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Shoulders and back (hunch your shoulders or pull them towards your ears).

Chest (take a deep breath and hold it in).

Abdomen (pull your abdominal muscles in tightly).

Both thighs (press your knees and thighs tightly together).

Right lower leg and foot (point your toe and gently tense the calf muscle).

Right upper arm (bring your hand to your shoulder and tense your biceps).

Right hand and lower arm (clench your fist and tense the lower arm).

Maintain the focus of attention on the muscle group for about 20-30 seconds and notice feelings of relaxation before moving on to the next muscle groupĪ recommended full sequence of muscle groups is given below:.

Focus their attention on each muscle group in turn.

“Progressive relaxation training consists of learning to sequentially tense and then relax various groups of muscles, all through the body, while at the same time paying very close and careful attention to the feelings associated with both tension and relaxation.” Bernstein & Borkovec (1973) used the following: Clinicians may find it helpful to practice the techniques in session and then to encourage regular self-practice.Ĭlients should be given a rationale for the utility of learning progressive muscle relaxation.

This Psychology Tools exercise is a one-page resource to help clients learn the technique of progressive muscle relaxation. Contemporary treatment approaches for panic tend to emphasize the importance of exposure to physical sensations of anxiety (e.g. Ost, 1988) although dismantling studies indicate that muscle relaxation is one of the less important techniques for the treatment of panic (e.g.

Some research has indicated that relaxation can be beneficial in the treatment of panic (e.g. Progressive muscle relaxation is of debatable utility in the treatment of panic attacks and panic disorder.Progressive muscle relaxation is effective in reducing acute feelings of stress and anxiety in patients with schizophrenia (Vancampfort et al, 2011).‘More complex’ interventions added only modest additional benefits (Stevens et al, 2007). A meta-analysis comparing ‘less complex’ interventions (including progressive muscle relaxa- tion) with ‘more complex’ interventions (such as CBT, EMDR, and behavioural therapies) for a wide range of conditions found that ‘less complex’ treatments yielded medium effect sizes.Applied relaxation (incorporating progressive muscle relaxation) in the treatment of general- ized anxiety disorder (GAD) resulted in treatment effects that were comparable to CBT (Dugas et al, 2010).Progressive relaxation training has been demonstrated to be a clinically important intervention. NOTE: There is an older edition of this resource with multiple translated versions available here. Bernstein & Borkovec (1973) described standardized progressive muscle relaxation procedures which have subsequently been used in many research trials. Wolpe significantly shortened the Jacobsonian relaxation training program, as well as integrating it within a theory of conditioning for the treatment of anxiety. Wolpe’s insight was that fear responses could be counterconditioned: evoking an incompatible response while simultaneously presenting a feared stimulus could eliminate a fear reaction (Wolpe, 1958). Joseph Wolpe built upon Jacobsen’s work and integrated relaxation techniques into his program of systemic desensitization. Edmund Jacobsen developed a systematic and lengthy program of relaxation training which involved training clients to systematically tense and release muscle groups and to attend to the resulting feelings of relaxation (Jacobsen, 1934, 1938, 1964). Progressive relaxation training originated in the 1930’s as a treatment for tension and anxiety.