Spiritually, your back is your support for life.
Spiritually, your back gives you strength. It honors you. Your spine contains your central system and your central blood supply. You register every experience, feeling, impression, and thought in your spine.
Your lower back holds financial support and your core beliefs.
Your middle back supports your move forward in life as you release the past. Your middle back holds love.
Your upper back deals with your emotional support of others and self. It deals with guilt, shame, fear, anger, resentment.
Back aches are spiritual events. What may offer relief for one person may not work for another. In spite of all the modern, 21st century techniques, cures, and therapies available for back injuries and health injuries, you may respond positively to reflexology, Reiki therapy, and Chakra healing.
Lifestyle changes will help if you discover physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual causes of your discomfort. When that happens, you can make adjustments to get rid of the pain. Then, you can figure out what you need to do to keep the pain and discomfort from returning.
These changes may include things like developing a posture encouraging spinal alignment. You may learn specific exercises offering you relief.
Several times throughout your day, talk to your back. Is it in pain? Does stretching help? Are your shoulders scrunched up against your neck?
As time passes, you’ll find you are learning the language of your spine. Once you learn this, you can listen to what your spine says to you and follow its instructions.
To avoid back pain, respect your spine and don’t overwork it. The three basic rules of respect include proper lifting techniques, exercises to build strong back muscles, and proper fitting low heeled shoes. Following these three guidelines, you’ll prevent accidents and reduce spinal alignment stress.
When you consult with a physician about your back pain, select a person who gives you confidence. If you seek a massage therapist, acupuncturist, physical therapist, schedule your appointments so they’re 24 to 48 hours of one another to take advantage of synchronicity.
Yoga helps. I’m fortunate that there are many yoga teachers in my area. Through the years, I’ve found two teachers who know about spinal health and focus their classes on this specialty. Carolyn Abedor teaches Iyengar Yoga when she focuses on therapeutic spine health. Kathy Karey teaches yoga and focuses on repairing injured spines.
Massage and physical therapy are beneficial for chronic pain. Chiropractors work to improve your condition without adding more strain to the spine.
If you don’t know a yoga teacher, massage therapist, chiropractor or physical therapist, this is a good time to look for one.
CHAKRAS:
Lower back pain focuses on the first chakra. Middle back issues focus on second and third chakras. Your upper back deals with fourth and fifth chakras.
REFLEXOLOGY SYSTEMS TO WORK:
nervous system, muscular system, urinary system, skeletal system, sciatic nerve, liver and solar plexus
ESSENTIAL OILS:
basil, clove, cypress, eucalyptus, fennel, ginger, lavender, marjoram, nutmeg, peppermint, ravinsara, Roman chamomile, rosemary, spearmint, thyme, vetiver
OTHER THINGS YOU MAY TRY:
Throughout your day, check your posture, your seating positions, and the height and angle of your work surfaces.
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What Are The Risk Factors?
As a Reflexology for the Spirit practitioner, it’s helpful to know the risk factors experienced by your client partners by age category. Beyond that, it’s helpful if you can determine the personal health risks as well. Once you and your client partners know their health risks, you can work with them to develop strategies to improve their health and increase their longevity. Reflexology for the Spirit can be an important part of this strategy!
For the Under-45 age group, the biggest risk is injury: accidents, homicide, and suicide. The most important things your client partners in this category can do is avoid accidents. Depression should be taken seriously. Violent relationships should be avoided or terminated.
Your young client partners have an opportunity to begin good lifestyle habits: avoid excessive sun exposure, exercise regularly, don’t smoke, learn to deal with stress.
For the 45-54 age group, your clients should be on the lookout to prevent cancer, heart disease, and accidents. This is the age category to begin health screenings: cancer, cholesterol, blood sugar.
Lifestyle habits include not smoking, keeping the weight down, driving carefully, and managing stress.
In the 55-64 age group, the biggest diseases are cancer, heart disease, lung diseases, and diabetes.
If you began to smoke somewhere along the line, this is the time to quit. Keep the weight down. Get your annual health screenings: cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugars.
For the 65-74 age category, look out for cancer, heart disease, lung diseases, stroke.
Continue seeing your healthcare provider regularly. This is the time in your life to make efforts to stay connected to your community.
For those aged 75-84, the big diseases are cancer, stroke, lung disease, and diabetes. The motto here: Use it or Lose it!
If you are 85 or older, the diseases of concern are heart disease, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer’s, influenza, and pneumonia. In this category, work to keep up your strength and keep your gait stable. Avoid overmedication.
Being healthy takes work – no matter what the age may be.
In all of these areas spirituality is a major factor. Our attitudes toward our spirituality change with each decade and with major life events.
Thanks again for reading this blog post. Reflexology works with the diseases and issues discussed here. Reflexology for the Spirit sessions encourage homeostasis, an important part of one’s wellness. Reflexology for the Spirit also addresses the spiritual person – an important element often omitted.
I did a lot of research for this and want to especially thank Dr. Kendall Judge, M.D.
Thurman Greco
Woodstock, NY
