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NMT helps you get out of pain because it mitigates the causes of soft-tissue pain.
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•Do you suffer from a chronic stiff neck or low back, or have a limited range of motion in your shoulder? According to the American Academy of pain management; back pain is the leading cause of disability in Americans under 45 years old. More than 26 million Americans between the ages of 20-64 experience frequent back pain.
•Are your activities limited because of a persistent pain in your elbows or knees?
If so, please continue to read this page. It explains a "new" and very successful approach to treating "body aches and pains", whether acute or chronic, whether originating from unknown causes or an accident or sports injury.
Vladimir Janda, MD.(1923-2002), a Czech neurologist and physiatrist, was an expert in musculoskeletal pain syndromes. He helped to develop the now increasingly popular philosophy of "manual medicine", a European perspective on the relationship between bodily form and function. He defined characteristic muscular imbalance patterns that lead to chronic pain and disability.
The following figures show Janda’s model for understanding the most common postural distortions. These models illustrate the relationship between muscular "pairs", and the potent role they play in producing neuromuscular dysfunction and pain.
As a simplified example, in the Upper Crossed Model, the muscles in the chest and front of the neck are too tight, whereas the muscles between the shoulder blades and the back of the shoulders are lacking in tone or are "over stretched". The Lower Crossed Model shows abdominals and gluteals as lacking tone, with the muscles on the fronts of the thighs and the low back being overly tight (or "short").
As a therapist I utilize these models in my NMT practice to restore clients to postural balance, which in turn greatly reduces or entirely eliminates most soft-tissue pain syndromes. You might be able to recognize yourself or your office neighbor in these schematics. If so, understand that the postural deviations you are noticing are the prescription for pain in the future, if the pain is not already manifested.
Most non-traumatically caused soft-tissue pain syndromes are the result of chronic postural problems and associated life-style issues, like exercise, nutrition, proper sleep patterns, etc. Looking at a pain syndrome from the "whole person" perspective is very important.
For example, Fibromyalgia, which afflicts an estimated 3 to 6 million people in the U.S. alone, is thought to be caused by improper muscle metabolism and decreased blood flow, which predictably causes fatigue and weakness. At our medical massage clinic, we use a holistic approach.
Help is here! Increase mobility and blood flow which, in turn, increases a sense of muscular relaxation, vitality, strength and wellbeing.
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