Ribs that are stuck or “out” in the back will often have a corresponding tenderness in the anterior ribs.Ĭreate leverage for treatment of stubborn and guarded upper back pain by treating the anterior sterno-costal area. Releasing the tight trapezius, supraspinatus, and infraspinatus is one part of treatment, but then look for overstretched and weak rhomboids, and instability in the cervical curve. Upper back pain is yang-on-yang tension, within which a hidden yin weakness can be found. Low back pain also shows up as tension in the more yang aspects of the spine: the lower thoracic and upper sacral. Address abdominal weakness or coldness, and treat the upper sacral and lower thoracic tension to relieve low back pain. Low back pain is often from weakness in the corresponding yin aspect: weak abdominal muscles mirroring the low back. It’s also worth noting that because of the modern Western lifestyle emphasis on sitting, most people would benefit from increased strength and relaxation overall, just to maintain basic structural balance. However, yin is not the same thing as deficiency or weakness and yang is not the same thing as excess or tension.
The more yang structures suffer from tension but benefit from being strong such as the posterior shoulder muscles. The more yin structures tend to suffer from weakness but benefit from being relaxed, such as the abdomen. The cervical and thoracic yet more yang in relation to the lumbar and sacral/pelvic because they are higher up on the body, more exposed, and closer to Heaven (ultimate yang). The thoracic and sacral/pelvic curves are posterior, they rise in relation to the rest of the back yang. The cervical and lumbar curves are anterior, they sink in relation to the rest of the back yin. Natural spinal curves provide important shock absorbance, allowing for complex movement. The spinal curves have a relative yin-yang relationship, meaning they balance each other. The upper back is yang and the lower back is yin. The chest is yang and the abdomen is yin. The front of the body including the face, chest, abdomen, and inner parts of the legs and arms are yin. The back of the body including the neck, shoulders, back, and the outer parts of the arms and legs are yang. The tops of the feet are yang while the soles of the feet are yin etc. The head is yang relative to the feet, because the head is closer to the Sun (yang) and the feet are closer to the Earth (yin).
#YIN AND YANG THEORY SYMBOL PNG LABLES SKIN#
The skin is yang (outer) relative to the internal organs (inner). Understanding the relative yin-yang structure of the body is important for diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal issues such as injuries, chronic pain, and degenerative diseases. The back and head are exposed to the sun, yang, while the chest and abdomen and feet are in shadow, yin. Yin-yang in the body is traditionally illustrated by a farmer bending over, working in the field. At high noon, when the day begins its descent toward darkest midnight yang transforming into yin. In the depths of winter the seasons start to shift toward spring and summer yin transforming into yang. Yang and yin are opposites, but each contains the seed of the other. There can never be yin without yang and vice-versa. Yin and yang are mutually dependent, they exist always in relation to each other.
Relativity and PolarityĮverything has a relative yin-yang nature. The taijitu is the combination of two identical intertwined fish-like shapes, black for yin, white for yang, with the seed of each present within the opposite. The symbol for yin and yang is called taijitu, showing the universal polarity in a constant state of harmonious movement. Yin-yang theory is foundational in Taoist cosmology and in Chinese medicine theory. Yang is bright, external, active, exposed, lit-up, hard, light-weight, warm, dry, in closer proximity to Heaven. Yin is dark, internal, receptive, hidden, in shadow, soft, heavy, cool, wet, in closer proximity to the Earth. The Chinese word yin means the “shady side”, yang means the “sunny side”. Yin-yang is the fundamental duality of everything in the universe. This article will focus on the structural aspect. The principle of yin-yang is the philosophical basis of all aspects of traditional Chinese Medicine including structural, organic, functional, and mental-emotional.
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