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Why chronic pain doesn't go away
You've done physiotherapy, taken anti-inflammatories, rested. The pain eases for a few days — and then it comes back. Often the same, sometimes worse. You are not the problem: conventional treatments act on the symptom, not on the root.
Chronic pain is not a mechanical fault
Conventional medicine tends to treat muscle and joint pain as a structural problem: a compressed nerve, a worn disc, inflammation that needs treating. This reading is useful in the acute phase — but it does not explain why, in many people, the pain continues even after the "physical problem" has been resolved.
Research in neuroscience and psychosomatics has shown that chronic pain involves the central nervous system: the brain has learned to generate pain as a protective response, often linked to unprocessed emotional tension. It is not "in your head" — it is in the nervous system, and it shows up in the body in a very real way.
What happens in blocked tissue
When a muscle stays contracted for weeks or months, the tissue stiffens, blood circulation slows down and metabolic waste builds up in the area. This creates a cycle: inflammation → tightness → pain → more tightness.
Acupressure works by breaking that cycle: finger pressure on the acupuncture points along the meridians reactivates circulation in the treated area, brings oxygen to the tissue and releases deep muscle knots. Not with superficial rubbing — with precise, sustained pressure that the body recognises as a signal to let go.
The role of emotions in pain that won't go away
One of the most frequent patterns I see in my practice is this: the person has chronic pain in one specific area — neck, shoulders, lower back. Manual treatments bring temporary relief. But the pain always returns to the same spot, at the same intensity.
This happens because each area of the body corresponds, according to the principles of psychosomatics, to a specific kind of emotional tension. The neck and shoulders, for example, often carry the weight of unacknowledged responsibility, of how hard it is to "say no", of constant control. The lower back is linked to financial support, to safety, to fear of the future.
When the emotional root is left untouched, the body goes on expressing that tension through the physical symptom. Massage releases the tightness — but the emotion recreates it.
An approach that works on both levels
The treatment I offer brings together two levels:
- Physical level: acupressure on the acupuncture points along the meridians, trigger point work, releasing the fascial chains held under tension.
- Emotional level: identifying the biological conflict linked to the symptom, through the principles of psychosomatics. This is not psychotherapy — it is a reading of the message the body is trying to send.
Together, the two levels create change that lasts. The body lets go physically and understands what it was holding. It is that understanding which keeps the pain from coming back.
Who this approach is for
It is particularly helpful for people who:
- Have muscle or joint pain that has lasted for months or years
- Have already tried physiotherapy, osteopathy or other treatments with temporary results
- Feel the pain intensify in stressful or emotionally difficult periods
- Want to understand where their pain comes from, not just relieve it
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