What You Need To Know
Square 1 System is a revolutionary framework to restore optimal sensory integration to movement in order to correct the root cause of pain and dysfunction. It focuses on how the nervous system perceives load, particularly ground reaction forces, joint load and positioning to restore the body's ability to move safely and efficiently.
Most rehab focuses on the body - not the brain. Square 1 System pinpoints the spcific joint actions that the brain percieves as unsafe (a threat to the nervous system) or intolerant to load. Through precise assessments and interventions, it recalibrates the nervous system and allows those joint actions to function optimally again. This leads to immediate improvements in strength, mobility, balance and coordination.
Your Brain Guides Every Movement, Every Time
The Brain Controls Everything You Are Trying to Change
If the brain feels unsafe, the body won't perform optimally. You can rehab a joint or strengthen a muscle- but if your brain still senses a threat, it will limit movement through tension, weakness or pain. Until the brain feels safe, the body stays cautiouis in its movements. The brain constantly integrates input from your eyes, inner ear (vestibular system), and body awareness systems to coordinate balance, strength, and control. When these signals become mismatched, your brain may restrict motion or increase pain as a warning to keep you safe.
When the brain feels safe again, the body becomes confident in movement, tension drops, coordination improves and pain naturally decreases. The problem isn't that the traditional rehab is wrong, it's just incomplete. Brain-based rehab strengthens the connection between the brain and body.
Why is it unique?
The Missing Link Between Pain and Performance is Your Brain
Unlike traditional therapeutic methods that often address symptoms of compensation, Square 1 targets the source of compensations at the neuromechanical level. It provides real-time results without long-term corrective exercises to retrain the chronic mispatterning. Chronic conditions particularly are no longer a "hardware" problem, they are now a "software" problem - the nervous system's control over muscle balance and movement.
If your brain recieves unclear or mismatched signals about the body, it can cause tension, instability or pain. Improving sensory input enhances how the brain controls movement improving how your brain perceives the body, and enhances how it controls the body. Professionals trained in Square 1 can help clients move better, reduce pain and perform at higher levels almost instantly.
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