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Increased pain while grieving

Posted February 26, 2009

I went for routine physio on my ankle to deal with a build up of scar tissue. I have had about 4 previous treatments and yes they hurt like crazy before but today it was unbearable. I couldn't even stand it. It makes sense that in a grieving state our pain threshold would change but I am wondering has anyone else exprerienced this?

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Physical Symptoms While Grieving
I personally have not experienced increased physical pain while grieving, but I have witnessed this in many of my patients.  Increased headaches,  or joint pain, or muscle pain, etc.  In a grieving state, the fluxes in neurotransmitters, hormones, and naturally-produced pain killers by the body all contribute to this phenomenon.Sometimes, new physical symptoms emerge after grief....

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