Welcome to Pf's blog!
What I'd like to discuss is this concept of sensory motor amnesia. I'm
talking about a learning loss of how certain muscle groups respond and
how to restore their function.
During our daily lives our sensory motor systems are continually responding
to stresses and trauma with specific muscular reflexes. When these reflexes
are continually triggered and habituated day after day, or trauma from accidents or
stress are involved, involuntary muscle contractions can take place creating situations
whereby we can't relax.
What do I mean by involuntary? The learning part of your brain called the cortex is
responsible for all voluntary movement of the body. It performs this important function
thru the sensory motor system of the body. It is thru this system that we evolve from
helpless babies to masters of our universe.! It distinquishes us from every other species
on the planet. However, life can throw curveballs that can upset this delicate balance.
When this happens, we can lose some of that voluntary control to the older reptilian brain.
That part of our brain is there to protect us from danger. So needless to say it has some
very important functions of its own. Sometimes things get mixed up however, and muscle
action is taken over there resulting in involuntary contraction and loss of functionality .
Case in point, low back pain. Low back pain is generally the result of people being
called into action all the time day after day. However, posture and trauma can also play
significant roles in low back pain. In Hanna Somatics the more general response is
referred to as the Green light reflex. We initiated this reflex around 6mos of age
when we could lift our heads and begin to crawl. Fast forward to adulthood,
the alarm goes off, we are struggling in traffic to get to work, the boss wants you in his
office now and so on. The low back will tend to tighten on any of these attention getters.
Bring your awareness with you the next time any of these things arise, and check out
your response to them.
While we are on the subject of awareness, lets take a little test. Make a fist and see
how long you can hold that fist. 30 sec.. 2min.. 5 min.. 10 min.. how about 24hrs / 7days a week!
When muscles have become involuntarily contracted on some level this is the situation.
It takes a lot of energy to maintain those contractions, plus there is a consistent buildup
of lactic acid. Add daily stress to this and look what we can have. Chronic pain, low energy,
mental and emotional stress, decreased functionality, misalignment in moving with
gravity and potential congestion bearing down on the integrity of the body's systems.
Hanna Somatics is about helping individuals with sensory motor amnesia take control
of their bodies and regain lost function thru brain / body awareness training. This is accomplished
by having a person become an active participant in the therapy sessions. That person becomes
actively responsible for their own healing. Additionally that person will receive specific somatic
movements to maintain the treatment and chart their own progress.
Thanks for checking in and I hope it was worth your time.
Pf
.
What I'd like to discuss is this concept of sensory motor amnesia. I'm
talking about a learning loss of how certain muscle groups respond and
how to restore their function.
During our daily lives our sensory motor systems are continually responding
to stresses and trauma with specific muscular reflexes. When these reflexes
are continually triggered and habituated day after day, or trauma from accidents or
stress are involved, involuntary muscle contractions can take place creating situations
whereby we can't relax.
What do I mean by involuntary? The learning part of your brain called the cortex is
responsible for all voluntary movement of the body. It performs this important function
thru the sensory motor system of the body. It is thru this system that we evolve from
helpless babies to masters of our universe.! It distinquishes us from every other species
on the planet. However, life can throw curveballs that can upset this delicate balance.
When this happens, we can lose some of that voluntary control to the older reptilian brain.
That part of our brain is there to protect us from danger. So needless to say it has some
very important functions of its own. Sometimes things get mixed up however, and muscle
action is taken over there resulting in involuntary contraction and loss of functionality .
Case in point, low back pain. Low back pain is generally the result of people being
called into action all the time day after day. However, posture and trauma can also play
significant roles in low back pain. In Hanna Somatics the more general response is
referred to as the Green light reflex. We initiated this reflex around 6mos of age
when we could lift our heads and begin to crawl. Fast forward to adulthood,
the alarm goes off, we are struggling in traffic to get to work, the boss wants you in his
office now and so on. The low back will tend to tighten on any of these attention getters.
Bring your awareness with you the next time any of these things arise, and check out
your response to them.
While we are on the subject of awareness, lets take a little test. Make a fist and see
how long you can hold that fist. 30 sec.. 2min.. 5 min.. 10 min.. how about 24hrs / 7days a week!
When muscles have become involuntarily contracted on some level this is the situation.
It takes a lot of energy to maintain those contractions, plus there is a consistent buildup
of lactic acid. Add daily stress to this and look what we can have. Chronic pain, low energy,
mental and emotional stress, decreased functionality, misalignment in moving with
gravity and potential congestion bearing down on the integrity of the body's systems.
Hanna Somatics is about helping individuals with sensory motor amnesia take control
of their bodies and regain lost function thru brain / body awareness training. This is accomplished
by having a person become an active participant in the therapy sessions. That person becomes
actively responsible for their own healing. Additionally that person will receive specific somatic
movements to maintain the treatment and chart their own progress.
Thanks for checking in and I hope it was worth your time.
Pf
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