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In this
day and age it is important to acknowledge conditions that are specific
to women. Most of these conditions are related to physical and / or emotional
injuries to the female system, resulting in different types of physical
and emotional instability. When the somatic perspective is introduced
into the treatment and rehabilitation of specific female conditions, an
allowing environment for healing is established.
A
few examples how Somatic Rehabilitation / Somatic Education will benefit
conditions specific to women:
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Many women have difficult pregnancies. Hormonal imbalances, emotional
changes and physical pain are not unusual at all. Even though it will
become harder for your body to move further into your pregnancy, it
is extremely important ‘to move’ and ‘to maintain movement’
in this period of your life. When exercising the somatic core movements
of human motion, you will maintain your level of flexibility and reduce
your level of tension within your system. This will not only take
away a significant amount of your physical discomfort, but will also
energize and normalize you as much as possible within your circumstances.
Due to the fact that you will have created somatic awareness within
your system, you will have better control over your own muscles (the
abdominals, diaphragm, back muscles, the pelvic floor region etc.).
This somatic control over your own body will directly benefit the
delivery of your baby as well as the recuperation period afterwards.
Both will become easier and less traumatic. There will be less resistance
for your baby when the time has come for him or her to travel through
a more relaxed birth canal, while at the same time there will be a
reduced chance for physical strain and complications (ruptures, tears
etc.). Traumatic deliveries are not only hard on the mother, but they
can also be the cause of many disfunctions later in life for your
child. Integrating the somatic concepts during pregnancies or deliveries
will not only maintain your physical health, but also your emotional
stability, resulting in a healthier world for your baby and you. The
somatic concepts, which are easy to understand, calming and easily
put into practice, can prevent many discomfort and complications.
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After delivery, we all want to carry on with our lives. However, for
many women this is suddenly becoming very hard if not impossible.
Physical and / or emotional complications during pregnancy and / or
delivery have subconsciously ‘tightened’ up their
body. Pelvic pain, hip pain, back pain, headaches and leg pain are
all pains that can be related to the post partum blues. ‘Post
Partum Pelvic Pain’ or ‘Pelvic Instability’
are the technical medical terms used in cases like this. When not
addressed appropriately it is not uncommon to end up in a downward
spiral that will create a type of ‘numbness’ throughout
your body and throughout your existence. It is not only the physical
system that is rebelling, but also the emotional system, the psychological
system, the sexual system,
the energetic system and the spiritual system. The concept of ‘motherhood’
will have been severely disturbed as well. Many diagnostic tests will
not show any significant pathologies, because this is a classic example
of dealing with a functional problem. In other words, it
is a true somatic dysfunction, meaning that you as a woman will
not be able to connect anymore with yourself at many different levels.
It is a ‘somatic amnesia’ that creates, maintains
or worsens this condition. It will not be until you will start
sensing your own body and start moving your own body with
internal control and awareness that your spiral will be reversed
and will start going upwards. A gentle and individualistic somatic
re-education process of learning to sense and learning to move is
essential for creating long lasting relief. Assisting programs to
normalize energetic, emotional and psychological components can be
beneficial and essential as well in this complicated search for somatic
freedom.
Post
Partum Dysfunction is a horrible event for any mother and her family.
Unfortunately it looks as if there will be more and more cases in
the future. It will be important to upgrade and educate women in general
to prevent Pre- and Post Partum Dysfunction. The Somatic Health Center
of St. Helena is very interested in assisting and further developing
research and therapy for women. ‘Somatics for Women’ –
Workshops can be organized in your area for women as well as their
caregivers (doctors, mid wives etc.) Please contact The
Somatic Health Center for further information.
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When you have full control and awareness over the core fundamental
movement patterns of the human being, your posture will be erect and
your movements will be coordinated. Those are basic principles for
developing bone strength. When not able to stand up straight and move
with ease, you will become prone to balance problems and falling.
Many elderly women (and men) unfortunately break their bones while
falling. It is nothing else but Sensory
Motor Amnesia that creates the lessening in muscular control over
posture and movement. Somatic Education can reverse the process
of Sensory Motor Amnesia into Sensory Motor Learning within only a few
sessions, re-establishing proper strength and flexibility within your
system. With minimal effort you will become able to perform your own
sequence of daily somatic movements independently, stimulating bone
growth to its maximum potential and preventing any possible future
falls (and broken bones).
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Mastectomies are very invasive. An important part of ‘being female’
is suddenly taken away. For many this is a very stressful process
that is accompanied by many complications. Due to the experience and
results of the surgery, it is very common to end up with a higher
level of muscular tension within your body. Patterns of tightness
(frequently affecting the shoulder/arm region) and patterns of pain
(maybe even comparable to ‘phantom pain’ ?) often reflect
itself in pain and tightness, especially within the regions of the
shoulder/chest. It is very fundamental in cases like this to re-educate
your body with normal and ‘somatically aware’
movement patterns. A significant turning point in the process of rehabilitation
will be the integration of the somatic understanding and movements,
instantly creating more physical and emotional freedom.
The
Somatic Health Center is very interested in assisting and further developing
research and therapy for women. ‘Somatics for Women’ - Workshops
can be organized in your area for women as well as their caregivers (doctors,
mid wives etc.) Please contact the The
Somatic Health Center for further information.
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