The current health care system does not know how to deal with pain complaints for which no medical explanation is found. As a patient, you are “being physically touched” less and less by doctors and physical therapists. Medical examinations in many cases show no peculiarities. As a result, people with symptoms due to trigger points keep wandering around the mainstream and alternative circuits. The consequences are great and manifest themselves in such things as long-term pain, frustration and high costs due to sick leave.
Holistic approach
Within this view, man is a unity of body and mind. This unity has physical, mental, emotional, social and energetic facets that continuously interact with each other and can manifest in the body. A complaint, symptom or disease is seen as a signal given by the body of disturbed harmony.
Repressed emotions
It is important that we listen carefully to what our bodies are telling us. Hence, a complaint requires not only possible medical treatment, but also attention to mental processes that often underlie various (emotional and physical) blockages. The moment the cause of the pain surfaces, and light is allowed to shine on repressed emotions, a shift can take place. An awareness of unconscious emotions. Very often it is anger, even rage. Which you are not aware of. Usually the origin lies in childhood. Becoming aware and acknowledging for these repressed emotions, for some, is the first step to healing and lasting recovery.