What is the Source of Physical Pain?

The majority of pain that we experience on a day to day basis originates in the superficial tissues of our bodies.These tissues include the skin, lymph vessels, blood vessels, nerves, fascia and muscle. These structures are arranged in layers and normally exhibit a great deal of plasticity, which allows the layers to slide back and forth on each other, giving us freedom of movement. When trauma is introduced into these tissues, pain causes a chemical response from the brain, which marshals all its repairing resources from several different systems. The body exhibits an almost over-reaction, the end result is the formation of scar tissue. This in turn causes the tissues to become hard and loose plasticity.

We have found in our practice that as nerves become entrapped along with the lymph vessels and blood vessels, it creates what we describe as the “Hydraulic Effect” which causes the tissue to become engorged, putting even more pressure on the nerves and creating the sensation of pain.