Interesting story here by Julie Deardorff on the Chicago Tribune.com website about the benefits of writing to treat physical ailments, including chronic back pain and neck pain.
According to a new program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Center for Integrative Medicine and Wellness, writing and keeping a journal can help sufferers understand what triggers their pain. And over a period of time it actually changes the nerve pathways that carry the pain signals from your back (or neck or shoulders) to your brain and diminishes the pain signals over time.
So says Northwestern's Dr. John Stracks, a mind-body specialist and one of a few dozen physicians in the country that treats the condition Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS), or mind-body syndrome. Common symptoms include back pain, neck pain, gastrointestinal issues and migraine headaches.
Read the full story here and maybe find out if keeping a journal would help you.
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