Originally posted by Bas Asselbergs
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Bas,
I have been thinking a lot about this since my first visit to SS and had my expensive and involved techniques blown out of the water, not to mention a good chunk of my ego!
DNM made me think that perhaps because of the uncanny ability for a skin contact/stretch to reduce or even eliminate very tender points, it is enough for "central command" to conclude all is well (or better enough) to adjust protective patterns. Movement returns.
I have also felt that this step in therapy, the resolution, which I am suggesting is not a result of movement but rather the perception of the brain, has been the missing piece. You can throw all kinds of hands on or movement therapy that you like at a non-pathological pain patient and you may get lucky with a random context comment or by picking an exercise that is non-threatening enough. But the unlocking of the protection FIRST with DNM or soft hands on like SC, or education, it is the kind hands and demeanor that suggest safety, the system down regulates, movement of all sorts returns.
Nathan
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