Progressive muscle relaxation, also known as a guided body scan is a very valuable stress management technique. A guided body scan -- which seeks to locate and release muscular tensions -- supports deep relaxation, as most of us hold needless ...Progressive Muscle Relaxation
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Whether you have a high stress job such as an airline pilot and have to sit in one cramped place for long hours at a time or you are the worn out mother of a toddler on the run from morning till night, you can feel like your nerves are shot to pieces. You probably crave genuine relaxation but doubt you can achieve it.
Progressive muscle relaxation is a relaxation technique of stress management developed by American physician Edmund Jacobson in 1934. This progressive muscle relaxation technique is focused on tensing and releasing tensions in the 16 different muscle groups. Jacobson reasoned that since muscular tension is usually followed as a by product of anxiety, one can lower and reduce anxiety by understanding and learning how to self relax those muscular tension. (McCallie et al., 2006)
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