Is there anything to Neuro Muscular Reprogramming?

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A woman I know is going to a "naturopathic" doctor. One of the things he does with her is something she called Neuro Muscular Reprogramming. She described it as doing for muscles and tendons what chiropractors are supposed to do with joints, i.e. "realign" them into their proper place.

She also claimed that the doctor who's doing this Neuro Muscular Reprogramming to her was the guy who recently invented it. (She lives in Northern California, so presumably the doctor practices somewhere in Northern California too.)


Of course, my "something smells fishy here" instincts immediately kicked in, but she swears by this doctor and thinks what he's doing is having highly beneficial effects on her.

Has anyone else heard of "Neuro Muscular Reprogramming"? I don't see an entry for it on quackwatch.org , but I can't imagine that it's been proven effective (or safe) yet.
 
I don't know how legit the therapy was, but back when I was in high school there were mentally challenged students enrolled. Part of their therapy and learning was to teach them to crawl to reprogram parts of their brains in hopes that it would help their brain become more organized. I believe this would qualify as neuro-muscular re-programming. It was for a specific purpose, though, not to align, or whatever, anything on a healthy person. It's possible that that particular therapy has been dismissed as ineffective. I don't know, I've not heard anymore about it since 1962.


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So, you're saying that "Neuro Muscular Programming" was being used as early as 1962? :eek:
 
Chiropractors do not realing joints, though many mistakenly believe they do. Naturopaths may be making her "feel" better but they are not realigning her muscles! I suspect they are realigning her finances though. I find it interesting that many "alternative" practioners don't accept "alternative" money, they want the real stuff.
 
tracer said:
So, you're saying that "Neuro Muscular Programming" was being used as early as 1962? :eek:
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Yep. It was kind of the 'in' thing to do for awhile in the 60s. I don't know if it has been continued or not. I also have no idea if it has any similarity to what the naturopath is doing.
 
Seems to me like tracer and popsy are getting their wires crossed, tracers friend is getting her muscles and tendons moved around somehow, physically to change the place. What popsy described seems to be trying to teach the brain something different by making the kids learn to crawl. Or am I confused?
 
Is it just me or does this give strong indications of the placebo effect? I can only imagine this treatment as maybe some exercizes or a specific deep-tissue massage. Still, any medically beneficial treatment or technique that comes out these days that doesn't involve a fairly recent technology seems bunk to me simply because I figure they'd have found it by now. Consider accupuncture. They actually got around to sticking enough needles in enough people to figure out what does what, where. Basic techniques like that, should they be true, would have likely been discovered long ago.
 
tracer said:
A woman I know is going to a "naturopathic" doctor. One of the things he does with her is something she called Neuro Muscular Reprogramming. She described it as doing for muscles and tendons what chiropractors are supposed to do with joints, i.e. "realign" them into their proper place.
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Obviously a load of crapola. Realign muscles and tendons? I've yet to see a ND that is not a complete quack.
 
SquishyDave said:
Seems to me like tracer and popsy are getting their wires crossed, tracers friend is getting her muscles and tendons moved around somehow, physically to change the place. What popsy described seems to be trying to teach the brain something different by making the kids learn to crawl. Or am I confused?
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I think you're quite right, though I don't know anything about the muscles and tendons thing. I just mentioned what I considered actual Neuro-muscular re-programming. Yes they were attemping to teach the brain how to organize itself better and they were doing it by using neuro-muscular pathways.

I have serious doubts that a naturopath is doing anything similar and I can't imagine why muscles and tendons would need to be 're-aligned'. I don't know if the technique I mentioned is effective or not, but I'm pretty sure that 'moving' the muscles around is not going to accomplish much. I suppose the manipulation of the muscles might help ease spasms, or something of that nature. But what that has to do with the "neuro-" part or any kind of re-programming escapes me.
 
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The acquaintance of mine who swears by this naturopathic doctor has given me his URL:

http://www.healthandherbs.com/NMR.html

She says he calls what he does "Neuro Muscular Re-programming", but his webpage seems to call it "Neuro-Muscular Release", so color me :confused: here.
 
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tracer said:
The acquaintance of mine who swears by this naturopathic doctor has given me his URL:

http://www.healthandherbs.com/NMR.html

She says he calls what he does "Neuro Muscular Re-programming", but his webpage seems to call it "Neuro-Muscular Release", so color me :confused: here.
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I don't know about anyone else, but personally I can't wait to take the advanced class that teaches these wonderful therapies:

"The agenda of this class entails the following topics: creating homeopathic remedies with the pendulum; cellular restructuring through hypnosis; advanced cervical release using ribs; whole body etheric balancing; concentrated focus; intention; etheric endocrine balance; Japanese energy blasting; nervous system balance; Brazilian toe technique; spiritual acupuncture; harmonic resonance; diaphragm release; bloodless surgery; the Gong show; the pain handle; brain balancing; bennett reflex; infinity pattern treatment."

I'm especially excited by "whole body etheric balancing". I bet I would be even moreso if only I knew what "etheric" was.

;)
 
Hmmm ... that "advanced cervical release using ribs" one sounds kinda kinky.

But I get enough "Japanese energy blasting" watching Dragonball Z.
 
I'm willing to be proven wrong about this of course, but I just lost a highly sensitive device that I use to measure these pages, it overloaded and then exploded. Luckily I have a spare :bs: :)
 
Hmmm ... the Abour Dr. Dov Nadel page doesn't look very promising, either:
After an automobile accident in 1972 that left him disabled and in pain, he began his search for alternative healing methods. This journey culminated in many years of study, his degree as a Naturopath and Hypnotherapist and the development of many different systems of healing. He teaches these system today nationwide, including classes in Neuro-Muscular Release, Advanced Energy Healing, Releasing Technique, and Primary Cause. He has also incorporated electronic music with his work as a hynotherapist, creating beautiful tapes for stress reduction and healing.
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That woman friend of mine swears by this guy, too! I guess something he does makes her feel good, if only in the short term.
 
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