ReTensioning® can help to improve your movement
and function
ReTensioning® helps restore the balance between rest and
activity throughout the body
You're relaxing after a busy day, sitting on the couch, and
realize how stiff your shoulders are.
Or, you stand up after sitting for a while. You ache and
limp a bit as your hips loosen up. But, weren't you just resting?
Why are they stiff?
Muscles attach to your joints—muscles you use to move the
bones which meet at the joints. But, as you've certainly experienced,
muscles tighten up. Sometimes they stay that way.
Stress. Injury. Over-activity. Habitual movements. They teach
your muscles to stay contracted, as if they always have to
work, they have to constantly "be on."
How do you teach those muscles to relax when it is time to
relax?
ReTensioning®.
ReTensioning® helps restore the balance between rest and
activity throughout the body.
The position of the joints themselves in part drive the attached
muscles to stay tight. When the joints get even slightly out
of alignment the muscles cannot relax like they are meant to.
The goal in ReTensioning® is to help joints recognize again
where their "mechanical neutral" location is. Their
best alignment. One advantage? When joints move from their
most accurate alignment, they move more efficiently and with
much less risk of damage to them. A second advantage? The connected
muscles learn to fully relax when it's time to relax and work
more efficiently when it's time to move.
ReTensioning® is an integrative technique to rebalance the
forces of the muscles pulling things together with the forces
of the bones holding things apart. This dynamic balance of
the bones and soft tissues creates the shape of our bodies
and controls the way in which we can move. ReTensioning® changes
this balance by using gentle movements and precise positioning
to enable clients to reset their muscular activity at rest
and in motion. The result is that clients rest more fully and
have more energy, less joint strain, and move more easily when
doing activities.
ReTensioning® is a technique developed by Omaha physical
therapist, John Macy. It is an indirect, neurological reeducation
technique that uses the client's nervous system to make changes
in the tissues and the forces inside their body teaching the
muscle connections to relax. ReTensioning® helps the muscles
working the joints relearn how to relax when it is time to
relax. Then they tighten to create movement when it is time
to move. When the movement is done, they relax again rather
than stay tense for activity that is not happening.
Ann has learned and is certified in the ReTensioning® technique
and currently assists John Macy, PT in his ReTensioning® workshops.
If you would like a session specifically for ReTensioning™
please make
an appointment with Ann at Vagaro.com. If you have any
questions, please call Ann at 402.718.1337 or email her at getcst369@gmail.com.
It is also a choice to incorporate ReTensioning® into a regular
massage session. Just talk to Ann about how it fits your particular
needs that day.
Content written by Carmala
Aderman. |
