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PSYCHOSOMATIC BODY MAP OR HOW THE BODY IS CONNECTED WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

You can often hear the phrase: “All problems come from nerves.” It quite primitively reflects the truth that any problem in our physical body is associated with subtle bodies: first of all, our thoughts, beliefs and emotions, as well as those traumas that are deeply embedded in our subconscious. Rebirthing is one of the techniques that allows us to understand the causes of our illnesses and get rid of many of them in order to achieve harmony with ourselves and the world. This page presents only the basics of psychosomatics; you can familiarize yourself with them in more detail in books by various authors, the list of which is at the bottom of the page.

One of the most simple circuits in studying the impact psychological problems A person's health is influenced by the chakra system. These are the energy centers of the body in the Indian tradition, which are responsible for certain functions. They appear in the form of energy vortexes and are located on the central axis of the body. There are 7 main chakras: the first and seventh are single - we receive the energy of earth and sky, the other 5 are paired. Chakras correspond to 7 colors, 7 notes.

1 chakra – tailbone.

The wide side goes down to the feet. It receives energy from the earth. Covers the legs, external genitalia, bladder, uterus, rectum. Psychologically it is a chakra vitality. (how well you feel, full of energy, able to move from state to state, act). Diseases of the 1st chakra - loss of strength, fatigue, depression, depression.

The legs are designed to move forward, they symbolize life goals. Legs are the answer to the question: am I going there to be healthy and happy? If our legs hurt, we have the wrong goals in life, or we are going in the wrong direction, or we think that we are going in the wrong direction. The body does not distinguish these nuances. Gnawing at yourself is not productive. It's better to go to the wrong place, understand it, acquire it life experience and change direction, but don’t bite yourself.

Knees are the freedom to pursue your goals. In the knees and lower thighs live those programs that we received from other people - mom, dad, school, society, grandparents - everyone who taught us and “instructed” us on how to live and how not to live, what is right and what is wrong . If it hurts here, it means you have programs in your head that prevent you from moving through life, achieving goals, and doing something to make these goals come true. Only those programs that contradict your internal goals and meanings destroy your body. Useful programs(cross the street to green color) can work for the rest of their lives and their body will not hurt.

Depression is a disease of the meaning of life (we stubbornly go in the wrong direction). When man walking not towards his goals, sacrifices himself, for example, pursues a career and not love. Any imbalances lead to energy imbalance. Depression comes from within: “Stop, you don’t need to go there any further. Stop, figure out where you are going..."

Bladder – emotions. The ability to feel and pass through feelings. Diseases Bladder– long-term suppression of emotions or doing nothing about them. It breaks down when the real situation in your life is threatening, it signals that something needs to change.

Rectum (the ability to get rid of the past - you ate it, digested it, you need to let it go) You need to get rid of not only the bad, but also the good. Why remember what it was like? a delicious cake or good sex when you can experience it all over again. There is no need to get stuck in the past, it is no longer there, you need to live now, eat fresh food all the time and get fresh impressions from life all the time. Constipation is the fear of letting go of the past. Or people who are stuck in the past. Fear of parting with money (greed). Fear of parting with old things - the house becomes cluttered with old things. Diarrhea – fear of the future (oh, no matter what happens). This is always a neurotic fear, it is not tied to reality: the inability to do necessary conclusions and move on, there is no attempt to analyze, the money does not hold.

The womb is childbearing and creation. This is the organ of creativity. Tumors of the uterus - excessive motherhood (being a “mommy”). Infertility is an undeveloped function of motherhood.

On the first chakra live the most terrible fears– biological: fear of dying, fear of getting sick, serious illnesses, fear of poverty, fear of hunger.

2nd chakra - lower abdomen.

It is located 3 fingers below the navel, behind the lower back. Responsible for sexual energy, sexual function and desires.

The right appendage and appendicitis are permission to joy (from eating delicious food to communicating with God). The ability to experience joy is based on sexual energy. I love any joy from physical to spiritual. The left appendage is permission for creativity (the ability to “create” your life). If we don’t do this, we have problems with this side.

The lower back is money. Allowing cash flow in your life. You need to want money on the 2nd chakra. We have as much money as we value ourselves. If you good specialist, but don’t value yourself – they won’t pay you enough. When we earn money, we should feel that we deserve this money, we are worthy of it and we are worthy of the life that this money can buy. Making money is selling yourself, your abilities or qualities. Women who stay at home also earn money - the wife does the hard work. Radiculitis is a disease of money.

3rd chakra – stomach and solar plexus.

The periphery of this chakra is all the digestive organs and kidneys. There are three aspects of the third chakra:

3-A. Adaptation to life(the ability to digest life, the ability to survive in society, among other people). On the 3rd chakra are social fears: fear of how I look, fear of how they treat me, fear of not being pushed away, fear of being of no use to anyone, shame, resentment... Emotions arise here. Emotions are signals about how you are adapting to life. If nothing threatens our adaptation, our survival, we are calm and confident; if something doesn’t go well for us, we feel anger, rage, shame, and sadness. If you feel fear, resentment, depression, it means that something in life is not as it should be. (Like a doorbell - if they come unpleasant people, then don’t cut off the call).

3-B. Individual will(liver). Each of us has the will to live - the ability to exert volition, to do something, to realize something, or to refuse something. Protects our individual will + anger. To be angry is when someone else’s will goes against our will (we can’t, I won’t let...). Or when you are being manipulated. When we are set up, betrayed - this is serious reasons for anger. The most dangerous thing is to try to deny your anger. If you hide your anger from others, it will not particularly harm you, but if you hide it from yourself, you will get sick - ulcers, colitis, gastritis. I have to honestly admit to myself that this is stupid, but I’m angry, I’m offended. This is the key to health. Treat anger like a knife.

3-B. Processing information. Processing knowledge (digestion). We consume knowledge through digestion. What is interesting to us, useful, we send it to our biocomputer - the head, and what is not interesting, not needed - goes into the “toilet”. The child should receive and digest knowledge in a calm stop. But he is afraid, he is tense, he doubts his abilities. This spasms the stomach and this knowledge goes through this spasm. In the body, school neurosis = colitis, gastritis and cholecystitis. Later in life, situations when you need to prove yourself, pass an exam, are accompanied by pain in the stomach. School neurosis - does not digest what is taught -> a blow to self-esteem -> self-doubt -> the “I’m a fool” mode of brain operation arises. It must be replaced with: “I am smart,” “I can do it.”

Kidneys – fears and very often parental ones get stuck (they were afraid for the child, he is afraid for himself, he couldn’t cope with something). Almost also problems of partnership, relationships with other people.

4th chakra – heart.

Located at the level of the nipples – the Chakra of love.

A person has no choice to love or not to love. If you decide to give up love in your life, your body will fight. It ends in a heart attack or stroke (if a “smart” head puts a ban on love).

Love must move in two directions. We must give love to other people (you don’t have to be Jesus!), and receive love. Reception and return must be balanced - imbalances lead to problems. As much as you give, receive just as fully. If the heart is blocked - a heart attack. Any love begins with self-love. Loving others and not loving yourself is self-deception, which hides the fear of other people. Love is like a spring - it must fill the cup; love must be given out of generosity, and not out of fear. The heart closes from the inside. Only a person can open it from the inside. Make a conscious decision to open your heart - only you can, we cannot do anything without you.

The heart closes in a very early age. Maybe in the maternity hospital. Or a child comes up to mom and dad, and they say “go play, don’t bother me.” The child says “they don’t need my love” and closes his heart. And it becomes very convenient, but with closed heart. The program “I am not worthy of love” arises. Then the person says “prove your love to me” and does not believe anyone, no matter how much they love him. Self-love - in our culture this is not accepted, just as it is not customary to praise - if a person has done well - this is how it should be, it’s clear and there is nothing to praise for it. And scolding is a sacred duty. The child accumulates a feeling of squalor - this is not right, that is not right, this is not right. The child thinks: “Why should you love me? I’m such a wretched person.” Then the ban on self-love is “if I love myself, I will grow up to be a monster.” Most people believe that they need to drive themselves with a whip, stimulate them. If you don't press it, it won't do anything.

5th chakra – base of the neck.

Periphery - all respiratory system. Self-realization is being yourself.

Being yourself = breathing and living. Not to be yourself is to die. To step on the throat of your own song is to die without breathing. We put other people's problems on our shoulders! If a child screams and no one comes to him - no one hears me, no one needs me - bronchitis. Asthma, tuberculosis, lung cancer - I have no right to live (guilt) - usually associated with birth trauma. Tonsils and runny nose - strong resentment, lack of tenderness, non-acceptance of the child’s gender. Or bad sexual relations between parents. Cough - pay attention to me.

6th chakra – Center of the forehead and back of the head (it is in the center of the head).

Third Eye. Eyes. Problems with vision, some installations. Glasses are protection. Worldview is our view of the world and ourselves in this world, memory, experience, knowledge. Our picture of the world. Worldview changes with experience.

Pain in the head - self-criticism. Our heads hurt when we do something that, according to our ideas, we should not do (does not fit into your picture of the world). For example, you get angry, but you think that being angry is bad. Will headache. Migraine is constant self-criticism at the level of habit. Ears - the child does not want to hear something - energy plugs.

7th chakra – crown (where the child’s fontanel is).

Connection with the beyond. Ultimate values ​​(most important). Connection with other people, connection with life in general. These are the highest values ​​- like conscience. If a person steps over these values, then they say: “The person’s life has crushed him.”

Mental illnesses are often associated with this chakra. If a person cannot live in harmony with his conscience, there is destruction. A closed chakra is the fear of realizing something in yourself or in the world. Offense against God.

Left/ Right side bodies.

In right-handed people - the right masculine - activity, action, determination, will. Left – female – passive – relaxation, rest, ability to feel. Blood is joy that spreads throughout the body.

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(Materials from L.I. Umanets were used to create this page)

Many Eastern schools describe the difference between the right and left sides as the difference between feminine and masculine

Emotional Health

The brain is divided into two hemispheres, left and right, which have completely different effects on the human body.

Left-brain dominant people usually logical, rational, well-spoken and quick-thinking. They process information sequentially, studying it in parts, and only then add the acquired knowledge into a holistic picture.

People with a presenter right hemisphere, typically visionaries who process information intuitively. They first grasp the big picture and only then go into detail. They are also more introverted and sensitive, especially to light, sound and criticism.

Our educational system is focused on children with a developed left hemisphere, because they think in a linear way, which is easier to teach. Right-hemisphere children adapt worse because they are prone to visualization and need visual images to understand this or that theory. Because of this, they are often diagnosed with distracted attention, or attention deficit disorder. However, such children simply learn the material differently, and when they get this opportunity, no problems with learning arise.

When brain stem passes into the spinal cord - the nerves at the base of the skull, extending from the two hemispheres, cross. As a result, the right side of our body is associated with the rational, logical part, and the left side is associated with creative qualities and feelings. However, logical abilities have nothing to do with which hand - left or right - is dominant. It seems to make little or no difference. There are many left-handed artists, but the proportion of left-handed tennis players is also large!

Left and right side of the body

Many eastern schools describe the difference between the right and left sides is like the difference between female and male, yin and yang. It's about not about gender, but about the masculine and feminine qualities that we all possess. If we apply this principle to the language of the mind, then there is inevitably a connection between the problems that occur on one side of the body and the internal conflict related to one or another aspect of the corresponding principle.

The right side of the body in both men and women reflects the masculine principle. She is responsible for the ability to give, dominate and assert oneself. This is the authoritarian and intellectual part of our being, related to the outside world:

• work,
• business,
• competition,
• social status,
• politics and power.

In both men and women, the right side of the body represents the connection with the inner masculine principle.

Problems with right side in men may indicate conflict related to the expression of masculinity, responsibility for family, difficulties of competition at work, lack of self-esteem or uncertainty about sexual orientation. Women have the right side reflects the conflict between motherhood and career, difficulties in demonstrating confidence and assertiveness in a position that is usually held by men. Some mothers have to intensively develop the masculine side, feed the family and make decisions, which can also lead to internal conflict.

Besides, the right side reflects relationships with men: with a father, a brother, a loved one, a son - and all the conflicts that may be associated with these relationships.

An example of this is the fate of Ellie, who came to me complaining of a slight numbness on the right side of her body that had been haunting her since adolescence. As a child, she was a real tomboy. During the conversation, it became clear that the numbness appeared shortly after her father expressed an urgent desire for her to become a true lady and study to be a secretary, while the only thing Ellie wanted was to become a military pilot.

As a result, she had to cut off her assertiveness or, more precisely, break the connection with this part of her, which caused the malaise, namely, numbness on the right side. To heal, Ellie needed to forgive her father for imposing his will on her, to fully believe in herself to follow own desires, and again revive that suppressed, unrecognized part of yourself. When I saw her last time, she studied to be a pilot, although not a military one.

Left-hand side The bodies of both men and women reflect the feminine principle. It means the ability to ask for help, accept, obey, feed and care for others, be creative, artistic, listen and trust one's own wisdom. This side is connected to the house and inner world reflection and intuition.

Men have problems with the left side reflect difficulties with showing care and sensitivity, the ability to cry and show one’s feelings, and turning to one’s own creativity, intuition and inner wisdom. Boys are told from childhood that brave men don't cry, which is why so many grown men never get in touch with their sensitive, empathetic side.

In women, the left side reflects problems with expressing vulnerability, femininity, showing care and maternal feelings, conflict between sensitivity and responsibility.

Besides, the left side reflects relationships with women: mother, sister, loved one, wife, daughter - and all the conflicts that may be associated with these relationships.

Here's what a specialist writes: therapeutic massage Jenny Britton:

“David came for a massage complaining of lower back pain on the left side. As I began to massage his back, he began to tell me that he had recently canceled a wedding that was supposed to take place in two months. The wedding day had already been set, the dress was sewn, and he and the bride even bought a house. David said he would be happy to continue living with her, but she insisted on getting married or breaking up completely. David decided to break up, and it was not at all easy. His back - lower left, in the area of ​​emotional support/standing up for one's rights/connection with women - was tight and tense. He said that he immediately moved from living with his mother to living with his fiancée, and only now realized how much he needed to stand on his own feet.”

Left/right side of the body.

In right-handed people - the right masculine - activity, action, determination, will. Left - female - passive - relaxation, rest, ability to feel.

Left side of the body.
Symbolizes receptivity, absorption, feminine energy, women, mother.
I have a wonderful balance of feminine energy.

Right side of the body.
Concession, refusal, male energy, men, father.
Easily, effortlessly I balance my masculine energy.

The left side of the body symbolizes receptivity, absorption, feminine energy, woman, mother.

The right side of the body symbolizes masculine energy, a man, a father.

Do not forget that man is a holistic being. Both male and female energy circulate in it. In Eastern philosophy, a lot of attention was paid to the correct circulation and harmony of the energies of the masculine principle - yang and feminine- yin. The exchange of these two types of energies must be balanced. That is, there must be harmony between the masculine and feminine.

How do you know if there is a balance between masculine and feminine energy in your body? This is very easy to do. Your relationships with women/men in life reflect the interaction of internal energies. Analyze your relationships with the opposite sex. Start with your parents. If you have even the slightest negative thoughts towards your parents and the opposite sex, this means that the balance is disturbed, and this, in turn, leads to all kinds of suffering: scoliosis, diseases of the genital area and others. Reconsider your attitude towards parents, since the father in the life of a child symbolizes the masculine principle of the Universe, and the mother symbolizes the feminine. Get rid of negative thoughts in relation to oneself and the opposite sex. In this way, you will balance the masculine and feminine in your life, in your body, left and right.

Everything that hurts on the right is associated with feminine energy. If the right nostril is blocked, take off the offense against the woman. If something aches on the left, it is connected with the attitude towards men. Release negativity with the stronger sex, and the pain will disappear.

The right side of the body corresponds to light, objectivity, knowledge, the left side corresponds to darkness, subjectivity, intuition. Darkness is primary, it is spiritual (the heart is on the left side), light is secondary, vital, material.

During the battles the man fought right hand, and defended himself (carried a shield) with his left. The right half is used for attack and is considered masculine, and the left half is for defense, feminine.

The right side of the body in both men and women reflects the masculine principle. She is responsible for the ability to give, dominate and assert oneself. This is the authoritarian and intellectual part of our being, related to the external world: work, business, competition, social status, politics and power. In both men and women, the right side of the body represents the connection with the inner masculine principle.

Problems with the right side in men may indicate conflict related to the expression of masculine qualities, responsibility for family, difficulties of competition at work, lack of self-esteem or uncertainty about sexual orientation. For women, the right side reflects the conflict between motherhood and career, difficulties in demonstrating confidence and assertiveness in a position that is usually occupied by men. Some mothers have to intensively develop the masculine side, feed the family and make decisions, which can also lead to internal conflict.

In addition, the right side reflects relationships with men: with father, brother, loved one, son - and all the conflicts that may be associated with these relationships.

An example of this is the fate of Ellie, who came to me with complaints of slight numbness on the right side of her body, which had haunted her since adolescence. As a child, she was a real tomboy. During the conversation, it became clear that the numbness appeared shortly after her father expressed an urgent desire for her to become a true lady and study to be a secretary, while the only thing Ellie wanted was to become a military pilot. As a result, she had to cut off her assertiveness or, more precisely, break the connection with this part of her, which caused the malaise, namely, numbness on the right side. To heal, Ellie had to forgive her father for imposing his will on her, trust fully in herself to follow her own desires, and re-invigorate that suppressed, unacknowledged part of herself. The last time I saw her, she was studying to be a pilot, although not a military one.

Left and right side of the body. The left side of the body in both men and women reflects the feminine principle. It means the ability to ask for help, accept, obey, feed and care for others, be creative, artistic, listen and trust one's own wisdom. This side is associated with home and the inner world of reflection and intuition.

In men, problems with the left side reflect difficulties with showing care and sensitivity, the ability to cry and show one's own feelings, and accessing one's own creativity, intuition and inner wisdom. Boys are told from childhood that brave men don't cry, which is why so many grown men never get in touch with their sensitive, empathetic side.

In women, the left side reflects problems with expressing vulnerability, femininity, showing care and maternal feelings, the conflict between sensitivity and responsibility.

In addition, the left side reflects relationships with women: mother, sister, lover, wife, daughter - and all the conflicts that may be associated with these relationships.

Here's what therapeutic massage specialist Jenny Britton writes: “David came in for a massage complaining of lower back pain on the left side. As I began to massage his back, he began to tell me that he had recently canceled a wedding that was supposed to take place in two months. The wedding day had already been set, the dress was sewn, and he and the bride even bought a house. David said he would be happy to continue living with her, but she insisted on getting married or breaking up completely. David decided to break up, and it was not at all easy. His back - lower left, in the area of ​​emotional support/standing up for one's rights/connection with women - was tight and tense. He said that he immediately moved from living with his mother to living with his fiancée, and only now realized how much he needed to stand on his own feet.”

For women, the right side reflects the conflict between motherhood and career, difficulties in demonstrating confidence and assertiveness in a position that is usually occupied by men. Some mothers have to intensively develop the masculine side, feed the family and make decisions, which can also lead to internal conflict.

I’ll add on my own behalf in this paragraph - that’s all I have. Now I have to work hard to provide my son and myself with everything they need. I am very worried that I have to leave my child for a long time. Nevertheless, he needs to be shown what can be achieved in life when there is no support, to show assertiveness in his aspirations. Here I have an internal conflict, that is, on my feet - right leg periodically whines... This is an example.

The brain is divided into two hemispheres, left and right, which have completely different effects on the human body. Left-brain dominant people are usually logical, rational, well-spoken, and quick thinkers. They process information sequentially, studying it in parts, and only then add the acquired knowledge into a holistic picture. Right-brain dominant people tend to be intuitive. They first grasp the big picture and only then go into detail. They are also more likely to be introverted and sensitive, especially to light, sound and criticism.

Many Eastern schools describe the difference between the right and left sides as the difference between feminine and masculine, yin and yang. It's not about gender, but about the masculine and feminine qualities that we all possess. If we apply this principle to the language of the mind, then there is inevitably a connection between the problems that occur on one side of the body and the internal conflict related to one or another aspect of the corresponding principle.

The right side of the body in both men and women reflects the masculine principle.

She is responsible for the ability to give, dominate and assert oneself. This is the authoritarian and intellectual part of our being, related to the external world: work, business, competition, social status, politics and power. In both men and women, the right side of the body represents the connection with the inner masculine principle.

Problems with the right side in men may indicate conflict related to the expression of masculine qualities, responsibility for family, difficulties of competition at work, lack of self-esteem or uncertainty about sexual orientation. For women, the right side reflects the conflict between motherhood and career, difficulties in demonstrating confidence and assertiveness in a position that is usually occupied by men. Some mothers have to intensively develop the masculine side, feed the family and make decisions, which can also lead to internal conflict.

In addition, the right side reflects relationships with men: with father, brother, lover, son - and all the conflicts that may be associated with these relationships.

An example of this is the fate of Ellie, who complained of slight numbness on the right side of her body, which had plagued her since adolescence. As a child, she was a real tomboy. During the conversation, it became clear that the numbness appeared shortly after her father expressed an urgent desire for her to become a true lady and study to be a secretary, while the only thing Ellie wanted was to become a military pilot. As a result, she had to cut off her assertiveness or, more precisely, break the connection with this part of her, which caused the malaise, namely, numbness on the right side. To heal, Ellie had to forgive her father for imposing his will on her, trust fully in herself to follow her own desires, and re-invigorate that suppressed, unacknowledged part of herself. The last time I saw her, she was studying to be a pilot, although not a military one.

The left side of the body in both men and women reflects the feminine principle.

It means the ability to ask for help, accept, obey, feed and care for others, be creative, artistic, listen and trust one's own wisdom. This side is associated with home and the inner world of reflection and intuition.

In men, problems with the left side reflect difficulties with showing care and sensitivity, the ability to cry and show one's own feelings, and accessing one's own creativity, intuition and inner wisdom. Boys are told from childhood that brave men don't cry, which is why so many grown men never get in touch with their sensitive, empathetic side.

In women, the left side reflects problems with expressing vulnerability, femininity, showing care and maternal feelings, the conflict between sensitivity and responsibility.

In addition, the left side reflects relationships with women: mother, sister, lover, wife, daughter - and all the conflicts that may be associated with these relationships.

Here's what therapeutic massage specialist Jenny Britton writes: “David came in for a massage complaining of lower back pain on the left side. As I began to massage his back, he began to tell me that he had recently canceled a wedding that was supposed to take place in two months. The wedding day had already been set, the dress was sewn, and he and the bride even bought a house. David said he would be happy to continue living with her, but she insisted on getting married or breaking up completely. David decided to break up, and it was not at all easy. His back—lower left, in the area of ​​emotional support/standing up for one’s rights/connection with women—was tight and tense. He said that he immediately moved from living with his mother to living with his fiancée, and only now realized how much he needed to stand on his own feet.”

Attacks of pain without precise localization are always frightening. Especially if it spreads along the left side of the body, covers the arm and even the leg. In most cases, you cannot do without the help of a doctor.

It is difficult to explain to family or colleagues that the entire left side hurts without being branded as a malingerer. Even doctors sometimes have to conduct more than one examination to identify the causes. But such symptoms cannot be ignored. After all, simultaneous pain in the left hypochondrium, arm and even leg can be a harbinger of a stroke, heart attack and a number of other life-critical pathologies.

Spinal problems

The left side of the body may be damaged by injury. Such a source discomfort obvious. In other cases, the first examinations are carried out in two directions: the condition of the heart and spine is analyzed. Precisely because of pathologies musculoskeletal system More often than others, pain appears on the left with blurred localization.

Osteochondrosis

In case of circulatory disorders in the tissues of the spine intervertebral discs become less elastic, their fibrous ring gradually collapses, pinching nerve roots. Many factors lead to this:

• sedentary lifestyle;
• hard physical work;
• age-related changes in the body;
• endocrine diseases.

As a result, the right or left side of the back, neck, and lower back begin to hurt. The sensitivity of other parts of the body changes. The localization of unpleasant sensations is associated with the location of the destructive-dystrophic process. Yes, when cervical osteochondrosis Often there is pain in the left shoulder, arm, numbness of the fingers and the outer edge of the palm. With lumbar pain, lumbago occurs, nagging pain, paresthesia in the corresponding part of the back, thigh, leg.

Radiculitis

Due to the narrowing of the distance between the vertebrae, the nerve fibers extending from the vertebrae become pinched and become inflamed. spinal cord. This complication of osteochondrosis is called radiculitis. As an independent pathology, it occurs in response to an unsuccessful sudden movement, hypothermia of the back, or injury to the spinal muscles.

The neck-shoulder shape conveys painful sensations over the entire upper quarter of the body: to the shoulder blades, neck, along the arm. Radiculopathy of the lumbosacral area – sciatica – affects sciatic nerve. Pain appears in the left thigh, buttock, spreading down the leg to the heel. IN initial stage Complaints of “sitting” of the lower leg and a feeling of goosebumps are possible.

These diseases cannot be allowed to spread. After all, destroyed disks cannot be restored. After removal pain syndrome And acute inflammation Prevention remains the only reliable way to delay the disease. It includes mandatory physical therapy, posture control, healthy image life. Periodic courses of physiotherapy and body massage, aimed at improving blood circulation in the area of ​​the affected vertebrae, help.

Aching, burning or sharp pain on the left side - not necessarily heart problems. This could be intercostal neuralgia. But the symptoms are quite similar:

• an attack of pain comes suddenly after slight movement body;
• the entire left side of the chest may become pale or red;
• sensations radiate under the shoulder blade and into the lower back;
• sweating increases;
• there is a burning sensation, loss of sensitivity in certain parts of the body;
• deep breath, sneezing, coughing increase the severity of the symptom.

All this occurs due to damage to the nerve fibers in the intercostal area. The causes of their irritation are associated with hypothermia, blood stagnation, injuries, intoxication, complications of infectious diseases or osteochondrosis. Usually there is a whole range of factors involved, including fatigue and decreased immunity.

The main signs that help distinguish neuralgia from heart pain.

The main method of treating neuralgia is to eliminate the cause that provoked the irritation of the nerves. Only a neurologist can identify it after a series of examinations. After all, the disease must be differentiated from renal colic, angina pectoris, radiculitis.

Heart pathologies

Complaints of heart pain in the left hypochondrium, which radiates to the shoulder, arm, neck, jaw, are not always associated with coronary disease heart disease and angina attacks. Similar symptoms are observed with cardialgia due to inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis) or damage to the heart lining (pericarditis). These pathologies arise as complications of colds, flu, pneumonia, and other infectious diseases.

If diseases do not manifest themselves at the initial stage, they can develop for a long time almost asymptomatically. When myocarditis is observed:

• fatigue;
• cardiopalmus;
• shortness of breath and mild pain after light exertion;
• later dizziness sets in;
• swelling of the lower extremities.

Pericarditis rarely occurs as an independent disease. They warn about it:

Early detection and timely treatment heart pathologies reduces the risk of heart attacks. Recurrent pain in the left hypochondrium and heart area should bring you to the doctor's office. To make a diagnosis, an ECG and EchoCG are performed. They help diagnose disorders heart rate, reveal the size of the heart cavities and the presence of fluid in the bag. X-rays will show possible tumors, diseases of the ribs, and lungs.

Stroke

Before a stroke, pain in the body and limbs occurs infrequently. On the contrary, one side of the body may lose sensation. But when parts of the brain are damaged in the area thalamus post-stroke pain develops on the left or right along the entire body - thalamic syndrome. Its additional features:

• pain intensifies from bright light, movements, emotions;
• temperature perception is impaired;
• single tactile stimuli appear multiple;
• often accompanied by goosebumps and decreased skin sensitivity.

Thalamus - the highest center pain sensitivity. The reasons for the appearance of symptoms are explained by a lack of oxygen in his tissues due to impaired blood flow. Pain in the left side and extremities occurs when the focus is in the opposite part of the brain. But after a stroke, one side of the body may hurt, even if extrathalamic structures are affected. In addition to the central neuropathic pain, muscle soreness and spasms may occur.

To combat the painful consequences of a stroke, it is prescribed simultaneous administration antidepressants and anticonvulsants. Muscle pain is relieved with muscle relaxants, massage, special gymnastics, physiotherapy.

Whatever the cause of unilateral pain in the left hypochondrium, thigh, arm and others, self-diagnosis will not be able to identify its exact cause. 3 hours before your visit to the clinic, it is recommended to refrain from taking painkillers and sedatives. And in case of acute deterioration of the condition, an ambulance will be required health care.