I'm surprised that anyone would think I was referring in any way to emotional pain. Dealing with that is, of course, beyond my expertise.

I'm talking about pain secondary to mechanical deformation below the level of injury. Think of a hammerlock applied by a policeman-no injury, but the neural tension produced exceeds our tolerance for its presence fairly easily. Sympathetic tone rises and the motor planning necessary for its resolution will be converted to motor activity when the policeman finally lets go. Movement without volition (ideomotor) follows and the mechanical deformation is reduced.

Is it possible that a similar movement might resolve pain at the center of the body? Is it possible that all the cultural restrictions imposed upon us in an effort to promote "proper" posture proximally are enough to keep this from happening naturally?

Barrett
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