9. Trauma Protection with Physical Restraints
Physical Restraints tend to be in response to intense, often times violent, situations and will have some degree of traumatizing effect on both the staff and the client.
The neurochemical changes in the brain that are caused by traumatic incidents don't automatically reset. Instead, memories of the incident are stored in your brain with the emotional content that the incident evoked. Parts of your body, your muscles and nervous system, also store the stress caused by the incident, long after the incident has ended.
It can be very tempting to turn to coercion, essentially intimidation and…
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