Body clamps. Muscle clamps

Good afternoon, friends!
Our body, as I never tire of repeating, is continuous energy expressed in very dense matter. And if tension occurs somewhere, a failure of energy exchange, tension as a result of fear, emotional trauma, then here the outflow is disrupted and the level and frequency of vibrations changes.

It is in this article that I would like to talk about the topic - how to remove bodily clamps and where do they most often form?

Let me give you an example:

If, for example, a clamp or block arises as a result of some unresolved mental trauma, then it leaves an imprint on those organs that carry the semantic and information load for a given reaction model, so that we can understand how to heal ourselves by transforming our thoughts and reactions, i.e. something that needs to be worked on.

Where can clamps and blocks come from?

Unexpressed emotions, no outlet for one’s uniqueness and feelings, the desire to seem like someone else, lack of freedom of expression. This causes overvoltage.

Negative, frequently recurring thoughts or experiences.
Sedentary lifestyle, careless attitude towards health, excessive alcohol consumption, etc.
Emotional trauma, unresolved problems, fears.

Let's look at where blocks are formed and what they are responsible for?

The mouth includes the muscles of the chin, throat and back of the head. This block characterizes the blocking of emotions, such as screaming, crying and anger. That is, if you have it inside you, and you hide it under the guise of friendliness or the need for social behavior, then a peculiar block may arise here.

Carry out exercises of grimacing, sticking out your tongue, simulating crying, and massaging the facial part.

The stomach is responsible for fear, hostility and anger
Pelvic area - suppression of pleasure, desires and anger.
Shoulders, chest, back muscles and shoulder blades - here it is characterized by the suppression of laughter, screaming, passion, emotions and sadness.

Work on your breathing, it helps very well to remove tension in the chest and thoracic region.

Physical ways to remove clamps

I took a photo of a slide from one of my webinars:

I specifically took a course of acupuncture, acupuncture, and really liked it. After the procedure, you feel lightness, a desire to smile and laugh. But this process and state will be short-lived if the root cause is not eliminated, if you do not work on the causal body in which a certain reaction is stored.

How to remove the body tension caused by fear?

I tried this method on myself and still use it. A very effective technique, you get rid of many fears. Using this method, I overcame many fears, it really lifts my spirits.

The essence of the method is that it is necessary not to run away from the unpleasant emotions of fear, but to experience and strengthen this reaction.

1. Remember everything that causes you tension, fear, and an immediately unpleasant sensation. This is what takes your energy. Look with your inner vision where this sensation is located, feel it.

2. This feeling must be strengthened, not run away, not closed into a shell, but on the contrary, strengthened as much as possible.

3. After you feel that there is nowhere else to go, begin to let the energy of love into this zone. Here it is important to think about what causes very strong love in your heart. Know that uh The energy of Love is billions of times stronger than the energy of fear.

In this way we will transform our fear into the energy of love!

Be sure to include physical activity, albeit minimal, you can even turn on drum music and dance a free dance, make a face, this allows you to liberate your body and the opportunity to enjoy the dance.

And at the end, I have a video for you “How to transform Fear into Love?”

Based on the book by Fadiman J. and Frager R

"Wilhelm Reich and the psychology of the body."

“Any serious conflict leaves its traces in the body in the form of rigidity.”

Release of the muscular shell

Reich believed that:

mind and body are a single whole, each character trait of a person has a corresponding physical posture;
character is expressed in the body in the form of muscle rigidity (excessive muscle tension, from the Latin rigidus - hard) or muscular armor;
Chronic tension blocks the energy flows that underlie strong emotions;
blocked emotions cannot be expressed and form the so-called COEX system ();
eliminating muscle tension releases significant energy, which manifests itself in the form of feelings of warmth or cold, tingling, itching or emotional uplift.

Reich analyzed the patient's postures and physical habits to make him aware of how vital feelings were suppressed in various parts of the body.
All patients said that in the course of therapy they went through periods of their childhood when they learned to suppress their hatred, anxiety or love through certain actions that influenced autonomic functions (holding their breath, tensing their abdominal muscles, etc.).

The reason for increased muscle tension in adults is constant mental and emotional stress.
Goal-seeking is the state of modern man.
Imposed ideals of material well-being and comfort, the conditions for achieving them, and a focus on the final result rather than on life in the present moment keep people in constant tension.
Hence muscle tension → spasm of blood vessels → hypertension, osteochondrosis, peptic ulcer, etc. etc.
Everything else is secondary reasons.

The function of the shell is protection from displeasure. However, the body pays for this protection by reducing its capacity for pleasure.

Muscular armor organized into seven main segments consisting of muscles and organs. These segments are located in the eyes, mouth, neck, chest, diaphragm, abdomen and pelvis.

Reichian therapy consists of opening the shell in each segment, starting with the eyes and ending with the pelvis.

Removing muscle tension

achieved through:

accumulation of energy in the body;
direct effect on chronic muscle blocks (massage);
expression of released emotions, which are revealed at the same time;
, yoga, qigong, holotropic breathing, etc.
; its sound relieves internal tension.

1. Eyes. The protective armor is manifested in the immobility of the forehead and the “empty” expression of the eyes, which seem to be looking from behind a motionless mask. Blooming is accomplished by opening the eyes as wide as possible to involve the eyelids and forehead; gymnastics for the eyes.

2. Mouth. This segment includes muscle groups of the chin, throat and back of the head. The jaw can be either too clenched or unnaturally relaxed. The segment holds the expression of crying, screaming, anger. You can relieve muscle tension by simulating crying, moving your lips, biting, grimacing, and massaging the muscles of your forehead and face.

3.Neck. Includes deep neck muscles and tongue. The muscle block mainly holds anger, screaming and crying. Direct impact on the muscles deep in the neck is impossible, so screaming, singing, gagging, sticking out the tongue, bending and rotating the head, etc. can help eliminate muscle tension.

4. Thoracic segment: broad muscles of the chest, muscles of the shoulders, shoulder blades, chest and arms. Laughter, sadness, passion are suppressed. Holding your breath is a means of suppressing any emotion. The shell dissolves by working on breathing, especially by fully exhaling.

5.Diaphragm. This segment includes the diaphragm, solar plexus, internal organs, and muscles of the vertebrae at this level. The shell is expressed in the forward arching of the spine. Exhalation turns out to be more difficult than inhalation (as with bronchial asthma). The muscle block holds strong anger. You need to pretty much dissolve the first four segments before moving on to dissolving this one.

6.Stomach. Abdominal muscles and back muscles. Tension of the lumbar muscles is associated with the fear of attack. Muscle tension on the sides is associated with the suppression of anger and hostility. The opening of the shell in this segment is relatively easy if the upper segments are already open.

7.Taz. The last segment includes all the muscles of the pelvis and lower extremities. The stronger the muscle spasm, the more the pelvis is pulled back. The gluteal muscles are tense and painful. The pelvic shell serves to suppress excitement, anger, and pleasure.

Reich discovered that as people freed themselves from muscle tension, they became more flexible, and their entire being and lifestyle changed fundamentally.

Surely, each of you has noticed that some people’s facial expressions are mobile, active, a smile often shines on their face, and if a person is sad, then this is clear without words: the corners of the eyes are drooping, the nasolabial folds are clearly visible, the chin is trembling. For others, the face is like a motionless mask, expressing absolutely no emotion. This is explained by the absence or presence of muscle clamps and blocks that form a kind of “shell”. And we are talking here not only about facial expressions, but also about the position of the head, the position of the diaphragm, gait, and posture. If you don’t learn how to remove muscle tension, you can turn into a neurotic with mental rigidity.

Muscle clamps of the face, neck and back according to Reich's theory

Every experience we have - anger, sadness, joy and fear - whether we like it or not, finds its expression in our characteristic muscle movements. Negative emotions can form a “muscular shell”, the task of which is to restrain the manifestations of negative experiences and prevent them from spreading due to expected social condemnation. Three basic human impulses - anger, anxiety and sexual desire - form, as a result of their suppression, chronic muscle clamps-shells, depriving a person of a normal and happy life. A neurotic person with mental rigidity can always be distinguished by physical rigidity - by the stiffness of postures and movements that accompanies a small range of expressed emotions. The Austrian psychologist Wilhelm Reich first began to study this issue. He revealed a number of interesting patterns. According to Reich's theory, there are several muscle clamps.

Face. Muscular tightening of the face at eye level manifests itself in a “empty” expression in the eyes and a motionless forehead. It is eliminated by circular movement of the eyes in different directions and opening the eyes. The clamp “holds” unshed tears. The muscle clamp at the level of the mouth includes the area of the chin, throat, jaws and back of the head. At the level of this segment, manifestations of crying, anger, and indignation can be retained. The shell can be removed by imitating these emotions through appropriate movements and uttering crying sounds.

Neck. A muscle clamp in the neck holds back screaming, anger, crying. Eliminated using the same exercises as the previous one.

Back and chest. At the level of this segment, the muscles of not only the chest, but also the shoulders, shoulder blades, and arms are involved. Holding your breath is one of the most common ways to regulate a negative emotional state. Feelings of anger, sadness, and suppressed passion are held here. Muscular tension in the back and chest can be eliminated both through learning the skills of rational, abdominal breathing, and through targeted relaxation.

What other clamps are there in the body?

What other clamps are there in the body according to Wilhelm Reich’s theory?

Diaphragm. The segment includes internal organs - stomach, liver, kidneys. Muscle tension in the diaphragm area holds strong anger. The weakening of the shell is associated with the activation of the gag reflex, since in people with such a clamp it is practically absent.

Stomach. Muscle tension in the stomach holds emotions of fear and suppressed anger.

Taz. The segment includes the muscles not only of the pelvis, but also of the legs. The muscular clamp of the pelvis holds the desires of sexual arousal and anger. The stronger the clamp, the more the pelvis is pulled back, which makes it possible to identify people with this clamp by their characteristic mincing gait and predict character traits - irritability, anger. This is due to the inability to experience sexual satisfaction. Sexual aspirations are considered by the individual as vicious and base, and their suppression automatically leads him to anger.

How to relax and remove facial muscle tension

Various activities may be suitable to relax muscle tension or prevent their occurrence. For example, a general massage, a bath, dancing (ballroom, oriental, modern, any), breathing exercises, and sports activities will help remove muscle tension. Also, to get rid of tension, any physical activity accompanied by a variety of movements is suitable.

To get started, try doing a few exercises to loosen up and remove facial pressures, and you will see how your mood, sense of self, and attitude of others towards you will change. If you have a friendly, calm outlook on the world, then people will stop stressing and straining when communicating with you, because emotions are often “contagious.”

One of the effective ways to relax muscle tension is to massage facial points:

1. Points on the forehead between the eyebrows (“third eye”).

2. Points along the edges of the wings of the nose (paired).

3. Points on the midline of the face on the lower jaw between the lower lip and the upper edge of the chin.

4. Points in the temporal fossa near the eyebrows (paired).

5. Points just above the hairline on the back of the head, in the dimple at the outer edge of the trapezius muscle.

6. Points between the external auditory canal and the edge of the mandibular joint in the area of the tragus of the ear.

The massage is performed with the fingertips, strictly vertically, without rubbing, with medium force.

Another method for removing muscle tension is to massage the ears:

1. Pulling the auricle upward from the ear canal.

2. Pulling the earlobe from top to bottom.

3. Pulling the middle part of the auricle from the ear canal outward.

4. Circular movements of the ears in both directions using the palms. Press your palms tightly to your ears, creating a feeling of vacuum, and make circular movements in both directions. Sharply tear off your palms until you hear a pop in your ear (this should not be done by those who have a damaged or missing eardrum).

Massage the ears is performed 15-20 times with moderate force.

How to remove eye muscle tension yourself

Before you remove eye muscle clamps yourself, create a calm, peaceful atmosphere; it is advisable to remain alone with yourself while performing these exercises.

1. Vertical movements (up and down); slowly make eye movements to the top of the head and to the area.

2. Horizontal eye movements (left-right), trying to look a little further behind the back.

3. "Butterfly"- look to the lower left corner - to the upper right corner - to the lower right corner - to the upper left corner, and in reverse order.

4. "Eight"- draw a horizontal figure eight or an infinity sign with your eyes.

5. "Strabismus". We move our gaze to the tip of the nose, then forward; on the bridge of the nose - forward and to the sides; to the point between the eyebrows - forward and to the sides.

6. "Big Circle" Imagine a large gold dial and slowly move your gaze from number to number in both directions. Gradually increase the radius of the circle.

All exercises are performed effortlessly, without tension, in a calm environment; Don't squint or open your eyes too wide. After each exercise, relax your eyes by blinking them often, often, lightly.

Exercises for liberation and removal of facial tensions

These exercises for relieving muscle tension and liberation are recommended to be done in the morning to “warm up the face”, and in the evening to “erase the negativity”.

1. "Mask of Surprise" Performed sitting or standing, preferably in front of a mirror. At the same time as you slowly inhale, raise your eyebrows, as a surprised person does. As you exhale freely, lower your eyebrows.

2. "Mask of Anger" Frown your eyebrows, purse your lips, flare out the wings of your nose. Muscle effort increases gradually, simultaneously with slow inhalation. During free exhalation, the muscles are released from tension.

3."Mask of a Grouch." Lower the corners of the mouth, compress the mouth, and tense the chin muscles.

4. "Trumpeter's Mask" When performing the exercise, you should not only puff out your cheeks, but also tense your muscles. The mouth is tightly clenched, the orbicularis oris muscle is tense.

5. Eyelid exercise. Performed while sitting. While inhaling slowly, lower the upper eyelids, first easily, then with gradually increasing effort. Then close your eyes tightly.

6. "Mask of Laughter" Inhale slowly. Raise the corners of the mouth up as much as possible, squint the eyes, open the mouth slightly, exposing the teeth (two fingers should fit between the upper and lower ones). Hold your breath. Now exhale quickly and relax your facial muscles.

7. The sound is "l". Performed while standing. The movement of the tongue is imitated when pronouncing the sound “l”: the tongue is pressed to the roots of the upper teeth at the border with the hard palate. The mouth is slightly open. Slow inhalation - gradual tension, free exhalation - relax.

The exercises are done 7-10 times, slowly, as you inhale, the muscles tense, and as you exhale, they relax.

There are many approaches to understanding muscle tension, but it is much easier to get rid of them once and for all! Getting rid of muscle tension helps to correct many diseases and increase the efficiency of muscle function.

To begin with, it is worth deciding what a muscle clamp is. Omitting all medical and metaphysical meanings, it can be described simply: a certain muscle or group of muscles cannot be completely relaxed (or cannot be tense). This means that the body constantly uses extra muscle, which is constantly tense, which increases in volume, through which blood passes more and more difficult and its effectiveness decreases. In addition, such a muscle group interferes with the natural functioning of the body.

It is important to note that a person gets used to very severe pain and shows complete insensitivity to the clamped muscle (or group of muscles). Without feeling that something is wrong, a person continues to maintain these clamps for months and years, which lead to curvature of the spine, leg problems, varicose veins and many other diseases (even compression of internal organs, etc.). Even the habit of smiling incorrectly creates extra wrinkles and spoils vision by squeezing extra facial muscles. What if you repeat this for 10, 20 years?

How to recognize muscle tension? You can ask a friend to help you “press” the muscles by walking over your body. To do this, you don’t need to know anything special - it’s easy to find a very hard muscle, when lightly pressed on it, a person will talk about severe pain and tickling). The muscle will turn out to be hardened, the muscle will compensate for something and be used in vain, for example, when walking, which leads to the appearance. Of course, just like in the gym, if you systematically “pump up your biceps”—put stress on the muscle—it will grow. So it is here: a constantly clamped muscle first turns to stone, becomes immobile, then poorly conducts blood and becomes completely ineffective.

Continuing to exercise with tight muscles will only lead to harm. Constantly tight muscles harm the body, overstraining it, using forces for other purposes. Other muscles must compensate for this. And if, while doing any practice or playing sports, you continue to do it with tight muscles, you can very often reach the limit of your physical fitness by limiting yourself in the initial stages.

Unfortunately, many types of massage, various types of sports and even yoga do not carefully consider this topic. For a savvy person to see what is wrong is a matter of seconds, just as for a surgeon to notice scoliosis or flat feet - an instant look and a couple of movements - and the diagnosis is clear. It is very important to solve the problem of tight muscles and curvatures once and for all. There is no need for any reason or investigation as to why this happened - the main thing is to get rid of the clamp, to remove this systematically incorrect approach to using the muscle. Perhaps someone will be lucky - and the coach will notice and correct it, perhaps some special gymnastics will help, but it can be done much easier and faster.

To get rid of muscle tension, you need to relax a muscle or muscle group. To do this, you need to stretch the muscle you find too hard. Even if no one can help, you can simply constantly pay attention to this muscle, knowing that something is wrong with it. Every day try to relax and use it correctly. It is necessary to notice and understand what the muscle affects, and also see how it should work if everything were fine.

To relax, you often only need to slightly stretch the tight muscle + nearby muscles until the muscle begins to be flexible and move, its relief returns. At first, there may be feelings of severe pain - the return of sensitivity. There is no need to immediately rush to fix everything to the end; it is much easier to stretch it out over a couple of days. Clamps that have accumulated over years and decades can be removed in a maximum of a week of daily exercises of 10 minutes.

After the muscle is stretched, it is necessary to get used to the new state, help the body get used to this norm of using the muscle, and return sensitivity to the body in this place. Paying extra attention, such as walking differently or using your hand differently, . Often, it takes about a month to completely correct it forever; if everything is very difficult, then 2 months. First, slowly warm up the muscle for a week or two, then get used to it. You can find special exercises or remember something you love. It is important to use the correct muscle in every action, all 24 hours, not 45 minutes a day. Don't fall asleep with muscle tension. This will fix the problem once and for all.

A body without muscle tension is much more aesthetically pleasing. Strength is not spent on harmful actions for oneself. One has only to pay attention - and natural health and beauty will return to their places.

Try it!

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Our body is like a map where all the experiences we have gone through are stored.

Many of us carry repressed and stuck emotions in various areas of our body without even realizing it.

We can go years without paying attention to the blocked energy that our muscles are holding onto. This suppressed energy leads to countless ailments and chronic diseases due to which we suffer.

Our body doesn't forget!

Our body is the easiest way to become aware of our repressed emotions and traumatic memories.

No matter how hard you try to ignore them, explain away or suppress what you are feeling, your body knows the truth.

Whether you're experiencing muscle tension in your neck, shoulders, back, hips, legs, or other areas, you can get to the root of your pain once and for all.

Muscle clamps

4 reasons for muscle tension

According to numerous studies, muscle tension occurs for four main reasons:

1. Adjustment to society

Our adjustment to society begins in childhood and is reinforced throughout our lives by parents, teachers, family members and society as a whole. Very often, muscle tension is the result of unexpressed emotions associated with norms that have been imposed on us as acceptable.

For example, we were told that “only children cry,” and as we grew up, we learned to suppress tears and sadness so as not to be “like a child.”

Many of us were punished as children for expressing our anger, and we learned that it was bad. This attitude is reinforced in adult life, especially at work, where expressing anger is frowned upon and threatens us with unpleasant consequences.

2. Trauma

Traumatic experiences range from being spanked as a child to more severe forms of violence such as rape or physical assault.

If a person does not consciously process trauma, it turns into chronic fear, stress and post-traumatic disorder. All this is stored in our body, causing muscle tension, and hence many diseases, including digestive disorders, mental illness and even cancer.

3. Psychological stress

Psychological stress is any form of anxiety, depression, sadness and anger that arises in response to our perceptions.

For example, tension can arise when we have negative thoughts about an unpleasant person or when we are stuck in traffic. We tend to get attached to these thoughts and often take them too seriously, which causes tension. The more negative and fearful our perception, the more tension accumulates in our muscles.

4. Sources of stress and habits

A sedentary lifestyle can increase physical pain because we don't give our muscles a chance to release tension.

Other habits such as poor posture, lack of sleep, and unhealthy diet increase the likelihood of muscle tightness.

Consequences of chronic muscle tension

Numerous studies in the field psychosomatics studied the impact of our psyche on the body. Muscle tension caused by psychological and emotional factors leads to a number of health problems, such as:

Mood disorders (anxiety, depression, seasonal affective disorder)

Joint pain and increased risk of injury

Dysmenorrhea (menstrual disorder)

Insomnia

Skin problems (acne, psoriasis)

Asthma and allergies

Headaches and migraines

Rapid heartbeat and chest pain

Fibromyalgia

Irritable bowel syndrome

Gastrointestinal disorders (diarrhea, bloating, constipation, cysts)

Hypertension

Sexual disorders

Tendency to various addictions

Muscle clamps and blocks

Although we are all different, there are certain places in our body where we store certain emotions. Here are the 9 main types of muscle pain and tension that are associated with our emotions.

Shoulders - difficulties and responsibilities

When the burden of life weighs on us, we begin to accumulate all these feelings in the shoulder area. Everyone knows the expression “carrying the burden of problems.”

Shoulder tension is subtly associated with social and emotional responsibilities, including responsibility for the pain of others. For this reason, many healers, empaths, and those who need to look after elderly or sick people often suffer from chronic shoulder pain.

Neck – fear and suppressed self-expression

Tension in the neck is often associated with the throat chakra, which is problems communicating with people or an inability to be oneself around others.

Fear and anxiety are also often stored in this zone, as a response to danger (the neck is a very vulnerable part of the body) or a strange situation. This zone also often reflects trust issues.

Upper back – grief, sadness, melancholy

Unspoken and blocked sadness accumulates in the upper back. Because this area is close to the heart, our emotions associated with heartbreak and loss are frozen there.

The loss of close family members and the depression that accompanies it leads to tension in this area.

Middle back – self-doubt and powerlessness

Reflexologists associate the mid-back with feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and general self-doubt. When a person does not find support in other people and in life in general, he carries tension in this area.

Lower back – shame, guilt, feeling of inadequacy

Low back problems are rooted in low self-esteem and an inability to accept yourself as you are. Here we accumulate feelings of guilt, shame, feelings of inferiority, as well as sexual trauma.

Belly – inability to cope with emotions

The expression “I can’t digest this” perfectly describes the muscle tension in the abdomen. If you experience a feeling of tightness or pain in your stomach, then you may have difficulty coping with negative and sometimes positive emotions.

Inner thighs – fear of vulnerability

Are you nervous in the presence of other people, or are you afraid to trust them? Social anxiety affects your inner thighs. Because we are biologically programmed to run at the first sign of danger, fear of others often resides in this zone.

Outer thighs – frustration and impatience

What rhythm do you live in? The faster we live without giving ourselves time to stop and think, the more likely irritability and dissatisfaction will accumulate in the muscles of the outer thighs.

Disappointments at work and in personal life also largely contribute to the pressure in this area.