Article Directory :: Health & Fitness Articles Where Does It Hurt? By Joy Idries Republish: EasyPublish™ Published: 23Aug2008 Word count: 565 Viewed: 397 time(s) Get Free Content For Your Site I had a horrible nightmare I woke up screaming, frightened and alone... ... and was overcome by this wave of feeling that surged through my whole being as I turned over only to find my partner wasn't there to give me the hug of reassurance I so badly needed at that time. Of course at some level I already knew he had arranged to go and sleep over at his mother's place that night, but the fact that he just wasn't available when I really needed him, triggered something in me ... ... deep hurts from the past. I was brought up in a family that had an alcoholic father and an overstressed and depressed mother of 5 and I came to play the role of 'parent carer'. My needs came last and often didn't get met at all. It was a Love-Pain connection where I was left longing for a love that never came It is interesting that I am also suffering from osteoarthritis in my hip which recently 'flared up' as if to flag that there was something that needed my urgent attention. And not just a physical response. I could of course take the path of pain management and start a course of pain relieving medications - and for the first few days I did as an emergency measure. But also I believe that all pain has an underlying cause that, once addressed can remove the need for pain to manifest at all. This meant bringing all of my focus to the hip and asking at a deeper level the question 'Where does it hurt?' You see, pain has different levels. When the doctor asked me 'Where does it hurt?' I pointed to my hip, my stiff, restricted movements and to some areas like the sharp pain in the groin, the knee and lower back where the pain was being referred. He examined me by moving my leg mechanically to see where it hurt. The whole focus was physical and focused on outward symptoms and resulted in prescribed medication, physiotherapy and a referral to orthopaedics for further investigation. As a Journey Practitioner, Therapeutic Counsellor and EFT Specialist on the other hand I also addressed the pain at a different and deeper level, beyond what was immediately manifesting. I turned my focus to listening to my 'body wisdom'. So when I asked 'Where does it hurt?' my 'hip' let me know there was an issue of 'feeling unsupported' and that in order to move on or step forward in my life this issue needed to be let go of and resolved once and for all. Through the use of deep inner reflection and focus work, creative visualisation and some energy healing I found myself opening to a place of peace and deep inner support as I let go of the hurts of the past that I had seemingly stored in my hip. At the same time the hip pain went down so dramatically that I didn't need to carry on taking the pills any more. My nightmare, in relation to all of this then made much better sense. It had in fact been a 'clearing out' process, almost like a last 'whoosh!' It was as if my body energy was like a river that had gradually been clogging up with 'emotionally charged' debris over the years and had finally become unblocked to flow freely once again. Joy is passionate about sharing her lifetime's insights and experiences in the area of "Spiritual Growth Healing and Fun!" and for a short time has made an EXCLUSIVE FREE PAIN RELIEF VIDEO available to you at http://www.instantnaturalpainrelief.com EasyPublish™ this article - publishers click here More articles by Joy Idries

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