What is Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT)?

Neuromuscular Therapy is a style of massage therapy and a method of postural analysis aimed at grasping the underlying causes of chronic pain.

If the body is not in basic alignment, or one’s posture is off the center of gravity, the result can be painful muscular compensations and overstimulation of the central nervous system.

Using extremely specific massage and myofascial techniques designed to relieve muscular compensations, align the body, and calm the central nervous system, Neuromuscular Therapy can provide relief where other modalities have not helped.


Five Primary Causes of Pain

Neuromuscular Therapy utilizes five primary guidelines for understanding and treating pain:

Ischemia
Lack of blood.

Trigger Points
Area of low neurological activity in the muscles, that when stimulated or stressed, transforms into an area of high neurological activity with referred sensations to other parts of the body.

Nerve Compression/Entrapment
Pressure on a nerve by an osseous or cartilaginous structure or pressure on a nerve by soft tissues.

Structural Distortion
Imbalance in the muscular tonus system resulting in movement of the body off the coronal and midsagittal planes.

Biomechanical Dysfunction
Imbalance in the musculoskeletal system resulting in faulty movement patterns.


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