There are people who have lived hard but suddenly find themselves in pain.
Why on earth did this pain come upon me? "Health Sustainability for You Who Worked Through Pain" is a collection of stories from Dr. Joseph Kim, a self-care medicine expert, who answered this question with each patient, one by one, from countless people around the world.
Everyone is born with the ability to overcome pain and maintain health.
However, this power is exerted when I take care of my mind and body every day.
My pain is a signal from my body to me that I have lived a hard life.
Now, you can regain your health and longevity through self-care.
This book, based on real-life examples and experiences, helps me realize that my pain was a struggle and teaches me how to take care of myself and my life in a healthy way.
Join Dr. Joseph Kim, founder of self-care medicine and educator of physicians, as he shares self-care secrets you can put into practice right now!

For the past 13 years, I have been treating patients and providing health guidance in 45 countries around the world.
There has never been a single case of physical or mental pain without a reason.
Only by looking into that life could one understand the root of that pain and illness.
There was always hardship at the end of the story.
(Abbreviation) Every pain has a story.
So the physical pain, mental anxiety, and depression they experienced were not their fault.
It wasn't a problem.
It was hard work.
It was just that the self-care system in my body had weakened because I had not been able to take care of myself for a long time.
The pain was a signal and effort from the body.
It was an appeal that you had suffered enough, so now it was time to turn your attention to me and take care of me.

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Everyone has an innate self-care system within their body.
The self-care system creates health sustainability by looking back on pain and making health sustainable.
This power is only exerted when you take care of yourself every day.

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When your body hurts, your mind hurts.
When your body is tense, your mind becomes tense too.
The field of neuroscience clearly defines ‘emotion.’
'Emotions are the result of the brain understanding the state of the body, interpreting it, and reacting to it.'
Simply put, the brain pays attention to how the body reacts to the countless things we encounter in life, rather than the things themselves.
You notice your body tense up, your neck and shoulders tense up, and your heartbeat and breathing become faster or irregular.
The brain interprets these characteristic changes in the body as a sign of a crisis or dangerous situation and induces emotions.

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Lifting your head in difficult and challenging situations in life doesn't mean you're not afraid. It's a powerful message from your body that you're willing to be brave, even though it might be scary and difficult.
The brain recognizes this and responds with hormones.
And it governs behavior.
This process is the flow of change that begins in the body and takes place in life.

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When the mind struggles, the twelve cranial nerves also struggle.
Her emotional muscles, involving cranial nerves 5, 7, and 12, were stiff.
Stiff facial muscles, stiff jaw muscles, and the four emotional muscles on the left and right sides of the neck and shoulders that are stiff and hard like stones.
With such tension, it is natural that the neck and spine are compressed.
(Shortened) I taught her to take care of herself.
He taught me how to manually relax the tension in each nerve pathway.
I also tried to massage the muscles called emotional muscles.
He taught me how to restore my spinal discs to a healthier state and how to provide self-care to stabilize my overactive sympathetic nerves.

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Let's say the pressure on the spine while standing is 100%.
How much force is placed on the spine when sitting? A study by Dr. Nachemson, a renowned pain medicine physician, found that the force is increased by 140%, or about 1.5 times.
In particular, sitting with your head tilted forward places 185% more pressure on your spine, which is about twice as much as standing.
Long term, if the spinal discs lose water, it will eventually lead to a herniated disc.
(Abbreviation) What is more concerning when sitting for long periods of time is the internal organs of the body.
If the spine is under this much pressure, the pressure in the abdominal space will also be considerable.
Pressure on the abdominal space can cause reflux esophagitis and gastritis in the stomach, malabsorption in the small intestine, and irritable bowel disease in the large intestine.

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It goes without saying that the structure of the body makes its functions possible.
Moving your body allows your body to function sustainably.
This movement circulates the moisture in our bodies and minds that is necessary for life.
If we breathe comfortably in the right body posture and add the right thoughts to our mind, health will always be with us.
I just missed this simple yet great thing in my busy life.
You just have to recover again.
The seven body postures presented below are scientifically proven and medically effective.
The journey from head to heart for behavior change is said to be short but arduous.
Fortunately, I believe that the journey of those who have read this far has already reached their hearts.
Now, let's embark on a journey of seven body practices.
If you make it a habit to maintain a healthy posture, like taking a walk every day, health will soon become yours.

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