The Gentle Touch

n Paul Newcomb’s book, The Gentle Touch, he explained how his father had taught
him a technique to use when he went away to war, a method that would help relieve
pain when there was no access to drugs. He used it extensively on his fellow soldiers
and colleagues relieving the pain of everything from a broken wrist to a badly cut lip
that had almost closed before reaching medical attention using this simple technique.

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in is essential and keeps us from injuring ourselves further by letting us know when
to stop what we are doing. It is normally associated with injuries and illness but is due
to alternating pressure on adjacent nerves or elongated muscles that are in spasm.
When the body is free from muscle spasm it remains extremely healthy and supple
and injuries are quickly recovered from if the spasm is released immediately.
Our bodies are constantly producing spasms throughout the day to correct minor
displacements of the muscular-skeletal system but we do not feel pain until the body’s
self correcting systems are unable to handle a problem.
The brain is constantly checking every group of muscles to see if they are stretched
too far and when they detect a muscle that is stretched beyond its limits a signal is
sent to contract that muscle in order to protect the tissue. In this way our body is
superb at self correction and we may only experience a fleeting pain as a result.
When we have pain we instinctively move our body, or may rub the area, which helps
to relieve the spasms. This may work short term to relieve the pain but if an unnatural
stance is maintained which shortens the muscle, which, in essence, is what is giving
relief, this can weaken that part of the body and can lead to worsening of the injury.
The Gentle Touch is safe because is does not disguise pain leaving us open to
worsening the injury by pushing ourselves when we should be resting. If the Gentle
Touch relieves the pain then the problem is fixed, the spasm has been relieved using
the na

The Gentle Touch

n Paul Newcomb’s book, The Gentle Touch, he explained how his father had taught
him a technique to use when he went away to war, a method that would help relieve
pain when there was no access to drugs. He used it extensively on his fellow soldiers
and colleagues relieving the pain of everything from a broken wrist to a badly cut lip
that had almost closed before reaching medical attention using this simple technique.

I Pa

in is essential and keeps us from injuring ourselves further by letting us know when
to stop what we are doing. It is normally associated with injuries and illness but is due
to alternating pressure on adjacent nerves or elongated muscles that are in spasm.
 When the body is free from muscle spasm it remains extremely healthy and supple
and injuries are quickly recovered from if the spasm is released immediately.
Our bodies are constantly producing spasms throughout the day to correct minor
displacements of the muscular-skeletal system but we do not feel pain until the body’s
self correcting systems are unable to handle a problem.
The brain is constantly checking every group of muscles to see if they are stretched
too far and when they detect a muscle that is stretched beyond its limits a signal is
sent to contract that muscle in order to protect the tissue. In this way our body is
superb at self correction and we may only experience a fleeting pain as a result.
When we have pain we instinctively move our body, or may rub the area, which helps
to relieve the spasms. This may work short term to relieve the pain but if an unnatural
stance is maintained which shortens the muscle, which, in essence, is what is giving
relief, this can weaken that part of the body and can lead to worsening of the injury.
The Gentle Touch is safe because is does not disguise pain leaving us open to
worsening the injury by pushing ourselves when we should be resting. If the Gentle
Touch relieves the pain then the problem is fixed, the spasm has been relieved using
the natural impulses of the nervous system

The Gentle Touch

n Paul Newcomb’s book, The Gentle Touch, he explained how his father had taught
him a technique to use when he went away to war, a method that would help relieve
pain when there was no access to drugs. He used it extensively on his fellow soldiers
and colleagues relieving the pain of everything from a broken wrist to a badly cut lip
that had almost closed before reaching medical attention using this simple technique.

I Pa

in is essential and keeps us from injuring ourselves further by letting us know when
to stop what we are doing. It is normally associated with injuries and illness but is due
to alternating pressure on adjacent nerves or elongated muscles that are in spasm.
When the body is free from muscle spasm it remains extremely healthy and supple
and injuries are quickly recovered from if the spasm is released immediately.
Our bodies are constantly producing spasms throughout the day to correct minor
displacements of the muscular-skeletal system but we do not feel pain until the body’s
self correcting systems are unable to handle a problem.
The brain is constantly checking every group of muscles to see if they are stretched
too far and when they detect a muscle that is stretched beyond its limits a signal is
sent to contract that muscle in order to protect the tissue. In this way our body is
superb at self correction and we may only experience a fleeting pain as a result.
When we have pain we instinctively move our body, or may rub the area, which helps
to relieve the spasms. This may work short term to relieve the pain but if an unnatural
stance is maintained which shortens the muscle, which, in essence, is what is giving
 relief, this can weaken that part of the body and can lead to worsening of the injury.
The Gentle Touch is safe because is does not disguise pain leaving us open to
worsening the injury by pushing ourselves when we should be resting. If the Gentle
Touch relieves the pain then the problem is fixed, the spasm has been relieved using
the natural impulses of the nervous system

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self correcting systems are unable to handle a problem.

The brain is constantly checking every group of muscles to see if they are stretched
too far and when they detect a muscle that is stretched beyond its limits a signal is
sent to contract that muscle in order to protect the tissue. In this way our body is
superb at self correction and we may only experience a fleeting pain as a result.
When we have pain we instinctively move our body, or may rub the area, which helps
to relieve the spasms. This may work short term to relieve the pain but if an unnatural
stance is maintained which shortens the muscle, which, in essence, is what is giving
relief, this can weaken that part of the body and can lead to worsening of the injury.
The Gentle Touch is safe because is does not disguise pain leaving us open to
worsening the injury by pushing ourselves when we should be resting. If the Gentle
Touch relieves the pain then the problem is fixed, the spasm has been relieved using
the natural impulses of the nervous system

The Gentle Touch

self correcting systems are unable to handle a problem.

The brain is constantly checking every group of muscles to see if they are stretched
too far and when they detect a muscle that is stretched beyond its limits a signal is
sent to contract that muscle in order to protect the tissue. In this way our body is
superb at self correction and we may only experience a fleeting pain as a result.
When we have pain we instinctively move our body, or may rub the area, which helps
to relieve the spasms. This may work short term to relieve the pain but if an unnatural
stance is maintained which shortens the muscle, which, in essence, is what is giving
relief, this can weaken that part of the body and can lead to worsening of the injury.
The Gentle Touch is safe because is does not disguise pain leaving us open to
worsening the injury by pushing ourselves when we should be resting. If the Gentle
Touch relieves the pain then the problem is fixed, the spasm has been relieved using
the natural impulses of the nervous system
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of the nervous system