The NeuFit Approach:
Reprogramming Your Nervous System to Help You: Heal Faster, Get out of Pain, Perform Better, and Optimize Your Health!
Reprogramming Your Nervous System to Help You: Heal Faster, Get out of Pain, Perform Better, and Optimize Your Health!
What is it?
The science behind NeuFit is simple; fix the problem at the neurological source, something that is unique to you. Injuries cause pain and lead to neurological changes, or compensatory patterns. With NeuFit treatments, we are able to target the source of your pain and we treat your unique cause of pain.
The science behind NeuFit is simple; fix the problem at the neurological source, something that is unique to you. Injuries cause pain and lead to neurological changes, or compensatory patterns. With NeuFit treatments, we are able to target the source of your pain and we treat your unique cause of pain.
What is it used for?
Injury Rehabilitation & Pain Reduction
Most injuries happen because of poor neuromuscular control, meaning deficits in strength and coordination. The body encounters force in every moment, with every move it makes. And it is the job of the muscles to absorb that force and protect the rest of the body. If your muscles are working correctly, they can protect you from injury in most cases. We know that when muscles don't absorb force correctly that force is transferred to tendons, ligaments, cartilage, etc. and may cause damage to those tissues. Since those muscles are controlled by your nervous system, we know that ultimately these injuries come back to inappropriate neurological activation patterns. A common misconception is that your joints help you absorb force. The truth is, joints are simply hinges, and muscles are the only structures responsible for absorbing force. Muscles work via a series of neurological signals culminating in a movement pattern. Using the wrong movement pattern, a compensatory pattern, usually lead to an issue larger than the original problem.
Injury Rehabilitation & Pain Reduction
Most injuries happen because of poor neuromuscular control, meaning deficits in strength and coordination. The body encounters force in every moment, with every move it makes. And it is the job of the muscles to absorb that force and protect the rest of the body. If your muscles are working correctly, they can protect you from injury in most cases. We know that when muscles don't absorb force correctly that force is transferred to tendons, ligaments, cartilage, etc. and may cause damage to those tissues. Since those muscles are controlled by your nervous system, we know that ultimately these injuries come back to inappropriate neurological activation patterns. A common misconception is that your joints help you absorb force. The truth is, joints are simply hinges, and muscles are the only structures responsible for absorbing force. Muscles work via a series of neurological signals culminating in a movement pattern. Using the wrong movement pattern, a compensatory pattern, usually lead to an issue larger than the original problem.
Pain is not actually experienced in the body, but in the brain. It is an active output signal from the brain, generated in response to perceived threat - not necessarily damage. And it is an attempt to make you change your behavior to move away from a threat.
The Central Nervous System controls virtually everything about the body. When you work neurologically, you can change everything else for the better - and do it much faster. Because pain is a neurological output, it can be affected by neurological inputs. Several forms of pain can be addressed with a healthy lifestyle. Others, coming from inside the body, require a very targeted approach. If the brain cannot, for example, tell precisely where all parts of the body are in space, then it doesn't know what to do next and feels threatened. This is a deficit in "proprioception," and is one of the major targets of NeuFit.
The Central Nervous System controls virtually everything about the body. When you work neurologically, you can change everything else for the better - and do it much faster. Because pain is a neurological output, it can be affected by neurological inputs. Several forms of pain can be addressed with a healthy lifestyle. Others, coming from inside the body, require a very targeted approach. If the brain cannot, for example, tell precisely where all parts of the body are in space, then it doesn't know what to do next and feels threatened. This is a deficit in "proprioception," and is one of the major targets of NeuFit.
How does it work?
NeuFit utilizes a breakthrough technology that enhances natural processes INSTEAD of replacing them. This is done through electrical signals which allows us to attack the source of pain at the neurological level; something that can’t be done with the Alternating Current (AC) devices commonly used.
Why? Because AC is not natural to the body, therefore relief is only temporary. NeuFit uses Direct Current (DC) which mimics the body’s natural neurological signals, yielding long-lasting results! By using DC, NeuFit allows us to hack the neurological system to produce the correct signals and patterns in a safe, controlled way.
How? NeuFit allows us to control the “load”, or the rate in which signals are sent. Starting at lower Load Levels a corrective movement pattern is performed, and as the body adapts the load is increased. NeuFit is capable of sending neuro signals 250x faster than the brain can, decreasing the amount of time required to correct and reinforce a pattern immensely.
NeuFit utilizes a breakthrough technology that enhances natural processes INSTEAD of replacing them. This is done through electrical signals which allows us to attack the source of pain at the neurological level; something that can’t be done with the Alternating Current (AC) devices commonly used.
Why? Because AC is not natural to the body, therefore relief is only temporary. NeuFit uses Direct Current (DC) which mimics the body’s natural neurological signals, yielding long-lasting results! By using DC, NeuFit allows us to hack the neurological system to produce the correct signals and patterns in a safe, controlled way.
How? NeuFit allows us to control the “load”, or the rate in which signals are sent. Starting at lower Load Levels a corrective movement pattern is performed, and as the body adapts the load is increased. NeuFit is capable of sending neuro signals 250x faster than the brain can, decreasing the amount of time required to correct and reinforce a pattern immensely.
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During your initial evaluation, a diagnostic is performed to identify areas where the body is governing or limiting range of motion, speed of movement, and muscle output. In the above image you can see this process being demonstrated. One electrode is stationary, while the other is scanned around on the body. Wherever this scanning electrode is on the body, it will stimulate all of the electrically-sensitive tissue in its vicinity. It could stimulate the sensory receptors that report information on movement, position, temperature, chemical state, vibration, etc. The fastest afferent pathways are the muscle spindle, (MS), pathway, which reports muscle length and velocity of lengthening, and the golgi tendon organ, (GTO), which reports the amount of force, or load, on a muscle and its tendon. Because these are the fastest pathways, their signal will reach the CNS first and be the first to be acted upon. These pathways lead to two different types of governors on movement; excessive tension and deficient activation. So by stimulating these pathways, we can identify where the body is governing and limiting its movement.
In the case of excessive tension, if the body is carrying excessive tension in muscles, not allowing them to eccentrically elongate as they should, that tension will be modulated via the MS pathway. Where deficient activation is concerned, if muscles are being under-activated, they will not be as available to turn on and do their jobs of protecting the body and creating movement. Activation of a muscle creates tension, and it is this tension that is monitored in the GTO. The GTO, in turn, reports to the CNS. Whenever that tension reaches its threshold of danger, the CNS inhibits that muscle to prevent it from contracting too hard and tearing itself off the bone.
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When stimulating an area that works well, these pathways will be activated, the signal will be evaluated by the CNS, and the CNS will send back the “All Clear!” signal. For the person receiving treatment, the signal will still feel pleasant. When stimulating an area with one of these problems, or governors, the experience will be much different. The signal being sent from one of these areas will cause a more intense reaction. If it is an area with excessive tension, then the signal will trigger the same MS mechanism described above. The body responds with a strong “Contract!” signal and it will feel much more intense. The contraction can be powerful, beyond what happens when stimulating a motor point. Likewise, if the area being stimulated is one of deficient activation, there will also be a more intense reaction.
The information from the diagnostic process is then used to help re-pattern the problematic areas. By stimulating those specific areas identified in the diagnostic process, your body learns that it can handle greater levels of stimulation on those particular pathways. After just a few minutes of this process, the nervous system changes and you may often times experience immediate improvements in function, like greater range of motion and strength output, less pain, and enhanced quality of movement with a sense of ease. The improvements occur both within a session, and cumulatively over multiple sessions.
The Takeaway
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This technology helps to promote proper communication of the nervous system throughout the body, reducing pain and enhancing recovery faster than any other modality currently offered. This specific technology doesn’t replace the natural processes but rather enhances and supports them to allow for proper neurological signaling and communication. This in turn accelerates the healing process, improves muscular function and strength, stops pain and builds muscle.
The waveform mimics our body’s own central nervous system signaling which allows for an accurate assessment and scan of each muscles' functioning state. This allows for the discovery of muscles that are being limited, governed or blocked due to improper and pathological neurological signaling leading to pain, weakness, compensatory patterns, poor healing and injury. The waveform then re-establishes communication removing these inhibitory processes which allows for dramatic improvement in overall muscular functioning leading to very fast pain relief and improved performance.
The waveform mimics our body’s own central nervous system signaling which allows for an accurate assessment and scan of each muscles' functioning state. This allows for the discovery of muscles that are being limited, governed or blocked due to improper and pathological neurological signaling leading to pain, weakness, compensatory patterns, poor healing and injury. The waveform then re-establishes communication removing these inhibitory processes which allows for dramatic improvement in overall muscular functioning leading to very fast pain relief and improved performance.
The cost of the initial evaluation is just $125 and takes about one hour and includes the mapping process and your first treatment. Follow up appointments that are thirty minutes are $65 and forty-five minute follow ups are $100. You do not need to be a patient at Avena to experience all of the amazing benefits of NeuFit. We recommend wearing shorts and a t-shirt (loose, athletic clothing) for your appointments as you will be working through a range of movements to help reprogram your nervous system. If you or someone you know is interested in trying NeuFit, call our office to schedule an appointment!
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