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Column 55 - Real Estate BECOME A
By Mike Macy A column exploring the therapeutic applications of the BodyMind Parking our pain
Previously, we wrote that the brain instantaneously parks emotional overloads in our tissues. While these continuously broadcast a state of emergency to every cell in our body, we can use the mindbody connection to evict that troublesome content. Today’s focus is on how all that relates to pain.
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Forget supercomputers and Artificial Intelligence, the human nervous system is the most complex, sophisticated and highly evolved enterprise known. Consisting of trillions of cells and millions of miles of neurons, etc., its primary job is ensuring our survival. Pain is an integral part of that, the nervous system’s best way of getting our attention. Abdominal pain could indicate appendicitis, gall- or kidney stones, a bowel obstruction, or ulcers—all medical emergencies. A slight sensation might be our only clue that we’ve been stung or bitten by something dangerous like a spider, bee or tick.
For all its sophistication, our nervous systems cannot distinguish pain that is largely physical from pain that is mostly emotional pain. When I worked in the Air Force’s pain clinic in Alaska, many patients suffered from bulging discs and other skeletal problems that were torquing, compressing or putting tension on the nervous system. But other than a previous injury that seemed to have healed, there were no obvious reason for many of the patients’ pain. To eliminate their pain for good, I needed to understand why.
Eventually, I discovered three things common to the mystery pain group: First, they saw themselves as “less than” or lacking in smarts, athleticism, appearance, etc. Secondly, to a man and woman, all were highly critical of themselves. Typically, both the self-criticism and sense of inadequacy were learned from a parent, sibling, peer or authority figure. Finally, all had a pronounced band of fascial armoring around the respiratory diaphragms. Once we released that band, they could breathe more fully with less effort and were able to stand for and pass their twice-yearly physical fitness tests.
Once we convinced them that they were good enough and deserved to be their own best cheerleaders, their pain diminished dramatically. Many were able to resume their normal duties, and with newfound confidence. Nobody better illustrates the relationship between attitude and pain than Palden Gyatso, a Tibetan monk who Mike Macy was imprisoned and tortured daily for 38 years by the Chinese for posting Free Tibet flyers on telephone poles. His pain was unbearable. To end it, Gyatso initially tried to taunt the guards into killing him. That failed. He eventually remembered a practice wherein one takes on the anger directed at oneself and returns it as compassion. (Don’t try this without formal training.) Although the torture continued unabated, the pain he experienced diminished significantly. (Gyatso’s story is in the book “Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk.”) Both the military patients and the monk illustrate the power of the mind in creating, managing and eliminating pain. While medication has its place in pain management, many patients might also benefit from exploring the possibility that their pain is an artifact of old trauma or beliefs parked in their tissues. No matter how old and deep those neural ruts are, you can rewire your brain. Pain may indicate that we need a doctor, that we need to heal our past, as Dr. John E. Sarno believed, or “our greatest dream trying to come true” (Arnold Mindell, PhD). Possibly all three. Embrace it.
—Bend’s Mike Macy, LMT, is an avid skate-skier, fat-tire biker, and birder. His book “BodyWise “conveys insights gained during 35 years as a Craniosacral Therapist. Reach him at mefmacy@gmail.com.
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New wildfire map classifies danger across Oregon
Changes could affect homeowners in high or extreme risk categories
Anew map that classifies wildfire danger across Oregon was released Thursday morning in a move that could have an impact on homeowners who live in areas of high or extreme risk.
The map was released in response to Senate Bill 762, which passed the state Legislature in the wake of the 2020 Labor Day fires that burned over 1 million acres and destroyed regions of the state seemingly unprepared for the scale of the calamity.
The Willamette Valley is generally in a low risk category, although the risk rises sharply into the foothills, while the Coast Range sits in the moderate risk category.
The map breaks down areas of the state into extreme, high, moderate, low and zero wildfire risk. A majority of the state’s landmass — 57 percent — is classified as being under extreme or high risk, centering on the Cascade Range, southwest Oregon’s Siskiyou Range and patches of northeast Oregon in the Blue, Wallowa and Elkhorn mountains. High danger is spread across much of Central Oregon.
In addition:
Out of a total number of 1.8 million tax lots in Oregon, officials estimate that: 4.4% of Oregon’s land area is in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), which includes 956,496 tax lots. 120,276 tax lots in Oregon are in the WUI and in high or extreme risk classifications.
Approximately 80,000 of the 120,276 tax lots in the WUI and high or extreme risk classifications currently have a structure that may be subject to new codes or standards.
If you want to build new residential on any of the over 120,000 tax lots in high to extreme risk, new building code standards will apply beginning April 1, 2023.
“My takeaway is that a majority of us have some level of risk, even if it’s low, and there are many things we can do to be as prepared as possible,” said Alison Green, spokeswoman for the Oregon state Fire Marshal.
There are two ways homeowners within the extreme and high risk areas could be impacted — new building codes and requirements for defensible space.
Building codes requirement
For those roughly 80,000 tax lots within the extreme or high risk areas of the WUI, state officials said new building codes would apply to homeowners “only when they choose to take an action,” said Mark Peterson, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, which includes the Building Codes Division.
“Commonly, this would be the construction of a new home, or a major repair or remodel of exterior elements that would be required to meet the new standard,” he said in an email.
Examples, he said, include putting on a new roof or completely replacing existing siding. Those could trigger the new code standards and would require using fire-resistant construction materials.
General maintenance and repairs would not trigger the new code standards, he said.
“Building codes are not applied retroactively in Oregon, and the initial designation of being in an impacted area will not require any immediate action by a homeowner to comply with the new code,” he said.
The rules will go into effect Oct. 1, and will become mandatory April 1, 2023, he said.
Peterson added:
The Building Codes Division is partnering with Oregon State University to create a customer tool based off of the statewide wildfire risk map to identify areas where the additional construction standards apply. The bill asks the division to modify the existing optional code standards of the 2021 Oregon Residential Specialty Code Chapter 3 Section R327. Code development work this summer will modify the standard to address alterations to exterior elements of items covered under the section. • The fire-resistant construction requirements include things such as: • Class A or B roofs and noncombustible gutters • Ignition resistant siding • Protection of overhangs and eaves • Ignition resistant materials for patios and decking • Exterior windows and skylights
All new home construction in high to extreme risk areas — so 120,000 tax lots — new fire-resistant building code standards will also apply beginning April 1, 2023.
Requirements for defensible space
The same population — the roughly 80,000 tax lots at the extreme or high classification of the WUI — would likely have requirements to have defensible space around places where people are “living or working,” Green said.
The rules haven’t been finalized yet, she said. They are going through a public process this summer, should be finalized in December and go into place in spring of 2023.
“We want the public to be involved in this process,” Green said.
Green said defensible space means preparing yards and space around homes to have the best chance to survive a wildfire. That could include reducing fuels and grasses around homes, among other actions.
“Defensible space is the buffer that owners can create between their business or home and the grass, trees, shrubs, or any surrounding wildland area,” the agency said.
A majority of the state's landmass — 57 percent — is classified as being under extreme or high risk.
—Reprinted through a content sharing agreement arranged by Oregon Public Broadcasting.
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