Back pain affects millions of people worldwide and has many different causes. Traditional methods of treating back pain often focus only on symptoms, while psychosomatics shows us that we need to look at the body as a whole and address the causes of back pain as well. This comprehensive approach brings better results in the treatment of back pain and psychological well-being

Psychosomatic causes of back pain

Let’s take a closer look at the most common psychosomatic causes of back pain and their connection to mental health.

• Things we don’t want to deal with,
• unfulfilled desires and wishes, fear,
• life changes and uncertainty,
• feelings of guilt,
• interpersonal relationships, barriers and blocks.

These feelings, emotions or experiences that we carry with us begin to show up on the physical body as well, most often in the form of stress, lack of sleep, relationship problems or increased tension. In the long term, these aspects also affect physical health on many levels, be it weak immunity and frequent illnesses, acute or chronic back pain or more serious health problems.

Psychosomatics and back pain in practice

Let’s look at specific areas of the back and psychosomatic causes of back pain. In practice, the therapist focuses on specific places that hurt, but also on the condition of the back (deformation, scoliosis, asymmetric areas, etc.).

Cervical Spine – Expression of emotions and self-reflection

According to psychosomatics, pain in the area of the cervical spine, neck, shoulders and trapezius primarily reflects feelings of unfulfilled ambitions, unfulfilled needs, as well as experienced secret sadness or anger. It often arises as a result of being overloaded with responsibilities that accumulate because we have taken on too much and we do not have time to fulfill them as we would like.

The solution is to slow down or even stop for a while. Limiting the responsibilities we have and learning to rest and take time for ourselves.

Thoracic spine – Searching for support and love

Overworked muscles in the chest area, pain between the shoulder blades, blocked ribs, poor breathing and excessive tension indicate a need for attention from other people. It is often a signal that we lack the support, compassion, recognition and appreciation we expect from others. It can also reflect low self-esteem and a fear of expressing yourself and being yourself.

The solution is to relax with breathing techniques to relieve muscle tension and mainly to express your feelings and emotions. Sometimes just talking to your loved ones about how you feel is enough to improve communication with others.

Lumbar spine – Stress and fear of the future, perfectionism and money

It is lower back pain that affects the vast majority of people at any age. It can be pain in the lower back, pain in the back above the buttocks, coccyx, hips or lower back. Long-term stress and pressure are most evident in these places.

From a psychosomatic point of view, this pain shows us our fear and anxiety about the future, about aging and, in short, what will be. Whether we will have enough money, whether we will manage everything even when we get old. Underneath all of this is the fear of failure.

The solution is mainly to take care of yourself, to focus on essential things that we can influence ourselves and not to worry about what cannot be changed. Learning that we can do things slowly and not have to be so powerful and irreplaceable all the time. Divine Therapy Gozo can certainly help you with your issues, no matter what they are.