Recovery from trauma, surgery and catastrophic illness is a complex and multifactorial process. Conventional rehabilitation programs are very helpful. But they stop short of some of the important methods of enhancing healing.
You have natural healing intelligence in the complexity of your mind-body system. It’s important to consider the interaction of all your body systems, which can either help you heal, or obstruct the healing process. There are things you can do to remove obstacles to healing, and stimulate your inner healer.
Some of the processes that can block or impair your recovery include:
chronic activation of the stress response due to trauma, pain, sleep loss, inflammation
your gut-brain-immune system can drive inflammation, brain dysfunction, insomnia, and worsen pain
changes in soft tissues and neuromuscular reflexes can worsen pain and impair functional recovery
These are things you can do to enhance healing:
optimize your mindbody relationships and turn off the chronic stress response
wise use of manual physical treatments that normalize the stress response, tissue function, and neuromuscular reflexes.
attention to nutrition and GI health can enhance the biochemistry of your tissues to enable your system to heal more quickly.
Optimal recovery depends on your motivation, and mobilizing the healing responses of your body.
Did You Know:
Dr Shiller gives regular free mind-body training sessions on zoom. You can get the schedule and register at www.mindbodygroove.com
You can learn more about Dr Shiller’s practice and schedule a telemedicine or in-person consultation at www.drshiller.com
