Somatizations do not occur just anywhere and are not the result of chance. The RSP was able to identify the mechanism that guides them. They correspond to what the patient experiences by using the fragile link in the chain. The cause should not be confused with the area in pain and do not believe that the last gesture performed is the cause of the emergence of pain. Tendonitis can occur as a result of a series of repetitive movements. In this case, it will diminish as soon as the restorative system has fulfilled its mission. It will last if its cause is different, the point of bodily crystallization not being as trivial as it seems. Whether on the right or left, in the limbs or the spine, there are avenues that the RSP is able to help us better identify.
Our body is made up of Organo Muscular Chains, the COM in RSP. They associate bone parts, muscles, vessels, nerves with an organ. Chinese medicine, on the other hand, describes the meridians, circuits used by energy to ensure the proper functioning of the body. The blood vessels or nerve circuits studied in anatomy are another example.
These chains communicate with each other, succeed each other to perform a function and enrich each other, which means that the point of impact can migrate. Indeed, the initial shock can hit any place in a chain and spread far from its place of origin. It does not manifest itself just anywhere, but chooses the most appropriate link to emerge.
This is how sciatica can originate in the cervical spine. It is the correction of the primary lesion that will cause the pain to stop in the area of the weak link. It is therefore not surprising that so many disorders persist despite the combined actions of various actors on the very site of pain.
- 411 – La colonne vertébrale
- 412 – Les membres inférieurs
- 413 – Les membres supérieurs
- 414 – La latéralité
32-1 : Spinal somatization
The stacking of the vertebrae on top of each other as well as their shape are not fortuitous. The column has curvatures that define its strength, strength, and mobility. Harmony depends on their amplitudes. The functional disorders that are at his level do not all show structural signs on the examinations carried out and the X-rays in particular. To understand it better, we just have to go back to the emotions that have been repulsed. As emotional pressure is added to mechanical pressure, the combination of the two results in an overload of which pain is the consequence. And since the column is itself a chain related to the organs, and therefore the psyche, it appears as a privileged place for the messages that the mind sends us.
The cervical region remains the preferred place of expression of anxiety and anguish. The emotional tension freezing the cranial muscles, those of the occiput in particular, limits the mobility of the cranial cavity. A transfer of pressure takes place to the cervical segment. This excess load accentuates the mechanical pressure and causes pain or functional disorders as in each of the vertebral floors. A large amount of dizziness is the consequence of « life that falters ».
The shoulder area, between the nape of the neck, the shoulders and the top of the back, is the place where buried emotional emotions are externalized. If they are not expressed in words or gestures, they inform us that we must react or… suffer.
The dorsal segment controls the digestive organs and proves to be the support of frustrations: whether they are related to emotional emptiness, failure, anger, annoyance… They turn on the « on » switch to inform us and alarm us that it would be good to react and solve our problem. This area corresponds to the top of the kyphotic curve, the curve of the back, the true keystone of the column subjected to mechanical pressure. In RSP, we find the painful alliance of emotional pressure that increases mechanical pressure. It is still possible to manipulate these vertebral floors in a blocked situation, but the dissatisfactions associated with these ailments will not disappear.La région cervicale reste le lieu d’expression favorisé de l’anxiété et de l’angoisse. La tension émotionnelle figeant les muscles crâniens, ceux de l’occiput en particulier, limite la mobilité de la boite crânienne. Un transfert des pressions s’opère vers le segment cervical. Cet excès de charge accentue la pression mécanique et occasionne des douleurs ou des troubles fonctionnels comme à chacun des étages vertébraux. Une grande quantité de vertiges sont les conséquences de « la vie qui vacille ».
The lumbar region, although resistant, is often weakened. It is one of the preponderant places of manifestation of two organs, the pancreas – self-realization – and the uterus in women or the prostate in men – the family nest. In the vast majority of cases, low back pain is a sign of emotional suffering that affects the immediate family. This is one of the most common reasons in RSP.
As for herniated discs, it takes six to twelve years to make them. The mechanism is often the same: constant emotional pressure ends up getting the better of the structural solidity of the vertebra-disc pair. Short muscles contract and lose their elasticity. It is not a big deal if this state lasts only one or a few days, but much more if it lasts over time.
Hernias do not occur just anywhere: at the cervical level in C5-C6, the site of significant emotional suffering, and at the lumbar level in L4-L5 and L5-S1 for a difficulty in achieving self-realization and finding one’s place in the family nest. The large hernia with decay of the tissues is not curable other than by surgery, which is not the case for small hernias which can return to the stage of protrusion, a simple bulging disc, and of protrusion to that of a normal state.
32-2 : Lower limbs somatisations
They have the particularity of having to both carry the upper part of the body and support the counterweight when in contact with the ground. They have significant constraints. To cope, there are two of them but they will become one at the level of the column. They combine strength with balance, which they must constantly maintain when standing and walking. They are not stingy with indications.
Somatizations at the hips also express a suffering of the nest. It is not uncommon, in cases of osteoarthritis of this joint, that we can identify traces of this type of memory.
Our ability to face others is expressed in the knees. They bring the thigh and the leg together, support the weight and pressure that comes from above and the constraints of the counter-support that come from below. As a result, they can bend under the load and slip away, leading to structural damage. Firmly planted on our legs, we can show a certain confidence or bend under the load.
Patellar subluxations are becoming more and more common. This pathology invites us to delve into the meanders of the psyche and mechanics. They have supplanted, especially in young girls, scoliotic deviations of the spine. Embryology, the study of the development of the cell and tissues, provides insights. It describes on either side of the median axis of the trunk lateral strips at the origin of the organs of the genitourinary sphere: mammary glands, adrenals, kidneys, gonads, uterus and prostate. A difference in tension between the right and left strips can cause a deviation of the spine.
It reminds us that some of these organs have migrated from an initial position to a permanent position higher, the kidneys, or lower, the gonads. Precisely, the Com of the urinary genitalia are located on the femurs and the « vast » muscles form the lateral heads of the quadriceps which covers the entire anterior part of the thigh. A difference in tension between the internal part – the vastus medialis muscle – and the external part – the vastus external muscle – is likely to lead to a change in tension on the patella and, in the long term, a deviation into subluxation. This hypothesis does not seem so stupid since an increasing number of subluxations appear while the number of scoliosis and attitudes decreases.
In direct contact with the ground, the foot is the imprint of the individual who marks his territory. An unwanted change of direction can be a factor in damage. Let’s leave aside pure traumas and take a closer look at those that have a connection to the psyche. How many patients have « twisted » their ankles simply by walking down the street!
Like this twelve-year-old girl who made one for herself in this way. After research, it turned out that it had originated in a serious altercation, dating back eighteen months earlier, between his parents. They were to separate a few months later. The day before her sprain, her mother informed her that she was moving to another city. The ankle and foot correspond to the territory. His was weakened by their disagreement and was even more so when the news of his mother’s estrangement was announced. She did not have the means to defend herself and her sprain was a lesser evil, a signal, a message, an alarm to her distress. Treating the emotional problem would limit many recurrent sprains…
32-3 : Upper limbs somatisations
Unlike the lower limbs, which work in support, the upper limbs work in suspension like a crane’s boom. The muscles and soft tissues that hold them to the trunk remain the privileged supports for the manifestations of our suffering.
Shoulder headache is a sign of our inability to express to others what we feel. The muscular and tendon structure that holds the upper limb to the scapula and thorax, over weeks, months or years, becomes fragile, inflamed, deteriorates until it ruptures. One of the most affected muscles is the supraspinatus, which carries « expressive strength ». The silence mode does not suit it and weakens its structure. As for the biceps muscles, the short and the long, they express an emotional silence.
The elbow is to the upper limb what the knee is to the lower, an intermediate joint subject to change of orientation. The muscle groups of the elbow tend to inflammation, an aggravated suffering of the tendon at the slightest movement. Pain on the outer edge, such as epicondylitis, is more akin to material problems, vile and unexpressed emotions. The inner edge is rather so with vitality, morbid fear. Let’s leave it to those who think that these pathologies are linked to the repetition of movements and ask ourselves the question: but what does the restorative system do? Basically, in the vast majority of cases, we find a colony of emotions linked to material constraints, to the affective emptiness, to the existential.
The fingers of the hand can also provide us with information. The thumb represents the vessels, the « vitality ». Trained as the Roman emperors did, it indicates that all is well and, like the gladiator, that it is alive. Turned towards the ground, it signals death, failure, the end. Osteoarthritis of the spine of the thumb is often the manifestation of a « half-mast » relationship. For six months now, Marie, a young retiree, has not been able to play the piano, her left thumb causing her pain. The treatment brought to light the conflict with her daughter, whom she no longer saw and which dated back to this period. A week later, she took up the piano again.
The index finger shows the direction to follow, such as the large intestine that ensures the flow of materials. But it can also mean reprimand and rigor if it is erect and threatening. The middle finger is the finger of the heart, of affect and sexuality. The ring finger is that of chains or freedom, that of choice, that of the lung. The marital alliance is a choice and a commitment. It can be a source of personality development or, on the contrary, a constraining prison in which the individual locks himself in. As for the little finger, it is the support of the small intestine, the support of the exquisite with the little finger in the air at tea time, or the one that only serves to clean the ear.
Whether the lesion is muscular, tendon, ligament or bone, whether its origin is mechanical, physiological or psychological, its location is very often valuable information allowing us to identify and better understand the disruptive mechanism.
32-4 : Laterality somatizations
One last element must be taken into account in this brief reminder of somatizations, that of lateralization, i.e. the side of the attack. A large number of reflections have been carried out on the subject. Here too, chance does not seem to have a hold. Moreover, how could there be when we look closely at the organization of the cerebral cortex, even if it is very complex.
It’s like a smart card that doesn’t just reproduce what it’s been taught, but learns because it thinks. It contains three billion gray nerve cells that constitute the various centers of command and sensitivity and are divided into two hemispheres. One is more developed: for the right-handed, it is his left hemisphere and vice versa for the left-handed. The most developed is in charge of thought, logic, language and touches on what is rational, conscious and voluntary. The other manages the imaginary, the artistic, space, intuition, affect, memory and manages everything that touches on the irrational, the unconscious and the involuntary. These two hemispheres cooperate to learn.
One last element must be taken into account in this brief reminder of somatizations, that of lateralization, i.e. the side of the attack. A large number of reflections have been carried out on the subject. Here too, chance does not seem to have a hold. Moreover, how could there be when we look closely at the organization of the cerebral cortex, even if it is very complex.
The experience gathered with the RSP during all these years of observation leads us to propose a simple, clear and precise principle, validated in more than ninety-five percent of cases: in right-handed people, any disturbance on the right hemibody is in relation to a person of the male sex or to a hierarchical authority. In the male right-hander, it can also be a difficulty in assuming one’s own « virility ».
As for pathologies located on the left hemibody, their relationship is established with a person of the female sex. For right-handed women, this left side can also mean an embarrassment in assuming one’s « femininity ». For the left-handed, the sides should be reversed. In the ambidextrous, it is better not to worry about it so as not to mislead him.
By inviting the patient to take a closer look, it is possible to find the person who is the reason or cause of these dysfunctions. For example, a colleague had problems mainly on his left side, which were related to the communication difficulties he had had with his mother. This observation is true in our daily practice. If we take the example of sciatica, a pain radiating from the lumbar region to the foot on the same side, it is a safe bet that in right-handed people, an attack on the same side will be related to a male being, and to the left to a female element.
The laterality observed in RSP gives clues to the origin of the disturbance by making it possible to identify « which side » the aggression is coming from and, at the same time, who the aggressor is.