Case Report of a Former Soldier Using TRE (Tension/Trauma Releasing Exercises) For PostTraumatic Stress Disorder Self-Care

[KJ]

Case Report of a Former Soldier Using TRE (Tension/Trauma Releasing Exercises) For PostTraumatic Stress Disorder Self-Care

Abstract This report outlines the use of tension/trauma releasing exercises (TRE) for invoking the body’s innate tremor mechanism in an Australian former soldier who experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following acquired brain injury after a major motor vehicle accident (MVA) in...

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Abstract​

This report outlines the use of tension/trauma releasing exercises (TRE) for invoking the body’s innate tremor mechanism in an Australian former soldier who experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following acquired brain injury after a major motor vehicle accident (MVA) in 2009. Compared to pre-intervention, improvements in physical and emotional wellbeing immediately following the intervention is clinically significant, as was further improvement in perceived stress at one and four months, with ongoing use of TRE.

Conclusion​

TRE is a cost-effective self-care technique that appears well suited to answer the call for innovative approaches to address the neurobiology of stress and trauma. As the suppression of spontaneous movements including shakes and tremors may be inadvertently increasing the risk of PTSD, vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and burnout, the results of this case study, supported by previous research, suggest further investigation into TRE and the role of spontaneous movements in trauma recovery is not only warranted but vital.

 

[Mindset]

who tf its Australia fighting? a kangaroo army

 

[KJ]

who tf its Australia fighting? a kangaroo army

Australia deployed troops in Iraq and Afghan, considering the time frame of this study.