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Our body is designed to create muscle tension as a reflex reaction to stress and threatening situations, whether the source of stress is physical or psychological. This short-term response is a protective mechanism steered by the ANS ( autonomic nervous system). It triggers physical reactions we all know as the "fight-flight or freeze" response in an attempt to resolve the threat. In doing so, it uses the accumulated tension or energy and relaxes the muscular system... We can now move on with our lives. 

But what if the stress or threat is not resolved?

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Constant physical or psychological stressors keep the muscular system stuck in the "fight, flight or freeze" mode and affect its functions. 

Chronic back, joints, discs and nerve pain are part of a greater story many therapists and doctors often overlook.

Stressors such as unresolved injuries, faulty training, health issues, Post surgery issues but also psychological and social stress, and past trauma provoke long-term pain, unwanted feelings or intolerable sensations and experiences that translate into chronic muscle imbalances and eventually postural dysfunctions, spine, joints and nerve issues.

These chronic conditions in turn amplify psychological stress. 

Integrative Therapies are body and mind interventions that can untangle the unconscious physical and psychological behaviours that are key barriers to healing.