Psychogenic contracture

Psychogenic contracture is a type of contracture caused by one of the following reasons:

1. Increased emotional excitability, increasing muscle tone. Psychological correction. Use of medications. Physiotherapy; 2. Clinical symptoms occur against the background

Definition. Psychogenic contracture is a mental disorder characterized by painful contraction or rigidity of muscles due to excessive tension and manifested by the inability to voluntarily relax tense muscle groups, a feeling of mechanical obstruction that develops despite complete relaxation of the muscles (see Appendix A).

**Symptoms.** Manifestations of psychogenic contracture depend on the location of the lesion. Typical manifestations are muscle spasms, resulting in tension