People with chronic pain often have a hard time finding a treatment that works for them. There's a new solution gaining popularity.
You know how during a check-up, the doctor hits the nerve just below the knee, and your leg springs up? That body motion is now the basis of a new pain treatment.
Chronic pain once put Marjorie Linglet out of commission. Now she's back on her feet thanks to a new therapy, she says, you have to see to believe, "I have never seen anything that even closely resembles it, let alone gets the kinds of results that he gets, as fast as he gets them."
The primal reflex release technique, or PRRT, is the brainchild of physical therapist John Iams, "It's my belief that the majority of musculoskeletal pain has influence at the reflex level,"
He says our primitive reflexes can sometimes get stuck in overdrive after they react to an injury, causing pain to persist. But a combination of tapping - karate chopping - and flicking techniques in just the right spot can break the cycle. "The change is immediate. The change is immediate," says Marjorie.
It's like the reflex hammer doctors use to test the health of your nervous system, taken a step further. "They never thought of it in terms of having the ability to take that reflex and use that for treatment," says Iams.
PRRT makes good money sense because it's cost effective. Iams says you'll know if it's going to work in the very first session, "if there's no change, then a second or third or fourth or more visits is not likely to make a change."
For Marjorie, PRRT spelled relief, finally getting chronic pain off her back.
The therapy can be used to both assess and treat problems. Iams is currently teaching the technique to practitioners around the world. For more information, click on this link www.theprrt.com
