Bones & Joints
ISSUES REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH BONES AND JOINTS
BONES
HARD TISSUE
This corresponds to our core beliefs. The skeleton forms the supportive inner framework of the body, fundamental to the health of the whole, just as our beliefs give support and give meaning to every aspect of our lives.
SOFT TISSUE
This corresponds to our psychological attitudes and thinking patterns. Put another way, our thoughts and experiences that have lead to our belief systems directly affect the state of our nerves and the organs of our body and are visible in the condition of our muscles, skin and flesh.
LIQUIDS
This corresponds to our emotions and feelings – we often say we boil with anger or overflow with love. For instance we can see that the blood flows through the heart and it carries our love for ourselves all round the body and distributes the love that is reflected through out our being.
BONES
The bones are the densest form of energy in the physical body, just like the rocks and stones are the representation of the Earth - they support and sustain the body in its form. The bones facilitate body movement and body movement in turn, facilitates the movement of our body fluids. The bones also house the bone marrow, which stores the nutrients required for the body. It nourishes us with minerals, salts and nutrients and produces vital immune cells as well as red blood corpuscles. The outer tissue forms a hard strong resilient framework upon which our whole being is built.
In the same way we cannot live without bone, so we are not truly alive without being in touch with the deepest apart of our psycho/spiritual being, with the impulse that gives life meaning. Just as our bones support us in our physical being and give life to muscles and fluids, so our core beliefs (principles) give us constant strength and support while finding expression in our life style, behaviour and relationships. So then, we can say that problems arising from our bones represent conflict within the deepest parts of our being.
This brings us to broken bones
If our belief systems we become stiff, rigid and limited therefore our physical movement will reflect this. A broken bone is a sign that we are not being flexible enough, that there is a resistance to going with the flow. When there is a resistance to going with the flow we break.
Therefore, a broken bone represents a deep split or conflict, at the very centre of our being. Some important questions need to be asked about what it was that was surrounding you at the time when a break occurred, namely:
Taking this a bit further to Osteoporosis
The primary cause of this is de-calcification of the bones and is common in women after menopause as it makes the bones brittle and liable to fracture. Osteoporosis implies a thinning of life force flowing through the bones and in the etheric energy body. This may be due to a sense of giving up, of feeling helpless or hopeless or carrying a burden of guilt. After menopause, women can feel and/or believe her reason for being has gone and there is no impulse to create a new direction or to find a new purpose.
Some pertinent questions need also to be asked here, namely:
The strength of the bones is at stake, as is the strength of our core feelings, our inner purpose for being. The bones are connected to spirit, so we need to raise our spirit by bringing it into action, rather than letting it fade away.
See our article on menopause.
JOINTS
If we think about expressing ourselves using our arms, we understand then that the joints must represent the joining up of our thoughts and our feelings. Joints give us movement and action or expression. Through our joints we have the freedom to dance, jump, hug and hold. They facilitate our ability to move with grace and ease or with a jerky and disjointed action. The action is a direct reflection of our psycho / emotional attitude. The joints and skeletal system gives stability and balance to the whole body.
More information can be gained as an indication of what is going on when the particular part of the body that has been affected by the issues below, such as an ankle – this is where our support is being tested, not just from the others around us, but from the inner support system we have built up for ourselves. This consists of our psychological and emotional beliefs that give our lives meaning and purpose.
To go though each one in this article would make it a forty pager! It was felt that if further information was needed, we could be contacted directly.
Inflammation of the joints
Inflammation is generally connected to something not being expressed in some way and has become blocked. This is connected to movement and communication and indicates a fear of the future or a resistance to what is currently happening for example:
So lets ask some really pertinent questions here, namely:
What then is needed to loosen the joints?
Joint stiffness
This follows closely on the above. If the joints become stiff or unable to move, then where has our thinking become rigid or unbending, critical or dismissive? Rigid joints become useless – they lose their purpose, which is freedom of movement and the relationship between thought, emotion and expression is lost. We are now unable too use the part that has become stiff. Stiff joints then imply that we are not expressing our deeper feelings, there is a lack of freedom, a holding on to old ways of being or a pushing away so that we don’t have to expose our deeper inner feelings.
Bursitis
Again a slight follow on from the previous to issues. Bursitis is an inflammation of the bursa or fluid filled sacs in the joints that normally prevent friction. Bursitis often develops through excessive use, as in tennis elbow. When the Bursa fills with liquid it is an indication of an emotional irritation or inflammation – our feelings are building up on the inside and this is restricting our ability to express ourselves. There may be inner sadness, anger, or unresolved guilt.
So now again we can ask some pertinent questions, namely:
Dislocation
To dislocate means that we have lost our movement and/or our ability to move and express in some way. Having lost our ability to move implies that we cannot move forward easily. Putting a bone out of joint means that or indicates that we are feeling put out, have lost contact with our centre or perhaps we have lost our standing or place in the world. It also signifies difficulty in expressing our feelings.
Lets ask some pertinent questions here again, namely:
Gout
This is caused by the build-up of uric acid in the joints. It is more usual than not for this to be reflected in the big toe. Uric acid is normally removed by the urine, which is the body’s way of releasing emotions that are finished with, no longer needed, or poisoning our system. If we do not begin to release these old emotions they begin to get stuck, to solidify and to crystallise, causing rigidity and inflexibility. Gout is an expression of being stuck. Do you feel stuck in your present direction? There is also anger involved, as the joint becomes red and swollen, full of hot emotion. Can you find the emotion, what is it that is not moving or is un-moving? If we cling to the past we are unable to move forward. Are there past issues that are very important to you? As gout is found more often in the elderly, holding onto past memories is often a contributing factor.
Osteoarthritis
This is an inflammation and a slow degeneration of the joints, a wearing away, creating a stiffness and pain especially in the weight bearing joints. As the main function of the joints is to provide movement with ease and fluidity, such a condition implies a deep resistance or fear of movement. The inflammation implies a long build-up of toxic thoughts or attitudes, such as anger, irritation or frustration, either with ourselves or someone else. Arthritis is often associated with an overly critical attitude (upright and unrelenting) and with bitterness or resentment (which brings stiffness and pain) as if these attitudes are wearing away our joy and appreciation. The lack of movement implies a hardening of our attitude towards life.
Are you getting so deeply frustrated or irritated that these feelings are limiting your ability to be gracious or loving? Do you dislike spontaneity and find it hard to relax? Is it difficult to receive? Arthritis brings up issues of control, as we slowly lose control over our joints. Do you find it hard not to dominate or demand attention. Or do you feel that someone or something is controlling you (often a sense that everything has to be perfect) and this is making you angry or resentful? What is wearing you down so much? What can you do to release some of the tightness in your life?
Rheumatoid Arthritis
This is an autoimmune disease where our own immune system attacks the membrane of the joints due to an abnormal rheumatoid factor in the blood. The blood represents our love that is taken all around in the body including the joints and when we find that the blood is carrying something that it should clear either through the kidneys or the liver, that implies that there is something that we don’t want to get rid of and we want to hold on to it. This illness means that movement and change becomes very limited and the joints become rigid and painful. This disease seems to appear in many who were very active and now their lives have slowed down and they have become a lot less active. This can be the case for anyone such as say an athlete. While they were very busy training or working they were hiding the internal rigidity or perhaps a tendency to be over disciplined and self-critical. There may also be a tendency to feel that they have to give to others but not give to themselves, leading to repressed anger. Anger needs expression to be released from the body.
Some may have been able to channel that energy into that activity that occupied them previously, such as athletics but this did not address the underlying issue that was building up in the body and the psyche. When they retire from the activity they have nowhere to channel that energy or to put those feelings. These feelings are generated but now have nowhere to go as in the past patterning is was to ignore them and to be immersed in that activity. They now they look for a place to be stored and the joints are the perfect receptacle.
The autoimmune aspect of this affliction implies an overly self-critical or judgmental attitude, perhaps combined with a low self-esteem.
So lets ask some really pertinent questions, namely:
Positive thinking on it’s own will not solve all of your problems, however, it is one of a series of things that we can implement and that will get us on the path to leading the life we want.
Healing of joints/ pain in joints
It is possible to find remedies to help heal the body’s joints such as taking gelatin, but it must be understood that unless the underlying feeling issues with the person is addressed, the problem will resurface again and most often in the same way it previously did or it could be in a deeper way within the body.
It has been found that taking gelatin everyday for a month is very helpful in healing many joint problems. This is a remedy used by the golfing professionals and others for joint pains. The remedy is to take two teaspoons of gelatin mixed with a quarter cup of cold water and allowed to set overnight. The set mixture is then eaten with your breakfast. It is recommended that you do not take it longer than a month. Should the pain come back, the procedure should be repeated after a months break. It can also be repeated on a 6 monthly basis!
BONES
- Broken bones
- Osteoporosis
- Dislocation
- Gout
- Joint stiffness
- Inflammation of the joints
- Bursitis
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Hard tissue, as in bones and teeth
- Soft Tissue as in the flesh, fat, skin, organs, muscles, ligaments and nerves
- Fluids as in blood, urine, water and lymph.
HARD TISSUE
This corresponds to our core beliefs. The skeleton forms the supportive inner framework of the body, fundamental to the health of the whole, just as our beliefs give support and give meaning to every aspect of our lives.
SOFT TISSUE
This corresponds to our psychological attitudes and thinking patterns. Put another way, our thoughts and experiences that have lead to our belief systems directly affect the state of our nerves and the organs of our body and are visible in the condition of our muscles, skin and flesh.
LIQUIDS
This corresponds to our emotions and feelings – we often say we boil with anger or overflow with love. For instance we can see that the blood flows through the heart and it carries our love for ourselves all round the body and distributes the love that is reflected through out our being.
BONES
The bones are the densest form of energy in the physical body, just like the rocks and stones are the representation of the Earth - they support and sustain the body in its form. The bones facilitate body movement and body movement in turn, facilitates the movement of our body fluids. The bones also house the bone marrow, which stores the nutrients required for the body. It nourishes us with minerals, salts and nutrients and produces vital immune cells as well as red blood corpuscles. The outer tissue forms a hard strong resilient framework upon which our whole being is built.
In the same way we cannot live without bone, so we are not truly alive without being in touch with the deepest apart of our psycho/spiritual being, with the impulse that gives life meaning. Just as our bones support us in our physical being and give life to muscles and fluids, so our core beliefs (principles) give us constant strength and support while finding expression in our life style, behaviour and relationships. So then, we can say that problems arising from our bones represent conflict within the deepest parts of our being.
This brings us to broken bones
If our belief systems we become stiff, rigid and limited therefore our physical movement will reflect this. A broken bone is a sign that we are not being flexible enough, that there is a resistance to going with the flow. When there is a resistance to going with the flow we break.
Therefore, a broken bone represents a deep split or conflict, at the very centre of our being. Some important questions need to be asked about what it was that was surrounding you at the time when a break occurred, namely:
- Did you feel fractured, split or broken into pieces?
- Are you going in one direction, yet inside you are longing to go into another direction?
- Are your loyalties being divided?
- Are you getting the support you need?
- Can you no longer stand the pressure on your own?
- Is there a need to reassess what you are doing and why are you doing it?
- Are your deepest beliefs being questioned?
- By taking the time to see the effect of the broken bone on your life, what is it that you are seeing?
- What is it that it is stopping you from doing?
- What is it that it is making you do?
- Are there benefits to this for you that you did allow yourself to acknowledge before? Something like needing to rest and/or asking for help? Most of us are not very good with this at all.
- What is the benefit of the rest, while we wait for the bone to heal?
- What is it that we see in our life that we need to pay attention to.
Taking this a bit further to Osteoporosis
The primary cause of this is de-calcification of the bones and is common in women after menopause as it makes the bones brittle and liable to fracture. Osteoporosis implies a thinning of life force flowing through the bones and in the etheric energy body. This may be due to a sense of giving up, of feeling helpless or hopeless or carrying a burden of guilt. After menopause, women can feel and/or believe her reason for being has gone and there is no impulse to create a new direction or to find a new purpose.
Some pertinent questions need also to be asked here, namely:
- Do you feel a loss of purpose now that the potential for motherhood is over?
- Do you feel that you have lost your womanhood and femininity?
- Have you found a new direction in your life that is just for you and is not related to being a mother or a wife?
- Have you lost the support or attention of your partner?
- What can you do to bring more vibrancy of spirit into your life?
The strength of the bones is at stake, as is the strength of our core feelings, our inner purpose for being. The bones are connected to spirit, so we need to raise our spirit by bringing it into action, rather than letting it fade away.
See our article on menopause.
JOINTS
If we think about expressing ourselves using our arms, we understand then that the joints must represent the joining up of our thoughts and our feelings. Joints give us movement and action or expression. Through our joints we have the freedom to dance, jump, hug and hold. They facilitate our ability to move with grace and ease or with a jerky and disjointed action. The action is a direct reflection of our psycho / emotional attitude. The joints and skeletal system gives stability and balance to the whole body.
More information can be gained as an indication of what is going on when the particular part of the body that has been affected by the issues below, such as an ankle – this is where our support is being tested, not just from the others around us, but from the inner support system we have built up for ourselves. This consists of our psychological and emotional beliefs that give our lives meaning and purpose.
To go though each one in this article would make it a forty pager! It was felt that if further information was needed, we could be contacted directly.
Inflammation of the joints
Inflammation is generally connected to something not being expressed in some way and has become blocked. This is connected to movement and communication and indicates a fear of the future or a resistance to what is currently happening for example:
- A build up of angry or irritable emotions,
- An inability to say what it is that we are really feeling.
So lets ask some really pertinent questions here, namely:
- What is making you feel so hot or fired up on the inside?
- What is so irritating that it is restricting your expression?
- Why don’t you express what it is that is holding you back?
What then is needed to loosen the joints?
- More forgiveness
- Acceptance, and
- Love for yourself!
Joint stiffness
This follows closely on the above. If the joints become stiff or unable to move, then where has our thinking become rigid or unbending, critical or dismissive? Rigid joints become useless – they lose their purpose, which is freedom of movement and the relationship between thought, emotion and expression is lost. We are now unable too use the part that has become stiff. Stiff joints then imply that we are not expressing our deeper feelings, there is a lack of freedom, a holding on to old ways of being or a pushing away so that we don’t have to expose our deeper inner feelings.
Bursitis
Again a slight follow on from the previous to issues. Bursitis is an inflammation of the bursa or fluid filled sacs in the joints that normally prevent friction. Bursitis often develops through excessive use, as in tennis elbow. When the Bursa fills with liquid it is an indication of an emotional irritation or inflammation – our feelings are building up on the inside and this is restricting our ability to express ourselves. There may be inner sadness, anger, or unresolved guilt.
So now again we can ask some pertinent questions, namely:
- Are you feeling resentful at all the work that you are doing?
- Do you feel that you are not being appreciated?
- What kind of action is needed to release the pressure?
- Rest is essential but, in taking rest, what happens? Does it shift the weight of responsibility to others?
Dislocation
To dislocate means that we have lost our movement and/or our ability to move and express in some way. Having lost our ability to move implies that we cannot move forward easily. Putting a bone out of joint means that or indicates that we are feeling put out, have lost contact with our centre or perhaps we have lost our standing or place in the world. It also signifies difficulty in expressing our feelings.
Lets ask some pertinent questions here again, namely:
- Do you feel put out by something?
- Is the direction you are going causing confusion or uncertainty?
- Is your activity contradicting your your inner feelings?
- Do you feel pushed out of place?
- What do you need to get realigned and to reconnect with the flow?
Gout
This is caused by the build-up of uric acid in the joints. It is more usual than not for this to be reflected in the big toe. Uric acid is normally removed by the urine, which is the body’s way of releasing emotions that are finished with, no longer needed, or poisoning our system. If we do not begin to release these old emotions they begin to get stuck, to solidify and to crystallise, causing rigidity and inflexibility. Gout is an expression of being stuck. Do you feel stuck in your present direction? There is also anger involved, as the joint becomes red and swollen, full of hot emotion. Can you find the emotion, what is it that is not moving or is un-moving? If we cling to the past we are unable to move forward. Are there past issues that are very important to you? As gout is found more often in the elderly, holding onto past memories is often a contributing factor.
Osteoarthritis
This is an inflammation and a slow degeneration of the joints, a wearing away, creating a stiffness and pain especially in the weight bearing joints. As the main function of the joints is to provide movement with ease and fluidity, such a condition implies a deep resistance or fear of movement. The inflammation implies a long build-up of toxic thoughts or attitudes, such as anger, irritation or frustration, either with ourselves or someone else. Arthritis is often associated with an overly critical attitude (upright and unrelenting) and with bitterness or resentment (which brings stiffness and pain) as if these attitudes are wearing away our joy and appreciation. The lack of movement implies a hardening of our attitude towards life.
Are you getting so deeply frustrated or irritated that these feelings are limiting your ability to be gracious or loving? Do you dislike spontaneity and find it hard to relax? Is it difficult to receive? Arthritis brings up issues of control, as we slowly lose control over our joints. Do you find it hard not to dominate or demand attention. Or do you feel that someone or something is controlling you (often a sense that everything has to be perfect) and this is making you angry or resentful? What is wearing you down so much? What can you do to release some of the tightness in your life?
Rheumatoid Arthritis
This is an autoimmune disease where our own immune system attacks the membrane of the joints due to an abnormal rheumatoid factor in the blood. The blood represents our love that is taken all around in the body including the joints and when we find that the blood is carrying something that it should clear either through the kidneys or the liver, that implies that there is something that we don’t want to get rid of and we want to hold on to it. This illness means that movement and change becomes very limited and the joints become rigid and painful. This disease seems to appear in many who were very active and now their lives have slowed down and they have become a lot less active. This can be the case for anyone such as say an athlete. While they were very busy training or working they were hiding the internal rigidity or perhaps a tendency to be over disciplined and self-critical. There may also be a tendency to feel that they have to give to others but not give to themselves, leading to repressed anger. Anger needs expression to be released from the body.
Some may have been able to channel that energy into that activity that occupied them previously, such as athletics but this did not address the underlying issue that was building up in the body and the psyche. When they retire from the activity they have nowhere to channel that energy or to put those feelings. These feelings are generated but now have nowhere to go as in the past patterning is was to ignore them and to be immersed in that activity. They now they look for a place to be stored and the joints are the perfect receptacle.
The autoimmune aspect of this affliction implies an overly self-critical or judgmental attitude, perhaps combined with a low self-esteem.
So lets ask some really pertinent questions, namely:
- Do you feel stuck in a negative, judgmental or criticising mode?
- Are you feeling resentful or bitter about something or someone?
- Do you lack assertiveness and are feeling inhibited, finding yourself unable to act in some way that you really want to?
- Are you destroying yourself with guilt and/or shame?
- Do you have a tendency to undermine your self through criticism or a lack of self-respect?
- Due to the condition, arthritics often have clenched fists – is the fist really indicating a desire to hit out or lash out at someone or something?
Positive thinking on it’s own will not solve all of your problems, however, it is one of a series of things that we can implement and that will get us on the path to leading the life we want.
Healing of joints/ pain in joints
It is possible to find remedies to help heal the body’s joints such as taking gelatin, but it must be understood that unless the underlying feeling issues with the person is addressed, the problem will resurface again and most often in the same way it previously did or it could be in a deeper way within the body.
It has been found that taking gelatin everyday for a month is very helpful in healing many joint problems. This is a remedy used by the golfing professionals and others for joint pains. The remedy is to take two teaspoons of gelatin mixed with a quarter cup of cold water and allowed to set overnight. The set mixture is then eaten with your breakfast. It is recommended that you do not take it longer than a month. Should the pain come back, the procedure should be repeated after a months break. It can also be repeated on a 6 monthly basis!
