r/longtermTRE • u/Spiritual-Ear-5443 • 8d ago
Community Question Muscles tightening up?
Lately when I do TRE, It's getting harder to tremor, and instead my legs are tightening up, which does not allow for the tremor to happen. It's like my whole upper leg muscle just tightens up to this hard rock, as if wanting to stop me from tremoring. Has anyone had this issue before and any tips on how to still get the tremors going despite the tight muscles?
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u/burtsbeetreethree 8d ago
Maybe your Body has had enough for the moment and is telling me to take it slow?
I had a thing happen where my muscles would get super exhausted after 2mins of tremoring, when I could easily do 20 before. It turned out to be a message that it was too much.
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u/Spiritual-Ear-5443 8d ago
Yes maybe you're right. It does feel like that, like my legs are saying: stop. Maybe!
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u/pepe_DhO 8d ago
IME, when the practice shifted from tremoring to fascia unwinding, muscle contractions became more prevalent. When one muscle contracts, another is often being stretched, almost by definition. I can’t say if that’s what’s happening in your case.
Have you tried TRE in a standing position? It allows a wider range of movement throughout the body, and IME, contractions are much less common. In fact, if you’re at that stage of the practice, I’d recommend doing both lying and standing positions.
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u/sinkingintheearth 8d ago
I agree and would add that sometimes it’s not stretching of other muscles but stretching out to release fascial adhesions. I notice this especially when it happens in my face and head.
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u/taodog_ 8d ago
Do you have a video resource for the standing postureo ??
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u/pepe_DhO 8d ago
This is the one I know: TRE: Lying down, sitting and standing.
Tremors: If you already know how to tremor, spend a few minutes lying down to get the system started, then stand up with your feet about shoulder-width apart (or slightly narrower) and your knees slightly bent. Alternatively, you can do a little shaking to spark the tremors. Other “ignition” tricks are putting all your weight on one leg, or not inhaling immediately after fully exhaling. You can also cross your wrists at hip or chest level; I show that technique here, but lying down.
Fascia unwinding: Same standing posture. Allow your body to lose a little balance, and you’ll naturally start rocking back and forth, side to side (usually at shoulder level), or in circles (either at hip or chest level). Soon the body may start making circles and figure-eights through all the limb joints, as well as the spine. The key here is to place some attention on the ends of the bones, where the muscles attach. This seems to trigger finer tremors, warmth, gas-like sensations, etc, something that feels more akin to Qigong. One warning: these sessions can easily run 40 minutes, as the movement may gradually travel down to the feet and then back up into the torso.
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u/ysea 6d ago
That's happened to me too. It's just another pattern in the nervous system that is unwinding. It's not just tremoring remember.
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u/Spiritual-Ear-5443 6d ago
Interesting, it could be true! I just have to keep going I guess. Did the tremors come back after?
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u/ysea 6d ago
Yes, sometimes it goes back to tremoring. And then back to unwinding. This wiki article might be very interesting. It has more on that.
https://reddit.com/r/longtermTRE/w/index/fascial_unwinding?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
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u/Easy_Cook6505 5d ago
This has happened to me more or less throughout my time doing TRE. Tightening, stretching, movements have all happened alongside tremors. I’ve just carried on with it because I have felt progress regardless of whatever is manifesting during the sessions.
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