title: Energetics and transformation: insights on the paradoxical opportunity presented by chronic illness and pain--Part IV.
abstract: Following the author's own experiences with chronic pain due to a motorcycle accident during medical school, and the pain's unresponsiveness to conventional medicine, he sought other solutions. His journey led him to a new understanding of health and illness. With these insights and through the use of acupuncture, bodywork and various breathing techniques, he began to see phenomena--emotional release, myoclonic shaking, and regression--and healing that could not be explained in terms of a rational or structural framework. He posits that such phenomena represent different forms of de-stressing which together serve to release "blocked feeling," which he suggests is the "energy block" described by acupuncture theory as "stagnant Qi." The fourth in a series, this installment explores the role of repressed anger and its relationship to chronic illness.
authors.affiliation: Victoria Pain Clinic, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greenwood
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000628:therapy*