Comments on: Where is my back? http://bodyinmind.org/where-is-my-back/ Research into the role of the brain in chronic pain Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The cortical body matrix. Reloaded. http://bodyinmind.org/where-is-my-back/#comment-23045 The cortical body matrix. Reloaded. Tue, 31 May 2011 06:31:36 +0000 http://www.bodyinmind.com.au/?p=204#comment-23045 [...] pretty odd perceptual disturbances – the affected area might feel swollen when it is not,[1] it might be difficult to ‘find’  in the mind’s eye,[2] it might feel foreign, displaced, stuck, full, hot, thin, floating or heavy,[3].  People with [...] [...] pretty odd perceptual disturbances – the affected area might feel swollen when it is not,[1] it might be difficult to ‘find’  in the mind’s eye,[2] it might feel foreign, displaced, stuck, full, hot, thin, floating or heavy,[3].  People with [...]

]]> By: Lucy Corbett http://bodyinmind.org/where-is-my-back/#comment-1973 Lucy Corbett Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:52:39 +0000 http://www.bodyinmind.com.au/?p=204#comment-1973 Hi Lorrimar, Have suspected the same, from my own experience of doing pilates and not knowing "where my back is" (much to the frustration of the instructor). Use of visual assistance - mirrors in the studio and also viewing videos to 'show me' where my back is has helped. I dont know if this is the same but have had similar experiences as a child trying to improve horse riding posture and not knowing how to "put my shoulders back" (I have had years of intermittent neck pain too!) and then finding as an adult that seeing photos meant I immediately knew what to change. With pilates being told to "pull my armpits down to my hips" was a verbal cue that I could follow, much better then put your shoulders back. I know where my armpits are. Cheers Lucy Hi Lorrimar,
Have suspected the same, from my own experience of doing pilates and not knowing “where my back is” (much to the frustration of the instructor). Use of visual assistance – mirrors in the studio and also viewing videos to ‘show me’ where my back is has helped.

I dont know if this is the same but have had similar experiences as a child trying to improve horse riding posture and not knowing how to “put my shoulders back” (I have had years of intermittent neck pain too!) and then finding as an adult that seeing photos meant I immediately knew what to change. With pilates being told to “pull my armpits down to my hips” was a verbal cue that I could follow, much better then put your shoulders back. I know where my armpits are.
Cheers Lucy

]]> By: Bronnie Thompson http://bodyinmind.org/where-is-my-back/#comment-1914 Bronnie Thompson Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:56:53 +0000 http://www.bodyinmind.com.au/?p=204#comment-1914 Terrific post Lorimer, and confirms the observations I've had for years of people with chronic pain having limited sense of body shape/size/position in space/interoception. A hunch I have is that this could also develop in some individuals who 'over-use' (the old 'OOS' label) who typically don't attend to discomfort, don't change position when they experience discomfort often because they're concentrating very hard on work tasks, and then develop pain. I've found they're often unaware of body position, so a video or photograph can be helpful to provide visual feedback, as does sEMG, and probably things like taping etc. Well worth following up I believe, and an interesting research methodology. cheers Bronnie Terrific post Lorimer, and confirms the observations I’ve had for years of people with chronic pain having limited sense of body shape/size/position in space/interoception. A hunch I have is that this could also develop in some individuals who ‘over-use’ (the old ‘OOS’ label) who typically don’t attend to discomfort, don’t change position when they experience discomfort often because they’re concentrating very hard on work tasks, and then develop pain. I’ve found they’re often unaware of body position, so a video or photograph can be helpful to provide visual feedback, as does sEMG, and probably things like taping etc.
Well worth following up I believe, and an interesting research methodology.
cheers
Bronnie

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