Why does your chest ache when your heart breaks?
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I believe it's because we are not breathing deeply and properly when we are sad or stressed out. We feel that empty pit, hollow ice pick feeling in our hearts.
I recently got that same heart break feeling at the dentist prior to a root canal, and she had me breathe, and told me i wasn't breathing cuz i was so scared. She had me do breathing exercises, and much to my amazement, the heart break feeling passed.
I think when we are sad, shocked, grieving we are sobbing and holding out breathe unknowingly. This causes presurre on our reflex and chest when we breathe and would create that sensation of our chest or heart hearting.
next time, try deep breating, or just put your hand on your heart and see if you can feel youself breathing in and out normally.
great question!
I would say its psychological.
But then again, your heard pumps the blood, so when u go in a shock it aches because, your blood pressures shoots up.
I would also say adrenaline maybe...
You are not a crazy person, first of all. You are absolutely right that emotional pain will cause physical pain. Some people may get headaches, so people may feel tightness in the chest. It's from a tightening of muscles due to the stress.
Because you are an integrated person and physiological effects physical.
Muscles like ropes are made of many fibers or strands. If some of the individual fibers that work in combination to make the muscle strong are not relaxing they bulk up in the middle and are stretched thin on the ends which results in the appearance of "knots" they are the tender spots. The muscles that effect headaches can come from as far away as the lower back and include shoulders, arms, neck and head causing a cascade effect. So a massage (professional if possible) will help.
Specific to the leg - run your hand lengthwise down the section of leg that hurts. You will find tender spots these are the knots described above. Apply pressure to this area in a similar motion just over the length of the knot - it will take many sessions of doing this once or twice per session to get the muscle to relax.
Specific to the head - at the base of the skull where it connects to the spine there is a ridge in an upsidedown V like shape - press in and up to the count of three, three times to help relax the muscles there. All through the hair scratch lightly the head you will find tender spots those are knots (rub the rest of the head) the idea is to go over them semi frequently until they are gone.
General - Muscles need magnisium (regulates many things) and potassium - both can be found in bananas or molasses (a swig or two)
Hydrate with any nonsugar (even the substitutes) liquids - quantity = your body weight divided by 2 times ounces daily. The head of neurology (10 years ago) at UCDavis told my husband that running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil - there will be problems.
Reference - The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies teaches about muscles and how to help them yourself.
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