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Pain Relief Therapy
Pain Relief Therapy
Here are the basic steps.
1. Each session starts with a free phone call to see if this therapy is right for you.
2. A Movement assessment. This session is a mixture of AMT (Active Myofascial Therapy) and with a LOT of communication.
3. This varies per individual, but typically we are learning new exercises and doing 1-on-1 neuromuscular retraining to find the right relief.
4. Session 4 will wrap up any work I physically can do to help you. We will also go over the plan to continue care. Future sessions will depend on many factors, including reassessment of joint function as needed, heat therapy, AMT, other manual/massage therapy techniques, and neurological exercise retraining.
Getting Started
Getting Started
The Initial Assessment/Evaluation is essential to determine the cause of pain and understand your restrictions. This assessment usually takes about one hour and will assess the range of motion, muscular strength; and sitting, walking, and standing posture. It will also discuss other therapies you have tried in the past and discuss your other health concerns and medical history. Based on the results, you will design a complete therapy plan to provide the quickest pain relief and the most comprehensive improvements we believe we can get with/for you.
The additional Four/Five Sessions in the Accelerated Program may include any combination of these AMT components:
Manual therapy
Actions (AMT’s exclusive style of therapeutic movements)
Postural Education
Sleep Education
Ergonomic Education
Manual, and Mechanical Traction
Heat and/or Ice Therapy.
After the Accelerated Program, you should see a marked improvement in your condition. You will also feel confident in maintaining your ‘new and improved’ state through the Actions you will be asked to perform, education in biomechanics, and awareness of your posture.
One of the unique features of going through the Accelerated Program is that once you have completed it, you will have access to my expertise on any quick question or related problem, all included in your program fee. Of course, if it is a complex situation or your problem has changed, you might need to schedule a follow-up visit, which will require payment.
The Accelerated Program (Initial evaluation plus five sessions) should be scheduled close together (for example, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Monday) with a day or two in-between.
Additional individual appointments are scheduled on an as-needed basis. Although it is not optimal, if the full Accelerated Program is not something you can afford now due to scheduling or budget restraints, you are still encouraged to come in for a half session or one or two individual appointments. I even have a “try-before-you-buy” session to see if you “click” with The Diamond Method - Active Myofascial Therapy and me.
AMT Therapy is designed to work fast to:
Eliminate your pain
Improve your function as effectively as possible!
Client resting after a session in ideal position for their injury recovery
Research Agrees with this method of pain relief. Check out the links below for more information.
Statistics: Almost 90% of physical aches and pain are due to a soft-tissue (muscles, fascia, and/or ligament) imbalance, weakness, and/or restriction. The cause of these conditions is usually an injury, years of poor posture, or physical, or emotional stress which lead to a contraction of some muscles as a way for your body to protect itself or to compensate for a dysfunction. Unfortunately, even if your injury has healed, your muscles don't always “get the message” from your nervous system to release the chronic contracture that is a protective compensation (called 'splinting'). What may start out as a small limitation in movement, over time may result in severely restricted movement and shortening of the muscles. If pain continues a pain-spasm-pain cycle begins, which is hard to stop.
Impressive Results: Since everything is inter-connected, other factors that may contribute to your pain, such as your work/desk set-up, sleep positions, etc., will also be assessed. By addressing all of these aspects, AMT helps you increase your mobility, improve your posture, expand your breathing, aid your digestion and reduce or eliminate your pain. These impressive results occur because AMT makes deep-rooted changes to your neuromuscular system as well as to your soft-tissue. Your results are achieved through 50% Awareness (of body and breath), 25% soft-tissue mobilization (like massage and myofascial therapy), and 25% through the Actions.
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