Are you still in pain or feel uncoordinated weeks, months, or even years after your injury?
Afraid to reinjure the area, so you tend to approach any activity in a more cautious manner?
There are ways to fix this issue. You have the capability to train your nervous system, to rewire what was damaged from the injury, to regain feeling and to improve the motor coordination of any specific area of the body.
Your brain is receiving and delivering signals throughout the whole body, all the time. During any type of injury, the brain needs to deliver a pain signal to that injured area, in order for you to make a change from what you are doing so that it can effectively rehabilitate the area. Once this happens, the brain has more of a blurred image of the sensory and movement map of the area.
Have you ever driven down a dark foggy road before? Chances are, you are much more cautious and are much slower at driving as compared to driving on the same road on a nice sunny day.
Well that is essentially the same to your sensory and movement map of your brain. After an injury, the area is the dark and foggy road, so your brain is more cautious about moving the area. You are more inclined to have your foot on the brakes. However, after reintegrating and improving the sensory and movement maps, your brain has a much clear understanding of how the area should move and feel. It will be more like driving on a clear sunny day, your foot will be more on the gas pedal, to keep going.
The brain is a remarkable organ as it has the capability to rewire any damaged or dysfunctional sensory or motor signals. So if you have unfortunately had an injury, there is hope!
You don’t have to accept that this is your new life of just managing your symptoms. Your brain can rewire itself, so that the sensory and movement maps of the brain can be much clearer and more detailed than ever.
Continue to manage your symptoms, your brain doesn’t have the opportunity to rewire from the blurred information, resulting that your brain will always be driving that same dark and foggy road, cautiously. However, if you add clarity to the sensory and movement maps, by training and improving these areas, your brain will be able to allow you to drive on the smooth clear road for a very long time.
What do you do daily to improve the clarity of your brain’s sensory or movement map? Please let me know in the comments below or if you would like some suggestions from me. 🙂
Thank you for reading.
