Pain is a Chinese finger trap.

It is a dynamic continuum of compression and relaxation, tension and loosening, struggle and relief, imprisonment and freedom.

If you try to muscle through it, it just gets more restricting.

If you’re too scared, give up and don't do anything, it just stays.

It's a constantly adapting trap.

You have to be able to feel it before you can heal it.

It's a balance of gently pushing and then letting go.

And only the person in it can know what the right balance is to escaping the hold.