Learning the Impact Release

The Impact Release is different from the Touch Release. It’s specifically for recent injuries - bumps, hits, falls.

The Principle

When you injure yourself - bump your shin on a table, hit your elbow on a doorframe, fall and bang your knee - there’s often a kind of shock held in the area. The energy of the impact gets stuck.

The Impact Release releases this by duplicating the motion that caused the injury. You slowly, gently re-enact what happened, making contact with the exact spot that was hit. This might sound counterintuitive, but it works.

Impact Release - For Recent Injuries

Use for: bumps, hits, falls, minor physical impacts (RECENT, not old injuries).

How to do it:

1. First, do any needed first aid (this is not a substitute for medical care)
2. Identify exactly what happened - what did you hit? What motion were you making?
3. Slowly and gently duplicate the motion
4. Touch the exact spot you collided with
5. Let the body part touch the surface/object gently
6. Do this several times
7. Continue until pain releases or significantly reduces

Example: You banged your shin on a coffee table

1. Any first aid needed? (Ice if swelling, etc.)
2. Identify exactly how it happened - walking forward, right shin hit the table edge
3. Position yourself to duplicate the motion
4. Slowly move your shin toward the table edge
5. Gently touch the exact spot that hit (or as close as comfortable)
6. Withdraw. Repeat.
7. Continue 5-10 times or until pain releases

What Often Happens

There’s often a moment of sharp pain as the incident “releases,” followed by significant relief. People report the pain suddenly diminishing, warmth in the area, or a sense of completion.

Sometimes nothing dramatic happens, but you notice improvement later. Sometimes the technique doesn’t work for a particular injury. It’s worth trying.

Cautions

• Don’t do this with hot surfaces (cool them first)
• Don’t do this in dangerous situations
• This is for MINOR impacts, not serious trauma requiring medical attention
• If something is broken, dislocated, or severely injured, get medical care
• Wait until acute danger is passed before attempting this

Today’s Practice

There’s no forced practice today - you don’t need to hurt yourself to practice!

Instead, file this technique for future use. When you DO injure yourself in the coming days (even stubbing a toe counts) - try the Impact Release:

• After any first aid, duplicate the motion gently
• Touch the exact spot that was impacted
• Repeat several times
• Notice what happens

When you’ve used it once, note the result.