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    Ptsd In Muscles

    Thank you chava, yes my body responds with muscle movement curling contracting and protecting, tightening to external factors so it has a mind of its own, despite this and the hard permanently contracted shoulder that tips itself to and fro I walk the dogs regularly but have noticed this affects...
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    Ptsd In Muscles

    We'll the somatic practitioner didn't help as the fear is in the body and cannot stop the responses. I was wondering if a cortisone shot in shoulders would help relax the muscles although wouldn't stop the hardening etc when people get close. Worth a try I hope. Trying hypnotherapy next week...
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    Reactions To Massage

    Am trying acupuncture next week too meant to calm down the nervous system I hear and hopefully help with the pain !!
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    Reactions To Massage

    Hey yes I am trying somatic movement to try and unlock my body. I went to London yesterday and she got my shoulder down 25% it wont stop fear responses that my muscles have learned but I've got to try and work on mind and body as a whole . My body sense so overwhelmed it is like the radar is...
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    Ptsd In Muscles

    It is hard to live a normal life and understand Ladyghosthunter but what isn't normal starts to become normal. I'm now used to my shoulders muscles flicking in when anyone stands behind me or gets close, they do it when I try and squeeze past things too. I feel anxiety and my right shoulder...
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    Reactions To Massage

    Mine is all stored in body, it has calmed a lot since original onset but my shoulder is still stuck forward where I held it, my boyfriend walked behind me in the kitchen this morning and the muscle contracts and twitches up down for danger. Don't like anyone walking behind me, back turns to...
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    Ptsd In Muscles

    Thank you, I made contact with a somatic therapist yesterday in London and we are going to meet, assess, go through involuntary movements and points of permanent contraction and a tailored plan will be made from there. It is nice to have a bit of positivity being breathed my way instead of the...
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    Ptsd In Muscles

    Thank you for your responses . I have ordered a somatic DVD to help try to reset muscles in my body and have been ref for physio. I am researching somatic therapists also and hope this would offer some relief as my muscles are still stuck and jumping around. Do I need a somatic therapist that...
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    Physical Pain From PTSD

    I have been disabled physically from ptsd for the past year. I held my anxiety in my muscles and it will not release, although I have sorted the mental side my body will not let it go. My right shoulder physically jerks up and down to every little noise, my upper body is like concrete physically...
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