Somatic Tracking for Chronic Pain and Symptoms (10 Minute Somatic Tracking Included!)

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I’m Tanner Murtagh, a therapist making videos on chronic pain and symptoms. I will teach you how to rewire your brain, regulate your nervous system, and unlearn your chronic symptoms!
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*Education and techniques discussed in this video originates from Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy.
*Reference: Peter Levine, Alan Gordon, Dr. Schubiner, Dr. Stephen Porges, & Deb Dana.
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0:00 Introduction
1:06 Somatic Tracking Explained
7:16 Somatic Tracking Meditation

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@loristrachan8633 6 ай бұрын

Tanner .. People pay good money for all of the information you freely give. Thank you. You are a God - send to those in need.

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Keep going!

@thegreatone11 5 ай бұрын

Pay up Lori the rest of us do.

@JacquiQ 14 күн бұрын

❤ agree

@kategreinke7809 2 ай бұрын

I’ve only done this particular practice a couple of times, and every time you mention your son in the snow I start crying. I don’t know why but it feels healing. This is definitely one of my favourites, I’ll add it to the growing collection. Thank you Tanner for this, truly. ❤

@painpsychotherapy 2 ай бұрын

I"m so happy this practice is helpful. Keep going!

@hew195050 6 ай бұрын

Thank humanity for people like you!

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words!

@isdoremd2128 7 ай бұрын

I listened to this video while watching snow slowly fall outside. What perfect timing!

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

@hew195050 6 ай бұрын

That’s beautiful !

@debygiannioti4271 7 ай бұрын

I am deeply grateful 🙏 this practice is making a difference. Although I still have pain, it does not interfere with my life anymore. It has been such a gift! ❤❤❤

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

I'm so glad this was helpful. Keep going!

@marly1869 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing that 🙏🏼💜💜

@cydsnest 7 ай бұрын

Hi Tanner! It’s 8:20 AM here now. I sat down w my coffee and thought, “I absolutely need to do somatic tracking right now.” I opened up my you tube, and there you were with this. 😮 Synchronicity. 😊

@painpsychotherapy 7 ай бұрын

Amazing! I wish you a healing day!

@Bristolbelle59 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video Tanner. I was just talking to my physio before seeing this, about your videos and how helpful I find them. He first told me about neuroplastic pain and your videos have certainly helped me to understand not just what it is but also to help myself reduce my symptoms. I loved the playful analogies you used here.

@painpsychotherapy 7 ай бұрын

I'm so happy my videos are helpful. I wish you the best in your healing!

@VincentPomares 4 ай бұрын

I didn't even know other people like me existed, I've been having chronic pain from being in survival mode, not knowing how to stop the pressure in my head. Not thinking I'm damaged helps a lot. I'm glad I found your page the somatic exercise worked amazingly. I've had some of these ideas before like being compassionate to your pain and laughing it off but I've never been confident in them until I saw your video I wish I knew all this a long time ago.. ever since traumatic things happened 5 years ago at 25 I've been living in hell from the pain and the frustration of wanting to stop it but never achieving that goal... ty for giving your time to make these videos I appreciate them so much I'm writing my first comment in 15 years.

@painpsychotherapy 4 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear about your trauma and chronic pain. I hope my content can be helpful. I wish you the best in your healing!

@RobLewis3 6 ай бұрын

Just remember that God/universe/higher power, or whatever you want to call it, doesn't put challenges in front of us for no reason. There's always a greater purpose to what you go through. You will get over it and you will come out the other side a stronger and wiser person because of it. When you are struggling, it can be hard to understand why it's happening. And you can sometimes get stuck. Try to break those thought loops, maybe even with some kind of mantra. Have faith and trust in the process.

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@thegreatone11 5 ай бұрын

You do understand the purpose of his video? Saying you will be stronger when you go through something is not what we need to hear. We've already been through to many things.

@fadi.optimist 3 ай бұрын

Dude, I felt that. Thanks.

@doublecapricorn 2 ай бұрын

It’s not ‘for a reason’. It’s an error in the brain - a hyper-protective maladaptation. Sure. Do the deep work, the spiritual work, and learn to be OK with all things and not stress over everything but to move things along when you have been stuck for years, decades even, do brain retraining such as somatic tracking in combination with Havening techniques and in time the symptoms will pass. The value of spiritual or deep emotional work is that you can come to accept and appreciate the journey - not everting is a loss.

@RobLewis3 2 ай бұрын

Yes, but it is for a reason. It teaches us about ourselves and some valuable life skills.

@christinegrasso5122 22 күн бұрын

Thank you! This is great! Love the addition of the breathing at the end. I read Alan Gordon’s book and was having trouble with the “lightness” so your examples and metaphors are helpful

@painpsychotherapy 22 күн бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful! Keep going!

@wendygazzard1576 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this Tanner! It covers so many ways to do somatic tracking. 💕

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

@janemalli8988 3 ай бұрын

I have done a lot of somatic tracking exercises and this is my favourite, for its clarity and detail - will be repeating often. Thanks so much for making this available - really really helpful.

@painpsychotherapy 3 ай бұрын

I'm so happy it was helpful!

@amiscary 6 ай бұрын

Perfect. Great work .

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

I'm so happy it was helpful!

@lyonfamily1931 7 ай бұрын

This video is soooooo valuable!! Thank you so much!

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful!

@user-gp8xc6sx7m 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. It is very calming.

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

You're welcome 😊

@cpodgorelec 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. Blessings from South Australia 🌷

@painpsychotherapy 4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome. I'm glad it was helpful!

@hew195050 7 ай бұрын

This is an awesome video. My goodness.

@painpsychotherapy 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@karenl5861 6 ай бұрын

Another fantastic overview Tanner! The practice portion is super helpful with the visualization provided. Thank you so much.😻😻😻

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful! Keep going!

@CruisingWithElena 3 ай бұрын

U r a great teacher

@painpsychotherapy 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind words. I'm so glad my content is helpful!

@hrobertson4966 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your wonderful guidance in healing. I appreciate you!

@painpsychotherapy 5 ай бұрын

I'm so happy my content is helpful!

@michelefinizio6520 Ай бұрын

Beautiful thank you ❤

@painpsychotherapy Ай бұрын

I'm so glad it was useful!!

@cathybennett2094 7 ай бұрын

Tanner, I needed this to deal with a sciatica flare up. Thanks so much.

@painpsychotherapy 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome. I wish you the best in your healing work!

@warrenisaac5634 4 ай бұрын

This was great! I will return again and again to do this exercise. Thank You Tanner!

@painpsychotherapy 4 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful!

@carolinelawrie7142 4 ай бұрын

Love this practice thank you Tanner. Feeling much calmer and softer now 😊❤

@painpsychotherapy 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful! Keep going!

@federicaporcari4421 4 ай бұрын

A friend of mine told me about your work and now here I am. Greatings from Italy.. Thank you!

@painpsychotherapy 4 ай бұрын

Welcome! I hope my content can be helpful!

@sdwl07 3 ай бұрын

Love this somatic tracking meditation. Thank you.

@painpsychotherapy 3 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it was useful!

@merildo 5 ай бұрын

I’ve been trying to do this since Alan’s book years ago. I think you got me. Thank you 🙏🏻

@painpsychotherapy 5 ай бұрын

I'm glad this is helpful!

@melissamattoon4219 7 ай бұрын

Excellent! I appreciate the snowflake analogy ❄️ and including the positive sensations

@painpsychotherapy 7 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful! Keep going!

@gypsygirl1291 6 ай бұрын

Hi tanner. Thank you for your videos. They really helped me with fibromyalgia flare up. I hope you will do more somatic tracking meditation.

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful. I will do more of them in the future!

@eileenlocke7877 4 ай бұрын

Thank u tanner from the uk . I hv a lot of osteoarthritis . An sm nuropothy . . But I have found before yr advice is good thank u

@painpsychotherapy 4 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear about your symptoms. Keep going!

@KathleenRenninger 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Nice job on lightening the mood during the meditation with your tales of your curious cat and your son in the snow. I'll try doing this for several days; I believe it'll help.

@painpsychotherapy 5 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful. Keep going!

@eileenlocke7877 4 ай бұрын

Thank u

@painpsychotherapy 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@meganobrien1019 6 ай бұрын

Thankyou so much for this free resource ❤️🙏 😊 i love the calm manner and great analogies you use it really helps to understand the type of curiosity or way we are meant to be looking at things. Tanner is this something u would reccomend doing say every morning when u wake up almost like a routine (provided they r low to moderate like you say)? The thing im not sure about is how to do somatic tracking without creating even more focus on sensations ?

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

This can take some exploring to see how it works best for you. Generally daily is best!

@leahcalabro2787 3 ай бұрын

Thankyou🙏 Practise @7:13

@painpsychotherapy 3 ай бұрын

So glad it was useful!

@jamiejulia7667 6 ай бұрын

Hi Tanner, I’m so grateful to you and Anne and for everything I’ve learnt from you. I’m somatic tracking for fatigue. I am just wondering when to rest and when to keep moving towards the symptoms/somatic track and do graded exposure? Sometimes it feels like I’m just pushing through.

@painpsychotherapy 5 ай бұрын

I'm so glad our content is helpful. This is a hard equation to figure out and usually takes some exploring to figure out. It really is a dance between approaching and avoiding. Typically if the symptom or dysregulation is too high it is a good time to use strategic avoidance.

@michelefinizio6520 Ай бұрын

❤ thank you this is the first time I ever did this I just finished reading a book on Symantec tracking I'm not sure if my symptoms are neuroplastic I'm experiencing burning throbbing pain in my lower spine the MRI showed two herniations and two bulging discs it first started in September the pain lasted for 3 months it got better with physical therapy but just two weeks after that I tried a new chiropractor not because I was in pain the pain subsided I just wanted to go for a massage but he ended up adjusting me even though he knew about my herniations and Recovery and He adjusted me too hard and I've been having burning pain since January the 11th I tried Physical Therapy again for 12 weeks but the burning and tightness has not stopped I'm scheduled for steroid injection a week so I just did your video it was wonderful but I'm not sure if this is really structural with the MRI showed or part of it is in my brain do you have any thoughts what I can do thank you

@painpsychotherapy Ай бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear what you are dealing with. I unfortunately cannot give direct advice over social media if a persons symptoms are neuroplastic or not. I hope the content on this channel can be helpful for you.

@aarong9327 6 ай бұрын

That segue was so painful it made me forget my pain for a second😂

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

It was rough!

@ezza1236 5 ай бұрын

My worst one I fear is burning in the chest sensation , I think you’re method will work

@painpsychotherapy 5 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear about your symptoms. I hope my content can be helpful!

@ezza1236 5 ай бұрын

I love the method of letting the sensation be there whilst you choose to focus on a pleasant sensation instead, how long does it usually take to focus on pleasant sensation for the bad one to go away ?

@mohamadalasry8313 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video. How often should we do.somatic tracking ?Is it only during a flare up of pain ?

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! It really depends on the person. Generally 2-3 longer ones or 5-7 shorter ones (depending on pain level). It can take some exploring to see what works best for you!

@elly_angelic 7 ай бұрын

Idk, but the resistance breathing at the end made me tense up,, but at least I realized it ^^;;; ~

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

I'm sorry this practice wasn't helpful for you. It can take some exploring to find out how somatic tracking works best for you.

@PieraB 7 ай бұрын

Hi Tanner , thank you for creating this great video. Im struggling with how to do somatic tracking for a leg pain that comes on after 10 minutes of walking and goes from 0 -10 within 10 -15 minutes. Do I do the somatic tracking still? I don't have pain when I sit, or even when Im working out or dancing. Only standing still or walking more than 10-15 minutes. I've healed my lower back pain, my shoulder pain and my toe pain with Dr Sarno's work. BUt this sciatica pain is truly testing me and Im not sure what to do ? Thank you and blessings

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about your pain. This is a good question and can be difficult. I of course can't say what would be best for your case over social media, as I don't know your case fully. Generally it could be cultivating a sense of safety while walking even if there is not pain (messages of safety and mindfulness). Then doing really brief somatic tracking if the pain comes on intensely (if you can tolerate focusing on it). I hope this is helpful.

@cydsnest 6 ай бұрын

I have this exact same situation. Can be so frustrating. For now i just really shortened my solo walks. Like around the block and that’s it. I can walk longer with a friend because conversation distracts me. I can dance for longer and do step aerobix for about 4 songs. So i just am doing what i can tolerate and enjoy for now. It seems to ebb and flow.

@MidwestBen101 5 ай бұрын

You should do success stories with clients on the channel and podcast

@painpsychotherapy 5 ай бұрын

I was thinking of starting to include success stories on the channel! I would just be unable to do them with my personal clients due to confidentiality.

@MidwestBen101 5 ай бұрын

@@painpsychotherapy even if they agree to?

@user-jc3ix3fx4g 6 ай бұрын

Do you guys work with clients in the United States?

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

Unfortunately we only work with clients in certain provinces in Canada.

@simonbue4135 7 ай бұрын

I only do somatic tracking with video/sound like this one. But I find it difficult to find the same ease or lightness when im on my own, with thoughts, pain, etc. On a short walk for example.. How to transfer the calm feeling from here to the life out there without somatic videos or sound in the ears ?

@JohnnyUtah488 6 ай бұрын

I experience this too. I guess it's only natural that we do better with support, even if it's only through a recording. Hopefully it will get better with practice. Keep going! I wish you the best!

@simonbue4135 6 ай бұрын

But what is the overall goal with Somatic Tracking.. as I understand, it is about not being scared and to feel safe about your pain. But if you cant feel that way out in the big world without sound in your ear.. its like going for a walk with you Mom holding your hand 😅 Of course i takes some time to learn it. But I find it difficult to do outside this little youtube-world. Is there anything you can try to do, to bring the same ease outside om a walk on your own?

@amiscary 6 ай бұрын

@@simonbue4135I get you. I've just started trying to incorporate it into my daily life. Mixed results. I think you just have to keep telling yourself that you're safe when you're doing stuff. That movement is safe. That your brain is misinterpreting safe signals coming up from your body. It's harder when outside. Another trick is to focus on rational brain exercises when outside, such as finding five blue things or five green things or five sentient beings. It distracts the emotional brain. Hard work but keep at it.

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

Good question. I will try to do a video on this in the near future. It can involve general messages of safety, mindfulness, and slowing down.

@roddog4386 Ай бұрын

What do U do if U can't relax due to med damage akathisa have U got any thing that will help so please

@painpsychotherapy Ай бұрын

So sorry to hear what you are going through. Working towards nervous system regulation can be key. Check out the nervous system regulation section on my channel. I hope my content can be helpful.

@hew195050 6 ай бұрын

Tanner,when you say to use distraction techniques when it’s really bad rather than Somatic Tracking, does that include pharmaceuticals? If NOTHING else is working? Fibromyalgia can bring one to their knees for days, months at a time.

@painpsychotherapy 6 ай бұрын

Yes many people use medication as an avoidance technique. Of course make sure to consult with a doctor about medication

@hew195050 6 ай бұрын

@@painpsychotherapy of course! 👍

@larryc1964 2 ай бұрын

Could blephoritis be a mind body symptom?

@painpsychotherapy 2 ай бұрын

I actually am not sure about his condition as I have never worked with it. Sorry I don't have more information for you.

@jennaishere 4 ай бұрын

Tanner hi! How long does somatic tracking take to work? Ive been reading all the tms books etc and just started this about a week! Really pray 🙏 it works for me 🩷

@painpsychotherapy 4 ай бұрын

This really varies person to person how long it takes to have an effect. Can be weeks or months of consistent practice, while also utilizing the other strategies. I wish you the best in your Healing!

@jennaishere 4 ай бұрын

@@painpsychotherapy thanks for your reply Tanner!! I find your videos really helpful 🙏 I’m dealing with pelvic pain and I’d say 90% of my symptoms are conditioned responses.. I get pain at the same times, same locations etc ! Very frustrating.. my first pee of the day every morning so sore 😔 and I wake at the same times throughout the night to pee!? So bizarre and frustrating 🤯💔 Do you have tips for this or another video for conditioned responses?? 🙏