Concord, NC Back Muscles Relax with Happy Emotions
Emotions impact the way the mind and body react. Happy emotions make us smile. Sad emotions produce frowns. These reactions are the outer reactions we most commonly notice. What about other emotional, inside reactions? Researchers are analyzing these. A new study about emotions and back muscle reactions caught the eye of Pure Chiropractic who cares for many Concord, NC back pain sufferers. It’s a reminder to consider the whole person - mind and body! – and to sit up straight.
EMOTIONS AFFECT POSTURE
When someone is depressed or just in a sad mood, what does their body usually look like? Slumped forward, eyes to the ground, tired? We have all seen this. Upright posture does so much to improve positivity and decrease fatigue and anxiety. (1) Body posture may well influence emotional reactions! In an interesting twist in this story of the relationship between muscular states and emotions, researchers discovered that upright seated postures are advantageous. Upright seated posture as opposed to a slumped seated posture was found to raise self-esteem, arousal, and mood as well as decrease fear. Linguists noted that slumped posture people used fewer and more negative emotion words than upright posture people. They therefore suggested in their study to sit upright when facing a stressful situation as it can keep self-esteem in check, lessen self-focus, decrease negative mood and produce a positive mood. Speech rate rose, too. Sitting upright may be just the way to generate resilience to stress. (2) Pure Chiropractic notices firsthand how emotions impact Concord, NC chiropractic patients, particularly stressed, sad Concord, NC back pain patients.
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AFFECT BACK MUSCLES
For back pain sufferers – who are certainly not immune to a down mood! – body responses like slumping are not unusual. In an electromyographic study of back muscles, it was found that negative emotions raised differential back muscle activity while positive emotions did not. The muscles were left alone, not having to react at all. (3) When healing, the back pain sufferer’s spine does not need any additional stimuli. Pure Chiropractic offers gentle Concord, NC chiropractic spinal manipulation in the form of Cox® Technic to relax its muscles and lessen its pain.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the benefits of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management benefits aback pain patient’s spine, muscle, and system.
Schedule your Concord, NC chiropractic appointment soon. If stress or emotions compel you to slump and worsen your back pain, Pure Chiropractic is here to lessen the pain, prompt you to sit up straight (like your parents used to tell you!), and get you to smile!
