If you’ve ever had pain in one area of your body and then a moment later in a different area, experts are clear on this: “It’s not a coincidence.”
When faced with pain, the body seeks other areas to continue functioning.
Physical pain is more common in everyday life than we might think, whether due to a fast-paced lifestyle, sports activity and the injuries it can cause, or the long-term wear and tear of work. Many factors can trigger pain, and normalizing it can become a problem because it may spread to other areas of the body.
This topic was discussed on social media by Oriol Zamora, a physiotherapist and osteopath at Novamedicum medical center.
“Have you ever felt pain in one part of your body and, after a while, felt it somewhere else?” Oriol asks. This “is not a coincidence,” he explains, warning that “the body is compensating.”
@novamedicum ¿Alguna vez te ha dolido una zona del cuerpo y, al cabo de un rato, te duele otra distinta? No es casualidad: el cuerpo está compensando. Cuando hay dolor, un músculo está débil o una articulación no se mueve como debería, el cuerpo busca otras zonas para seguir funcionando. Esas zonas acaban trabajando de más. Con el tiempo aparecen: ▪️ sobrecargas ▪️ dolores en lugares distintos al inicial ▪️ sensación de que el dolor “va cambiando” 👉 El cuerpo compensa para protegerte, pero si no se corrige la causa, esa compensación acaba generando más dolor. 🔑 Si el dolor se repite o cambia de sitio, no lo ignores. Siempre hay una causa detrás. — Oriol Zamora · Fisioterapeuta #dolor #compensaciones #fisioterapia #dolormuscular #movimiento #saludcorporal #NovaMedicum
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Pain causes some areas of the body to work harder
When there is pain, when a muscle is weak, or when a joint does not move as it should, the body searches for other areas to keep moving. As a result, those areas end up working more than normal, Zamora explains.
Over time, this can lead to overload, pain in areas different from the original source, and the sensation that the pain keeps shifting from place to place. In the end, the body compensates to protect you, but in the long term this compensation can generate more pain. So if a pain keeps recurring or changes location, do not ignore it. There is usually an underlying cause.
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