Plainville Back Muscles Relax with Happy Emotions
Emotions influence our mind and body reactions. Happy emotions make us smile. Sad emotions make us frown. These reactions are the outer reactions we usually notice. What about other emotional, inside reactions? Researchers are examining these. A new study about emotions and back muscle reactions caught the eye of Layden Chiropractic who cares for many Plainville back pain sufferers. It’s a reminder to consider the whole person - mind and body! – and to sit upright.
EMOTIONS AFFECT POSTURE
When someone is depressed or just in a sad mood, how can you tell? Slumped forward, eyes to the ground, fatigued? We have all seen this. Upright posture does so much to increase positivity and decrease fatigue and anxiety. (1) Body posture may well impact emotional reactions! In an interesting twist in this story of the relationship between muscular states and emotions, researchers found 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 reduce fear. Linguists noted that slumped posture people spoke with fewer and more negative emotion words than upright posture people. They therefore recommended in their study to sit upright when facing a stressful situation as it can maintain self-esteem, decrease focus on self, decrease negative mood and produce a positive mood. Speech rate rose, too. Sitting upright may be just the way to build resilience to stress. (2) Layden Chiropractic notices firsthand how emotions affect Plainville chiropractic patients, especially stressed, sad Plainville back pain patients.
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AFFECT BACK MUSCLES
For back pain sufferers – who are certainly not immune to a down mood! – physical responses like slumping are not uncommon. In a study of back muscles using electromyography found that negative emotions raised differential back muscle activity while positive emotions didn’t. The muscles were undisturbed, not having to respond at all. (3) While healing, the spine of the back pain patient doesn’t need any extra stimuli. Layden Chiropractic offers gentle Plainville chiropractic spinal manipulation via Cox® Technic to calm 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 shares the benefits of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management benefits aback pain patient’s spine, muscle, and system.
Set up your Plainville chiropractic appointment soon. If stress or emotions compel you to slump and worsen your back pain, Layden Chiropractic is here to lessen the pain, remind you to sit up straight (like your parents used to say!), and get you to smile!
