Body Stress Release

Edinburgh

Body Stress Release is a gentle yet powerful technique that helps the body release stored tension. This tension often builds up from the stresses of everyday life—whether mechanical, emotional, or chemical.

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Emotional stress

Chemical stress

Mechanical stress

Emotional stress

Chemical stress

Mechanical stress

We welcome clients from Edinburgh and throughout Scotland seeking a gentle technique to release tension and support wellbeing.

Kara Myles

BSR Practitioner

MBRSA

Kara Myles

Body Stress Release can help relieve physical symptoms that often arise from mechanical, emotional and chemical stress. Symptoms of stress include back and neck pain, headaches, digestive problems, and everyday aches and pains we often dismiss as “normal

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Mechanical stress

The body is built to tolerate a certain amount of physical force, but if the stress goes beyond our tolerance levels, the effects may be stored as body stress. The causes may be sudden e.g. a car accident. Or, there may be an accumulation of milder stress, e.g. sitting incorrectly.

Mechanical stress

Emotional stress

This can stem from financial worries, work pressure, or family challenges. Sudden emotions like anger or shock, or ongoing strain such as anxiety or depression, affect the body physically, causing symptoms such as headaches, tight jaw, poor sleep and digestive issues.

Emotional stress

Chemical stress

Our bodies face daily chemical exposure—pollutants, cleaning products, medications, and certain foods. While designed to process these, constant overload reduces adaptability and creates stored stress. This quietly impacts energy, digestion, and wellbeing, weakening the body's ability to cope with other stresses over time.

Chemical stress

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how it works

What is Body Stress?

Cause

The body has an amazing ability to adapt to this, but when the stress load becomes too great, the body can reach a point of overload. At this stage, muscles adopt a protective response, tightening around the affected area. This tension can place pressure on nerves, disrupting communication with the brain. When this communication is reduced, the brain is less able to address the stressed area, and the tension may become "locked in" to the physical structure of the body.

Cause

BSR Technique

BSR uses a light, precise stimulus to guide the body in releasing this stored tension and restoring communication with the brain, allowing the body’s natural self-healing processes to resume. The technique focuses primarily on the spinal area, as it is the central pathway from which all nerves branch out. By working in this key area, Body Stress Release not only addresses tension along the spine but also supports the proper functioning of the entire body through its peripheral connections. As the muscles release and balance returns, sensation and flexibility are gradually restored.

BSR Technique

Body Stress Release

“When normal stresses and strains reach the point of overload, tension may become locked into the body’s physical structures. Over time this accumulative progression of body stress exerts pressure on the spinal nerves and may result in pain, numbness, muscle weakness, stiffness, distorted posture and impaired functioning.”

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