Over stimulation of the Sympathetic nervous system not only increases sensitivity to pain and puts the body in a state of catabolism, it also increases your risks of having the leading causes of disease in this country. Check out the physiology of the stress response:

Increased cortisol, Increased catecholamines, Increased heart rate, Increased vasoconstriction, Increased blood pressure, Increased blood glucose levels, Increased blood lipid levels, Increased blood cholesterol levels (increased LDL, decreased HDL), Increased clotting factors, Increased protein degradation of muscle and connective tissue, Insulin resistance, Increased feelings of stress, fear, anxiety, and depression, Decreased short term memory, ability to concentrate, and learn new material, Decreased serotonin levels, increased noradrenalin levels, Increased sensitivity of sensory systems, including those for pain, Decreased cellular immunity, Decreased anabolic hormones like growth hormone and testosterone … Bone loss, muscle fiber type changes

The stress response is actually an intelligent event.  It keeps you from dying from an acute stressor. But stress physiology was designed to be short term.  Prolonged emotional stress is the killer.  This may cause hypertension, pain, or high cholesterol as your body remains stuck in a state of readiness.  The cause of these disorders is not a lack of drugs in the body. To correct the cause one must correct the interpretation that our environment /world is threatening.  We can all work on attaching different meanings to the events that occur in our lives.  Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning you give it. 

Back pain as we know it, can come from many physical (disc, nerve, stenosis, spondylolythesis, atlas subluxation, etc), mental (fear), emotional (blame, shame and guilt), spiritual (fear of what is, programming from family, religion, society, etc) and visceral dysfunctions (gut inflammation, etc). The problem is that the conventional model treats back pain with one cooky cutter approach.

Most of my clients have been here there and everywhere seeing specialists all over the world, with no result. Assessing the person on all levels and then structuring their program in such a fashion that are areas are tackled has and does create healing.

You will hear from so many "holistic" practitioners that back pain is due to financial issues, a blocked second/third chakra and so on. Here is my opinion, but remember, each client is different, as well as each practitioners approach. The bottom line is that it all boils down to the same thing, love for self! You can assess this at so many levels. Most think love is I love you, sex and so on. But most do not have love for self and remember, you can't give what you don't have.

Whether it is mental, emotional, physical, etc, the bottom line is lack of self worth, programming and FEAR. Most americans focus on what they don't want, thus creating it. Start focusing on what you do want and you will see your reality change. FEAR (BL meridian) is the absence of love or self. Working on understanding self, growing self and discovering the real you, not the programmed you, will eliminate most pain.

 

Dr. Mercola mentions using EFT to treat the emotional components of back pain. You can try this out for yourself by following this simple step-by-step guide using EFT to achieve lasting back pain relief.