#1 Culprit Behind Chronic Muscle Pain

Over-Facilitation is the Hidden Key

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Introduction

Living with persistent muscle pain can be an excruciating journey, particularly when conventional remedies offer only temporary relief. If you’re a therapist grappling with chronic muscle tightness in some of your clients, you’ve encountered the frustrating scenario where some muscles simply refuse to relax despite your best efforts. This leaves you both realizing there is a missing piece in the pain management puzzle.

The often-overlooked culprit in this scenario is ‘over-facilitation’ which is a type of muscle dysfunction which typically goes unrecognized, wreaking havoc on a person’s well-being. This article discusses the concept of over-facilitation, and a solution that therapists would benefit knowing about.

Understanding Over-Facilitation

Over-facilitation manifests when muscles, in their relentless effort to perform, become overburdened and overworked. Crucial for our everyday movements, these structures lose their ability to function optimally. Consequently, they start borrowing energy from neighboring muscles, creating a greater state of imbalance. They find themselves in a precarious state of disequilibrium. Methods that normally work for sedating muscle tension will not work effectively when muscles are in this over-facilitated state. Furthermore, nerve impulses controlling muscle tension get reprogrammed to an inappropriate set-point, making the issue even more complex to resolve.

The Role of Muscle Testing

Muscle testing has proven to be an invaluable tool in therapy. It allows practitioners to pinpoint muscles that aren’t functioning at their peak. However, many therapists utilizing muscle testing techniques learned at university or college are only taught to assess muscle strength to identify under-facilitated states and usually miss identifying over-facilitated muscles because they seem ‘okay’ when they are tested with normal methods. They are often surprised to find out that releasing the trapped energy in these muscles allows under-facilitated muscles to come back on line with little to no effort. It is a simple process that consistently restores harmony to the body.

Bioenergetic Muscle Testing

There are a few types of muscle testing. The ‘Bioenergetic’ approach is sensitive in identifying subtle neurological issues that affect muscles. It contrasts with the Oxford Scale method, which relies on using greater force during testing and is better at rating the actual strength of muscles versus the communication between the nervous system and muscles.

Enter Muscle Tuning™, a modality that utilizes the bioenergetic form of muscle testing combined with proprietary methods to find and address over-facilitated states. It provides a systematic approach to maintaining or regaining wellness. By identifying areas of imbalance as well as the best corrective reflexes to neutralize them the process enhances overall physical function, vitality, and well-being. It contributes to alleviating or eliminating muscle pain and resetting inappropriate tension across joints. Its main claim to fame lies in its ability to easily detect and resolve over-facilitated muscle states that are often overlooked in conventional therapy.

The Path to Effective Relief

For individuals persistently grappling with tense muscles, addressing over-facilitation is the key to prolonged pain relief. Therapists equipped with the knowledge to identify and rectify these issues quickly earn recognition as masters and receive a significant amount of word-of-mouth referrals.

Key Takeaway

The missing link in conventional approaches to muscle pain is often the subtle yet significant issue of over-facilitation. Muscle Tuning™ provides this, and aligns seamlessly with traditional types of therapy. This benefits sufferers of chronic pain as well as supporting rehabilitation and occupational therapeutic approaches.

Your journey to transforming lives by harnessing an unconventional approach may be awaiting you! For more information about easily harnessing the power of meridian theory from the Muscle Tuner® Specialist point of view, reach out: https://www.muscletuners.ca/contact

“In a world where conventional solutions for pain often fall short, my mission is clear: to make positive, measurable changes in people’s physical and emotional wellness through unconventional means. Join me on this journey as we explore innovative approaches to well-being that go beyond the ordinary.”
Denise Cambiotti, D.H.C, CIH, BioEW
Founder — Muscle Tuners International Inc.