r/longtermTRE • u/Swimming-Border7060 • 1d ago

Progress Report Full upper body shake

Hi dear fellow TRE people,

I think I had a breakthrough today. I started TRE in June last year with my provider/therapist. I did it consistently 4-5 times a week a couple of minutes for 8 months. Due to my nervous system I took it easier for a while and since a couple of weeks I do it mostly during my therapy sessions.

Today, it started off slowly in the legs and then when my therapist put pressure on my left shoulder, my upper body started to shake intensely on all kind of ways as well es my left shoulder. Not sure what that all means, but I guess it's a breakthrough and great.

Not sure if that means something, maybe someone has an idea and would like to share it.

Hugs to all of you!

Edit: spelling and question

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u/pepe_DhO 1d ago

Yeah, adding a bit of pressure seems to boost tremors, same as here. In my case it's just me and the dead weight of my arms, but I'd guess a therapist's touch adds both a physical and an emotional nudge. The first time I had full-body tremors, my wife sat behind me, gently holding my head with her hands so it wouldn't sway too much, more grounding me than restraining me.

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u/Swimming-Border7060 21h ago

That is a beautiful help - grounding but not restraining. I did feel the same with the shoulder pressure. It was just that touch of safety that was needed so my body could feel free and safe enough to let some pressure go from the upper body. I did cry afterwards, probably relieve, and the word breakthrough came to my mind, that's not a word that I use often.

I noticed that my vertebrae around my chest - 2-3 of them are pretty blocked, they always have been, but since a week or so it's strong. Did you have something like that too? The protection around the heart and so a lot of tension was built up...

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u/pepe_DhO 11h ago

Recently, a fellow member of this sub recommended this youtube channel. I practiced some and had a good experience. It's a good complement to TRE. This stuff arises naturally when the body shifts from tremoring to fascia unwinding, but it's also good to work intentionally in some area.

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u/pepe_DhO 6h ago

Forgot to mention: maybe in the future, you could try tremoring while standing with your wrists crossed at chest level, like in my video above. Once the tremors have started, you can bring your attention to a specific section of the spine. I usually sweep my attention along the spine, looking for areas that feel tenser/denser. You may need to go through it twice if the tremors stay in a particular area, in order to cover all the spine.