It has become common knowledge that emotional stress has deleterious effects on your health. There have been many suggestions for dealing with this problem as well. Psychology has promoted the use of extensive therapy ranging from face to face consultation to more energetic and, perhaps, questionable therapies. As useful as these techniques may be, they leave one with the underlying problem of identifying the stress involved.
For over a hundred years, chiropractors have observed that many patients complaining of chronic or acute pain undergo an emotional catharsis following certain adjustments. Once this catharsis is stimulated not only does the patient’s pain disappear but, frequently, emotional issues that have plagued the patient for years are alleviated as well. For years chiropractors have sought a method for finding and relieving that emotional blockage. In 1988, Dr. Scott Walker announced the development of NeuroEmotional Technique; a kinesiological procedure that permits the physician to elucidate elements of the emotional stress so that the blocked energy may be released. This is not Psycho-Therapy. The elements outlined with NET are: the age when the stress was programmed into the body, the principle person associated with the stress and a term describing the emotion that is stored. This is not a far-fetched New Age pseudo-therapy. The storage of emotions in the body was simultaneously described by the Chinese 2500 years ago and one can find references to emotional effects on the body in the works of both Hippocrates and Galen. However, it is in Chinese Medicine that a mechanism is actually described: the network of channels that carry the Chi.
In Chinese Medicine, the physical body is regulated and supported by the flow of Vital Energy known as Chi ( also written Qi). Qi not only provides sustenance for the cells and tissues of the body, but, by it’s nature, also supports Consciousness. In fact, it IS Consciousness. The original Mind-Body medicine that we have documentation of is found in the Chinese texts. However, the Chinese never considered treating emotional stress as a separate therapy. In their paradigm, if the Qi flows unimpeded, then the emotions will be expressed appropriately. If the patient cannot handle this expression it is their Fate (or their tough luck, as we would say) and not the province of the physician. Today we have a more complete, if more compassionate, view of the treatment of the Mind:Body.
A good example of the application of Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) is found in clinical histories.
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