Mind Over Back Pain: A Radically New Approach to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Back Pain by John E. Sarno

Author:John E. Sarno
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2017-07-25T05:00:00+00:00

Figure 5. This drawing of the brain identifies the location of so-called emotion centers and autonomic centers

Figure 6 illustrates how messages that originate in the brain's autonomic centers travel down through the spinal cord and exit from the cord over a network of nerves to various organs of the body. It is the purpose of this system to keep all the organs and systems of the body operating optimally under a variety of circumstances ranging from everyday functions to extreme emergencies. The autonomic centers of the brain respond to a great variety of stimuli to keep the body functioning properly. For example, under conditions of extreme cold the autonomic centers will signal the partial shutting down of blood vessels in the skin, which results in heat preservation. Conversely, in hot weather these same blood vessels will be opened up, allowing a greater amount of blood to flow through the skin, thereby dissipating heat.

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