Clinical Somatics
helps train your brain-body connection
for better functioning and perfomance
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What is Clinical Somatics?
Clinical Somatics (CS) is a highly effective form of neuromuscular retraining that alleviates chronic pain and improves physical functioning and mobility. It encompasses the use of unique techniques and movements to achieve this. It is efficient because it addresses the root of the pain and tension which is the brain and the way it senses and organises the muscles and movement.
CS differs from other bodywork modalities such as physiotherapy, massage, chiropractic in that it depends on client engagement to deliver sensory feedback to the brain as well as muscles and nerves. Chronic musculoskeletal contraction brought on by stress, trauma, and repetitive motion is most successfully treated with CS as the full-body pattern is addressed.
How can Clinical Somatics benefit me?
Clinical Somatics exercises are slow, gentle, and suitable for all ages and physical abilities. After you have learned the exercises, they are to be practised on your own, so you can relieve your own pain, keep making progress on your own. Compared to having to have the practitioner or therapist present with you to help you each time, you save money and time!
Watch "How Somatic Movement can change your life"
by Essential Somatics
"It's about science...
it's about movement"
What can Clinical Somatics help to alleviate or prevent?
What can Clinical Somatics help to alleviate or prevent?
Joint and muscle pain
Neck, shoulder and back pain
Sciatica
Sacroiliac Joint Pain
Hip, knee and foot pain
Sacroiliac dysfunction
Repetitive use injuries
Postural imbalances
Plantar Fasciitis
Tension headaches
Accident traumas and whiplash
Breathing problems
Anxiety
Frozen shoulder syndrome
Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJ)
Are there any studies to show it works?
Yes, there are. These are just three, quite a lot of reading already! ;)
Effect of hanna somatic education on low back and neck pain levels
You may also read this dissertation presented by Gabriel B. Posner on Documenting Hanna Somatic Education: A Multiple Case Study
Who created Clinical Somatics?
Who created Clinical Somatics?
Thomas Hanna, PhD, a philosopher and the father of "somatics," developed clinical somatic education, often known as Hanna Somatic Education. In 1970, Hanna was the head of philosophy at the University of Florida when he met Moshe Feldenkrais, a somatologist whose approach to movement mirrored Hanna's own. For 20 years, Hanna worked as a Feldenkrais practitioner while continuing to refine his original postural theory and sensory motor training. Along with Eleanor Criswell Hanna, he established the Novato Center for Somatic Research and Training in 1975, where he served as a professor until his passing in 1990. His experience working with many clients and students gave him the chance to create his own sensory motor training technique based on observation of the distinctive muscle holding patterns presented by his clients. His techniques, which later came to be known as Clinical Somatic Education, instruct individuals to more easily recognise their own unique muscle tension patterns or reflex patterns and to use pandiculation and movement to find more effective ways to move and operate.
What is Sensory Motor Amnesia?
What is Sensory Motor Amnesia?
Sensory-Motor Amnesia (SMA) is the process by which patterns in the central nervous system become habituated to the point they can no longer be released voluntarily.
Your brain "forgets" how to sense which muscles are being held in a state of chronic tightness and which are relaxed.
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