Neuromuscular therapy is a comprehensive and integrative system of manual therapy and manipulation that specializes in rehabilitation, chronic myofascial pain and pain syndromes. On the basis of neurologi cal laws, this therapy works toward bringing the body’s central nervous system into homeostatic balance with the musculoskeletal system using various Swedish massage strokes, such as effleur age, petrissage, and deep transverse friction, along with trigger point release.
Neuromuscular therapy techniques, along with a thorough structural evaluation, are needed to understand and treat the causative factors involved in acute, or of rapid onset, and chronic, or long-lasting, myofascial pain and dysfunction. Specifically, neuromuscular therapy is used to deactivate trigger points in muscle, tendon, and ligaments. It is also used to lengthen chronically short ened muscles and balance muscle groups, especially when working with people suffering from postural dysfunction or distortion, such as internal rotation of a shoulder girdle or scoliosis.