Books on
Manual Therapy and Bodywork
The Roots and Philosophy of Dynamic Manual Interface
Frank Lowen
ISBN 978-1-58394-318-2
Visceral Manipulation
Jean Pierre Barral
ISBN-10: 0939616521
ISBN-13: 978-0939616527
Manual Therapy for the Peripheral Nerves
Jean Pierre Barral
Alain Croibier
ISBN-10: 0443103070
ISBN-13: 978-0443103070
Manual Therapy for the Cranial Nerves
Jean Pierre Barral
Alain Croibier
ISBN-10: 0702031003
ISBN-13: 978-0702031007
Books on
Science, Anatomy and Physiology
The Extracellular Matrix and Ground Regulation: Basis for a Holistic Biological Medicine
Alfred Pischchinger
ISBN 978-55643-688-8
The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communicatin, and Self-regulation
Stephen Porges
ISBN-10 0393707008
ISBN-13 978-0393707007
The Rainbow And The Worm: The Physics of Organisms
Mae-Wan Ho
ISBN-13 978-981--283-260-3 (pbk)
ISBN-10 981-283-260-2 (pbk)
Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of happiness, love and wisdom
Rick Hanson PHD with Richard Mednius MD
ISBN 978-1-57224-695-9
Books on
Healing, Trauma and Recovery
Waking The Tiger : Healing Trauma
Peter Levine
ISBN-10: 155643233X
ISBN-13: 978-1556432330
The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Disassociation and Disease
Robert Scaer MD
ISBN-10: 0789033356
ISBN-13: 978-0789033352
The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency
Robert Scaer MD
ISBN-10: 0393704661
ISBN-13: 978-0393704662
All Sickness is Home Sickness
Dianne M Connelly
ISBN 0-912381-02-7
Books on
Communication Skills and Relationships
The Magic of Conflict : Turning a Life of Work into a Work of Art
Thomas Crum
ISBN 978-0-684-85448-9
The Leadership Dojo
Richard Strozzi-Heckler
ISBN 978-1-58394-201-7
Just Listen
Mark Goulston
ISBN-13978-8144-1403-3
Boundaries
Dr Henry Cloud
Dr John Townsend
ISBN 0-310-58590-2
Codependent No More
Melody Beattie
ISBN 0-89486-402-5
Beyond Codependency
Melody Beattie
ISBN 0-89486-583-8
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Your Nervous System On Overload
YOUR BODY'S NATURAL STARTLE RESPONSE
It begins in your BRAIN. Your natural "startle response" occurs when special parts of your brain called the "amygdala" and "brainstem" sense sudden or sustained stimuli, threat, danger, trauma, anxiety, sustained stress, prolonged pain, or injury. Your brain instructs your body's systems to prepare and maintain a "Startle Response" or "Fight, Flight or Freeze Response".
It begins in your BRAIN. Your natural "startle response" occurs when special parts of your brain called the "amygdala" and "brainstem" sense sudden or sustained stimuli, threat, danger, trauma, anxiety, sustained stress, prolonged pain, or injury. Your brain instructs your body's systems to prepare and maintain a "Startle Response" or "Fight, Flight or Freeze Response".
This is your most primal survival instinct and once out of danger your body's systems should return to normal. However, your brain may get so overstimulated your body may become physically "stuck" in this heightened state. Imagine your car, with the engine running, it would be like having one foot pressing on the gas pedal while the other foot is on the brakes! If your body continues functioning in this way for a long time it may negatively impact your health.
LONG TERM Effects of "Startle Response"
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Adrenal Fatigue
- Headaches/Migraines
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome
- Anxiety
- Eating Disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Sleep Disorders
- Suppressed Immune Function
- High Blood Pressure
- Chronic Pain
- Poor Digestion
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Bowel/Bladder Dysfunction
Immediate Effects of "Startle Response"
- Arms and Hands Clench
- Blinking
- Jaw Tightens
- Shoulders Tighten
- Legs and Feet Prepare to Run
Manual Therapy supports the integration of all of your body's systems, especially the Autonomic Nervous System. Re-establishing your ability to maintain resilience and vitality in your tissues and nervous system is the goal of Manual Therapy.
Got Curiosity?
Positive health begins by being a curious self-observer and paying attention to your own body. There are many opportunities to LISTEN to what your body is telling you about what it needs. Think of yourself as an explorer on a journey who gathers valuable information along the way, ask yourself such questions daily as, "How do the foods I am eating make me feel?", "What energizes me?", "What drains me?". By listening to your body and understanding your limits and strengths, YOU CAN create healthy experiences and take action toward maintaining positive health.
Manual Therapy assists your body's own natural intelligence to self-regulate and heal itself.
Manual Therapy assists your body's own natural intelligence to self-regulate and heal itself.
Promoting a Healing Response in Your Body
When considering positive health for yourself, have you ever noticed if you are thoughtfully responding or reflexively reacting to sensations in your body?
To thoughtfully respond is to answer or reply to what your body is telling you. This means to come alongside your body, by sending calming thoughts and messages to the areas of sensation you may be experiencing, in order to assist what is functional and learn to understand your weaknesses and to cultivate your strengths.
To reflexively react is to oppose or go against your body. Learning to be gentle and compassionate with your body's messages and sensations is a large step to learning how to maintain resilience and vitality.
To thoughtfully respond is to answer or reply to what your body is telling you. This means to come alongside your body, by sending calming thoughts and messages to the areas of sensation you may be experiencing, in order to assist what is functional and learn to understand your weaknesses and to cultivate your strengths.
To reflexively react is to oppose or go against your body. Learning to be gentle and compassionate with your body's messages and sensations is a large step to learning how to maintain resilience and vitality.
Create awareness and a HEALING RESPONSE by observing and listening to your own body, YOU CAN develop a valuable, healthy connection with yourself. Simply saying, "I value a connection with my body" is a powerful way to create a healing response throughout your body.
Manual therapy offers hands-on support by listening to where your body's soft tissue systems need support and encourages your body's motility and mobility of contractile and non-contractile tissue, hydrates fascia, increases the range of motion (ROM) of joint complexes, induces relaxation, aids muscle function, reduces pain, soft tissue swelling, inflammation and movement restrictions. Thereby addressing patterns of chronic conditions.
Manual therapy offers hands-on support by listening to where your body's soft tissue systems need support and encourages your body's motility and mobility of contractile and non-contractile tissue, hydrates fascia, increases the range of motion (ROM) of joint complexes, induces relaxation, aids muscle function, reduces pain, soft tissue swelling, inflammation and movement restrictions. Thereby addressing patterns of chronic conditions.
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