Why Do Other Parts of My Body Hurt When They're Not Related To My Original Injury?

Often times, you may notice that when one body part is injured, other body parts will also start to begin to be in pain. Often times, this is quite normal and not a major cause for concern. The reason being is because other areas are often having to compensate for the original injury or are just more sensitive to pain signals due to the healing process occurring in the other body parts.

The easiest way for us to describe this process is through the analogy of a loud car alarm going off in the middle of the night in a busy neighborhood. Think of your entire body and all of its parts as the neighborhood and neighbors. Think of the actual car and car alarm as the original injury that was sustained. When the car alarm goes off (original injury), it triggers the neighbors to wake up (other body parts being in pain). The process is often times very normal and as long as you turn the car alarm off (adress the original injury), the neighbors should go back to bed (other body parts should be in less pain).