When Movement Is Survival: Full-Body Compensation and Behavioral Misinterpretation in Chronic Pain Systems
Summary Chronic pain in the lumbosacral spine (e.g. an L3–L5 spondylosis with nerve compression) can trigger full-body compensatory behaviors aimed at pain relief. These include pacing, bracing against doorframes, sitting on shower floors, continuous postural shifting, and other instinctive adjustments. Such behaviors are somatic compensations – the body’s way of alleviating nerve pressure or modulating …