| Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) is used to relieve | | | | your body produces to relieve pain. |
| muscle pain by using focused pressure on your | | | | Neuromuscular Therapy focuses on physiological |
| body's soft tissue to alleviate pain and limitation in | | | | facts, there are 6 things NMT focuses on: |
| your body's ability to move. Your body's soft | | | | 1. Ischemia |
| tissue is manipulated to create an equilibrium with | | | | Ischemia (is-KE'me-ah) is a condition where the |
| your central nervous system and the reason | | | | blood flow through your body is constrained. This |
| neuromuscular therapy works is because when | | | | is usually caused by blockages in blood vessels in |
| you've suffered an injury there's stress that is | | | | specific parts of your body. |
| induced on your nerves causing them to transmit | | | | 2. Trigger Points |
| signals to your muscles at an inhibited pace, | | | | A trigger point is an extremely agitated location in |
| making your body susceptible to pain and | | | | your muscle, which activates pain. Often trigger |
| discomfort. When you receive neuromuscular | | | | points cause pain in other areas of your body. To |
| therapy your body's nervous system will begin to | | | | give an example, you could have a trigger point in |
| stabilize the transmissions of signals from your | | | | your neck which triggers headaches. Trigger |
| nerves to your muscles. | | | | points themselves may not cause massive |
| There is a difference between neuromuscular | | | | irritability themselves but cause you to feel |
| therapy and massage therapy.Both methods of | | | | extreme discomfort in other areas of your body. |
| treatment are massage treatments, but the key | | | | 3. Nerve Entrapment or Compression |
| difference is neuromuscular treatment is applied in | | | | Nerve entrapment, sometimes referred to as |
| a semi-static fashion meaning that pressure is | | | | nerve compression, happens when a nerve in |
| applied to specific area on your body for longer | | | | your body gets pinched. Nerve entrapment |
| periods of time where you are feeling the most | | | | typically causes the sensation of numbness. |
| pain whereas massage therapy is a fluid motion | | | | 4. Postural Distortions |
| focussing on your entire body. | | | | Postural distortions from too much stress from |
| How Does Neuromuscular Therapy Work? | | | | overworked muscles cause the vertebrae to |
| NMT is a thorough program of recovery from | | | | misalign and pinch and compress your nerves. |
| acute pain from a recent injury and chronic pain | | | | 5. Nutrition |
| from constant stress to body misalignments | | | | A neuromuscular practitioner will recommend a |
| which utilizes massage therapy in conjunction | | | | healthy diet to promote your return to full health |
| flexibility exercises to eliminate the causes of your | | | | 6. Emotional Wellbeing |
| pain. When you receive neuromuscular therapy | | | | Your emotional state of mind is examined with |
| treatments your body's systems will become | | | | neuromuscular therapy to help alleviate stresses |
| balanced and will boost the endorphins that get | | | | that can trigger physiological muscle and joint |
| released into your system. Endorphins are what | | | | pains. |