The focus of Muscle Reconditioning is to improve the quality of the communication between the muscles and the nervous system. When the communication is fuzzy your muscles will not function appropriately.
A common cause of poor communication is injury. Injuries as diverse as broken bones, whiplash, overuse injuries, etc, all create poor communication. During your injury, your body creates a compensation program. These compensation programs are necessary because you need to survive. There’s work to do, groceries to buy, and places to drive. After your injury has healed you no longer need the compensation program. Unfortunately, the nervous system has a habit of getting stuck in a compensation rut.
Now you’re stuck with a dysfunctional movement pattern impressed on your brain’s motor control center at the time of injury, which does not change simply because the tissue (muscle, bone, etc) has repaired itself.
Faulty inputs into your brain which control movement, posture, alignment and muscle tone is the biggest source of non-disease body pain and tightness. In fundamentally healthy bodies it can be reprogrammed. Change the inputs and make changes in pain, range of motion, strength, coordination and agility.
If you add up all your injuries, repetitive motions, surgeries, etc, you can begin to understand where the pain, tightness and tension in your body come from. Each injury creates a new compensation pattern.
These compensation patterns occur because your body is designed for survival not for performance. To eliminate your compensation patterns you must reprogram the communication between the brain and the muscles.
Muscle Reconditioning uses muscle testing to engage the motor control center of the brain to facilitate new learning. Muscle testing also prepares the muscles to receive and learn new information. Corrections are done to improve the clarity of your brain’s movement map in order to restore the proper function of the muscle.
Once the brain is ready to learn, muscles in spasm that are blocking the communication to the brain are corrected.
These muscle spasm contribute to, among other problems, degenerative disc disease, bursitis, rotator cuff injury, TMJ disorder, sinusitis, back pain, whiplash, carpal tunnel syndrome, headaches, tennis elbow, knee injuries, and nerve impingement.
Someone who suffers from hypertonic muscle spasm cannot enjoy general good health because of the holistic interactions between the various organs of the body. For example, a muscle in spasm puts stress on the joints, strangles the blood circulation, and irritates the nerves adjacent to it. Therefore, a sick muscle may translate to a sick body.
Hypertonic muscles accelerate the aging process. As more muscle succumbs to permanent contraction, aging begins in earnest.
Hypertonic muscle spasm reduces your body’s vitality and ability to move easily and freely; vertebrae are squeezed together, putting pressure on intervertebral discs and distorting the spine; circulation is reduced, allowing toxins to accumulate; nerves are entrapped, and a great number of other symptoms of aging begin to appear.
For instance, certain muscles in spasm can elevate blood pressure and heart rate; excess lactic acid in the system can increase plaque in arteries; lumbar muscles can produce acid indigestion, constipation, and irritable bowels; and spasm in the suboccipital muscles wreaks havoc on the body’s sinuses and overall chemistry.
Muscle Reconditioning restores a pain-free, healthy, and productive life. You can reclaim the sick, hard muscle that can impact every aspect of existence, including the aging process itself.