NSRT is a non-manipulative technique for treatment of pain, limited movement associated with injury, misalignment and bad posture. Gentle and controlled pressure is applied to specific nerve points that stimulate tension activity, to cause change within and around a stressed muscle. The only tools required are the therapist’s middle fingers. This works on a neuro-feedback loop, in the reflex arc.

The aim is to align joint structures and allow adjoining muscles to work at their optimum. This removes stress from ligaments, tendons and cartilage so that wear and tear is reduced and tensions and pain disappear. Patients might feel “shifting” sensations during treatment plus other sensations of tingling and heat as the body adjusts. The whole body is re-aligned with every treatment, as opposed to only symptomatic areas being targeted by other therapies. Further to this, peripheral joints can also be treated if required with extra points.

NSRT as a whole treatment is done to treat not only the localized site but also to neutralise any compensatory effects that may have occurred. It reduces recovery time and the need for ongoing adjustment and treatments.

Unlike manipulative therapies, with NSRT there is no bone cracking, joint twisting, tapping, muscle bouncing or flicking so a high degree of comfort and relaxation remains throughout the treatment– most people drift off to sleep.

After treatment, patients need to relax and have a hot bath, as muscles become achy due to response to treatment. This can last for a day or two as the body settles into position and is a good sign that the treatment is working. Therefore no other treatment should be carried out for 48 hours afterwards.

Indications: General back pain and strain; Knee and hip pain; Neck and Shoulder pain; Back pain in pregnancy; Frozen shoulder; Sciatica; Neuralgia; Arthritis management (Pain relief); Osteoporosis management; Skeletal injury or trauma; Birth trauma; Skull trauma; Road traffic accidents; some post-surgical problems; Migraine; Headache; Whiplash trauma; sporting injuries; Prolapsed or herniated discs; Osteophyte encroachment into neural foramina; Spinal cord trauma (if the cord is not severed entirely); Disc degeneration; spondylitis and spondylosis; Lumbago, Rheumatism and associated muscle pain; Scoliosis; Kyphosis and Lordosis; Hip dysplasias (infantile & adult); Congenital defects (spondylolisthesis, spina bifida occulta, partes inarticulares defects).