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While running a consultation group, a therapist came across a difficult case.
“Ray,” a Marine who’d just finished a tour of duty in Afghanistan, had been diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome. His walking and talking were limited. He felt intolerably stressed. His jaw and neck would tense up and convulse, and he was having difficulty functioning in everyday life.
Now, the curious thing was that it happened so quickly - in mere weeks.
The therapist knew that Tourette’s syndrome doesn’t usually appear overnight, so he looked elsewhere for the answer. The root, he figured out, was a traumatic moment experienced overseas.
While on patrol after a firefight, two explosive devices went off very close to Ray. Suddenly, he was thrown violently into the air . . .
. . . and his next conscious memory was waking up in a hospital in Germany.
The therapist, who was trained in the treatment of trauma, had a hunch. He thought perhaps Ray’s problem was rooted in his body.
When the bomb went off, Ray had turned his head, moved his eyes toward the flash, looking for the source of the threat -
and then was knocked unconscious. His body never had a chance to orient itself to the traumatic event.
So the therapist and Ray worked together on the muscles of the neck, jaw, and shoulders. And after just a few sessions, Ray started to improve.
His convulsions reduced, and eventually disappeared. He developed relaxation techniques to ward off the stress in his body. His speech recovered.
