New York City Back Muscles Relax with Happy Emotions
Emotions influence our mind and body reactions. Happy emotions produce smiles. Sad emotions produce frowns. These reactions are the outer reactions we most commonly see. What about other emotional, inner reactions? Researchers are examining these. A new study about emotions and back muscle reactions caught the eye of Rosenberg Wellness Center who cares for many New York City back pain sufferers. It is a reminder to look at 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 reduce fatigue and anxiety. (1) Body posture may well impact emotional reactions! An interesting development regarding the the relationship between muscular states and emotions, researchers discovered that upright seated postures are beneficial. 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 found that slumped posture people spoke with more negative emotion words and fewer words than upright posture people. They therefore recommended in their study to sit upright when in a stressful situation as it can keep self-esteem in check, decrease focus on self, lower negative mood and generate a positive mood. Speech rate increased, too. Sitting upright may be a means to foster resilience to stress. (2) Rosenberg Wellness Center notices firsthand how emotions affect New York City chiropractic patients, particularly stressed, sad New York City back pain patients.
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AFFECT BACK MUSCLES
For back pain sufferers – who are surely not immune to a down mood! – physical responses like slumping are not unusual. In a study of back muscles using electromyography found that negative emotions raised differential back muscle activity while positive emotions did not. The muscles were undisturbed, not having to respond at all. (3) While healing, the spine of the back pain sufferer does not need any more stimuli. Rosenberg Wellness Center offers gentle New York City chiropractic spinal manipulation in the form of 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.
Schedule your New York City chiropractic appointment now. If stress or emotions compel you to slump and aggravate your back pain, Rosenberg Wellness Center is here to lessen the pain, prompt you to sit up straight (like your parents used to say!), and get you to smile!
