Revolutionary

Matrix Repatterning Therapy (MRT) is a revolutionary new approach to relieving our bodily pain and movement restrictions. Why is it revolutionary? Because it is recognizing and treating an aspect of our injuries that has only recently been known to exist. MRT detects, treats and relieves physical tension on the cellular level, alleviating deep tension that has been causing problems that we have felt in our neuromusculoskeletal system (nerves, muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons). If you have pain patterns or movement restrictions that don't go away or continuously return, if you need constant care in order to maintain, and if you wonder why you are not doing better, maybe it is because there is an underlying problem that has not been addressed.

Tensegrity Cells

MRT starts by recognizing that every interconnected cell in our body is a tensegrity structure. Tensegrity means tensional integrity. It's a perfect balance between strength and flexibility, and dissipates force evenly throughout the structure. Our cells, which undergird our body's structure (of course!), are amazingly strong and flexible; AND they form a continuous interconnected 3-dimensional matrix web, which is our body. Tensegrity makes our bodies much stronger and more flexible. The pulley-and-lever system (muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons) is much stronger and more flexible because this tensegrity system is its foundation within the structure of our interconnected cells.

New Look at Injuries

This tensegrity system helps protect us from injuries, helps hold us up against gravity, helps us move more fluidly, and keeps the acrobats at Cirque du Soliel from breaking in two! But every design has its engineering limits. With our tensegrity cells  limits come from impact-injury energy (like the energy your pelvic bone absorbs when you slip and fall on the ice). When there is enough energy from the impact the tensegrity cells in the densest tissues of the body (bones and fluid filled organs like your spleen or liver) will sort of blow out into a rigid tension state. A whole region of interconnected cells, was once strong and flexible, is now more rigid and weak. This rigidity or tension now transmits through connective tissue and acts as a tether to the soft, moving tissues (muscles, joints etc..) where pain and movement restrictions are felt. Traditionally, almost all treatment is aimed at these soft, moving tissues. However, if there is a cellular tensegrity injury, the results from traditional treatment will be limited.

A lifetime of these injuries accumulate in our body, many of which we never considered as injuries, yet, the effect is there, and it may manifest in other parts of the body as pain and dysfunction. Think about this: If I pull down at the bottom of your sweater, and it limits your shoulder movement, do you have a shoulder problem or a tension problem at the level of your waist?  Pretty obvious, isn't it? That's the type of effect these injuries can have on your body.

Repair

MRT relieves the deep tension within the injured tensegrity cell system by using gentle hands-on compression around the injured region. A reliable exam shows where these injuries are. Treatment is permanent because we are bringing cell structure back to normal. Most people require from 6 to 10 treatments, depending on the complexity of their impact-trauma history. How many car accidents, falls, sports injuries, etc, has one had? We don't always remember all of these injuries because we may not have thought of them as injuries when they happened, however it is always interesting how people remember them as we find the injured areas.

Some clients may need to return for one or two more treatments over the ensuing months to insure completion and optimal benefit, especially if they have a complex impact-injury history.

Finished

After MRT, most people will function at a much higher plateau than before MRT. There are many factors involved with people's pain patterns.  Attention to those factors brings better results than they have ever experienced. Disc herniations, arthritis, emotional stress, poor diet, and postural stress all contribute to  pain. Certainly, if they are a part of your pain and dysfunction pattern, they will need to be dealt with.  After MRT is complete we can communicate with your other body-care practitioners or help you find higher levels of wellness at Benessere with our team of chiropractors, neuromuscular therapists, acupuncturists, massage therapists, and trainers. Other forms of care will be much more efficient when the tethers of the tensegrity injuries have been relieved.

If you have questions about MRT or you are curious if it could be helpful for you, please call Benessere, Body in Balance at 612-378-9355. I screen clients over the phone to make sure they are appropriate candidates for this care before they come in.

And for more information, please link to www.matrixrepatterning.com , the website of the developer of MRT, Dr. George Roth ND, DC.