You’re a pain in the neck!
I get this question all the time, one of my favorite massage authors says it best.
“Your back hurts because your body is trying to change your activities or your environment.
It perceives an emergency based on the inputs you’re giving it, and pain is how it communicates that to you.
When it goes into spasm, it’s basically forcing change to happen, all while creating a protective cast made of tense muscles.”
Well, how can massage help?
Massage is a new kind of input that’s much different than what your body gets on a daily basis.
It’s a way of telling your nervous system that it’s in a safe place, and that your muscles are able to stretch out and be relaxed.
Overtime, massage can help convince your hypersensitive nervous system that there is no emergency.”
-Ian Harvey “Massage is Weird”