[Tip] Ideomotor movement that would be counterproductive in a pain situation

**Diane** · 22-10-2010, 10:25 PM

Thought I'd link it here: Clenched Muscles Assist Self-Control

It's a very unconscious habit we get into, isn't it? Clenching distracts us from unpleasantness affecting us from other senses. Then we forget how to let it go, or are afraid to should pent-up unpleasantness flood us, maybe.

To resolve pain states clenching is exactly the wrong way to go/movement to encourage/habit to reinforce. Don't you think?

Mary C · 22-10-2010, 10:55 PM

Looks like this is a technique for those of us who have inadequate control mechanisms. It may work, but....

"Grin and bear it."
"Suck it up, princess."
"Just do it!"
"No pain, no gain.......

all come to mind

Mary

22-10-2010, 10:25 PM	#1
Diane Human Primate Social Groomer and Neuroelastician Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Weyburn Sask. Posts: 19,676 Thanks: 1,490 Thanked 3,196 Times in 1,571 Posts	Ideomotor movement that would be counterproductive in a pain situation Thought I'd link it here: Clenched Muscles Assist Self-Control It's a very unconscious habit we get into, isn't it? Clenching distracts us from unpleasantness affecting us from other senses. Then we forget how to let it go, or are afraid to should pent-up unpleasantness flood us, maybe. To resolve pain states clenching is exactly the wrong way to go/movement to encourage/habit to reinforce. Don't you think? __________________ Diane www.dermoneuromodulation.com SensibleSolutionsPhysiotherapy HumanAntiGravitySuit blog Neurotonics PT Teamblog Diane Jacobs.com (personal website) Canadian Physiotherapy Pain Science Division (Archived newsletters) Canadian Physiotherapy Association Pain Science Division Facebook page @PainPhysiosCan WCPT PhysiotherapyPainNetwork on Facebook @WCPTPTPN Neuroscience and Pain Science for Manual PTs Facebook page @dfjpt SomaSimple on Facebook @somasimple "Rene Descartes was very very smart, but as it turned out, he was wrong." ~Lorimer Moseley “Comment is free, but the facts are sacred.” ~Charles Prestwich Scott, nephew of founder and editor (1872-1929) of The Guardian , in a 1921 Centenary editorial “If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you, but if you really make them think, they'll hate you." ~Don Marquis "In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists" ~Roland Barth "Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one."~Voltaire

22-10-2010, 10:55 PM	#2
Mary C Chronic Chrawler Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NB Age: 66 Posts: 836 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Looks like this is a technique for those of us who have inadequate control mechanisms. It may work, but.... "Grin and bear it." "Suck it up, princess." "Just do it!" "No pain, no gain....... all come to mind Mary __________________ Guess learning is a lifestyle, not a passtime. Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. ~ Isaac Asimov

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