Unfold
from your burdens
Tangled Limbs llc
Tangled Limbs llc
Manual Therapy for Complex Trauma, Grief, S.A.D, and
Hypermobile Spectrum Disorders
Mission Statement
It is my passion to provide special purpose massage therapy in a comfortable, safe space; tailored to the unique experience of diverse individuals primarily with Generalized Anxiety, Complex Trauma, ADHD, Grief, and Hypermobile Spectrum Disorders.
It is my intention to help clients manage and minimize chronic pain and other physical manifestations of trauma such as touch aversion, sleep disturbances, headaches, constipation, disassociation, and fatigue.
It is my commitment to an individual's journey toward reuniting and balancing mind with body.
It is my purpose to deliver you over the torrential waters getting in the way of your forward momentum.
It is my hope you will take the time to untangle your inner child, so you can live a meaningful life of your own design.
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TRAUMA MASSAGE
TRAUMA MASSAGE
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HYPERMOBILITY SPECTRUM
HMS disorders (i.e., Ehlers Danlos Syndrome or Marfan's Syndrome), are groupings of dysfunctional connective tissue disorders caused by gene mutations which weaken connective tissue ranging from mild to severe. These are multi-symptomatic and multi-systemic conditions, most commonly causing hypermobility in unstable joints, leading to frequent muscle spasms and tendonitis. There can also be significant disruptions in organ systems especially digestive and cardiovascularly. Trauma massage is an effective supplemental therapy to managing pain, gastroparesis, headaches, immune resistance, and emotional stress associated with these lifelong conditions. Tangled Limbs llc aims to increase awareness of these conditions to help you learn, navigate, advocate, and manage your care in a medical system that is lagging in its understanding and support of individuals suffering with these complex disorders.
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Complex Trauma...
... is derived from repeated traumatic events over long periods of time. Symptoms include but are not limited to emotional dysregulation, hypervigilance, disassociation, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trouble concentrating, ADHD, social anxiety, withdrawal, dysfunction in relationships, isolation and alienation; high sensitivity and slow recovery to stress, and touch aversion. Physically it can present with chronic muscle tension and pain, postural deviations, gastrointestinal problems, poor circulation and respiration, regular headaches/migraines, neck and jaw pain, low immune resistance, hormonal imbalance, sleep disruption and fatigue.
Also referred to as Complex PTSD, it can be caused by and not limited to narcisstic emotional abuse or bullying from family members, friends/peers, co-workers, or employers; childhood neglect or foster care instability, and at worst, physical and/or sexual abuse.
According to the Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute,
massage therapy can provide relief from physical, emotional, and mental stress and decrease levels of depression, anxiety, irritability,
and other symptoms associated with trauma exposure (Collinge, Kahn, & Soltysik 2012).
Massage is particularly relevant to trauma because traumatized individuals live in a state of hypervigilance which maintains a
chronic and harmful high level of stress hormones like, cortisol, adrenaline/epinephrine and norepinephrine. Massage therapy has shown to decrease these levels while increasing Serotonin and Dopamine hormone levels which are associated with a positive elevation of mood (Field, Hernandez-Reif, Diego, Schanberg, & Kuhn, 2005).
"Massage therapy can also help to increase circulation, relieve some physical pain, and relax tensed muscles (Price, 2005).
This relaxation can enable traumatized people
to let go of their fight or flight stress response
and attain a calmer state of being,
which can be helpful both in therapy
and in navigating daily life
(Hatayama, Kitamura, Tamura, Nagano, & Ohnuki, 2008)."