Hip Pain Relief - Side Bend and the Trauma Reflex
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Do you suffer from hip pain? Hip pain can develop from imbalances in the center of the body and this movement can help you get rid of that pain once and for all.
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The couch as a guide is a very good idea. There is a somatics practitioner here in Korea and I hope I can get to see him someday though the pandemic has made things so difficult.
Yes, I find the couch a very good guide for knowing whether you're moving laterally or going into your trauma reflex. I'm glad this tip is helpful to you.
Is the practitioner in Korea a Hanna Somatics or Clinical Somatics Educator? There are many different kinds of "somatics" and this work comes from Thomas Hanna's method. The pandemic has made it very challenging for so many, so I hope you can get some in person guidance. If not, consider coming to our classes online: essentialsomatics.com/essential-somatics-online-classes
Be well!
@@EssentialSomatics you’re going a bit too fast on your movements in your videos. It would help if you break it down more slowly into bite size pieces.
@@anncazares111 Thanks for the feedback. Perhaps you can lie still and listen to my instructions while visualizing the movement first. Then begin to learn the movement bit by bit. Stop the video and practice and explore the part you just watched. Then continue. This is how I would teach it in an in-person course. See how it goes.
Wow. This makes it more comfortable. Thanks you.
You're very welcome!
Great advice to have a couch of wall as a support!
I'm glad it's helping you! It works for me. :)
Excellent idea to have a support at that back!
I'm glad that's a helpful suggestion.
The couch makes a big difference, I would guess most people were not observing good form before, it's hard on your own.
Oh yes, the couch makes a big difference! It's one of our teaching strategies. The trrauma reflex is insidious, so your brain THINKS you're bending to the side to pandiculate the waist muscles, when in fact you're twisting into your habit. Your brain doesn't care about healthy; it cares about "normal" and normal can be dysfunctional and imbalanced. Using the couch as a guide will help you find an accurate sense of the sides of your body. Have fun!
You had a great video with 3 movements for when we step on something painful and flinch. It WAS a trauma response, as I recall. This worked WONDERFULLY when I'd danced onto a big rock and twisted my ankle and another where I was jerked off balance. But I forgot what the video was called. As I recall, they were standing movements to rebalance. You had one video with 3 movements to rebalance that. What was it called? I'd be delighted to find it again.
I don't know which video you're referring to that has three standing Somatic Movements. I do have one that I particularly love ("Reach to the Top Shelf"). It's here on the channel: ruclips.net/video/jalboHinoP0/видео.html
There is also one to balance your sides and that is here: ruclips.net/video/HqpxZjfqWlI/видео.html
I also have quite a few in my book, Move Without Pain (www.amazon.com/Move-Without-Pain-Martha-Peterson/dp/1402774591).
I hope this helps! If you've had ankle sprains learning how to de-habituate the trauma reflex (an imbalance between the sides of the body) and find balance so you can walk smoothly is of paramount importance. Consider coming to one of our in-person weekend immersions so you can learn even more that can help you stay balanced. Learning in person will move your understanding and practice forward in a way that will truly put you back in the driver's seat.
Enjoy!
Your raised arm is not touching the couch. Optimally, should it be or it doesn't matter? Should we do more reps lying on the tighter side?
It doesn't really matter. The point is to gently sweep your arm up and over only as far as is comfortable.
I would recommend starting pandiculating the tighter side and then lie ON the tighter side (which will now be much less tight!) and pandiculate the opposite side. Explore breathing into the bottom side and reminding your now-not-as-tight side to stay long as you shorten the topside.
Let me know how that goes.
Thank you Martha!
You're very welcome!
this looks like it feels good, i'm going to try it. thanks
This is one of my personal favorite Somatic Movements. Having had accidents and injuries from dancing (and life!), the Side Bend goes a long way towards releasing the muscles that allow you to walk with ease and move your shoulders and hips freely.
A question about trauma reflex caused by scoliosis when the curve is lumbar to the right would you focus more on right side down contracting the left tight shortened side to help release the tight side? Love the trick to line spine up with something to notice if there is a twist as well!
Hi,
It's important to address both aspects of the curve. But no, address the shorter side first, and then once you've pandiculated that side, you can focus on releasing that side as the other side shortens. That being said, how you explore the Side Bend on one side will be different to how you explore it on the other side. The ribs are so involved in scoliosis that it's helpful to put the bottom side hand on the ribcage to sense what is contracting and releasing.
Scoliosis is so idiosyncratic, so explore both sides - not just the lumbar curve, but the movement of the shoulder girdle as well. Have fun!
Hi Martha, thank you for sharing your knowledge. I just found you today. I am an active 47-year-old male and get a very tight left psoas and left side obliques from cycling and exercise. Not sure if this exercise is what I should be focusing on, but I’m just curious if I should start on the tight side first or the good side? Nor do I understand which side is being benefited if let’s say the tight side is on the floor. Just ordered pain free athletes from your website BTW. Thanks Chris
Hi Chris,
I suggest starting at the beginning. If you have tension on one side of your body, you have tension in the back and front as well. With cycling you've likely had an accident or fall so you may have a habituated trauma reflex. Start on the whichever side and notice the difference - however, it's important to start from the beginning as well. Address the front and back of your body as well as the sides. You are a somatic system!
It's great that you purchased the Athletes DVD (and you will learn a lot; the psoas release on the RUclips channel is superior to the one on the DVD. We've evolved our teaching!). Consider coming to class as well. You'll learn a ton and can learn from me live. We also have skilled practitioners teaching elsewhere around the world.
@@marthapeterson8238 Hi, I would like to know if you have any practitioners teaching in Madrid Spain?
I have found it is better to start lying on my good side first. This way you release the contracted top side first. Since I had a severely sprained foot on one side, I have a true trauma reflex, meaning a protective contraction or cringing to one side. This was compounded by a car accident. Personally, it benefitted me to go with the weird twisted side bend that was the habitual pattern. And unravel from there. In wu wei fashion so to speak.
The couch is a splendid idea to serve as feedback to become aware of the subconscious pattern of contracture, though!
Love this so much thank you!!
You're very welcome!
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You're very welcome!
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You're welcome! Enjoy your practice.
Thank you very much for suggesting a wall (I don't have a couch :) ). Should my head be touching the wall throughout? I'm unsure about this. thank you
No, there's no need to have your head touching the wall. it may be close to the wall. You'll know if you're "straight" when you sense your shoulders/backside touching and aligned.
Is it importat to start opening the side where I'm more slouched first?or is it better to work the side where I feel the most confortable first ?
Always start with the side where you're more comfortable. That can translate the learning to the less comfortable side.
What if you did it on your back?
That's a great idea! You can do this on your back and your brain will get different feedback. Same movement exploration, different relationship to gravity. We teach this all the time. Enjoy the exploration!