"Neurokinetic Therapy™ has been the single-most successful rehabilitation modality I have tried in my long journey to recovery and wellness. Its intensive focus on correcting mal-adaptive muscle firing patterns and strengthening the core dovetails perfectly with the goals of Pilates." Marilyn Miller
NKT - What is it?Neurokinetic Therapy® Corrective Movement System is a sophisticated bodywork modality that is both an assessment and rehabilitative technique. It is excellent for:
Since 2016, Pilates on Hudson owner Marilyn Miller has been offering Neurokinetic Therapy to clients, and it is a truly revolutionary way of working. Pilates on Hudson is one of the few places in Westchester where you can get this remarkable treatment! Let us schedule a consultation to discuss how NKT might help your issues. |
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NKT - How does it work?
Think of it like this. Imagine you are driving the New Jersey Turnpike at 250 miles per hour, which is the speed of an neuron travelling from your brain to your muscle, and your brain told you to travel to Atlantic City, or exit 38A. Off your neuron goes as fast as it can can, but once it gets to Exit 38A it sees these big flashing signs saying "Exit Closed". Then neuron says ok, I'll just go the other way, since it's still exit 38A. The problem with this is, if you go East on exit 38A, you get to Atlantic City. If you go West on exit 38A, you end up in Philadelphia. Your neuron made it there and thinks everything's okay, but the next time your brain sends you off to exit 38A, once again there are these big signs saying the exit is closed, and once again your neuron goes to Philly instead of Atlantic City.
After awhile, every-time your brain says to send that neuron down to exit 38A, the neuron's seeing the "closed" sign, and goes straight to Philly. So, in your body, the example would be that your brain said to fire the muscle in your big toe, but you recently stubbed your toe, so since the big toe is "closed", or neurologically down-regulated, the neurons go to the next nearest thing, or the deep arch muscle instead. Close enough, right? So, what happens over time is that your body keeps sending these neurons out to fire the big toe muscle, but instead it's firing the arch, and you're getting these nasty foot cramps that won't go away.
That also the annoying chronic pain that you often feel. It's a muscle that's mad at you for asking it to do another muscles' job for. What's the only way to stop someone complaining in that instance? Get the other person, in this case muscle, back to doing the job their supposed to do.
How long does this take?
Sounds great, but how long does this take, and does it matter how old the injury is? Does something I did 3, 5, 10 or 20 years ago really have any bearing on my movement patterns now?
This is what Neurokinetic Therapy does. It finds out what's over working, what's underperforming, and corrects that imbalance by getting the slacker to fire back up, and giving the overachiever a break.
After awhile, every-time your brain says to send that neuron down to exit 38A, the neuron's seeing the "closed" sign, and goes straight to Philly. So, in your body, the example would be that your brain said to fire the muscle in your big toe, but you recently stubbed your toe, so since the big toe is "closed", or neurologically down-regulated, the neurons go to the next nearest thing, or the deep arch muscle instead. Close enough, right? So, what happens over time is that your body keeps sending these neurons out to fire the big toe muscle, but instead it's firing the arch, and you're getting these nasty foot cramps that won't go away.
That also the annoying chronic pain that you often feel. It's a muscle that's mad at you for asking it to do another muscles' job for. What's the only way to stop someone complaining in that instance? Get the other person, in this case muscle, back to doing the job their supposed to do.
How long does this take?
Sounds great, but how long does this take, and does it matter how old the injury is? Does something I did 3, 5, 10 or 20 years ago really have any bearing on my movement patterns now?
- Yes, injuries you incurred years, if not decades ago can contribute to maladaptive muscle firing patterns
- You can feel significant relief anywhere from one session to a few weeks.
- You are given the power to heal, with simple home-based corrective exercises
- It can be multiple decades from when you first had an injury to what we are working on now, particularly if it was a head injury.
This is what Neurokinetic Therapy does. It finds out what's over working, what's underperforming, and corrects that imbalance by getting the slacker to fire back up, and giving the overachiever a break.
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