What's Really Causing Your Pain?
Most pain scales ask for a number. Your body is already tracking something more precise — and often without you fully registering it.
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Right now, or most days, how does your low back usually speak?
Mainly when Ive been sitting a long time
First thing in the morning or late at night
As a dull background ache I push past
Sharper when I move or change position
I mostly notice it only after I finally stop
Hard to name / it shifts
If you had to stay in the exact sitting position you’re in right now for another two or three hours, where would the first tiredness or ache show up?
Low back / hips
Upper back or shoulders
Neck
Somewhere else
Entire back and neck
When you find yourself bracing, holding, or overusing specific muscles, what are you usually in the middle of?
A practice that asks for stillness (meditation, breath, inner focus)
Deep concentration on my creative process while sitting at the computer
Tethered to my computer because of work
Something else / it varies
I rarely notice I’m overriding until later
Imagine how good it would feel to just lie down in the middle of the day! That’s when you really notice how tired you are and how much you’ve been overworking your muscles.
Fabulous! What a relief
Impossible — I couldn’t possibly consider doing that, I would lose my flow
Tempting, but I’d worry about falling behind
I already do something like this and it helps
Does that make sense? Choose as many answers as you like.
You were taught that good posture means holding yourself up: shoulders back, stand up straight. But alignment isn’t something you hold. It can’t be had by bracing against pain. It only unfolds when you heighten your awareness to sensation. You’ve been conditioned to force. When your spine aligns, your skeleton carries you, and your muscles are free. The same is true of your life. Alignment with who you are isn’t forced. It’s what remains when you stop overriding yourself.
Yes — especially letting the skeleton do the work so my muscles aren’t so sore
Kind of, I can tell where I have tension, but not how to stop the pattern
Not sure how this can be addressed from the inside; I can’t stop working. I have to work
I’m afraid it would keep me from being productive. Sometimes I only notice how tired I am when I take a break and that makes it harder to get the job done
*Select one or more options
Tap into the Intelligence of your own Body: stop pushing past it, respect it and it will reward you beyond measure.
If you know how to align your own spine in space, your muscles no longer have to work so hard. Sitting can become a completely different experience. You’ve been conditioned to tune out the signals your body is sending you and focus on your work. Paradoxically, if you tune into the body, the work will flow like a river that is a force of nature. To discover the power that is at your fingertips, hard-wired but untrained, get immediate access to the free audio that guides you to deconstruct your conditioning so you can stop holding it all together 24/7. Free your body of excess effort and tension. It frees your mind to go into flow. Learn to reset the resting length of your muscles. Go within for ease, to avoid going without comfort.
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