Progressive muscle relaxation
Relajación muscular progresiva de Jacobson
- Date
- 1929 · confidence high
- Place
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Credited to
- Edmund Jacobson
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
A relaxation technique that involves systematically tensing and releasing the body's muscle groups to reduce anxiety, developed by physician Edmund Jacobson from the relationship between muscle tension and mental state.
What it led to
- Clinical use in treating anxiety and insomnia
- Basis for later biofeedback techniques
- Incorporation into stress-management programs