neurotags and the matrix

[nari]

HI all

I have thought of the neuromatrix process over the last 10 months as a highly sensitive operation, which we as PTs sometimes annoy or soothe, in a biochemical way.

After our disastrous fires of last year, many patients liked/(well, sort of) the analogy of the neurotags being sensitive to ''embers" (negative input) and caused flares in the famous seven forests of the brain. (AC, hippo, amgdala, SS1, 2, thalamus, premotor cortex) and these embers and resultant fires could be damped down with movement, positive goalsetting, etc etc.

But although the fires can be 'dampened down', there remains the risk of a flare-up, at anytime. Patients slowly understood that they could be a firefighter, not racing in hell bent on frantic activity, but working steadily, calming the ground and reducing risk of embers.

Being a firefighter involves control of emotions ( a negative-thought firefighter isn't much use to himself or others) and control of the hose. (pointing the hose in any old direction at random doesn't help much).

I have found this helpful in education, and there are other approaches, for sure. Just a few visual strategies can make a big difference.


Nari

[Diane]

Wow, I love those analogies. Perhaps choosing to entertain a relaxed point of view about a pain would be like letting a steady rain fall on the fire..
From the temperate rainforest, (where we still get lots of forest fires),
Diane

[emad]

Hi Nari:

You are absolutely right ,if the patient understand the situation ,what fires and when ,what dampens ,he/she will be cooperative /proactive to help him/her self.

cheers
emad

[nari]

I thought of another analogy - Lorimer Moseley referred to the brain as a 'soup' -a lively, rich soup simmering like Brownian movement, perhaps, with essential ingredients in a state of flux, renewing itself every three weeks or so.
If we do not stir the soup occasionally; ie move, plan, think, look, and so on, its integrity would be affected; and sometimes we might burn it a bit, with some ingredients stuck on the 'base' or 'sides'; sometimes we add more ingredients that may affect it positively or negatively....

What does anyone see as the absolutely essential ingredients, and what will it evolve into down the track? Bigger, smaller, more efficient?
Why can't we use more of our brains than we do; all that potential and not really the outcomes to match that potential?


Nari :roll:

[bernard]

Nari,

A simple known response is heat!!!
If we use more than an average of 60% of brain cells, it burns! heat comes over 43°C.