Bio-Structural Integration™: Emotional Intensity and Chronic Muscular Tension

Bio-Structural Integration™ rehabilitation that is unique, effective and provides quick relief of pain and is a unique, trademarked process at Osteoklinika. 

Over 15 years ago we discovered that therapy centered around only one system simply does not work.  Why? The body functions as a unit. When we get injured the central nervous system may be affected, the joints will develop misalignment, the muscles will be in spasm, connective tissue and fascia become tight, the inflammatory process sets in, even internal organs can be affected. Every cell in our body works synergetically together to maintain homeostasis. When one system is disturbed the other cannot function properly. In our method of Bio-Structural Integration™ we address the dysfunction at every level.

Within one treatment Cranial Osteopathy is used to release central nervous system lesions. After that Osteopathic Structural Adjustments are used to correct the joints, followed by Myofascial Release of connective tissue. 

Neuromuscular Massage is implemented to reduce muscular tension, and electrotherapy helps to interrupt the pain cycle.

All of the above is done within a 1 hour treatment. After the structure is realigned, we recommend BioFlex Low Light Laser Therapy to deal with inflammation. Now the healing is stimulated at the cellular level. This session may take 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on the condition being treated. Elimination of inflammatory process assists in structural stabilization of the joints.

The program of rehabilitation is around 5 weeks long and provides consistently over 90% of success in bringing back a pain-free life. If you have tried every possible known therapy and still have pain, you shouldn't give up! During many years of my practice I developed protocols for numerous difficult- to-treat conditions. 

Emotional Intensity and Chronic Muscular Tension

The word emotion refers to positive or negative feelings that are produced by particular situations. One way in which the body protects itself from emotional intensity is the development of chronic muscular tension. Our emotional life has an enormous impact on our structure. Every thought and feeling registers in our muscles and joints, and our emotional structure and physical structure blend to make up who we are, and how we act and react. For example, think a happy thought, then look at your posture. Now compare this with the effect of a sad thought.

Too much muscular tension impairs health because it constricts and inhibits normal physiology. Nervous system (feelings and thoughts), breathing, and the venous and lymphatic circulation, which are responsible for clearing the body of toxins. Stress (anger and anxiety) repressed inner turmoil translates in the body as tension at every level (visceral/muscular/autonomic), and contributes to many health conditions. Psychological and emotional attitudes are always represented in the body structure. Fear, grief, and anger each have a characteristic posture and pattern of movement. An emotional response immediately precipitates contraction of muscles and movement away from structural balance. Then gravity pulls the structure downward, making the body compressed resulting in imbalance and compensation in other parts of the body. Altered structural tension always results in and altered physiological function.

While physical patterns can become solidified from psychological attitudes, the converse is also true. A physical trauma, for example a childhood fall off a horse, a slip from a bicycle, or a motor crash, can influence the emotional state. A relatively simple accident which nevertheless leaves the body misaligned and out of balance can affect the psychological sense of the individual. Chronic and severe pain is very debilitating and can itself cause mental stress.

Recovering from An Emotional Shock

Recovery from an emotional shock requires adaptability of movement of the musculoskeletal system, an ability to return the body toward the ideal posture. If an individual continues to dramatize an emotional situation, the physical body becomes set into a psychological pattern. Once these changes have taken place, the postural attitude becomes fixed. Instead, they live, move, and have their being in an attitude. No amount of discussion, thought, or mental suggestion can change the pattern. To escape from their chronic fear, grief, or anger, the physical tone of the muscles and the structure must be changed.

Osteopathy Can Really Help

Osteopathy can be very helpful in chronic stress and associated complex pain syndromes. Osteopathy seeks to discover and treat the cause of the problem and not just the symptoms. By affecting the structure of the body (fascia, muscles, joints) it can unravel these tensions, having a direct impact on the physiology (circulation, lymphatics) and psychology (nervous system) of the patient reducing the need to experiment with one medication or supplement after another.

When muscular efficiency is optimal, the expenditure of energy by the body in any activity ­ working, walking, and exercising ­ is minimal. Hence there is more energy available for other vital functions such as thought, digestion, circulation, repair, immune system etc. Along with this greater efficiency comes a greater psychological ease and emotional security. The integrated body not only accomplishes a multitude of tasks, but it carries them out effortlessly and happily.

Don't be a Charlie Brown because there is no joy in being depressed or in pain!

For more information, Andrew Subieta and the clinic staff can be reached at Osteoklinika Pain Management & Rehabilitation 905.660.8810. 

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