SHIATSU FOR LOW BACK PAIN
CAUSES OF PAIN IN THE CENTRE OF THE BODY
Low back pain has a myriad of causes, including psychological stress. The lower back is located in the centre of the body, so it is not surprising that all problems are concentrated in this area. It is ane of the most common areas of pain for our patients.
The mechanisms that produce pain in the centre of the body, are often triggered involuntarily: our body undergoes an involuntary imbalance and instinctively tries to compensate with the area of the body that is not distorted.
This can be made visible by anyone: the difference in height of the shoulders, the difference in height of the hips; the different length of the legs; postural asymmetry in general.
When a tension appears, our body tries to solve it by compensating with another part within the same chain of work, this compensation is a defence mechanism which the body uses to escape from pain or tension and return to the comfort zone.
It would be easier to say that the imbalance causes postures in which the human body tries to escape pain. The human body has the ability to self-regulate, our body will always avoid pain and try to minimise energy expenditure, so if the shortening of a muscle causes pain or increased energy expenditure, our body will modify our posture so that it doesn't hurt.
CAUSES OF PAIN IN THE "KOSHI" OR LOWER BACK REGION
1- It is usually a pain suffered by women. after childbirth.
2- Poor postural habits: the position when looking at the mobile phone, uncomfortable chairs, poor posture when standing, etc.
3- Persons who work in an office or teleworking environment. The posture in front of the computer often makes us slouch. In addition, not getting up to stretch from time to time causes pain in the whole back and a lot of lumbar tension.
When the same postures are maintained for many hours, deviations or imbalances in the sacroiliac joints can occur. So when there is a deviation or injury in the right sacroiliac area, the sacroiliac joints can be reflects in the right lumbar region and the left sacroiliac in the right lumbar region as an ASPA.
At this link you can access a chapter of the Aze Shiatsu Book on the application of Shiatsu in the Lumbar Region.
You can also access the VIDEO Shiatsu Namikoshi for the lower back, to be practised at home.
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