Explanation of relaxation training

1, relaxation training explanation: explain to patients the principles, characteristics and operational considerations of relaxation training, establish treatment goals and motivate patients to participate actively. (1) Progressive muscle relaxation training method (PMR, first founded by American physiologist Edmund Czech Boison in the 1930s, later gradually improved and widely used, is a good relaxation method at present. (2) Progressive muscle relaxation training method is based on the theory that an individual’s mood consists of both “emotional” and “somatic” aspects. If the “somatic” response can be changed, the “emotional” response will be changed as well. Visceral somatic reactions are mainly influenced by the subcortical center and the autonomic nervous system, which are not easily manipulated and controlled; while the central and somatic nervous systems can control the activities of the “casual muscles” and indirectly relax emotions by consciously controlling the activities of the casual muscles, so as to establish and maintain a relaxed and happy emotional state. (3) The specific practice is through the repeated alternating training of contraction-relaxation of the main muscles of the body, so that people can experience the different sensations of tension and relaxation, so as to better understand the tension response and relaxation, and finally achieve the purpose of physical and mental relaxation, which can play a role in adjusting the functions of various organs of the body. (4) Note: After the progressive muscle relaxation training method, you will generally feel clear-headed, calm, comfortable and energetic. Some scholars believe that these feelings are the adjustment of the autonomic nervous system, and the release of abnormal energy accumulation in the central nervous system, which is the best reflection of the effect of progressive muscle relaxation training method. 2, implementation: take a sitting or lying position, in a state of calm breathing, from top to bottom, alternating tension and relaxation, and finally achieve the purpose of relaxing the whole body muscles and stabilizing emotions. In the specific implementation, let the patient combine their physical condition, appropriate to give up some difficult to do steps, do not need to complete the training in order to cause unnecessary burden. 3.Guiding words (to be clear, low, gentle and pleasant, accompanied by movement demonstration) “I am now going to teach you how to make yourself relax. In order to do this, I will let you first tense, and then relax the muscles of the whole body. The point of tensing and relaxing is to make you experience the feeling of relaxation so that you can learn how to stay loose.” Step 1: “Take a deep breath in and hold it for a moment.” (Pause for 10 seconds) “Okay, please breathe out slowly, slowly.” (Pause for 5 seconds) “Now let’s do it again. Please take a deep breath in and hold it for a moment, hold it for a moment.” (Pause for 10 seconds) “Okay, please breathe out slowly, breathe out slowly.” Step 2: “Now, please extend your forearm, clench your fist, clench hard, and experience the feeling of tension in your hand.” (Pause for 10 seconds) “Okay, please relax, do your best to relax your hands and experience the sensation of relaxation. You may feel heavy, relaxed, warm, these are the feelings of relaxation, please experience this feeling.” (Pause for 5 seconds) “Let’s do it again now.” (Same as above) Step 3 “Now bend your arms and tense the muscles in your arms hard, hold for a while and experience the feeling of muscle tension in your arms.” (Pause 10 seconds) “Okay, now relax, completely relax your arms and experience the feeling of relaxation.” (Pause for 5 seconds) “Let’s do it again now.” (Same as above) Step 4 “Now, start practicing how to relax your feet.” (Pause 5 seconds) “Okay, tense your feet, tense your toes hard, tense them hard, and hold them for a moment.” (Pause for 10 seconds) “Okay, relax, relax your feet completely.” “Let’s do it again now.” (Same as above) Step 5 “Now start relaxing the calf muscles.” (Pause for 5 seconds) “Please tense your calf muscles by turning your toes upward with force and pressing your heels down and backward, hold for a moment, hold for a moment.” (Pause for 10 seconds) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause for 5 seconds) “We’ll do it again now.” (Same as above) Step 6 “Now start relaxing the thigh muscles.” “Please press forward and down firmly with your heel, tense your thigh muscles, hold for a moment, hold for a moment.” (Pause for 10 seconds) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause for 5 seconds) “We’ll do it again now.” (Same as above) Step 7 “Now start paying attention to the head muscles.” “Please crinkle the muscles in your forehead, crinkle them, hold them for a moment, hold them for a moment.” (Pause for 10 seconds) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause 5 seconds) “Now, please close your eyes tightly, tighten them hard, hold for a moment, hold for a moment.” (Pause 10 seconds) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause 5 seconds) “Now, turn your eyes, from up, to the left, to the bottom, to the right, increase the speed; good, now turn your eyes from the opposite direction, increase the speed; good, stop, relax, relax completely. “(Pause for 10 seconds) “Now, tighten your teeth, clench hard, hold for a moment, hold for a moment.” (Stop 10 seconds) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause 5 seconds) “Now, press your tongue hard against your palate, hold it for a moment, hold it for a moment.” (Pause 10 seconds) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause 5 seconds) “Now, press your head back hard, hard, hold it for a moment, hold it for a moment.” (Pause 10 seconds) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause 5 seconds) “Now, tighten your jaw, tighten inward with your neck, hold it for a moment, hold it for a moment.” (Pause 10 seconds) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause for 5 seconds) “We’ll do it again now.” (Same as above) Step 8 “Now, please pay attention to the trunk muscles.” (Pause 5 seconds) “Okay, please extend your shoulders back, extend them back hard, hold for a moment, hold for a moment.” (10-second pause) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause for 5 seconds) “We’ll do it again now.” (Same as above) Step 9 “Now lift your shoulders up, bring them as close to your earlobes as you can, lift them up hard, hold for a moment, hold for a moment.” (Pause for 10 seconds) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause for 5 seconds) “We’ll do it again now.” (Same as above) Step 10 “Now tighten your shoulders inward, push them inward, hold for a moment, hold for a moment.” (Pause for 10 seconds) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause for 5 seconds) “We’ll do it again now.” (Same as above) Step 11 “Now, lift your legs up (left then right or right then left), lift them up hard, bend your waist, bend hard, hold for a moment, hold for a moment.” (10 seconds pause) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause for 5 seconds) “We’ll do it again now.” (Same as above) Step 12 “Now, please tense the muscles in your buttocks and lift your perineum up hard, hard, hold for a moment, hold for a moment.” (Pause for 10 seconds) “Okay, relax, relax completely.” (Pause for 5 seconds) “We’ll do it again now.” (Same as above) Conclusion: “That’s the whole progressive muscle relaxation training process. Now, feel the muscle groups in your body, from the bottom up, and every group of muscles in your body in a relaxed state.” (Pause for 10 seconds) “Please further notice the feeling after relaxation, when you have a warm, pleasant, comfortable feeling, and try to keep this feeling for 1 to 2 minutes.” (Pause for 1 minute) When implementing biofeedback instrument therapy for condition, inform the patient of the biofeedback principle before treatment, explain that this therapy mainly relies on self-training to control brain function, train the patient to practice relaxation and concentration, and the instrument monitoring and feedback is only a means to help self-training, pay attention to the usual practice. Please follow the instructions of the instrument for operation.