>*This looks to be for mouth and jaw movements* Thank you! I'm referring to all the muscles that are used to speak. **Speech muscles** are composed of: * articulatory muscles (*lips, tongue, jaw, laryngual muscles etc*) * respiratory muscles (*diaphragm, rib cage muscles and the abdominal muscles. Each group acts on the chest wall and its compartments*) * throat muscles (*vocal folds aka larynx which are composed of:* ***infrahyoid*** *(sternohyoid, omohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid) and* ***suprahyoid muscles*** *(stylohyoid, digastric, mylohyoid, geniohyoid). Intrinsic muscles, which move the vocal cords in order to produce speech sounds*) [This](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=x+ray+speaking) YT video shows an x-ray video of a person speaking while showing a live x-ray scan how the speech muscles are moving. ​ >This looks to be for mouth and jaw movements In particular If any muscle in our body is tensed, then the movement will not be halted. I suggest to test it out yourself: (1) tense your leg muscles as much as possible, and (2) then start to walk with tensed legs. See? The movement of walking is not 'blocked' or halted at all in this case, in other words '**tension**' in the muscles in a human body doesn't halt the movement, rather 'stopping the movement' will stop the movement. Therefore, it may be more effective to change our question 'how to reduce tension' to 'What am I focusing on other than instructing/deciding to move my speech muscles?' (answer: for example, if you are focusing on 'reducing tension' to replace 'instructing/deciding to move speech muscles, then it may result in a speech block. If we switch our focus from 'instructing to move speech muscles' to avoidance or secondary responses, then it may result in a speech block. Anything that distracts us from instructing to move speech muscles, may result in a speech block in my opinion). [This guide](https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_yNt_lh8CCWlvlySg-gaFjwW4N1aell/view?usp=sharing) explains what PWS are focusing on (that replaces: "*instructing to move speech muscles*"). Question: **From table 2 in this guide, what are you focusing on during a speech block?**