Love your Videos. Went to one of your recommended practitioners ( Wai Ying ) in Melbourne (Australia ). 2 visits and then Covid struck . On the first consultation Wai Ying casually said the pain may just disappear, on the second and final visit she asked me how is pain? at which point I realized that I really didn't have pain anymore, I was astonished at the results, results that countless visits to other modalities just didn't really help with. Thank you so much .
I'm thrilled that Wai Ying's teaching and guidance has helped you so much. She was there to teach you and you were the eager student. Excellent! Let her know how much she helped you. She's a skillful and sensitive practitioner.
I have Fibromyalgia in both calves & feet especially in my right ankle, foot & toes. Can somatic practice resolve my issue? When I became symptomatic a bunion also surfaced as well. It has been 7 years of chronic pain.
Yes, Clinical Somatics can help you learn to release the chronically contracted muscles that contribute to fibromyalgia. Bunions can develop due to a habituated Trauma Reflex in which one side of your torso is tighter than the other and your gait is out of balance. I highly recommend working with a skilled Clinical Somatic Educator or coming to one of our in-person immersion weekends. It’s important to have skilled guidance when you’re dealing with long term pain. We have lots of skilled practitioners and you can find them on our website.
I twisted an ole ankle injury and it's swollen. I am compensating onto my other foot which has painful plantar fasciitis 😢 (I have PF in both feet though). I presume it's not the right time to do these exercises?
Always let the injury heal before pandiculating the area. That being said, there's a lot you can do to address the tension (Sensory Motor Amnesia) in the CENTER of your body where you are undoubtedly compensating more on one side than the other in order to favor that ankle. You are probably compensating and habituating to the "trauma reflex" that tightens one side of the waist tighter than the other side (in order to take a load off that unhappy ankle until it feels better). Look at the "Three Stress Reflexes" video on this channel so you can begin to understand how your brain responds reflexively to accidents, injuries, repetitive stress, etc. You can do several movements that will help you restore your balance NOW so that when your ankle heals you will be able to walk with more balance and symmetry. You can also find many of the movements that can help in our "Pain-Free Legs and Hips" video lessons on the Essential Somatics site: essentialsomatics.com/shop/ I hope this helps.
i sprained my ankle about 5 years ago and it never fully healed, that is i have spain and can sprain the ankle after a few hours of moderate sport (soccer) if im not careful. In an MRI i did some years back it seemed there was nothign wrong with my tendons there. I'm trying to figure out if this is something that can be alleviated/healed?
Please see my reply to your other comment. Yes, there's much you can do. If you can attend an in-person immersion weekend, or a workshop or session taught by an Essential Somatics-trained teacher, you will learn a LOT about how to address this issue on your own. We offer courses worldwide and you can find them here on our website: essentialsomatics.com/essential-somatics-fundamentals-course/ You can find a practitioner here on our website: essentialsomatics.com/clinical-somatics-practitioners/
Thank you for sharing your videos - they make it much easier to understand and follow along with your (brilliant!) book, Move Without Pain. Question about pandiculation: Are we supposed to come out of the contraction simply by relaxing the target muscle, or is it okay to engage antagonist muscles in the lengthening phase? I'm really confused about this! Thanks. :)
You're so welcome. I'm glad you're enjoying my book as well. Great question! Think about pandiculation as a yawn (which it is; it's a brain reflex that we often do when we wake up and that animals do multiple times a day before they move). When you pandiculate you're resetting your nervous system's sensation and control of the muscle, so you want to slowly release (not just relax) the muscles as if you were yawning. Then completely relax. The lengthening phase is when the brain is taking back both sensation AND control of the muscles. If you use the antagonist muscle to try and lengthen/release the agonist, you're not releasing anything. If you haven't already, watch the video on this channel called "The Difference Between Stretching and Pandiculation." It talks you through all the phases of pandiculation and how each one educates the brain to muscle connection. I hope this helps to clarify!
Just breathe! There is no special way. Notice your breath and whether you're holding it. That will yield clues as to where you hold tension. Just breathe as you need to.
Yes! I suggest combining what you learn in this video with movements that address the full body. You can learn these by coming to classes, whether online or in person.
It's hard to answer this question, because it all depends on you - your lifestyle, the way you use your body, and your ability to sense what you're doing. The goal of Essential (Clinical) Somatics is to teach you to become aware of how you move, respond to stress, and use your body throughout life. Your feet respond to tension in the center of your body (and tension in the center affects the way you use your feet!). Learning more Somatic Movements, working with a skilled teacher (you can find one on the ES "Find a Practitioner" page of our website), and attending a Fundamentals Immersion course (sign up on our website) will help you feel better, faster. Doing a daily practice re-educates your brain and muscles; this all helps you improve sensory motor control, relieve pain, and stay feeling good!
Bunions can be the result of genetics combined with improper weight bearing. Somatic Movement won't necessarily get rid of bunions, but a daily practice can definitely teach you how to improve your weight balance and movement patterns so you don't make them any worse!
@@livingintongues I really don't know. It's hard to know what another person is doing and feeling if you can't see them. If you'd like to learn Somatic Movements under the guidance of a skilled practitioner, come to one of our online classes and see what you discover: essentialsomatics.com/essential-somatics-online-classes
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Love your Videos. Went to one of your recommended practitioners ( Wai Ying ) in Melbourne (Australia ). 2 visits and then Covid struck . On the first consultation Wai Ying casually said the pain may just disappear, on the second and final visit she asked me how is pain? at which point I realized that I really didn't have pain anymore, I was astonished at the results, results that countless visits to other modalities just didn't really help with.
Thank you so much .
I'm thrilled that Wai Ying's teaching and guidance has helped you so much. She was there to teach you and you were the eager student. Excellent! Let her know how much she helped you. She's a skillful and sensitive practitioner.
Thank you! Very helpful.
I’m so glad this is helpful to you!
Lovely video, thank you!
You're very welcome!
Thank you, Martha,i also use one foot as to resist the other foot.
Excellent idea!
@@EssentialSomatics thanks for acknowledgment.
I have Fibromyalgia in both calves & feet especially in my right ankle, foot & toes.
Can somatic practice resolve my issue?
When I became symptomatic a bunion also surfaced as well. It has been 7 years of chronic pain.
Yes, Clinical Somatics can help you learn to release the chronically contracted muscles that contribute to fibromyalgia. Bunions can develop due to a habituated Trauma Reflex in which one side of your torso is tighter than the other and your gait is out of balance.
I highly recommend working with a skilled Clinical Somatic Educator or coming to one of our in-person immersion weekends. It’s important to have skilled guidance when you’re dealing with long term pain. We have lots of skilled practitioners and you can find them on our website.
I twisted an ole ankle injury and it's swollen. I am compensating onto my other foot which has painful plantar fasciitis 😢 (I have PF in both feet though). I presume it's not the right time to do these exercises?
Always let the injury heal before pandiculating the area. That being said, there's a lot you can do to address the tension (Sensory Motor Amnesia) in the CENTER of your body where you are undoubtedly compensating more on one side than the other in order to favor that ankle. You are probably compensating and habituating to the "trauma reflex" that tightens one side of the waist tighter than the other side (in order to take a load off that unhappy ankle until it feels better).
Look at the "Three Stress Reflexes" video on this channel so you can begin to understand how your brain responds reflexively to accidents, injuries, repetitive stress, etc. You can do several movements that will help you restore your balance NOW so that when your ankle heals you will be able to walk with more balance and symmetry. You can also find many of the movements that can help in our "Pain-Free Legs and Hips" video lessons on the Essential Somatics site: essentialsomatics.com/shop/
I hope this helps.
@@EssentialSomatics thank you so much! I will check this out :)
@@BunnyKnum1 You're very welcome!
i sprained my ankle about 5 years ago and it never fully healed, that is i have spain and can sprain the ankle after a few hours of moderate sport (soccer) if im not careful. In an MRI i did some years back it seemed there was nothign wrong with my tendons there. I'm trying to figure out if this is something that can be alleviated/healed?
Please see my reply to your other comment. Yes, there's much you can do. If you can attend an in-person immersion weekend, or a workshop or session taught by an Essential Somatics-trained teacher, you will learn a LOT about how to address this issue on your own. We offer courses worldwide and you can find them here on our website: essentialsomatics.com/essential-somatics-fundamentals-course/
You can find a practitioner here on our website: essentialsomatics.com/clinical-somatics-practitioners/
@@EssentialSomatics thanks again!!
@@arcadiansounds2850 You're very welcome!
@@EssentialSomatics could you tell me which vid you were talking about in your other comment when you get a chance?
Thank you for sharing your videos - they make it much easier to understand and follow along with your (brilliant!) book, Move Without Pain. Question about pandiculation: Are we supposed to come out of the contraction simply by relaxing the target muscle, or is it okay to engage antagonist muscles in the lengthening phase? I'm really confused about this! Thanks. :)
You're so welcome. I'm glad you're enjoying my book as well.
Great question! Think about pandiculation as a yawn (which it is; it's a brain reflex that we often do when we wake up and that animals do multiple times a day before they move). When you pandiculate you're resetting your nervous system's sensation and control of the muscle, so you want to slowly release (not just relax) the muscles as if you were yawning. Then completely relax. The lengthening phase is when the brain is taking back both sensation AND control of the muscles. If you use the antagonist muscle to try and lengthen/release the agonist, you're not releasing anything.
If you haven't already, watch the video on this channel called "The Difference Between Stretching and Pandiculation." It talks you through all the phases of pandiculation and how each one educates the brain to muscle connection. I hope this helps to clarify!
@@EssentialSomatics Thank you! I'll check out that video. :)
@@kai-leisamchuck6687 I hope you find it helpful and interesting.
So How to breathing during this excerise.thank you
Just breathe! There is no special way. Notice your breath and whether you're holding it. That will yield clues as to where you hold tension. Just breathe as you need to.
Just breathe as you need to. No special way of breathing...
great video.
Thank you!
Does this exercise help for achilles tendonitis?
Yes! I suggest combining what you learn in this video with movements that address the full body. You can learn these by coming to classes, whether online or in person.
Wow, so gentle with powerful results🙏🏼
I'm glad these movements were helpful!
How long would it take to get pain free?
It's hard to answer this question, because it all depends on you - your lifestyle, the way you use your body, and your ability to sense what you're doing. The goal of Essential (Clinical) Somatics is to teach you to become aware of how you move, respond to stress, and use your body throughout life. Your feet respond to tension in the center of your body (and tension in the center affects the way you use your feet!). Learning more Somatic Movements, working with a skilled teacher (you can find one on the ES "Find a Practitioner" page of our website), and attending a Fundamentals Immersion course (sign up on our website) will help you feel better, faster. Doing a daily practice re-educates your brain and muscles; this all helps you improve sensory motor control, relieve pain, and stay feeling good!
Bunion?
Bunions can be the result of genetics combined with improper weight bearing. Somatic Movement won't necessarily get rid of bunions, but a daily practice can definitely teach you how to improve your weight balance and movement patterns so you don't make them any worse!
Getting charlie horses in my pinky toe
You're working much too hard!!
@@EssentialSomatics
But what if ...I wasn't ?
@@livingintongues I really don't know. It's hard to know what another person is doing and feeling if you can't see them. If you'd like to learn Somatic Movements under the guidance of a skilled practitioner, come to one of our online classes and see what you discover: essentialsomatics.com/essential-somatics-online-classes