The Heart Story

 

"Scans revealed no damage and never will do...scans cannot show a "broken" heart."

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The Heart is all about joy and happiness. When we are joyful, Heart Qi flows full and unhindered. When we have a bad day or lose one close to us or hate our job or any thing that causes unhappiness, the flow of Heart Qi is blocked. I do not necessarily mean pathological depression. Just the ups and downs of everyday life will have this effect. We are all human and affected by this condition to one degree or another.

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When Qi flow is blocked, tightness and pain result. This can occur due to injury, overuse, poor posture, weather, nutritional deficiency or excess and, in this case, emotion. Chinese medical philosophy holds that each organ is associated with an emotion. Fear affects the Kidneys, Grief the Lungs, Worry the Stomach, Anger the Liver and Happiness the Heart.

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Blocked Heart Qi results in tightening and thickening of the tissue in the chest directly over the Heart. In turn, this tightness in the chest blocks Qi flow to musculature that inserts to the ribs; Pec Minor and the Scalenes on the left side tighten. It will literally pull the jaw closer to the clavicle.

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In most cases, individuals will be unaware of restriction to movement or chest tightness until it is actively demonstrated to them. Simply running a thumb through the thick and tight Pec Major over the heart and contrasting it with the opposite side clearly shows the difference. Flesh over the right side is thin and loose, able to clearly feel each rib, whereas, on the left it is thick with a gristle like quality. The left is tender or painful in comparison to the right. It seems counter intuitive that musculature on the dominant right side is not as dense and tight as the left.

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The affect of tightness in the chest on the shoulder and neck extends higher. Craniosacral therapists report the left side of the cranium is rigid in comparison to the right. The amplitude of the Cranial Rhythm on the left being a half or a third of the right. Clients exclaiming the left side of their head feeling it has ballooned after craniosacral release and sensation of numbness relieved.

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Unsurprisingly, women are more affected by conditions brought on by the heart story than men...men, by and large, being less emotionally connected. It is a fact more women in their 40’s and 50’s suffer frozen shoulder due to Kidney Qi depletion from childbirth affecting bones & drying joints. Owing to the contribution of blocked Heart Qi, I am willing to bet it is predominantly the left shoulder.

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Clearing blocked Heart Qi can have a powerful effect. A sense of weight being lifted off the chest. Tightness in Pec Minor and the Scalenes will be reduced. High levels of relaxation are experienced. Some report being "off with the fairies" for several days after this treatment. Deep therapeutic effect clearing the blackness and heaviness from hitoric emotional trauma has been reported.

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Acute emotional trauma can result in high levels of pain and restriction. I have seen several cases where symptoms affecting the left shoulder and neck had medical practitioners baffled. There was no apparent reason for it, yet patients were experiencing pain and dysfunction. Scans revealed no damage and never will do...scans cannot show a "broken" heart. Massage to clear thickness and tightness in the chest over the heart provides immediate but temporary relief. Until circumstances causing unhappiness are resolved, symptoms will return.

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Clinical relevance...

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