Safety is a fundamental human need that needs to be met in order for us to heal and grow. Sometimes, we consciously know we are safe, but our bodies are locked into fight, flight or freeze. In other words, our bodies don’t know we are safe and are acting out of defense physiology instead of growth physiology. There are a few ways we check for the degree of safety in your body/ nervous system.
The biggest and simplest way we access safety is via posture. Does your resting posture look more relaxed and upright or does it look like you are ready to fight, run or curl into a ball (rounded back and head forward of your shoulders)?
Two others way we check for this is by checking what we call adduction and abduction stress in your legs and pelvis. This is where we gently check how easy it is to press your legs together(adduction) and spread them apart(abduction). When your legs bounce apart when we try and press them together, this represents a subconscious bracing against being knocked down or being knocked off balance. Think of the feeling of being on an airport bus or train that is starting to move or that is stopping, you spread your legs to brace yourself.
When your legs resist being pulled apart, this represents a pattern where your tail bone is tucked towards the front of your body and is similar to a dog tucking their tail after being attacked/struck.
With Network Spinal care, we regularly see improvement in all of these indicators as people heal and have more safety in their bodies.
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