The Approach
NEUROLOGICAL NEGOTIATION.
SYSTEM CHANGE.
We don’t chase pain.
We work with the nervous system
to change the pattern creating it.
The first step is understanding the “why” of increased muscle tone.
Hint: Your nervous system is brilliant.
The brain and spinal cord coordinate every muscle contraction and muscle tone. Everything around you, as you perceive it, is a type of input. Everything going on inside you, is input. Your nervous system responds to input.
In the end, your nervous system is responding to gravity’s pull on your body (demand or load) — either by experience (which yields anticipatory increase in tone or reflexive action) or by current exposure (such as you literally having a bucket of water in your hand or are falling, which again results in increased tone and/or reflexive action).
Increased tone then is often the result of an organized, high-output strategy that your nervous system has chosen to manage demand.
Your mind is truly brilliant.
Tone is output, not a choice.
The Hands-On Session
Goal #1: The 21-Minute Reset
According to the Myostability point of view, downregulation is absolutely necessary.
The first part of every session is dedicated to lowering unnecessary output and improving system tolerance.
By reducing perception of input (the outside world and mental demands) through heat and manual techniques to the back, neck, and scalp we prepare the physiology for a new pattern to consider.
Once the system is downregulated, we introduce specific input to influence movement patterns, trigger points and load relationships.
FOCUSED ON:
✓ Warmth
✓ Rhythmic, broad input
✓ Back, neck, and scalp
✓ Decompressive techniques
✓ Reducing environmental influence
This is not a luxury. It is physiology. A system under high demand cannot learn new patterns.
COMPRESSION CHANGES EVERYTHING
Sustained muscle tension can reduce the space where nerves and blood vessels travel. This can lead to:
⟶ Irritated nerves
⟶ Reduced blood flow
⟶ Increased fatigue
⟶ Pain and referral
⟶ Reduced function
When space is restored and tone decreases, conduction improves and the whole system functions better.
OUR STANDARDS
SCIENCE-BASED
Rooted in neurophysiology, anatomy and systems thinking.
INDIVIDUALIZED SESSIONS
No one-size-fits-all protocols.
We follow your system.
CLINICAL REASONING
History, observation, and response guide every decision.
SAFE & INTEGRATIVE
We consider your full health picture with respect and logic.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
✓ A calm, warm environment
✓ A clear explanation of why we do what we do
✓ A strategy tailored to your system, not a cookie-cutter approach
✓ Real assessment, not guesswork
✓ Progress based on response, not pressure
THE ENVIRONMENT
Low lighting.
Heated table.
Soothing music.
A space designed to help your system shift out of high gear.
We don’t force the body.
We give it better options.