Biodecoding of back pain: discover the emotional message your body wants to tell you

Many times it holds stories, responsibilities, and fears that we did not say out loud. Biodecoding proposes to read that emotional “language” of pain.

It does not replace medicine, but it does add a useful perspective. And when I mix this perspective with psychology, pain psychoeducation, and humor, people breathe better 🙂

What biodecoding of back pain proposes

Biodecoding holds that behind a physical symptom beats an emotional conflict. It does not present it as blame, but as a map. Pain warns where and how your system needs attention. If the pain becomes chronic or limits your life, consult a health professional. I work as part of a team with doctors, physiotherapists, and movement therapists. That mix works.

Curious fact: about 80% of people will have back pain at some point. Stress raises cortisol, increases muscle tone, and makes the “volumes” of pain in the brain more sensitive. Your body does not lie; it amplifies what you are going through 🧠

I like to explain it this way: the body keeps headlines. If you don’t tell the news, the back puts it on the front page.

Back areas and what they might be saying

When I accompany processes, I review three regions. I summarize them with metaphors that help understand them:

- Upper part shoulders and upper area. It usually speaks of emotional burden and feeling of little support. “I do everything and no one holds me.” I see this pattern in caregivers, bosses, and multitasking souls. Do you have to “carry” everyone? Your trapezius knows it. A small serious joke: if your schedule weighs more than your backpack, your neck confirms it.

- Middle area at the level of the shoulder blades and dorsal spine. Here appear stored emotions: contained anger, guilt looking at the past, pains that were not closed. I call it the “emotional filer.” The more you keep without processing, the stiffer it becomes.

- Lower area lumbar and sacrum. It is usually linked to material security, fears about the future, money, and home. When I accompany entrepreneurs, this area “beats” on payment dates and changes. The body asks: am I safe, do I have ground?

Does any of this resonate with you? Don’t take this as a label. Take it as a starting point to explore with curiosity, not judgment.

What you can do today: simple and effective steps

You don’t need epic solutions. You need consistency and kindness. I share what I suggest in consultation:

1) Identify the emotional conflict

- Write for 10 minutes: what weight am I carrying that is not mine?
- Direct question: if my back spoke, what would it ask for?
- Observe when it worsens. After arguments, when looking at finances, after caring for others?

2) Release tension and lower the system’s “volume”

- 4-6 breathing: inhale 4, exhale 6, for 5 minutes. Activates the vagus nerve and calms the internal alarm 🧘
- Gentle shaking of legs and arms for 60 seconds. Your nervous system thanks you.
- Local heat for 15 minutes and breaks every 50 minutes of work. Microbreaks, macroresults.


3) Move and align

- Gentle spinal mobility: cat-cow, lateral inclinations, daily 20-minute walk.
- Check your workspace. Screen at eye level, feet supported, relaxed hips.
- Strengthen glutes and abdomen. A strong back is born from the center.

4) Resolve what’s pending, at your own pace

- If it hurts up top: ask for help and delegate one task today. Small but real.
- If it hurts in the middle: talk about something you postponed or write it down and then read it aloud.
- If it hurts down low: organize your numbers. Simple budget, three categories. Clarity lowers fear 💼

5) Professional support

- Psychotherapy focused on stress, trauma, and habits.
- Physiotherapy or mindful training. Well-guided movement changes the game.
- If biodecoding attracts you, use it as a complement, never as the only approach.

Red flags seek medical evaluation if you experience:

• Pain after a fall or accident


• Loss of strength, progressing tingling or incontinence


• Fever, unexplained weight loss, oncological history


• Night pain that does not subside






Real stories and insights from my consultations


- Martina, 43, carried the house, work, and guilt in her backpack. Upper pain almost daily. We agreed on two changes: ask her brother for help and three breathing breaks during the day. She added gentle mobility. After six weeks she told me something precious: “the pain went down and now when it rises I understand it.” Life didn’t disappear; her way of holding it changed.

- Luis, 36, had low back pain that flared at month-end closings. We made a basic financial plan, walks after meals, and expressive writing for three days. When he organized his numbers, his back relaxed. Not by magic, but by internal security.

- In a talk with entrepreneurs I asked them to name their “invisible weight.” Upon writing it down, half reported less neck tension within minutes. The body cooperates when you listen.

- Recommended reading: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. Understands how stress and trauma modulate pain. Useful curiosity: in clinical trials, expectation and context relieve part of the pain. Your brain participates in the solution.

Some reminders that work:

• What you don’t name, you somatize. Name it without drama, with precision.


• Pain is real even if its trigger is emotional. You deserve relief.


• The back has no WiFi but keeps passwords. Change those that no longer serve 🙂


Practical closing:

- Choose one 5-minute action today.
- Tell someone you trust what you are going to change.
- Thank your back for warning you. Then move it with care.

If you want, I’ll accompany you in translating that body message into a simple and human plan. Your story weighs less when you share it. And your back notices 💪