A Unsupported contact requires constant stabilization efforts from the practitioner’s shoulder girdle. Contact with the client tends to spread the practitioner’s arms sideways, forcing Pectoral muscles to work as compensating adductors.
Tension in the Pectorals restricts breathing and disturbs postural balance in the torso, neck and head.
B Supported contact stabilizes the arms and requires no holding or compensation efforts from the practitioner. All energy expended can efficiently be directed into the client and the practitioner works with reduced effort and shoulder stress.