I noticed when I signed up and filled in my profile, that it was asking me what modalities of massage & bodywork I practice. It mentioned things like "Deep Tissue", "Cranio-Sacral", "Trigger Point Therapy",
"Therapeutic Massage, "Trager", and so on... but no where did it offer the option of "NeuroMuscular Therapy.

This isn't a knock on the developer of the site. I appreciate that they put this site up for all bodyworkers to come together. I also realize that it would be hard to list every single modality! It would nearly fill up the whole page!

At the same time, I feel like I was not able to list what I practice. My opinion is that NMT is not deep tissue massage, and while we do work with trigger points, that is not all there is to NeuroMuscular Therapy.

NeuroMuscular Therapy is a modality that aims to BALANCE the Neurological System with muscular & Connective Tissues of the tendons, ligaments & fascial networks of the body using very precise AND not always "DEEP" in pressure! We aim to be more SPECIFIC using many soft tissue manipulation techniques that you might say that we "borrow" from other modalities. but its intentions and protocols are uniquely effective in changing blood flow & changing nerve function in tissues that have found themselves glued & stressed to other structures.


When I tell people what I do for a living... they wonder what it is, because they've never heard of NeuroMuscular Therapy Before. So I try to break it down to them. First I tell them, " its like combining Physical Therapy with Massage Therapy." That I balance the Nerves & muscles to facilitate pain relief by manipulation of soft tissues. the term "deep tissue" is far too vague of a term to describe NMT. While SOMETIMES deeper pressure is necessary to access deeper muscles, many times lighter but MORE SPECIFIC contact with muscles & connective tissues is more effective. I'm learning this more and more as I get more variety of clients and tissue types under my fingertips.

NeuroMuscular Therapy is more than fancy techniques. its a totaly approach & thought process about the body and how to approach it. We look at the body as a whole unit and understand that the cause isn't always where the pain is, which can be due to trigger points, ischemia, nerve entrapment, postural distortion, nutrition or lack there of to the cells, due to all of the above, and most of all STRESS! stress on structure & form, stress on the mental, emotional & immune systems.



Although NMT is typically geared towards musculoskeletal pain & dysfunction, Ifor things like back pain, herniated discs, Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction, Migraines and more, I believe NMT could be very effective is the facilitation of the healing process and retraining of the body for many other conditions such as developmental disorders that seem to becoming more and more of a reality these days. The trick would be to eduate the public of the benefits and possible improvement of quality of life for these people young & old.