Paper cuts, bruises, blisters.
All damaged tissue but *generally the ‘damage’ is minimal. But the pain they cause? Massively out of proportion to the damage.
A bruise can have you wincing, a paper cut can be invisible but makes you shake your hand and change your behaviour and a simple blister can stop you from walking, limiting your movement dramatically.
The body is doing its best to protect you all the time, it never stops, but sometimes signals get skewed and proportion to damage can be misinterpreted signalling.
-THE TAKEAWAYS –
Big tissue damage (bone) is healed after 18 months/2 years *generally so persistent or chronic pain is less about damage and more about signalling.
Pain isn’t a reliable indicator of damage.
Hurt dosn’t always = harm.
Where you feel pain isn’t always wear a problem is (think heart attacks and arm pain).
Focus on the person not just the problem.
In yoga there are so many invisible reasons a participant may opt out, this is none of our business, let them make their own choices and practice their personal agency.