PRRT is an advanced form or manual therapy that down regulates the autonomic nervous system that can become part of the joint and muscle restriction and ongoing pain. The technique helps the body trade the pain for movement again by down regulation of the reflexes.
The two Primal Reflexes that we are talking about are the Withdrawal and Startle Reflex. Both of these are hard wired into our Central Nervous System and exist prior to birth.
It has been found that these reflexes can be up regulated or heightened due to trauma, stress, pain and disease. These reflexes can then tighten our joints and muscles and heighten our pain. This up regulation can influence movement as if the body has traded movement for pain.
With these techniques, we are treating a deeper, more primal level of the CNS rather then the specific muscle, joint or soft tissue that hurts.
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