Contractures and muscle tension from anxiety? The signs to tell if your pain is psychosomatic
When dealing with annoying muscle contractures, especially in the cervical area, in many cases the cause of the problem could be psychosomatic. In fact, stress can cause various types of physical ailments that are actually the alarm bell of a particular psychological and emotional situation.
In many cases the pain and tension affecting the cervical or lumbar area are a "localized expression of anxiety, stress or other psychological discomfort. If you find yourself suffering from continuous muscle pain despite having experienced everything - correction of incorrect habits including - then it is very likely that your problem is of a psychosomatic nature. The cervical fascia is in fact the most subject to contractures related to nervous stress: in fact, in that area, tension tends to accumulate, mainly due to stress and emotional states, which causes consequent stiffening and contractures.
Once a medical cause has been ruled out, one can easily hypothesize a "psychosomatic origin of the discomfort. There are many psychological causes responsible for contractures in the cervical area and they are all linked to emotional states of strong anxiety and stress. you feel under pressure or you are experiencing a particularly intense and stressful period, it is very likely that your physical problems arise from your unresolved emotional situation.
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But how can stress contractures be combated?
A little help can be offered by a self-massage to be done in a moment of tranquility and able to act both from a physical and psychological point of view. Here's how to do it in the video below.
One of the most effective ways to defeat or prevent stress-induced muscle tensions and contractures is represented by various relaxation techniques: from massages to yoga, to any sporting discipline or not, which can help the subject to stretch the muscles and release tension and any been anxious.
It is clear that, being extremely subjective situations, personal tastes and preferences play an important role: even simply listening to your favorite music, a hot bath, a run in the park or a shopping session with your best friend can represent a real A cure-all in these cases, but be careful not to act out of time: always try to carve out moments for yourself, not only when you reach the limit.
But if muscle pain persists, in addition to looking for some relaxation, you can try thermotherapy, which uses heat for therapeutic purposes and provides pain relief without medication. This has a number of methods to choose from, as you can see specifically here.
For more information on stress-induced muscle tension, you can consult the Humanitas hospital website.
