19/02/2026
If, like me, you are a side-sleeper, and you have broad shoulders (or even if you have regular, human-sized shoulders) you will probably have experienced waking with pain or stiffness in your neck, shoulders, or jaw — especially if you are hyper-mobile!
It might even have been severe enough to leave you with tingling, numbness, altered or reduced sensation in your hands and fingers— or severely reduced range of motion in your arms and head!
In some cases it can even cause headaches and dizziness/vertigo known as cervicogenic symptoms (meaning originating from the neck)
At The Entourage Effect we specialise in restoring health, performance, and recovery by calming the nervous system and releasing and realigning the underlying tissue structures that support our whole body- called Connective Tissue, or Fascia- that respond to temperature, movement, force (tension/compression/torsion/shear) breath, emotional state, and physical and psychological threat— and can create “muscular” tension, trap nerves, and reduce blood flow, lymphatic drainage, and range of movement!
It is an amazing organ that not only provides the support structure for all the other tissues in our body— but was responsible for keeping our ancestors alive by reacting to physiological states like perceived threats, and to physical trauma like cuts and burns- to pull our body away from the source of pain or injury, clamp down on nerves and blood vessels, or in extreme cases to pull us into the foetal position to protect our soft face, throat, and the vital organs in our chest and abdomen!
If you sleeping in a heightened nervous system state, curled up in a tight ball, or balancing precariously on a shoulder every night— that’s 8 hours every evening of your fascia getting tight and restrictive from unconscious low-level bracing!
At The Entourage Effect integrated alternative wellness centre in Lanark we provide a range of therapies, supplements, superfoods, CBD, and our own unique style of support, to help you get to sleep, improve your quality of sleep— or just help you deal with the aftermath when you do!
