

The majority of the time where you feel the pain is not the cause of the pain. There are many reasons for this but the two we are going to look at today are Compensation and Trigger Points.

What I have learned in the over 30 years in working with people chronic pain is that there is never a single thing or component to the pain. It is always multifaceted. The more facets you work with the higher the possibility that you can drastically decrease or get rid of your pain all together.

1. Compensation: For most of my clients who have pain that cannot be quickly addressed we can trace it back to an injury 20 years ago or more. When the body is injured, even if it is a minor injury, the body works differently. A painful area will result you using it

I was taught many years ago “pain always lies”. Now we know that there is no always,

differently so it hurts less. As you continue to move differently this creates muscle

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memory. So even when the

two things you need to do for

injury has healed, and you are

yourself to start reversing your

no longer in pain, the body

pain and take back your life.

continues to move in a dysfunctional way. This

A. Make a list of all your old

affects other muscles and

injuries, even the small ones.

areas of the body.

It never ceases to amaze me

Your

body compensates so it still

how many of us have

functions, but differently. The

forgotten about the major

longer the muscles move in a

injuries we have had, let alone

compensatory pattern the

the minor ones.

more dysfunction is established. The more

B.

Have someone watch

dysfunction, the more pain

you walk and move. Do you

will eventually result possibly

use the two sides of the body

over a wide area of the body.

the same or different such as, does one arm swing differently than the other?

When you walk, is there a small limp, does one foot turn out? Start consciously moving that part of the body the same as the other side.

Great so what do you do about changing your pain as a result

Your daily activities also have

of a long ago injury. Here are

a huge impact on your pain

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levels. As you hunch over

from side to side, or front to

your computer with your

back. If your neck hurts on

shoulders rolled forward and

the left side it is usually

your head projected, the

because the muscles are too

muscles in your chest and the

tight on the right.

front of the neck tighten and shorten. This causes the

I look at the body as a series

muscles of back of the neck

of short muscles versus

and upper back to become

stretched muscles. A muscle

overstretched and painful.

that is too short or too tight

Normally an overstretched

will cause a corresponding

muscle is more painful than a

muscle to be overstretched.

shortened muscle.

The area that is painful will usually be the overstretched

The longer you do an activity

side. So in this case the green

that uses muscles incorrectly

arrow is the short side where

or over uses a muscle the

you need to relax the muscle.

more likely you are to end up

The red arrow is where you

with pain as a result.

will usually feel the pain and where most people will rub to get rid of the pain. That just allows the muscle to stretch more, potentially doing more damage, not just causing pain.

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all the time we just see what is. No one has taught us to look for areas that are not level. Now look with new When a muscle is overstretched, it results in the nerve that lives in that muscle being overstretched as well.

Nerves do not like to be overstretched. We have all been taught to stretch an area that is painful. This will usually result temporary relief but eventually in more pain, and sometimes even a torn muscle. A muscle does not work well when it is overstretched, so it tests weak.

That is why at HOPE Wellness Institute we always

eyes. Take a look at your body in the mirror, look for areas that are shortened or curved.

For example look at your neck; is your ear tilted down towards your shoulder on one side? These would be the shortened muscles. If you have neck pain it will usually be on the long side. So to get rid of the neck pain on the long side, you relax the muscles on the short side, this allows muscles on both sides to assume their normal length, and to decrease the pain.

look for the areas that are shortened, and work with those first, letting the

2. Trigger Points:

overstretched muscle relax.

There are many descriptions of trigger points and many

Because we look at ourselves

books written on the subject.

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The easiest non technical

be less functional.

description is “one area of the body is overloaded and

It is important to differentiate

sharing it’s load with another

a trigger point from a tender

area.”

point. A tender point is tender only where you are pressing.

A trigger point can be tender at the spot you are pressing and it always refers somewhere else.

Even doctors that I have worked with for trigger point

Or a more technical description is; “It is a sensitive area of the body,

therapy thought that every time they found a tender point it was a trigger point. Not so!

that when stimulation or irritation occurs, another part the body, is stimulated resulting in pain or dysfunction.” This referral does not have to be pain, it can be itching, stinging, tingling coughing, cold, or

Some of these trigger points make perfect sense and others seem to have no logic to them at all. This picture shows a trigger point in the calf, which refers to the buttocks and to the jaw.

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B. A major trauma or One of the things I have

repetitive small traumas may

always told my students and

lead to the development of a

clients, is that the only rule of

trigger point. In addition lack

trigger points is that they have

of exercise, prolonged poor

no rules. They have a mind of

posture, vitamin deficiencies,

their own.

sleep disturbances, and joint problems may all add to the

But for the moment lets

possibilities of predisposing

pretend that we know at least

you to the developing of

some of the rules.

micro-traumas and trigger points.

A.

This is the only hard and

absolute rule of trigger points.

They always refer somewhere else. Imagine pulling the trigger on a gun. Your finger pulls the trigger but the bullet hits something away from your hand.

C.

Your job or sports, and

fun activities that produce repetitive stress on specific areas, muscle or muscle groups can commonly cause chronic stress in muscle fibers, leading to trigger points.

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D.

Some of these activities

include holding your

F.

telephone between the ear and

surgery are often full of

shoulder; bending over a table

trigger points, causing pain or

or desk for a long period of

dysfunction in organs.

Scars, from injuries or

time; sitting in chairs with poor support, always leaning to one side, improper arm rests heights, or no arm rests; and picking up and things using improper body mechanics. Also driving with the seat back tilted far back and projecting your head forward.

E.

Sports injuries caused by

sprain or repetitive movements or stress such as pitcher's or tennis elbow and golf shoulder. Tissues under tension frequently found after spinal surgery and hip replacement may also set up a patient to develop trigger points.

G.

Trigger points usually

fire into other muscles, not the same muscle.

H.

There may be multiple

trigger points in a chain. Such as a trigger point in your hamstrings, which fires into your buttocks, which fire into your low back. Another example would be a trigger point in your chest muscles, which fires into your neck, which fires into your head, or down your arm.

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I. Trigger points can be caused by continuous overwork of a muscle and/or continuous irritation of a muscle (such as sitting in a place where there is cold air continuously blowing on your neck), or an injury that you compensate for.

In the above picture, the ( x’s) are the trigger point, and the areas of red are where it is firing into. The heavier the

J.

Trigger points can fire

from one end of the body to the other, but start by looking in neighboring areas to find the answer.

red the more pain is found in that area. It is common for trigger points to have more than one area it can fire into.

Once you have found a trigger point, which means that you

K. Trigger points will usually fire from a lower muscle to a muscle above it.

are touching it and you feel sensation somewhere else, use medium pressure on it. This means on a level of 1 to 10

Let’s get rid of the trigger points!

you're using about a five pressure. What I tell my clients is, if “one” is I am touching you, and “ten” is you are going to hit me, I want the

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tenderness level to be about in the middle. It can be tender but not painful. When treating pain, more is not better.

So with medium pressure, press on the trigger point, for a maximum of 12 seconds, if you are using the right amount of pressure you will feel the trigger point release. What that feels like is that you are actually letting up on the pressure when you are not.

By using the 12-second rule, with the right amount of pressure, you will not exhaust the trigger point. When it releases in less than 12 seconds just moved to another spot searching for another trigger point.

If it does not release within 12 seconds moved to another spot

Some therapies teach to hold a trigger point until it lets go. I have found that when you hold it till it lets go, no matter how long, it will always give up, but out of exhaustion.

When a trigger point is exhausted, it usually just comes back madder later, causing it to be more irritated

and after a few seconds or minutes come back to the one that did not release. Use static pressure again, this time using a little less pressure. You can do this up to three times.

If a trigger point still does not release after three times using pressure on it, is normally one of two things

and painful.

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have been resolved with A.

This is a secondary

Trigger Point (TP) work.

trigger point, and there is another trigger point firing into it keeping it active. Keep searching till you find what is firing into this spot.

B.

This area is

overstretched, which means it cannot release. In that case go to an opposite area and see if there is a tight muscle. Once you massage it a little it may relax and allow the overstretched area to relax so

The important thing to

that the trigger point can

remember is when you have

release. Remember the

pain always make sure you see

opposite area will be from the

your DR. The information in

front to back or right to left or

this paper is not intended or

a lower muscle to a muscle

implied to be a substitute for

above it.

professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All

Common Trigger Points:

content, including text,

Following is a list of some of

graphics, images and

the issues I have found that

information, contained on or

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available through this paper is for general information

Back pain and leg pain

purposes only. Trigger point

can be the result TP’s in

work is important but first you

the uterus.

need to make sure there is not a deeper underlying medical condition. Trigger points are where you look when you can’t find the answer anywhere else or in

Carpal tunnel symptoms can be results of neck, shoulder, or arm TP’s.

Plantar Fasciitis

conjunction with medical

symptoms can be from

research and diagnosis.

TP’s in the calves.

Migraines and headaches, TMJ, sinus issues, toothaches and tinnitus can all be the result of TP’s in the neck.

Chest pain and breathing issues can come from TP’s in the chest muscles or the diaphragm.

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5 Ways To Instantly

weight in ounces. For example, if you weigh 100 pounds you should be drinking 50 ounces of water per day. Soda, and other

Decrease

liquids do not hydrate like

Your Pain

Avoid caffeine! Because

water, so they don’t count.

caffeine is a diuretic, for each cup of coffee or cola you

In my 25 plus years in the

drink you need 4 more cups of

health and wellness field, I

water to replace the needed

have found the following 5

hydration of your body.

suggestions to be true for all of my clients, as well as my self.

1. Drink more water!

(Unless you have been restricted by your Medical professional.)

2. Brush!

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or the pattern does not matter.

C.

Breathe!

Most of us do not breathe deep enough. As we breathe deeply it moves more oxygen into the blood stream. The No, not your teeth or your

reason circulation helps is

hair; but your body. Using a

because it is getting more

dry back brush, (bath brush)

oxygen into the muscles.

you increase your circulation.

More oxygen means less pain.

When circulation is increased

Try using your abdomen

pain is decreased.

more! Several of us out there

How to:

are using our chest to breathe more than our abdomen.

Using the dry bath brush began softly brushing over

Breathing with our chest is often shallow.

your tender areas; for example: Your upper forearm is sensitive to touch, or is overall painful. Brush over the forearm for about one minute.

Now test the area by touching again. Still sensitive? Brush again, a little longer this time.

The direction that you brush in

As long as I’m breathing, what’s the big deal? Well, the

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big deal is this: Using your

not have its own pump. Lymph

abdomen to breathe helps you

only moves when you do and

take deeper breaths, resulting

with your breathing as a pump.

in circulation of the lymph and more oxygen into the muscles.

How do you know where you are breathing? Place one hand on your chest, and the other on you abdomen. Where do you feel the most movement? This shows if you are using mostly your upper or lower lungs.

Concentrate on getting your lower hand to move. Breathe and breathe deep and

That is the benefit of the small

consciously. Again, more

trampoline or rebounder;

oxygen means less pain!

when you bounce it moves the

4. Move!

lymph. Another option is just

Unless it is broken, it needs to

your heels, go to your tiptoes,

move. Movement increases

then come back down on your

circulation. It also increases the

flat feet. The more you do this

lymph movement. The lymph

the more lymph movement

system is a major part of the

you have. Exercise of all kinds

waste system. It is the only

in great but if all else fails just

major body system that does

walk or bounce.

to stand and rhythmically lift

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D.

Take sugar out

of your diet

brain. Sugar also increases the inflammation process, which increases your pain responses.

The more sugar you eat, the more pain you will feel.

Sleep!

Sleep is your body’s way to restore and to heal. The less you sleep the more pain your I know it sounds harsh, but

body feels.

sugar drastically increases pain. Sugar is an irritant to the nerves and it inflames the body, so the more sugar you eat, the more the nerves are irritated, and the more pain you are in. Sugar stimulates the brain’s pleasure center, which releases opioids that

Balance is key, because

fuel a craving for more sugar.

sleeping too much can become

Recent studies on cravings

an issue from lack of

and addictions show that

movement. If you are having

heroin and morphine produce

problems sleeping, check to

the same chemicals in the

see what is interfering. Turn

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off the electronics 1 hour

bodies and lives through

before bed. Make sure your

pain reduction and

room is completely dark, and

rehabilitation therapy.

turn your clock away from

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