咖啡因導致腰肌肌肉反應延遲,引起慢性下背疼痛?

 今年協助很多學員進行腰肌的喚醒及肌應測試,藉由按壓「神經淋巴反射區」之後,雖然腰肌的肌應測試結果有變好,但回饋還不夠紮實,總是差了一點,於是我問了這些學員共同的問題:「你有喝咖啡嗎?」得到的答案是「有」,而當我讓這些學員飲用「運動飲料」或「B群」之後,他們”所有人”的腰肌肌應測試結果都變「強」了,反應變的更為紮實,學員覺得奇妙,為什麼咖啡會影響腰肌的反應呢?

在《Guide to Healing Chronic Pain: A Holistic Approach(暫譯:慢性疼痛治療​​指南:整體方法)》有提到:

Nutritional Myth #5: Caffeine is harmless (營養誤區 #5:咖啡因是無害的) 

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine teachings, caffeine stresses the kidney organ. It also stresses the adrenal glands which produce the flight or fight reaction through neurotransmitters such as adrenaline. When these organs are stressed, it can actually weaken the corresponding muscle groups that are on the same neurological circuit. The psoas muscle, also called the hip flexor, is often unbalanced or weakened due to caffeine-related imbalances in the kidney organ according to holistic chiropractor Dr. Bradley Nelson, created of the Body Code Healing System. Dr. Nelson, who has literally seen thousands of people with back pain over his seventeen years in practice, feels that caffeine is the number one toxic substance contributing to chronic back pain. 

(根據中醫的教義,咖啡因會帶給腎臟壓力。它還會對腎上腺產生壓力,腎上腺會通過腎上腺素等神經遞質產生逃跑或戰鬥反應。當這些器官受到壓力時,它實際上會削弱處於同一神經迴路上的相應肌肉群。 根據 Body Code Healing System 創建的整體脊椎按摩師 Bradley Nelson 博士的說法,腰肌,也稱為髖屈肌,由於腎臟器官中與咖啡因相關的失衡,通常會失衡或減弱。 尼爾森醫生在其 17 年的執業生涯中親眼目睹了成千上萬的背痛患者,他認為咖啡因是導致慢性背痛的頭號有毒物質。)

事實上,我也曾在肌肉喚醒技術的講座中示範過,當一個人喝一口咖啡後,肌肉反應當場就變弱了。而肌肉反應變弱代表肌肉「延遲反應」,肌肉延遲反應會引起動作的代償反應、關節不穩定等,進而導致緊繃、不適或疼痛。

若有慢性下背不適或疼痛的人,或許先戒掉咖啡因(像咖啡、紅茶等),觀察自己身體狀況,我覺得這是一個「可能」對你有幫助,但無害的實驗方式;而戒掉咖啡因,可能對於你運動表現也有幫助(因為腰肌反應變好了),如果需要提神,或許可以考慮B群。

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