AVAILABLE TREATMENTS
Neurosomatic Therapy
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We utilize an 84-point measurement system to create a map of the body’s 3-dimensional standing, sitting and supine (lying on your back) postures. We then overlay this with your symptoms and health history to determine which tissues have excess tension and what might be causing it. Next we use this information to create your personalized treatment plan. ⠀
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Treatment consists primarily of the precise application of the best massage and bodywork techniques, including myofascial release, deep tissue, trigger point therapy and lympatic drainage. We treat everything from the organs to the soft tissues that move the bones of the skull (yes, your skull is made up of a bunch of little bones and they all move!). These techniques are applied in a way that is designed to lengthen shortened tissues, reduce demands on the nervous and musculoskeletal systems, and restore balance to the structures of the body.⠀
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Practitioners of NST operate under the principle that form follows function – meaning that the structure of the body affects its health, and health affects the structure of the body. This is why we consider other lifestyle and health factors like diet and emotional health as well in our assessment and treatment.
Neuromuscular Reprogramming
Neuromuscular Reprogramming is a series of neurological muscle tests used to identify and correct coordination dysfunctions that often cause joint misalignment, pain, and degeneration. When applied to the entire body, NMR locates the overpowering force, and the segments of the body that are negatively affected by it. Muscular relationships are then balanced in each plane of motion within the joint, and throughout the entire body.
Think of all of your muscles as a baseball team, and the weight of your body as the ball; nobody on the team ever passes the ball to the guy that always drops it, creating a faulty firing pattern.
Neuromuscular Reprogramming locates the muscle that always drops the ball, and then resolves individual muscular relationships, balancing the overpowering force to the rest of the body. The testing strengthens the neurological connection between the brain and the weak muscle, and strengthens the firing pattern between the once overpowering force to those it overpowered.
Dolphins MPS for Scar Tissue
When the tissues of the body are damaged because of an injury or surgical procedure, a thickened version of tissue, called scar tissue, is formed as the body’s natural inflammatory response to promote healing. Scar tissue is dense with collagen and fills in the damaged areas. It can form internally creating adhesions between organs, or locally around the incision, injury or wound. Scar tissue can be very painful, often limiting range of motion, and its thickened nature can disrupt the natural flow of electricity throughout the body.
Compared to healthy tissue which is negatively charged, scar tissue exhibits a positive polarity. The Dolphins MPS is a handheld microcurrent electrical device designed to aid in flipping the polarity of the injured tissue back to its natural state, allowing the body’s natural electricity to flow freely through the area further promoting healing and alleviating pain.
Pilates
Ball and socket joints, such as hips and shoulders, we designed for large amounts of movement. Joseph Pilates believed that when people lose range of motion in the joints designed for big movements (hips and shoulders), they tend to make up for that loss by overusing their spine. The joints of your spine were designed for a very small amount of movement. This, Pilates theorized, is why so many people suffer from back pain.
Maintaining an ideal alignment of the spine while moving from the ball-and-socket joints, promotes proper joint biomechanics and helps to correct faulty compensatory patterns. Creating healthy new pathways for the body to utilize while simultaneously alleviating pain, Pilates will help you maintain your new position and hold the corrections you and your practitioner are working towards for a longer period of time!