| During the 2010 Association of Tennis | | | | willing to look beyond the walls of their own well. |
| Professionals Tour, a partial list of injuries included | | | | Diagnostic technology has become available in the |
| injuries to the neck, the shoulders, the elbows, | | | | field of energy medicine. Instruments are available |
| the lower back, the hips, the leg muscles, the | | | | that can objectively measure the energy flow |
| knees and the ankles. Golf Fitness magazine lists | | | | along our bodies' meridians, the "energy freeways" |
| the most common golf injuries as elbow | | | | that conduct vital energy to all parts of our |
| tendonitis, and pain in the shoulder, back, wrist, | | | | physical being. If the body's natural flow of |
| hip, knee, foot, and/or ankle. You may have | | | | electromagnetic energy is disrupted around a |
| noticed that the lists have a lot in common. | | | | certain body part (such as an elbow, shoulder or |
| It's understandable that one might get these | | | | neck), there will be pain or weakness, the cause |
| injuries through a fall, or overexertion. But what | | | | of which X-Rays or CT Scans will miss. New |
| about someone that experiences an injury with | | | | Meridian Imaging techniques, though, will tell |
| no clear precipitating event? The player may | | | | whether a disruption in vital energy flow is the |
| report acute pain that he or she "woke up with | | | | culprit. |
| one day." Or perhaps it was gradual, and | | | | What are the causes of meridian imbalances? In |
| developed over a long period of time, either | | | | my book; Change The Way You Heal, I outline |
| reaching a plateau, or becoming progressively | | | | the three major causes of meridian imbalances |
| worse. | | | | that result in health issues; |
| Fortunately, current diagnostic tools allow for a | | | | |
| rapid and detailed report of possible tissue | | | | 1. Thoughts |
| damage inside of the body. If trauma is found, | | | | 2. Trauma |
| invasive procedures may be employed. But what | | | | 3. Toxins |
| about when the tissue looks healthy, and the | | | | Negative thoughts can result in inappropriate |
| physician says that there seems to be "nothing | | | | behavior and responses to the environment. |
| wrong," even though the pain or dysfunction | | | | When we interact with the outside world, we |
| persists? | | | | form perceptions of what is good and bad, right |
| Reviewing medical histories of patients in these | | | | and wrong, too much or too little, etc. If these |
| mysterious cases, I have seen recommendations | | | | perceptions lead to emotional stress, this stress |
| of rest, time off, medication, and physical | | | | can shift into physical ailments such as heart |
| therapy, each of which may have offered some | | | | disease, cancer, or other forms of degenerative |
| relief, but did not solve the problem. Looking for | | | | dis-ease. |
| solutions to a hard-to-diagnose injury can be | | | | Trauma affects the transmission of signals |
| challenging for a Western trained practitioner | | | | through the nerves of your body. Trauma can |
| when their approach seems to fail. | | | | include slips and falls, being struck, or sudden |
| When the doctor doesn't know what else to do, | | | | twists or turns of the spinal column. The spine |
| the injured athlete may or may not quit the sport | | | | protects the vital nerves that transmit signals |
| and will often continue with the use of | | | | from your brain, so if you injure yourself, you |
| medications to help mask their pain. And this is | | | | may have interference in your nervous system |
| where frogs come in, as mentioned in the unusual | | | | without even knowing it. |
| title of this article. Consider the following: | | | | Toxins are chemicals that disrupt the biochemistry |
| The frog in the well knows not of the great | | | | in your body. This category includes, in polluted air, |
| ocean beyond, but only sees the blue sky above. | | | | food or water, medications, and some so-called |
| Certain treatments in the arena of alternative and | | | | "natural supplements" made from synthetic |
| energy medicine have existed for thousands of | | | | materials. Your body chemistry shifts when toxins |
| years, standing quite well against the test of time. | | | | are present, resulting in an abnormal transmission |
| Frequently, these ancient methods can offer an | | | | of signals, hampering proper communication with |
| outstanding healing response when traditional | | | | the cells and tissues of your body. |
| medicine has proven ineffective. I have personally | | | | What you resist will persist. Keep an open mind as |
| seen a number of athletes that are, like the frog, | | | | you discover alternative medicine options for your |
| unable to see out of the well of their own beliefs. | | | | golf or tennis injury, because the treatment that |
| Because of what they "know" to be true, advice | | | | will finally help you may be available in your own |
| from their well-meaning friends, etc., they are not | | | | community. |