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Left eye vs right eye, left vs right ear.","\u002Fareas\u002Feyes-and-ears","i-lucide-eye",2,"\u002Feyes-and-ears",{"title":21,"description":22,"path":23,"icon":24,"order":25,"comingSoon":10,"to":26,"conditionCount":27},"Respiratory system","Lungs spiritual meaning: your taste for life, the space you take, and feeling smothered. What shortness of breath, coughs, asthma and colds may say.","\u002Fareas\u002Frespiratory-system","i-lucide-wind",3,"\u002Frespiratory-system",20,{"title":29,"description":30,"path":31,"icon":32,"order":33,"comingSoon":10,"to":34,"conditionCount":35},"Heart and circulation","Heart spiritual meaning: love given and received, joy of living, and the pressure you carry. Blood pressure, palpitations and chest pain at a glance.","\u002Fareas\u002Fheart-and-circulation","i-lucide-heart-pulse",4,"\u002Fheart-and-circulation",11,{"title":37,"description":38,"path":39,"icon":40,"order":41,"comingSoon":10,"to":42,"conditionCount":43},"Digestive system","Digestive issues spiritual meaning: what you cannot digest or accept, the need to control, and letting go. Stomach and bowel problems at a glance.","\u002Fareas\u002Fdigestive-system","i-lucide-utensils",5,"\u002Fdigestive-system",19,{"title":45,"description":46,"path":47,"icon":48,"order":49,"comingSoon":10,"to":50,"conditionCount":51},"Back","Back pain spiritual meaning: support, burdens and being the pillar. What lower, middle and upper back and spine problems may say, and left vs right side.","\u002Fareas\u002Fback","i-lucide-person-standing",6,"\u002Fback",7,{"title":53,"description":54,"path":55,"icon":56,"order":51,"comingSoon":10,"to":57,"conditionCount":58},"Skin","Skin problems spiritual meaning: boundaries, contact and separation, and how you feel seen. What rashes, eczema, psoriasis, acne and itching may say.","\u002Fareas\u002Fskin","i-lucide-fingerprint","\u002Fskin",27,{"title":60,"description":61,"path":62,"icon":63,"order":64,"comingSoon":10,"to":65,"conditionCount":66},"Joints and bones","Joint pain spiritual meaning: flexibility, rigid thinking, authority and your inner structure. Which joint hurts, left vs right side, and bone problems.","\u002Fareas\u002Fjoints-and-bones","i-lucide-bone",8,"\u002Fjoints-and-bones",14,{"title":68,"description":69,"path":70,"icon":71,"order":72,"comingSoon":10,"to":73,"conditionCount":35},"Reproductive system","Uterus and reproductive problems spiritual meaning: creativity, femininity, masculinity and pleasure. Periods, fibroids, ovaries, prostate at a glance.","\u002Fareas\u002Freproductive-system","i-lucide-venus-and-mars",9,"\u002Freproductive-system",{"title":75,"description":76,"path":77,"icon":78,"order":79,"comingSoon":10,"to":80,"conditionCount":49},"Kidneys and urinary system","Kidney spiritual meaning: unspoken fear, old emotions that harden into stones, and balance in partnership. Kidney stones, bladder, left vs right kidney.","\u002Fareas\u002Fkidneys","i-lucide-droplets",10,"\u002Fkidneys",{"title":82,"description":83,"path":84,"icon":85,"order":35,"comingSoon":10,"to":86,"conditionCount":18},"Blood sugar","The spiritual and metaphysical meaning of diabetes and low blood sugar: sweetness, sadness, love that is hard to receive, and giving yourself away.","\u002Fareas\u002Fblood-sugar","i-lucide-candy","\u002Fblood-sugar",{"title":88,"description":89,"path":90,"icon":91,"order":92,"comingSoon":10,"to":93,"conditionCount":66},"Mouth and teeth","Teeth and mouth spiritual meaning: taking life in, words held back, and biting into decisions. 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What the left and right breast may say, with cysts and mastitis.","\u002Fareas\u002Fbreasts","i-lucide-flower-2","\u002Fbreasts",{"title":162,"description":163,"path":164,"icon":165,"order":12,"comingSoon":10,"to":166,"conditionCount":33},"Thyroid","Thyroid spiritual meaning: speech, creativity, and the moments you feel you must stay silent. 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I trust myself, stay determined and open, and take the opportunities life offers me.",[312,313,314,315,316,317,318,319],"Pain in the right wrist","Sore right wrist","Right wrist ache","Stiff right wrist","Right wrist injury","Right wrist tendonitis","Right wrist pain from typing","Douleur au poignet droit","arms-and-hands",{"type":322,"value":323,"toc":479},"minimark",[324,329,339,352,360,364,371,376,379,383,386,390,393,397,400,404,407,411,414,418,428,432],[325,326,328],"h2",{"id":327},"what-right-wrist-pain-is","What right wrist pain is",[330,331,332,333,338],"p",{},"Right wrist pain is pain, aching or stiffness in the right wrist. For most people this is the dominant hand, the one that writes, types, uses a mouse or a phone, holds tools and swings a racquet, so overuse is a frequent cause. Repetitive strain can inflame the tendons that cross the wrist. De Quervain's tenosynovitis causes pain at the base of the thumb, worse when gripping or twisting. ",[334,335,337],"a",{"href":336},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fcarpal-tunnel","Carpal tunnel syndrome",", with numbness and tingling in the thumb and first fingers, often at night, tends to be worse in the dominant hand.",[330,340,341,342,346,347,351],{},"Injuries are the other big group. A fall onto an outstretched hand can sprain or break the wrist, and a fracture of the small scaphoid bone may not show on the first X-ray, so pain at the base of the thumb after a fall should be rechecked. Weight-bearing on bent wrists, in press-ups, yoga or gymnastics, can also strain the joint. A ganglion, ",[334,343,345],{"href":344},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fosteoarthritis","osteoarthritis",", gout and ",[334,348,350],{"href":349},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Frheumatoid-arthritis","rheumatoid arthritis"," are further causes. Heart pain is usually on the left, but arm pain on either side with chest pressure, breathlessness or sweating needs emergency help: call 999 in the UK, 911 in the US or 112 in the EU.",[330,353,354,355,359],{},"Mild pain usually settles with rest, ice, a support and simple painkillers. Changing the set-up helps a great deal: a lower keyboard, a neutral mouse, regular breaks, a lighter grip on tools. Splints, physiotherapy, injections and sometimes surgery are used depending on the cause. The page on ",[334,356,358],{"href":357},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fwrist-pain","wrist pain"," covers the condition as a whole.",[325,361,363],{"id":362},"the-emotional-meaning-of-right-wrist-pain","The emotional meaning of right wrist pain",[330,365,366,367,370],{},"Spiritually, the wrists are the pivots that start every movement of the hands. They express your will in action: when you act and move forward fluidly, the wrists are pictured as strong. In the map of ",[334,368,369],{"href":298},"the left and right sides of the body",", the right side carries the active, masculine principle, in women as much as in men: action, logic, decisions, work, the direction you choose, and the men in your life. So the right wrist tends to ask about the practical actions you take, or do not take, in the outer world.",[372,373,375],"h3",{"id":374},"an-action-held-back","An action held back",[330,377,378],{},"Wrist pain is linked to a block, an obstruction or a refusal around actions you feel you should take. On the right, these are often practical: the application you have not sent, the conversation with a manager you keep postponing, the project you have not launched, the bill or the form left on the pile. Energy gathers around the action and stays in the wrist. Skilled, precise tasks are often the first to suffer.",[372,380,382],{"id":381},"so-much-pressure-that-you-lose-your-way","So much pressure that you lose your way",[330,384,385],{},"The pressure on you may be so great that you no longer know which direction to take. Spiritually, the wrist is the place of a great indecision. On the right, the choice is usually concrete: stay or leave a job, expand or close a business, accept or refuse an offer. The more options pull at you, the less your hand knows where to go.",[372,387,389],{"id":388},"responsibility-you-would-rather-put-down","Responsibility you would rather put down",[330,391,392],{},"The wrist is linked to how you carry responsibility. You may want to reject your share in some situations, or find it hard to recognise how much your own actions matter. A gentle question is what the pain now spares you: which tasks, and so which responsibilities, you are no longer obliged to take on. On the right side, it may also be worth asking whether you blame colleagues, a boss or the system for a stiffness that is partly yours.",[372,394,396],{"id":395},"resisting-new-solutions","Resisting new solutions",[330,398,399],{},"A wrist problem can show how easily you are swayed, and how firmly you resist new directions or new solutions. At work, this may be a new tool, a new way of doing things, or an idea of your own you keep dismissing because it does not fit the usual method.",[372,401,403],{"id":402},"handcuffed-at-work","Handcuffed at work",[330,405,406],{},"Some people with sore wrists feel chained, as if handcuffed, in a situation where they are prevented from saying something. On the right, that is often a job: a contract, a hierarchy, a team where speaking up feels impossible. The wrist then stops the hand from moving.",[372,408,410],{"id":409},"a-break-that-calls-you-back","A break that calls you back",[330,412,413],{},"A sprain or fracture always needs proper care first. Spiritually, it is linked to a deep conflict about how you express yourself in life. A broken right wrist may feel like a call to stop looking for reasons to escape your responsibilities. Because the right side is partly learnt from your father, his relationship with duty may be part of the picture. For a man, the strain may touch rivalry. For a woman, it may touch her working life and the roles she wants to step out of.",[325,415,417],{"id":416},"the-other-side","The other side",[330,419,420,424,425,427],{},[334,421,423],{"href":422},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fleft-wrist-pain","Left wrist pain"," is linked to actions of the heart: a gesture of care held back, difficulty receiving, creativity on hold, and feeling tied in a close relationship. The right wrist asks which practical action you postpone, the left which heartfelt one. The page on ",[334,426,358],{"href":357}," holds both sides.",[325,429,431],{"id":430},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[433,434,435,443,449,455,461,467,473],"ul",{},[436,437,438,442],"li",{},[439,440,441],"strong",{},"Name the action."," Write down the one practical thing you keep not doing.",[436,444,445,448],{},[439,446,447],{},"Do the smallest part of it."," One email, one call, one form, today.",[436,450,451,454],{},[439,452,453],{},"Choose a direction for now."," When pressure leaves you undecided, a provisional choice is better than none.",[436,456,457,460],{},[439,458,459],{},"Look at your share."," Notice which responsibility is truly yours, without blame towards yourself or anyone else.",[436,462,463,466],{},[439,464,465],{},"Try one new solution."," Let a different method or your own idea have a fair trial.",[436,468,469,472],{},[439,470,471],{},"Say what you have not said."," If you feel tied at work, start by naming it to someone you trust.",[436,474,475,478],{},[439,476,477],{},"Rest the wrist."," Breaks, a better set-up and a support are part of acting with care.",{"title":480,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":481},"",[482,483,491,492],{"id":327,"depth":18,"text":328},{"id":362,"depth":18,"text":363,"children":484},[485,486,487,488,489,490],{"id":374,"depth":25,"text":375},{"id":381,"depth":25,"text":382},{"id":388,"depth":25,"text":389},{"id":395,"depth":25,"text":396},{"id":402,"depth":25,"text":403},{"id":409,"depth":25,"text":410},{"id":416,"depth":18,"text":417},{"id":430,"depth":18,"text":431},"2026-10-16","The emotional and spiritual meaning of right wrist pain: action held back, indecision under pressure, responsibilities you want to put down, resisting new solutions, and feeling tied at work.","md","hands",[],[499,502],{"name":500,"url":501},"NHS: Wrist pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Fhand-pain\u002Fwrist-pain\u002F",{"name":503,"url":504},"MedlinePlus: Wrist Injuries and Disorders","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fwristinjuriesanddisorders.html",{},true,"\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fright-wrist-pain",[509,510,511,512,513,514],"Which practical action do I know I need to take and keep holding back?","Is the pressure on me so great that I no longer know which way to go?","Which responsibility at work would I rather put down, or not admit is mine?","Do I blame others for a rigidity that is partly my own?","Which new method, solution or direction am I resisting?","What does this sore wrist now excuse me from doing?",[357,422,336,516,517],"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fright-elbow-pain","\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fsprain",[519,520],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWrist_pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ8038367",{"title":309,"description":494},"Right Wrist Pain Spiritual Meaning: Action & Decisions","right",[525,531,535],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":528,"pages":530},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[529],"Poignet","349–350",{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":532,"pages":534},[533],"Masculin (principe…)","270–271",{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":536,"pages":538},[537],"Féminin (principe…)","182–183","conditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fright-wrist-pain","Spiritually, right wrist pain is linked to will in action. It may sit with an action you keep holding back, pressure so great you no longer know which direction to take, responsibilities you would rather put down, and resisting a new solution at work.","If this reading resonates with you, choosing one small action you have been postponing and doing it today, while giving the wrist the rest it needs, can be a good next step.",[543,544,545,396,546,547],"Action held back","Indecision under pressure","Responsibility","Blaming others","Feeling tied at work",[549,550,551,552,553,554,555],"Wrist pain after a fall onto an outstretched hand, especially with swelling or tenderness at the base of the thumb. Some wrist fractures do not show at first and need an X-ray.","A wrist that looks deformed, or a hand that is numb, cold or pale after an injury. Go to A&E or urgent care.","A hot, red, swollen wrist, especially with fever. This can be an infection or gout.","Numbness or tingling in the thumb and fingers, often at night, or weakness of the grip.","Arm pain on either side with chest pain, pressure or tightness, breathlessness, sweating or nausea. Call emergency services straight away (999 in the UK, 911 in the US, 112 in the EU).","Pain that has not improved after two weeks of rest and simple painkillers, or that keeps coming back with work or sport.","Morning stiffness or swelling in several joints, which can be a sign of inflammatory arthritis.","QX8wNzk5LlIWQnrPzJFp2qjVVV7JG9lKfTM2RzzEnUU",{"id":558,"title":129,"body":559,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":809,"datePublished":810,"description":130,"extension":495,"groups":811,"guides":818,"icon":132,"medicalSources":825,"meta":826,"navigation":506,"order":133,"path":131,"reflectionQuestions":827,"seo":834,"seoTitle":835,"sources":836,"stem":849,"themes":850,"whenToSeeADoctor":857,"__hash__":864},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Farms-and-hands.md",{"type":322,"value":560,"toc":799},[561,564,567,573,577,580,663,667,670,673,694,698,705,712,724,728,731,735,738,742,745,751,755,761],[330,562,563],{},"Spiritually, the arms and hands are how you embrace life, give and receive, and turn a wish into action. Arm and hand pain is often linked to a load you carry for others, a change of direction you resist, or difficulty receiving as freely as you give. The left side leans towards love and receiving, the right towards action and authority.",[330,565,566],{},"The arm runs from the shoulder to the hand. The shoulder carries, the elbow bends, the hand grasps, and the fingers do the fine work. A break, a dislocation, a deep cut and a sudden loss of strength are medical events. Sudden weakness of one arm, with trouble speaking, is an emergency.",[568,569,570],"note",{},[330,571,572],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. A limb you cannot feel or move, chest pain, or a cut that will not stop bleeding needs urgent care.",[325,574,576],{"id":575},"arm-and-hand-problems-and-their-spiritual-meaning-at-a-glance","Arm and hand problems and their spiritual meaning at a glance",[330,578,579],{},"Each condition has its own page, with questions to reflect on, an affirmation and when to see a doctor.",[581,582,583,596],"table",{},[584,585,586],"thead",{},[587,588,589,593],"tr",{},[590,591,592],"th",{},"Condition",[590,594,595],{},"What it is often linked with",[597,598,599,610,621,632,643,654],"tbody",{},[587,600,601,607],{},[602,603,604],"td",{},[334,605,606],{"href":357},"Wrist pain",[602,608,609],{},"Held-back action, indecision, feeling tied down",[587,611,612,618],{},[602,613,614],{},[334,615,617],{"href":616},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fdupuytrens-contracture","Dupuytren's contracture",[602,619,620],{},"Holding on, control, withdrawal",[587,622,623,629],{},[602,624,625],{},[334,626,628],{"href":627},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Farmpit-pain","Armpit pain",[602,630,631],{},"Deep forces held back, conforming",[587,633,634,640],{},[602,635,636],{},[334,637,639],{"href":638},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Ftennis-elbow","Tennis elbow",[602,641,642],{},"Resisting change, held-back anger",[587,644,645,651],{},[602,646,647],{},[334,648,650],{"href":649},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Ffinger-pain","Finger pain",[602,652,653],{},"Daily details, pressure, authority, close bonds",[587,655,656,660],{},[602,657,658],{},[334,659,337],{"href":336},[602,661,662],{},"Feeling sidelined, squeezed by responsibilities",[325,664,666],{"id":665},"arms-elbows-and-shoulders","Arms, elbows and shoulders",[330,668,669],{},"The arms represent your ease in embracing life, in welcoming new experiences, and in acting. You use them to touch and to hold, to express creativity, the potential for action, and love. You come closer to people, or you show them that you love them. You also do your work and meet your obligations with them. Crossed arms are read as protection: you close yourself to feelings that do not suit you. Opening the heart and the arms is the acceptance.",[330,671,672],{},"The elbows are freedom of movement. They are the flexible joint that lets you change direction, transfer a desire into an act, and welcome a new idea. Pain or stiffness means a lack of flexibility, and the fear of feeling trapped in an unpleasant situation. You may judge people whose way of doing things questions your habits. When the routine is \"unstitched\", the elbows react. You can fear being incompetent in a domain you care about, and then being unable to support your family. You resist a new direction by blocking, without knowing it, the energy of the heart on its way to this joint. You feel obliged to do things against your will, to \"use your elbows\". You fold in on yourself because you distrust the world, and you stay on your positions.",[330,674,675,676,679,680,683,684,688,689,693],{},"The shoulders are the capacity to carry a load: joys, sorrows, responsibilities and insecurities. If you make yourself responsible for other people's happiness, the weight increases and the shoulders hurt. You have too much to do. Things are imposed, or you are not helped, and you feel blocked. Affective insecurity is placed on the left shoulder, material insecurity on the right. You do not feel supported. You are so afraid of tomorrow that you forget to live today. The responsibility of having to create, to do and to succeed can crush you. Throwing the shoulders back to prove you can face things is read as a front. The ",[334,677,678],{"href":50},"back"," behind them is the part read as weak and twisted by the weight. The ",[334,681,682],{"href":127},"shoulders"," now have their own page, with ",[334,685,687],{"href":686},"\u002Fshoulders\u002Fshoulder-pain","shoulder pain"," and ",[334,690,692],{"href":691},"\u002Fshoulders\u002Frounded-shoulders","rounded shoulders",".",[325,695,697],{"id":696},"hands-and-fingers","Hands and fingers",[330,699,700,701,704],{},"The hands are the capacity to take, to give or to receive. They realise the act and carry out the work. When they are damaged you feel powerless, because the power of touch is so great. The left hand is the hand of the heart: it receives. The right hand is the will and the power: it acts and affirms. Between your hands are the situations of the day. Their state shows how far you grasp your reality, how you express love as well as ",[334,702,703],{"href":244},"hate"," in the form of a fist, and how you \"manipulate\" events or people.",[330,706,707,708,711],{},"Cold hands are read as an emotional withdrawal from a situation or a relationship. You may also be refusing to look after your basic needs. Clammy hands are an excess of ",[334,709,710],{"href":205},"anxiety"," and nervousness. You are overwhelmed. You want to put the fire out yourself. Pain or cramps mean you refuse to be flexible.",[330,713,714,715,719,720,723],{},"The fingers are the prolongation of the hands. They are action in the present moment, the details of the day, dexterity. A hurt finger is read as trying to do too much, clinging to details, going too far or too fast. Your attention is on too many things. You are impatient about gestures you feel you must perform. The French ",[716,717,718],"em",{},"doigt",", finger, sits next to ",[716,721,722],{},"devoir",", duty, and the closeness is meaningful. Guilt makes you fear being rapped on the knuckles, or biting your fingers over something you said. A crushed finger raises the question of who, or what, is crushing you, and the fear of losing what you have.",[325,725,727],{"id":726},"left-arm-or-right-arm-left-hand-or-right-hand","Left arm or right arm? Left hand or right hand?",[330,729,730],{},"The side adds a nuance to what the arm already means. Take it as a question, not a verdict.",[372,732,734],{"id":733},"left-arm-and-left-hand","Left arm and left hand",[330,736,737],{},"The left side of the body carries the feminine principle: feeling, tenderness, intuition and receiving. A sore left arm or hand may ask whether you find it hard to show love and kindness, or to accept care when it is offered. It can also touch your bond with the women in your life, starting with your mother.",[372,739,741],{"id":740},"right-arm-and-right-hand","Right arm and right hand",[330,743,744],{},"The right side carries the masculine principle: will, logic, action and direction. Trouble in the right arm or hand may point to a strain with authority, a conflict with someone you count on as your \"right-hand\" person, or pressure about how you act, decide and provide. It can also touch your bond with the men in your life, starting with your father.",[330,746,747,748,750],{},"For the full map, see ",[334,749,369],{"href":298},". Pain in the left arm with chest tightness, breathlessness or sweating can be a heart attack, and sudden weakness of one arm with a drooping face or slurred speech can be a stroke. Call emergency services for either.",[325,752,754],{"id":753},"caring-for-the-arms-from-the-inside","Caring for the arms from the inside",[330,756,757,758],{},"Injury, nerve entrapment, arthritis and heart disease can all declare themselves in the arm. The emotional perspective adds a question: ",[716,759,760],{},"what am I holding, and what am I unwilling either to give or to receive?",[433,762,763,769,775,781,787,793],{},[436,764,765,768],{},[439,766,767],{},"Notice crossed arms."," Protection is useful. A permanent closure is the spiritual interpretation's warning.",[436,770,771,774],{},[439,772,773],{},"Ask whose happiness is on your shoulders."," A load that is not yours is what makes them hurt in this picture.",[436,776,777,780],{},[439,778,779],{},"Separate left and right."," Receiving and acting are the two hands. One without the other is incomplete.",[436,782,783,786],{},[439,784,785],{},"Look at the detail you are gripping."," Impatience about a small gesture is the finger's theme.",[436,788,789,792],{},[439,790,791],{},"Change one direction."," A stiff elbow is the fear of being trapped in the old way.",[436,794,795,798],{},[439,796,797],{},"Treat chest pain and sudden weakness as medical."," An emotional reading never waits out a possible stroke or heart attack.",{"title":480,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":800},[801,802,803,804,808],{"id":575,"depth":18,"text":576},{"id":665,"depth":18,"text":666},{"id":696,"depth":18,"text":697},{"id":726,"depth":18,"text":727,"children":805},[806,807],{"id":733,"depth":25,"text":734},{"id":740,"depth":25,"text":741},{"id":753,"depth":18,"text":754},"2026-10-12","2026-10-04",[812,816],{"id":813,"title":814,"description":815},"arms","Arms and elbows","Arms that embrace and carry, and elbows that let you change direction.",{"id":496,"title":697,"description":817},"Hands that take, give and do the work, and fingers that handle the details of the day.",[819,820,301,821,822,823,824],"\u002Fguides\u002Faffirmations-by-body-part","\u002Fguides\u002Fbody-twitching-spiritual-meaning","\u002Fguides\u002Femotions-stored-in-the-shoulders","\u002Fguides\u002Fheart-chakra","\u002Fguides\u002Fitchy-palms-meaning","\u002Fguides\u002Fspiritual-meaning-of-pain-in-body-parts",[],{},[828,829,830,831,832,833],"Who am I willing to take in my arms, and who am I crossing my arms against?","What load am I carrying that actually belongs to someone else's happiness?","Do I feel unsupported, and am I living tomorrow's fear instead of today?","Is my right hand all action, and my left hand unable to receive?","Which small detail am I gripping so hard that I have become impatient?","Where am I refusing to change direction?",{"title":129,"description":130},"Arm & Hand Pain Spiritual Meaning: Left vs Right",[837,845,847],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":838,"pages":844},[839,840,841,842,843],"Bras (en général)","Mains (en général)","Doigts (en général)","Coudes (en général)","Épaule(s) (en général)","75–76, 127, 146, 173–174, 259–260",{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":846,"pages":534},[533],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":848,"pages":538},[537],"areas\u002Farms-and-hands",[851,852,853,854,855,856],"Giving and receiving","Action","Burden","Flexibility","Contact","Work",[858,859,860,861,862,863],"A deformed, pale or numb arm after an injury. This can be a break or a dislocation.","Sudden weakness or clumsiness of one arm, especially with a facial droop or trouble speaking. Call emergency services.","A hot, swollen joint with fever.","Pain in the chest or arm that could be the heart. Call emergency services.","A hand wound that is deep, dirty, or will not stop bleeding.","Numbness, night pain or dropping objects that persists. This can involve a nerve.","GdL7uGdwQDzX0K5FAKmf1RTS24ORAQ3DXU9Gtcc73ts",[866,1033,1236,1452],{"id":867,"title":337,"affirmation":868,"aka":869,"area":320,"body":876,"dateModified":809,"datePublished":810,"description":980,"extension":495,"group":496,"guides":981,"medicalSources":982,"meta":989,"navigation":506,"parent":990,"path":991,"reflectionQuestions":992,"related":999,"sameAs":1000,"seo":1003,"seoTitle":1004,"side":990,"sources":1005,"stem":1017,"summary":1018,"supportIntro":1019,"themes":1020,"whenToSeeADoctor":1025,"__hash__":1032},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fcarpal-tunnel.md","I accept the change that has arrived. I can take a risk, discover another path, and include the whole of who I am.",[870,871,872,873,874,875],"Median nerve compression","Wrist nerve entrapment","Carpal tunnel","Carpal tunnel in left hand","Carpal tunnel in right hand","Numb fingers at night",{"type":322,"value":877,"toc":971},[878,882,885,894,898,901,904,908,914,918,921,925,928,930,933],[325,879,881],{"id":880},"what-carpal-tunnel-syndrome-is","What carpal tunnel syndrome is",[330,883,884],{},"Carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of the median nerve as it passes through a narrow tunnel at the front of the wrist. You feel numbness, tingling and sometimes pain in the thumb, index and middle fingers, and sometimes weakness of the grip. It is often worse at night or on waking. It is more common in women, in pregnancy, around the menopause, in diabetes, and in people whose work or tools load the wrist. It also happens in men, and without any hormonal change. Splints, changes at work, and sometimes an injection or a small operation relieve the pressure. The nerve is a physical structure. A story about control does not decompress it.",[330,886,887,888,890,891,893],{},"The emotional meaning below belongs to seasons when the hand is numb and the life feels narrowed. ",[334,889,639],{"href":638}," is the neighbouring complaint of the arm. The ",[334,892,496],{"href":134}," page is the wider picture.",[325,895,897],{"id":896},"the-emotional-meaning-of-carpal-tunnel-syndrome","The emotional meaning of carpal tunnel syndrome",[330,899,900],{},"It shows up, in this approach, at times of great hormonal change, when you have not yet included a feminine side of yourself in its fullness. That is a question about a season of change in a body, not a rule about women, and not a claim that men are exempt. It usually appears when you feel relegated to the second rank, or when you no longer feel in your place. Before, you had the impression of being the pillar that brought balance to your life and to the people close to you, in the family, at work, or in a social activity. Now the attention is on someone else, and you put pressure on yourself to find new ways of being noticed.",[330,902,903],{},"You do not know how to use your authority. You need to let go, and you refuse to let go of control, to \"loosen the rein\". You tend to want to give orders. You feel far from your partner, and you are no longer in contact with a sexuality that feels absent. You see few solutions and few paths. The tunnel is very narrow. You feel pressed by life, and compressed by your responsibilities, which makes a decision harder. The structures you oblige yourself to satisfy leave you feeling limited.",[325,905,907],{"id":906},"left-side-or-right-side","Left side or right side?",[330,909,910,911,693],{},"Carpal tunnel syndrome often starts in the dominant hand, and in pregnancy it is commonly felt in both, so the side is first a matter of use and anatomy. Spiritually, the side can still add a nuance. The left hand is the hand of the heart, the one that receives, and is linked to the feminine principle. The right hand stands for will, action and command, and is linked to the masculine principle. Men and women carry both. See the guide to the ",[334,912,913],{"href":298},"left and right sides of the body",[372,915,917],{"id":916},"carpal-tunnel-in-the-left-hand","Carpal tunnel in the left hand",[330,919,920],{},"In the left hand, carpal tunnel is linked to feeling, intuition, receiving, and the women in your life. The narrow tunnel may run through your emotional and family life: a season in which you no longer feel at the centre of the home, because attention has moved to someone else, a new baby, a partner's career, a grown child leaving. Numbness in the receiving hand may ask whether you have stopped letting care reach you while you hold on tightly to the role of pillar. It can also ask which feelings about the changes in your body, in pregnancy, around the menopause or with age, have had no room to be said.",[372,922,924],{"id":923},"carpal-tunnel-in-the-right-hand","Carpal tunnel in the right hand",[330,926,927],{},"In the right hand, it is linked to action, authority, work, the direction you choose, and the men in your life. The narrow tunnel here is more often one of responsibilities and control. At work you may feel relegated to the second rank, or squeezed by obligations until no decision seems possible. The right hand is the hand that commands, and numbness may ask where you refuse to loosen the rein, giving orders because letting go feels like losing your place. For a woman, it may touch a tension between her working life and the roles expected of her. For a man, it may touch a question of rivalry or of strength.",[325,929,431],{"id":430},[330,931,932],{},"The direction is to accept the newness and the changes that are arriving. A situation or a challenge is read as a chance to acquire a new strength, so that a potential can be realised. This passage is one you make in relation to who you are, and to your physical and inner changes. You accept taking risks, and discovering avenues that bring a real personal satisfaction, because you will have come through your fears. You choose to include what you are, as a whole. You free yourself from what was chaining you, and you come back to yourself.",[433,934,935,941,947,953,959,965],{},[436,936,937,940],{},[439,938,939],{},"Have the nerve tested if the hand is going weak."," Damage is easier to prevent than to reverse.",[436,942,943,946],{},[439,944,945],{},"Ask where you were the pillar, and no longer are."," Being pushed into the background is the season at the heart of it.",[436,948,949,952],{},[439,950,951],{},"Notice the rein you will not loosen."," Control and the wish to give orders sit together.",[436,954,955,958],{},[439,956,957],{},"Look at the narrow tunnel of choices."," Few paths, and a life that feels compressed, are the image of the wrist.",[436,960,961,964],{},[439,962,963],{},"Include the change in the body."," Pregnancy, menopause, or any real shift is part of the picture. It is not a failure to be feminine or masculine enough.",[436,966,967,970],{},[439,968,969],{},"Use the splint or the treatment you were offered."," Meaning does not open the tunnel.",{"title":480,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":972},[973,974,975,979],{"id":880,"depth":18,"text":881},{"id":896,"depth":18,"text":897},{"id":906,"depth":18,"text":907,"children":976},[977,978],{"id":916,"depth":25,"text":917},{"id":923,"depth":25,"text":924},{"id":430,"depth":18,"text":431},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of carpal tunnel syndrome: left vs right hand, feeling pushed aside, a narrow tunnel of choices, a grip held tight.",[819,823,824],[983,986],{"name":984,"url":985},"NHS: Carpal tunnel syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fcarpal-tunnel-syndrome\u002F",{"name":987,"url":988},"MedlinePlus: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fcarpaltunnelsyndrome.html",{},null,"\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fcarpal-tunnel",[993,994,995,996,997,998],"Where do I feel relegated to the background, or no longer in my place?","What changed, so that I am no longer the pillar I used to be?","Where do I need to let go of control, and refuse to loosen the rein?","Do I feel far from my partner, or out of contact with my own sexuality?","Which responsibilities are compressing me until a decision feels impossible?","What new strength is this passage actually asking me to develop?",[638,357],[1001,1002],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCarpal_tunnel_syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ332293",{"title":337,"description":980},"Carpal Tunnel Spiritual Meaning: Left vs Right Hand",[1006,1010,1013,1015],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1007,"pages":1009},[1008],"Poignet — Syndrome du canal carpien","350",{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1011,"pages":1012},[840],"259–260",{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1014,"pages":534},[533],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1016,"pages":538},[537],"conditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fcarpal-tunnel","Carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of a nerve in the wrist, with numbness in the fingers, often at night. It is read as a season of change in which you feel relegated, squeezed by responsibilities, and unable to loosen your grip.","If this reading resonates with you, asking where you are squeezing a life that has already changed can be a good next step, while the wrist is given a proper assessment.",[1021,1022,1023,1024,545],"Feeling sidelined","Hormonal change","Control","A narrow path",[1026,1027,1028,1029,1030,1031],"Numbness, tingling or pain in the thumb, index and middle fingers, especially at night. A clinician can test the nerve.","Weakness, or things dropping from the hand. Lasting compression can damage the nerve.","Symptoms in pregnancy. They are common and often settle, and they still deserve advice if they are severe.","Numbness with neck pain, or in the little finger only. That may be a different nerve.","A wrist that is swollen, hot or injured.","Splints, therapy, injections and surgery are medical options. A reading does not choose among them.","kivBmeEV-Qq7MwbCqWbMDy8xIDMTAqykk4tTrFI2-sQ",{"id":1034,"title":423,"affirmation":1035,"aka":1036,"area":320,"body":1045,"dateModified":493,"datePublished":493,"description":1197,"extension":495,"group":496,"guides":1198,"medicalSources":1199,"meta":1202,"navigation":506,"parent":357,"path":1203,"reflectionQuestions":1204,"related":1211,"sameAs":1212,"seo":1213,"seoTitle":1214,"side":1215,"sources":1216,"stem":1223,"summary":1224,"supportIntro":1225,"themes":1226,"whenToSeeADoctor":1231,"__hash__":1235},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fleft-wrist-pain.md","I open my hands to what life offers. I trust myself, let my feelings move into gestures, and act with love.",[1037,1038,1039,1040,1041,1042,1043,1044],"Pain in the left wrist","Sore left wrist","Left wrist ache","Stiff left wrist","Left wrist injury","Left wrist tendonitis","Left wrist pain without injury","Douleur au poignet gauche",{"type":322,"value":1046,"toc":1184},[1047,1051,1058,1068,1071,1076,1080,1086,1090,1093,1097,1100,1104,1107,1111,1114,1118,1121,1125,1128,1130,1138,1140],[325,1048,1050],{"id":1049},"what-left-wrist-pain-is","What left wrist pain is",[330,1052,1053,1054,1057],{},"Left wrist pain is pain, aching or stiffness in the left wrist, the joint of eight small bones, ligaments and tendons between the forearm and the hand. For right-handed people this is the non-dominant wrist, so pain there is less often from repetitive work and more often from something specific. A fall onto an outstretched hand can cause a ",[334,1055,1056],{"href":517},"sprain"," or a fracture. The small scaphoid bone at the base of the thumb can break without showing on the first X-ray, so lasting pain after a fall needs checking.",[330,1059,1060,1061,1064,1065,1067],{},"Other common causes include De Quervain's tenosynovitis, a painful inflammation of the tendons at the base of the thumb that often appears in new parents lifting a baby, a ganglion (a smooth, fluid-filled lump, often on the back of the wrist), and ",[334,1062,1063],{"href":336},"carpal tunnel syndrome",", with numbness and tingling in the fingers at night. Pain and swelling in both wrists, with stiffness in the morning, can be a sign of ",[334,1066,350],{"href":349},", which benefits from early treatment. For left-handed people, the left is the working wrist, and overuse from writing, tools or sport becomes the likelier cause.",[330,1069,1070],{},"The left arm also needs a word of caution. Heart pain often spreads from the chest into the left arm, sometimes down to the wrist. Left arm or wrist pain with chest pressure, breathlessness, sweating, nausea or pain in the jaw needs emergency help: call 999 in the UK, 911 in the US or 112 in the EU.",[330,1072,1073,1074,359],{},"Most wrist pain settles with rest, ice, a support and simple painkillers. Splints, physiotherapy, injections and sometimes surgery are used depending on the cause. The page on ",[334,1075,358],{"href":357},[325,1077,1079],{"id":1078},"the-emotional-meaning-of-left-wrist-pain","The emotional meaning of left wrist pain",[330,1081,1082,1083,1085],{},"Spiritually, the wrists are the pivots that give the hands their suppleness and start every movement they make. They express your will in action, and they let you take hold of what life presents with ease. In the map of ",[334,1084,369],{"href":298},", the left side carries the receptive, feminine principle, in men and women alike: feeling, intuition, creativity, tenderness, receiving, and the women in your life, a mother first of all. So the left wrist tends to ask about the actions that come from the heart, and about the hand that receives.",[372,1087,1089],{"id":1088},"a-hand-that-cannot-take","A hand that cannot take",[330,1091,1092],{},"Stiffness in the wrists is linked to difficulty taking hold, in harmony, of what life offers you, or choosing among it. On the left, the receiving side, this can be a hand that will not open: help you refuse, a compliment you brush aside, love you do not quite let in, an opportunity you do not reach for because it feels too good to be yours.",[372,1094,1096],{"id":1095},"a-gesture-held-back","A gesture held back",[330,1098,1099],{},"Wrist pain is linked to energy held back around something that needs doing. On the left, that action is usually a heartfelt one: calling someone you have fallen out with, apologising, saying \"I love you\" with a gesture rather than words, visiting a parent, writing the letter. You know what your hand wants to do, and it stays still.",[372,1101,1103],{"id":1102},"creativity-on-hold","Creativity on hold",[330,1105,1106],{},"The wrist is linked to resisting new directions, new solutions, or simply your own creativity. The left side is the seat of artistic gifts and intuition, so a sore left wrist may ask about the painting, the music, the writing or the craft you keep postponing. The hand that would make something is waiting for permission you have not given it.",[372,1108,1110],{"id":1109},"swayed-by-the-people-you-love","Swayed by the people you love",[330,1112,1113],{},"A wrist problem can show how easily you are influenced. On the left, that influence often comes from close bonds: a mother's opinion, a partner's preferences, the family's expectations. You may find yourself acting on their wishes and not on your own, then feeling stuck in the gap.",[372,1115,1117],{"id":1116},"tied-in-a-relationship","Tied in a relationship",[330,1119,1120],{},"Some people with painful wrists feel chained, as if handcuffed, in a relationship, unable to say what they feel. On the left, this is often a close bond at home. If a relationship truly restricts you, controls you or frightens you, talk to someone you trust or to a support service and get to safety. That is not something to carry alone.",[372,1122,1124],{"id":1123},"a-past-that-weighs","A past that weighs",[330,1126,1127],{},"The wrist can also hold something from the past that weighs so heavily you would rather deny it ever happened. On the left, this may be a family story, an old loss or a hurt from childhood. A fracture or sprain, once treated, is linked to a deep conflict about how you express yourself in life. On the left, it may ask which feeling you have never allowed to show.",[325,1129,417],{"id":416},[330,1131,1132,1135,1136,427],{},[334,1133,309],{"href":1134},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fright-wrist-pain"," is linked to action in the outer world: decisions at work, pressure so strong you no longer know which way to go, responsibilities you would rather put down. The left wrist asks which gesture of the heart you are holding back, the right which practical action. The page on ",[334,1137,358],{"href":357},[325,1139,431],{"id":430},[433,1141,1142,1148,1154,1160,1166,1172,1178],{},[436,1143,1144,1147],{},[439,1145,1146],{},"Open your hand to one thing."," Accept one offer of help or one compliment this week, without explaining it away.",[436,1149,1150,1153],{},[439,1151,1152],{},"Make the gesture."," Choose one heartfelt action you have held back and do a small version of it.",[436,1155,1156,1159],{},[439,1157,1158],{},"Give your creativity an hour."," Let your hands make something, with no aim but the making.",[436,1161,1162,1165],{},[439,1163,1164],{},"Check whose wish it is."," Before acting, ask whether this comes from you or from someone you love.",[436,1167,1168,1171],{},[439,1169,1170],{},"Name what ties you."," If you feel handcuffed somewhere, say it to someone safe.",[436,1173,1174,1177],{},[439,1175,1176],{},"Trust yourself."," Stay open to each situation, and take the chances life offers you.",[436,1179,1180,1183],{},[439,1181,1182],{},"Rest the wrist when it needs it."," A support, pauses and treatment are part of acting with care.",{"title":480,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1185},[1186,1187,1195,1196],{"id":1049,"depth":18,"text":1050},{"id":1078,"depth":18,"text":1079,"children":1188},[1189,1190,1191,1192,1193,1194],{"id":1088,"depth":25,"text":1089},{"id":1095,"depth":25,"text":1096},{"id":1102,"depth":25,"text":1103},{"id":1109,"depth":25,"text":1110},{"id":1116,"depth":25,"text":1117},{"id":1123,"depth":25,"text":1124},{"id":416,"depth":18,"text":417},{"id":430,"depth":18,"text":431},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of left wrist pain: difficulty receiving what life offers, holding back a heartfelt gesture, creativity on hold, and feeling tied in a relationship.",[],[1200,1201],{"name":500,"url":501},{"name":503,"url":504},{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fleft-wrist-pain",[1205,1206,1207,1208,1209,1210],"What is life offering me that I find hard to take with an open hand?","Which gesture of care, apology or affection am I holding back?","Which creative impulse have I put aside again and again?","Whose wishes at home sway me more than my own?","In which relationship do I feel tied, unable to say what I feel?","Is there something from my family's past that weighs so much I would rather pretend it never happened?",[357,1134,336,349,517],[519,520],{"title":423,"description":1197},"Left Wrist Pain Spiritual Meaning: Receiving & Feeling","left",[1217,1219,1221],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1218,"pages":530},[529],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1220,"pages":534},[533],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1222,"pages":538},[537],"conditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fleft-wrist-pain","Spiritually, left wrist pain is linked to action that comes from the heart. It may sit with difficulty receiving what life offers, a caring or creative gesture you keep holding back, being swayed by people you love, and feeling tied in a relationship where you cannot say what you feel.","If this reading resonates with you, making one small gesture you have been holding back, a message, a hug, a creative hour, can be a good next step once a fall or a swollen wrist has been checked.",[1227,1228,1103,1229,1117,1230],"Difficulty receiving","A heartfelt gesture held back","Swayed by loved ones","The weight of the past",[1232,549,550,551,552,1233,1234],"Pain in the left wrist or arm with chest pain, pressure or tightness, breathlessness, sweating or nausea, or pain spreading to the jaw. Call emergency services straight away (999 in the UK, 911 in the US, 112 in the EU), as this can be a heart attack.","Morning stiffness or swelling in both wrists or in several joints, which can be a sign of inflammatory arthritis.","Pain that has not improved after two weeks of rest and simple painkillers.","ixUIUubl78Z9Mpyam3BF1qvieqrLdRS7BKVcSJGph8Y",{"id":1237,"title":1238,"affirmation":1239,"aka":1240,"area":320,"body":1249,"dateModified":493,"datePublished":493,"description":1401,"extension":495,"group":813,"guides":1402,"medicalSources":1403,"meta":1410,"navigation":506,"parent":1341,"path":1411,"reflectionQuestions":1412,"related":1419,"sameAs":1420,"seo":1423,"seoTitle":1424,"side":523,"sources":1425,"stem":1436,"summary":1437,"supportIntro":1438,"themes":1439,"whenToSeeADoctor":1444,"__hash__":1451},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fright-elbow-pain.md","Right elbow pain","I let go of old patterns and choose the direction that helps me grow. I put my energy into what I truly want to do, with flexibility and an open mind.",[1241,1242,1243,1244,1245,1246,1247,1248],"Pain in the right elbow","Sore right elbow","Right elbow ache","Right tennis elbow","Right golfer's elbow","Outer right elbow pain","Inner right elbow pain","Right elbow joint pain",{"type":322,"value":1250,"toc":1389},[1251,1255,1262,1275,1278,1281,1285,1291,1295,1298,1302,1305,1309,1312,1316,1319,1323,1330,1332,1343,1345],[325,1252,1254],{"id":1253},"what-right-elbow-pain-is","What right elbow pain is",[330,1256,1257,1258,1261],{},"Right elbow pain is pain in or around the right elbow. Because most people are right-handed, the right elbow does most of the gripping, twisting and lifting, and overuse is the usual story. The commonest cause is ",[334,1259,1260],{"href":638},"tennis elbow",", or lateral epicondylitis: soreness where the forearm tendons attach to the bony point on the outer elbow. It comes from repeated gripping with the wrist bent back, so it is common in people who use a mouse all day, use screwdrivers or other tools, paint, garden, lift at work or play racquet sports. Pain on the inner side of the elbow is often golfer's elbow, the same problem on the other set of tendons.",[330,1263,1264,1265,1269,1270,1274],{},"Other causes include olecranon ",[334,1266,1268],{"href":1267},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fbursitis","bursitis",", a soft swelling over the point of the elbow, a pressed ulnar nerve with tingling in the ring and little fingers, arthritis, ",[334,1271,1273],{"href":1272},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fgout","gout",", and fractures or dislocations after a fall. A red, hot, swollen elbow with fever needs a doctor quickly.",[330,1276,1277],{},"Heart pain is usually felt in the chest and the left arm, but it can spread to the right arm or to both. Arm pain on either side with chest pressure, breathlessness, sweating or nausea needs emergency help: call 999 in the UK, 911 in the US or 112 in the EU.",[330,1279,1280],{},"Most tendon pain improves over weeks to months with relative rest from the provoking task, a lighter or different grip, a better workstation, simple painkillers, a forearm strap if it helps, and gradual strengthening exercises, often with a physiotherapist. Pushing through the same movement because you \"have to\" is how it lasts.",[325,1282,1284],{"id":1283},"the-emotional-meaning-of-right-elbow-pain","The emotional meaning of right elbow pain",[330,1286,1287,1288,1290],{},"Spiritually, the elbows give you freedom of movement and the flexibility to change direction in new situations. They are linked to ambition, possession, work and, at the other end, laziness: the joint that turns a desire into something done. In the map of ",[334,1289,369],{"href":298},", the right side carries the active, masculine principle, in women as much as in men: action, logic, decisions, work, the direction you choose, and the men in your life. So the right elbow tends to ask about flexibility in what you do.",[372,1292,1294],{"id":1293},"a-new-direction-you-refuse","A new direction you refuse",[330,1296,1297],{},"Elbow pain is linked to resisting a new direction by holding your position. On the right, this is often a change at work or in your plans: a new role, a new method, a move into another field, the end of a way of working you know well. You may cling to what you have because the unknown frightens you, even when part of you knows the old direction has run its course.",[372,1299,1301],{"id":1300},"forced-to-do-without-taste-for-it","Forced to do, without taste for it",[330,1303,1304],{},"Inflamed elbows are linked to something you cannot manage to achieve, or something you are made to do without any appetite for it. You may feel obliged to act against your will, to elbow your way through, day after day. The right elbow may ask how much of your effort goes into tasks you have stopped believing in.",[372,1306,1308],{"id":1307},"effort-without-credit","Effort without credit",[330,1310,1311],{},"You may feel you work harder than others to reach the same results, and that the recognition you are due never comes. The same pressures keep returning, and each time you absorb the blow. Impulsive reactions can make it worse: acting fast, forgetting what you learnt last time, and walking into the same mistake again.",[372,1313,1315],{"id":1314},"rigidity-and-judgement","Rigidity and judgement",[330,1317,1318],{},"Because the elbows are linked to action, stiffness there can show in how you judge others. Colleagues who work differently from you may irritate you because their way questions your own habits. When your routine is disrupted, when order comes apart at the seams, the elbow reacts. You may also fear being incompetent in a field you care about, and so being unable to support your family.",[372,1320,1322],{"id":1321},"the-punch-you-hold-back","The punch you hold back",[330,1324,1325,1326,1329],{},"Tennis elbow is linked to a great deal of ",[334,1327,1328],{"href":199},"anger"," about a situation, with a wish to punch someone and a hand that holds back. On the right, that anger is often aimed at authority: a boss, a client, a father whose way you resist. For a man, it may touch rivalry and the need to prove himself. For a woman, it may touch her working life and the roles she wants to step out of. Holding back the blow is wise. Leaving the anger unheard is what keeps the arm tense.",[325,1331,417],{"id":416},[330,1333,1334,1338,1339,427],{},[334,1335,1337],{"href":1336},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fleft-elbow-pain","Left elbow pain"," is linked to flexibility in the emotional life: a change at home you resist, care that goes unrecognised, and the people you keep at arm's length. The right elbow asks where you are rigid in your work and your plans, the left where you are rigid in your heart. The page on ",[334,1340,1342],{"href":1341},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Felbow-pain","elbow pain",[325,1344,431],{"id":430},[433,1346,1347,1353,1359,1365,1371,1377,1383],{},[436,1348,1349,1352],{},[439,1350,1351],{},"Name the direction you refuse."," Write down the change at work you keep resisting, and what you fear in it.",[436,1354,1355,1358],{},[439,1356,1357],{},"Separate want from must."," List your weekly tasks, and mark the ones you do only because you feel obliged.",[436,1360,1361,1364],{},[439,1362,1363],{},"Claim your credit."," Tell someone, plainly, what you achieved this month.",[436,1366,1367,1370],{},[439,1368,1369],{},"Learn from the repeat."," When a familiar mistake comes back, pause before reacting.",[436,1372,1373,1376],{},[439,1374,1375],{},"Let others work their way."," Notice one colleague whose method differs, and let it be.",[436,1378,1379,1382],{},[439,1380,1381],{},"Hear the anger without striking."," Write it down, walk it off, or say it to someone safe.",[436,1384,1385,1388],{},[439,1386,1387],{},"Change the grip."," Adjust the mouse, the tool or the racquet, and let the tendon recover with graded exercise.",{"title":480,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1390},[1391,1392,1399,1400],{"id":1253,"depth":18,"text":1254},{"id":1283,"depth":18,"text":1284,"children":1393},[1394,1395,1396,1397,1398],{"id":1293,"depth":25,"text":1294},{"id":1300,"depth":25,"text":1301},{"id":1307,"depth":25,"text":1308},{"id":1314,"depth":25,"text":1315},{"id":1321,"depth":25,"text":1322},{"id":416,"depth":18,"text":417},{"id":430,"depth":18,"text":431},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of right elbow pain: resisting a new direction at work, tasks you are forced to do, effort without credit, held-back anger, and when to see a doctor.",[],[1404,1407],{"name":1405,"url":1406},"NHS: Elbow and arm pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Felbow-and-arm-pain\u002F",{"name":1408,"url":1409},"MedlinePlus: Elbow Injuries and Disorders","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Felbowinjuriesanddisorders.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fright-elbow-pain",[1413,1414,1415,1416,1417,1418],"Which change of direction at work or in my plans am I refusing?","What am I obliged to do that I have no taste for?","Where do I put in more effort than others and receive no credit?","Do I judge colleagues who work differently from me because they unsettle my habits?","Am I afraid of not being good enough at something that matters to me, or of not providing for my family?","Whom would I like to hit, and what am I holding back?",[638,1341,1336,336,1134],[1421,1422],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FElbow_pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ109927447",{"title":1238,"description":1401},"Right Elbow Pain Spiritual Meaning: Changing Direction",[1426,1430,1432,1434],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1427,"pages":1429},[1428],"Coudes — Épicondylite","127",{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1431,"pages":1429},[842],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1433,"pages":534},[533],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1435,"pages":538},[537],"conditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fright-elbow-pain","Spiritually, right elbow pain is linked to flexibility in action. It may sit with resisting a new direction at work, doing tasks you have no taste for, putting in more effort than others without credit, and an anger you hold back from striking with.","If this reading resonates with you, naming one task you force yourself through each day, and asking whether it could be done differently, can be a good next step while the elbow rests from the movement that inflames it.",[1440,1441,1308,1315,1442,1443],"Resisting a new direction","Forced to do","Held-back anger","Fear of incompetence",[1445,1446,1447,1448,1449,1450],"Arm pain on either side with chest pain, pressure or tightness, breathlessness, sweating or nausea. Call emergency services straight away (999 in the UK, 911 in the US, 112 in the EU), as this can be a heart attack.","An elbow that looks deformed, will not bend or straighten, or is very painful after a fall. Go to A&E or urgent care.","A hot, red, swollen elbow, especially with fever. This can be an infected bursa, gout or an infected joint.","Numbness or tingling in the ring and little fingers, or a weak grip. A nerve at the elbow may be pressed.","Pain on the outer elbow that makes gripping, lifting a kettle or turning a handle difficult, or that has not improved after a few weeks of relative rest.","Steroid injections and surgery are decisions for a clinician. Most elbow tendon pain settles with graded loading and time.","fRAagiwFqalqJe-rVy8uGw2Sh4PLZyJ3YdyrA7mHpEg",{"id":1453,"title":1454,"affirmation":1455,"aka":1456,"area":1463,"body":1464,"dateModified":1591,"datePublished":1591,"description":1592,"extension":495,"group":1593,"guides":1594,"medicalSources":1596,"meta":1603,"navigation":506,"parent":990,"path":1604,"reflectionQuestions":1605,"related":1612,"sameAs":1615,"seo":1618,"seoTitle":1619,"side":990,"sources":1620,"stem":1629,"summary":1630,"supportIntro":1631,"themes":1632,"whenToSeeADoctor":1639,"__hash__":1645},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fsprain.md","Sprain","I take the time to change direction. I can move forward freely, and I treat this pause as useful.",[1457,1458,1459,1460,1461,1462],"Sprained ankle","Twisted ankle","Sprained wrist","Ligament sprain","Rolled ankle","Entorse","joints-and-bones",{"type":322,"value":1465,"toc":1580},[1466,1470,1473,1476,1479,1482,1486,1489,1493,1496,1500,1503,1507,1513,1517,1524,1526,1532,1546,1548],[325,1467,1469],{"id":1468},"what-a-sprain-is","What a sprain is",[330,1471,1472],{},"A sprain is an injury to a ligament, the tough band that holds two bones together at a joint. It happens when the joint is twisted or bent further than it should go, for example when you roll an ankle on uneven ground or land on an outstretched hand. The ankle and the wrist are the joints most often sprained, along with the knee and the thumb.",[330,1474,1475],{},"A sprain causes pain, swelling, bruising and difficulty using the joint. A mild sprain stretches the ligament; a severe one tears it partly or completely. A strain is a similar injury to a muscle rather than a ligament.",[330,1477,1478],{},"Most sprains get better at home within a few weeks. For the first days, the usual care is rest, an ice pack wrapped in a towel, a supportive bandage and keeping the joint raised, then gentle movement as the pain allows. A badly swollen joint should be checked, as it can be hard to tell a severe sprain from a broken bone without an X-ray. Physiotherapy helps when a joint stays weak.",[330,1480,1481],{},"The emotional meaning below does not replace this care. It offers another angle for those who feel the injury came at a telling moment.",[325,1483,1485],{"id":1484},"the-emotional-meaning-of-a-sprain","The emotional meaning of a sprain",[330,1487,1488],{},"Joints stand for flexibility, your ability to bend with the situations of life. The ankle and the wrist are where energy gathers just before it becomes action: the ankle carries you in a direction, the wrist turns what you want into what you do. Spiritually, a sprain is a sharp brake. Something is being asked of you, and part of you does not want to do it.",[372,1490,1492],{"id":1491},"resisting-with-all-your-strength","Resisting with all your strength",[330,1494,1495],{},"You may be resisting, or feeling unsure, about the direction you are taking (the ankle) or what you are doing (the wrist), now or in a new situation. You hold on so as not to give in. When the pressure grows too strong, the ligaments take the blow. A mental tension you can no longer bear may come with a wish to give up altogether.",[372,1497,1499],{"id":1498},"guilt-for-resisting","Guilt for resisting",[330,1501,1502],{},"Resistance can bring its own guilt, and a hidden wish to punish yourself for not giving way. The question is whether a fall at this moment says more about that inner conflict than about the pavement.",[372,1504,1506],{"id":1505},"mild-or-severe","Mild or severe",[330,1508,1509,1510,1512],{},"The more stubbornness, ",[334,1511,1328],{"href":199},", guilt or strain there is, the stronger the image: a mild sprain where the ligament is stretched, or a severe one where it is torn. A tear is read as a break with a person or a situation. Something is being pulled away from you that you refuse to let go.",[372,1514,1516],{"id":1515},"bending-a-rule","Bending a rule",[330,1518,1519,1520,1523],{},"In French, ",[716,1521,1522],{},"faire une entorse à"," something, literally \"to sprain\" it, means to bend a rule or break a principle. So the sprain also asks: have I bent justice, or my own integrity? Is there a wrong I refuse to admit?",[325,1525,907],{"id":906},[330,1527,1528,1529,1531],{},"The ",[334,1530,913],{"href":298}," add a nuance:",[433,1533,1534,1540],{},[436,1535,1536,1539],{},[439,1537,1538],{},"Left ankle or wrist:"," the receptive, feminine side. A direction or a task tied to your feelings, your home, or the women in your life.",[436,1541,1542,1545],{},[439,1543,1544],{},"Right ankle or wrist:"," the active, masculine side. A direction or a task tied to work, responsibilities, decisions, or the men in your life.",[325,1547,431],{"id":430},[433,1549,1550,1556,1562,1568,1574],{},[436,1551,1552,1555],{},[439,1553,1554],{},"Remember the moment."," Notice what you were doing and feeling just as it happened. That moment often holds the question.",[436,1557,1558,1561],{},[439,1559,1560],{},"Ask what to give up."," Is there something you are about to do that it would be wiser to let go of?",[436,1563,1564,1567],{},[439,1565,1566],{},"Check your ground."," See whether your choices rest on solid foundations or on your fears.",[436,1569,1570,1573],{},[439,1571,1572],{},"Reorient."," Use the time off your feet to make the changes that let you move forward freely and feel at ease in yourself.",[436,1575,1576,1579],{},[439,1577,1578],{},"Be kind about the pause."," If you cannot walk or work for a while, you are not useless. Treat the rest as part of the turn, not as a failure.",{"title":480,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1581},[1582,1583,1589,1590],{"id":1468,"depth":18,"text":1469},{"id":1484,"depth":18,"text":1485,"children":1584},[1585,1586,1587,1588],{"id":1491,"depth":25,"text":1492},{"id":1498,"depth":25,"text":1499},{"id":1505,"depth":25,"text":1506},{"id":1515,"depth":25,"text":1516},{"id":906,"depth":18,"text":907},{"id":430,"depth":18,"text":431},"2026-10-06","The emotional and spiritual meaning of a sprain: resisting a direction, braking hard, insecurity about what you do and a break you refuse.","joints",[1595],"\u002Fguides\u002Faccidents-and-injuries",[1597,1600],{"name":1598,"url":1599},"NHS: Sprains and strains","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fsprains-and-strains\u002F",{"name":1601,"url":1602},"MedlinePlus: Sprains and Strains","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fsprainsandstrains.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fsprain",[1606,1607,1608,1609,1610,1611],"What was I doing, and feeling, at the very moment I twisted it?","Am I about to do something I would be better off giving up?","Which direction, or which task, am I resisting with all my strength?","Is there a mistake I find hard to admit to someone?","Am I standing on solid ground, or on my fears?","Have I bent a rule, or my own integrity, recently?",[1613,357,1614,336],"\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fankle-pain","\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fknee-pain",[1616,1617],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSprain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ470747",{"title":1454,"description":1592},"Sprain Spiritual Meaning: Ankle vs Wrist, Left vs Right",[1621,1625,1627],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1622,"pages":1624},[1623],"Articulations — Entorse","61–62",{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1626,"pages":534},[533],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1628,"pages":538},[537],"conditions\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fsprain","Spiritually, a sprain is often linked to resistance. You put the brakes on a direction (the ankle) or on what you are doing (the wrist), until the pressure lands on the ligaments.","If this reading resonates with you, while the joint is rested and raised, a quiet look at the direction you were resisting can be a good next step.",[1633,1634,1635,1636,1637,1638],"Resistance","Insecurity about direction","Refusing to give way","A break with someone","Self-punishment","Integrity",[1640,1641,1642,1643,1644],"You heard a crack, the joint looks deformed, you cannot put any weight on it, or it is numb, cold or pale. Go to A&E, as it may be broken.","Severe pain that is not eased by rest and simple pain relief, or swelling that keeps getting worse.","A high temperature with a hot, red joint, which can mean an infection.","No improvement after about a week, or the joint keeps giving way.","A sprain that keeps happening to the same ankle or wrist. Physiotherapy can strengthen it.","VyrSwsFqL0W8zHyem0Fve4qyO7KoyR9ommSvn9GeOjY",{"id":1647,"title":606,"affirmation":1648,"aka":1649,"area":320,"body":1655,"dateModified":809,"datePublished":1591,"description":1823,"extension":495,"group":496,"guides":1824,"medicalSources":1825,"meta":1828,"navigation":506,"parent":990,"path":1829,"reflectionQuestions":1830,"related":1837,"sameAs":1838,"seo":1839,"seoTitle":1840,"side":990,"sources":1841,"stem":1848,"summary":1849,"supportIntro":1850,"themes":1851,"whenToSeeADoctor":1855,"__hash__":1857},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fwrist-pain.md","I let my energy move freely into action. I trust myself, stay open to each situation, and take the chances life offers me.",[1650,423,309,1651,1652,1653,1654],"Sore wrist","Wrist ache","Stiff wrist","Wrist injury","Douleur au poignet",{"type":322,"value":1656,"toc":1807},[1657,1661,1674,1680,1684,1691,1695,1698,1702,1705,1708,1711,1715,1718,1722,1725,1729,1732,1734,1740,1743,1746,1753,1756,1759,1764,1767,1769,1772],[325,1658,1660],{"id":1659},"what-wrist-pain-is","What wrist pain is",[330,1662,1663,1664,1666,1667,688,1669,1671,1672,693],{},"Wrist pain is pain, aching or stiffness in the joint between the forearm and the hand. The wrist is made of eight small bones and many ligaments and tendons, so pain can come from several places. Common causes are a ",[334,1665,1056],{"href":517}," or a fracture after a fall, overuse from repetitive movements such as typing or sport, inflamed tendons (for example at the base of the thumb), a ganglion (a fluid-filled lump), ",[334,1668,345],{"href":344},[334,1670,350],{"href":349},". Numbness and tingling in the fingers, especially at night, often point to ",[334,1673,1063],{"href":336},[330,1675,1676,1677,1679],{},"Mild wrist pain often settles with rest, ice, a support and simple painkillers. A fracture of the small scaphoid bone at the base of the thumb can be missed on a first X-ray, so a fall followed by lasting pain should be checked. Physiotherapy, splints, injections and sometimes surgery are used depending on the cause. ",[334,1678,639],{"href":638}," is a neighbouring complaint of the forearm.",[325,1681,1683],{"id":1682},"the-emotional-meaning-of-wrist-pain","The emotional meaning of wrist pain",[330,1685,1686,1687,1690],{},"The wrists are the pivots of the hands. They give the hands their mobility, suppleness and flexibility, link them to the forearms, and start every movement the hands make. Spiritually, they express your will in action. When you act and move forward fluidly, the wrists are read as strong. The ",[334,1688,1689],{"href":134},"arms and hands"," page gives the wider picture.",[372,1692,1694],{"id":1693},"action-that-is-held-back","Action that is held back",[330,1696,1697],{},"A stiff or painful wrist is linked to an obstruction, a block or a refusal around actions you feel you should take. Skilled, precise activities are the first to suffer. Pain here can be read as energy pushed down about something that needs doing but that you hold back. It can also be something from the past that weighs so heavily you would rather deny it ever happened.",[372,1699,1701],{"id":1700},"pressure-and-indecision","Pressure and indecision",[330,1703,1704],{},"The pressure you are under may be so great that you no longer know which direction to take. Spiritually, the wrist is the place of a great indecision. A gentle question to ask is what the pain now \"excuses\" you from: which movements, and so which activities, you are no longer obliged to do.",[372,1706,545],{"id":1707},"responsibility",[330,1709,1710],{},"The wrist is also linked to how you carry responsibility. You may want to step back from some situations, or find it hard to recognise how much your own acts matter. The spiritual interpretation invites you to check whether you are blaming other people for a rigidity that is partly your own. Take this as a question to explore, not a verdict.",[372,1712,1714],{"id":1713},"influence-and-new-directions","Influence and new directions",[330,1716,1717],{},"A wrist problem can show how easily you are swayed by others. You may resist new directions, new solutions, or simply your own creativity.",[372,1719,1721],{"id":1720},"feeling-tied-or-handcuffed","Feeling tied or handcuffed",[330,1723,1724],{},"Some people with sore wrists feel chained, as if handcuffed, in a situation or a relationship, and prevented from saying something. The wrist then stops the hands from moving. If a relationship truly restricts you, controls you or frightens you, talk to someone you trust or a support service and get to safety; that is not something to work through alone.",[372,1726,1728],{"id":1727},"a-sprain-or-a-fracture","A sprain or a fracture",[330,1730,1731],{},"A wrist sprain or fracture needs proper medical care. Spiritually, it is read as a deep conflict about how you express yourself in life and how life works through you. A break may feel like a call to stop looking for reasons to escape your responsibilities.",[325,1733,907],{"id":906},[330,1735,1736,1737,1739],{},"The spiritual interpretation of the ",[334,1738,913],{"href":298}," gives each wrist its own shade. The right side carries the active, masculine principle and the left side the receptive, feminine one, in men and women alike. Since the wrist is where your will turns into action, the side shows which kind of action is being held back.",[372,1741,423],{"id":1742},"left-wrist-pain",[330,1744,1745],{},"Left wrist pain is linked to the receptive, feminine side: intuition, creativity, tenderness, and the women in your life, a mother first of all. On the left, the block is often in acting on what you feel. You may sense what needs doing in a relationship, a gesture of care, an apology, a creative project, and keep holding it back. The left wrist can also ask what you find hard to receive: help, a gift, a hand held out to you. If you feel tied or handcuffed in a family situation, unable to say what you feel, this is the side where it may show. The question is which heartfelt gesture is waiting for your hand.",[330,1747,1748,1749,1752],{},"The page on ",[334,1750,1751],{"href":422},"left wrist pain"," goes further.",[372,1754,309],{"id":1755},"right-wrist-pain",[330,1757,1758],{},"Right wrist pain is linked to the active, rational side: decisions, work, putting ideas into practice, and the men in your life, such as a father or partner. Here the wrist's great indecision tends to concern direction: which job, which project, which way to go, while pressure from outside keeps building. You may be carrying a responsibility at work that you would rather put down, or measuring yourself against someone in a quiet rivalry. A sore right wrist can also show a decision already made in your head that your hand refuses to sign. The question is which action you are postponing, and what the pain now spares you from doing.",[330,1760,1748,1761,1752],{},[334,1762,1763],{"href":1134},"right wrist pain",[330,1765,1766],{},"Each wrist can be read on its own, and the balance between acting and receiving is the wider aim.",[325,1768,431],{"id":430},[330,1770,1771],{},"The direction is to reflect on the pain so you can see the energy that needs to move, and let it flow with trust so you can act constructively. You trust yourself, stay determined, and keep an openness that helps you weigh each situation. You take the opportunities life offers.",[433,1773,1774,1780,1786,1791,1797,1802],{},[436,1775,1776,1779],{},[439,1777,1778],{},"Name the action you are holding back."," Even writing it down starts to unblock it.",[436,1781,1782,1785],{},[439,1783,1784],{},"Choose one direction for now."," When pressure leaves you undecided, a small, clear choice helps.",[436,1787,1788,1790],{},[439,1789,459],{}," Notice which responsibility is yours, without blame towards yourself or others.",[436,1792,1793,1796],{},[439,1794,1795],{},"Let one new idea in."," Try a new solution, or follow a creative impulse you have been resisting.",[436,1798,1799,1801],{},[439,1800,471],{}," If you feel tied, start by naming it to someone safe.",[436,1803,1804,1806],{},[439,1805,1182],{}," Pauses, support and treatment are part of acting with care.",{"title":480,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1808},[1809,1810,1818,1822],{"id":1659,"depth":18,"text":1660},{"id":1682,"depth":18,"text":1683,"children":1811},[1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817],{"id":1693,"depth":25,"text":1694},{"id":1700,"depth":25,"text":1701},{"id":1707,"depth":25,"text":545},{"id":1713,"depth":25,"text":1714},{"id":1720,"depth":25,"text":1721},{"id":1727,"depth":25,"text":1728},{"id":906,"depth":18,"text":907,"children":1819},[1820,1821],{"id":1742,"depth":25,"text":423},{"id":1755,"depth":25,"text":309},{"id":430,"depth":18,"text":431},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of wrist pain and wrist injury: left vs right wrist, blocked action, indecision and feeling tied down.",[1595,819,820,823,298,824],[1826,1827],{"name":500,"url":501},{"name":503,"url":504},{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fwrist-pain",[1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836],"What do I know needs doing that I keep holding back from doing?","Under so much pressure, do I still know which direction to take?","Is there a responsibility I would rather not carry, or an act whose weight I do not want to recognise?","What does this sore wrist now \"allow\" me not to do?","Which new direction, solution or creative idea am I resisting?","Where do I feel chained or handcuffed, unable to say something?",[336,638,344,349,517],[519,520],{"title":606,"description":1823},"Wrist Pain Spiritual Meaning: Left vs Right Wrist",[1842,1844,1846],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1843,"pages":530},[529],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1845,"pages":534},[533],{"author":526,"work":527,"entries":1847,"pages":538},[537],"conditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fwrist-pain","Spiritually, wrist pain is often linked to action that is held back, a great indecision about which way to go, and the feeling of being tied or handcuffed in a situation where you cannot say what you need to say.","If this reading resonates with you, noticing the action you keep holding back can be a good next step, once a fall or a swollen wrist has been checked.",[1852,1853,545,854,1854],"Blocked action","Indecision","Feeling tied down",[549,550,551,552,554,1856],"Morning stiffness in several joints, which can be a sign of inflammatory arthritis.","O7088i0m09Dn4DLWfGQPpzPhzhjm2H1EW4WinDZTYQY",[],{"en":1134,"fr":1860,"es":1861},"\u002Ffr\u002Fbras-et-mains\u002Fdouleur-poignet-droit","\u002Fes\u002Fbrazos-y-manos\u002Fdolor-de-muneca-derecha",[1863],{"id":1864,"title":1865,"body":1866,"cta":1904,"currency":1906,"description":1907,"duration":1908,"extension":495,"format":1909,"highlights":1910,"howToUse":1917,"image":1924,"includes":1925,"meta":1941,"navigation":506,"path":1942,"placeholder":10,"price":58,"relatedConditions":1943,"seo":1944,"seoTitle":1945,"stem":1946,"stripePriceId":1947,"tagline":1948,"testimonials":1949,"__hash__":1950},"products\u002Fproducts\u002Fbody-decoder.md","THE BODY DECODER — Symptoms & Emotions Guide",{"type":322,"value":1867,"toc":1902},[1868,1874,1881,1888,1891,1894,1897],[330,1869,1870,1873],{},[439,1871,1872],{},"THE BODY DECODER"," gathers everything we have written about the emotional and spiritual meaning of the body into one book you can keep, annotate and come back to.",[330,1875,1876,1877,1880],{},"The site gives you one page at a time. 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