SPONTANEOUS RELEASE BY POSITIONING

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March/April 1984
By Andrew W. Saul 
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You can try spontaneous release by positioning yourself, but not on yourself. If you try to position yourself, you will not be the necessary passive, relaxed patient. You cannot have relaxed muscles if you are using them to exert force to position your limbs or back, or to press trigger points. You can either relax a muscle or use a muscle; you cannot do both together. This is why it is good to teach family members this technique: You may be the one needing it at some point. If everyone learns, then you can help each other. When I did farm work, with much reaching, lifting, pulling, and carrying, my wife did spontaneous release by positioning on me almost every day. When she was pregnant, particularly during the eighth and ninth months, I had to put her back in as often as twice a day. Spontaneous release by positioning prevented that considerable back discomfort that so many women complain of during pregnancy, which is a result of the extra weight applied to the back in carrying a child.

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From Doctor Yourself by Andrew W. Saul. Copyright© 1981 bt Andrew W. Saul. Reprinted with permission of the publisher. Ashwins Health Institute. 23 Greenridge Crescent. Hamlin. New York.

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