Neck guarding

Cervical orienting and startle bracing

The lower neck represents the felt boundary between orienting, startle, and protective bracing in the head and trunk. A practitioner may track small changes in tone, temperature, movement, or impulse here without assuming that every neck symptom has a trauma cause.

Solar plexus hyperactivationDiaphragm activationThroat hyperactivationNeck guardingNeck guardingRight psoas–iliacus freeze bracingLeft psoas–iliacus freeze bracingRight adrenal–kidney threat regionLeft adrenal–kidney threat region

Point 4 of 8 in Somatic Experiencing — Felt-Sense Completion Map

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Peter A. Levine, In an Unspoken Voice (primary)

Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score (scholarly_modern)

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