Body Stress Release is a non-therapeutic complementary health profession. It is concerned with assisting the body to release stored tension, thereby allowing it to maximize its built-in ability to heal and also maintain itself. This technique has been developed and practised in South Africa since 1981.

Stress becomes locked into physical structures when the body fails to adapt to an overload of stress. This may result in pain, stiffness, numbness and postural distortions. In addition the body’s capacity to co-ordinate its functions is undermined.

Body Stress Release is a gentle, non-invasive technique where areas of body stress are located, using the body as a biofeedback mechanism. The practitioner assists the body to release the tension by applying light but precise and definite pressure to the sites of body stress.

Body Stress Release may assist in releasing tension, lifting pressure off the nervous system and improving two-way communication between the brain and body, thus leading to improved self-healing.

Note * Complementary not alternative – These two terms are often used interchangeable, as in “complementary medicine” or “alternative health-care”. They are, in fact, two quite distinct approaches and should not be confused. “Alternative” implies “instead of”, in other words, you attend an alternative practitioner in place of your doctor.

Body Stress Release stands squarely under the title “complementary”. It is a health-care profession that works alongside medicine, in cooperation, not in competition. It can enhance function while the person undergoes medical treatment, e.g. a doctor sets a broken leg, and the BSR practitioner releases the body stress which locked into the back during the accident, or that results from walking in a cast.

The BSR practitioner does not in any way diagnose or treat conditions, nor give advice on the process of a disease – that is the field of medicine. BSR does not try to duplicate any part of medical services.