From: <p----@tiscali.co.uk>
To: <h--------n@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 3:45 AM
Subject: Web Page Referral
Dear Sir:
I am a student of the Pilates Method. Can you briefly describe the painful process of circulatory statis in relation to muscle guarding for me? I would really appreciate your earliest response. With my grateful thanks in anticipation. C---n. (Scotland)
Sure.
When the muscles remain contracted, this restricts blood and lymph flow in and out of muscles, connective tissues, tendons, periosteum, bone, etc.
While muscles contracted and fluids not moving, pain builds up because the toxins are not able to leave their local areas.
When pain builds, the brain thinks something is wrong so it guards the muscles even more. More muscle contraction only makes the pain worse.
There are various ways to intervene in the vicious cycle. Even a bath or anything relaxing will reduce muscle tone systemically, so that fluids have more chance to get in and out of the local areas. Even tylenol or ibuprophen helps, even a cortizone shot, even prozac, because these change the person's perception of pain and discomfort for a time. While the person is interpreting less pain, their reasons for guarding seem to be less, so there is a chance that the brain will reduce muscle guarding.
As soon as a muscle melts or relaxes, suddenly much more blood an lymph can flow. All the fresh blood and lymph was sort of waiting at the door to get in, and all the stale blood and lymph was waiting on the other side of the door to get out. The moment the capillaries open all this fluid flows. Results are within seconds.
Melting Muscles technique is a natural approach that inserts many stimulus responses to and from the brain within a few minutes to an hour. During this time the brain chooses dozens of times to relax more and more.
If you have any more specific questions about any part of this process feel free to ask.
Warmly,
Patrick
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