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The sensorimotor system is not just simply input/output from the sensory nerves to the brain and vice versa, but also contributes to motor control and dynamic j...oint stability. This is the system NKT works with to assess and treat dysfunctional movement patterns. This article explains its role in joint stability. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC164311 See more

I haven't looked deeper into this, I only just came across the article, but I'm very intrigued by its premise, both as a person who struggles with depression an...d as a LMT. Therapeutic massage can really help people with their depression and anxiety, and the ANS response to feelings of safety could be a reason why. "When the autonomic nervous system feels safe, we experience a sense of well-being and social connection. That’s when we feel like ourselves. But the ANS is also constantly scanning our internal and external environment for signs of danger. If our ANS detects a threat or even a simple lack of safety, its next strategy is the fight or flight response which we often feel as anxiety. Sometimes the threat is so bad or goes on for so long, that the nervous system decides there is no way to fight or to flee. At that point, there is only one option left: immobilization. [...] Studying anxiety has revealed that many modern circumstances can set off the fight or flight response. For instance, low rumbling noises from construction equipment sound to the nervous system like the growl of a large predator. Better run. Or feeling like they are being evaluated at school removes kids' sense of safety and triggers fight or flight. Better give the teacher attitude or avoid homework. And to most of us, fight or flight feels like anxiety. Eventually, if these modern triggers last long enough, the body decides it can’t get away. Next comes immobilization which the body triggers to defend us. According to Porges, what we call depression is the cluster of emotional and cognitive symptoms that sits on top of a physiological platform in the immobilization response. It’s a strategy meant to help us survive; the body is trying to save us. Depression happens for a fundamentally good reason. [...] If depression is an active defense strategy, people may recognize they are not quite so helpless as they thought."

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The relationship of the jaw and hips is very important in balancing the hips and maintaining proper tracking of the jaw. Trying to balance stubborn hip problems... without including the jaw will get you nowhere. In NKT we consider this relationship when treating both areas. This article details their relationship. https://tinyurl.com/y8jjue7x See more

Any thoughts on this?