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The 5 NeuroMuscuar Laws of Chronic Pain
Law 1 Unilaterality
Law 1 Unilaterality
Law 1 Unilaterality
- Pain will be very localized to just the site of injury.
Law 2 Symmetry
Law 1 Unilaterality
Law 1 Unilaterality
- If not properly treated, the nervous system stimuli will increase causing the pain to persist on the original site of injury and move to the equal and opposite side.
- This is why patients begin to feel their pain traveling to the opposite side.
Law 3 Intensity
Law 1 Unilaterality
Law 4 Radiation
- Pain will greatly intensify at the original point of trauma with a lesser pain although still present on the opposite side.
- Now patients begin to feel pain on both sides.
Law 4 Radiation
Law 5 Generalization
Law 4 Radiation
- Pain will radiate up the body from the original injury site toward the brain and radiate outward and into extremities (arms and legs), causing headaches, migraines, neck pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain, wrist pain and numbness/tingling in fingers
Law 5 Generalization
Law 5 Generalization
Law 5 Generalization
- Without proper treatment, every system of the body will become affected:
- Respiratory System
- Cardiovascular System
- Digestive System
- Endocrine System
- Also mental/emotional well-being of the patient.
- This is why patients have now begun to have digestive issues, anxiety, heart palpitations, skin rashes and hormone disorders just to name a few.