Does this scenario sound familiar to you?
Everyone is working on the area of your body where it hurts, but the pain is still not going away!
Our bodies are incredibly creative in their ability to adapt and compensate for injuries and movement imbalances. You may notice that certain muscles feel overly tight while others seem weak and are not performing optimally. These dysfunctional patterns might be causing instabiity or pain.
These imbalances are your body's attempt to work around movements that your brain does not feel safe performing. Your nervous system responds to these inputs as threats. At Vital Balance Therapy, we use brain-based, neuro-corrective techniques such as the Square 1 System and Neurokinetic Therapy, integrating them with Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Manual Osteopathy. Our focus is primarily on the nervous system's response to movement and position. Often, the issue lies within the nervous systeem and how it reacts to and protects against trauma and dysfunction. Since the nervous system controls everything, that is where we search for sensory and motor control deficits.
We focus on identifying and treating the root cause of your pain and dysfunction. Treating symptomatically will only provide temporary relief. Once your nervous system feels safe in a particular movement and the muscle is activated, functional acupuncture may also be used to strengthen the muscle by recruiting more muscle fibers via stimulation of the motor point of the muscle. We also address any dysfunctions in the craniosacral system that often result from head impacts, concussions, or falls, which may cause headaches, dizziness, balance issues, or vertigo. Our approach is holistic - we treat the whole body, honour all body systems, and address the root cause of your condition.
Stop chasing your symptoms around.
The key to treatment success is being able to ascertain the body’s root dysfunction and where the pain is being generated from and then address that dysfunction with the appropriate therapy. The longer a restriction has been in place the more persistent the restriction and the greater the layer of compensations that often result as the body attempts to remain functional. When conditions become chronic it no longer is just a tissue issue, it now becomes a nervous system dysfunction involving the brain communications that control our every movement. We work through these layers to peel back the compensations, to get to the root cause and help your nervous system to map out new neural pathways through a re-education of the brain to muscle connection.
You don't need to be an athlete to benefit from treatment at Vital Balance Therapy. It is the principles behind the Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Manual Osteopathy and neural based therapies such as Neurokinetic Therapy and Square 1 System that provide the best outcomes. We have seen patients from 10 to 83 years old. Pain knows no boundaries, so don't let age or lifestyle deter you from seeking help!
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Sports Medicine Acupuncture, Neurokinetic Therapy and Manual Osteopathy can address pain and muscle and postural imbalances leading to chronic discomfort and a heightened central nervous system response that impairs the healing process.
