The Peripheral Nervous System

Excess stress continues its journey through the body by next affecting the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). The PNS consists of every nerve that extends out from the CNS, the nerve bundles of the Energy Centers and the ANS. This network of nerves is the link between the mind and virtually every organ, muscle, tendon, tissue and individual cell in the body. The PNS is the vehicle from which energy travels from the CNS to the body and back again. For example, in order for you to wiggle your toes, a message has to be sent from your brain (CNS) to your toes to create the movement. A message from your toes is then sent back to your brain via the PNS so you will then know that your toes a wiggling without having to actually look at them.

Every nerve in your arms originates from the brachial plexus of the upper back and lower neck and every nerve in your legs stem from the lumbar plexus and sacral plexus. Stress in these nerves of the PNS can manifest itself in a number of ways. Some will encounter tension in the joints and muscles of the extremities while several will experience weakness in these areas. An occurrence of pain, swelling, numbness or tingling in the limbs may also happen due to stress along this neural pathway.

Tension often reaches the PNS of the trunk of the body as well. Stress along these nerves has been shown to affect the joints, muscles and tendons of the spine and rib cage area. More importantly however, these nerves are the life supply to all of the internal organs of our thorax. It is a common finding to see tension in the organs that these nerves supply. The most frequent organ imbalances found using The Intention Method is in the thymus gland, liver, spleen, kidneys and reproductive organs.