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The Neuromuscular Center, Inc.
148 W. 23 Street
New York, NY 10011
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Neuromuscular Therapy and Massage
Corrective Exercise
Relieving Jaw Pain, TMJ Therapy
Pre and Post-Natal Massage
Nutrition and Weight Loss
Natural Hormone Balancing
Genetic Testing
Neuromuscular Therapy and Massage
Neuromuscular Therapy and Massage
For specific injuries, Sara visualizes what needs to be done
After measuring you on a stand, you will usually lie on a table where she can treat you, uncovering the source of pain, freeing restricted tissues, waiting for a response, and increasing (or decreasing) range of motion. Techniques used involve massage, breaking up adhesions, pressing on trigger points, and specific breathing awareness. Afterwards, she measures you again to see your improvements.
She works with sports injuries
bad knees and ankles, hip pain, low back pain, sciatica, herniated or bulging discs, neck pain, whiplash, tendonitis, arthriti and TMJ. With over 35 years of experience, she is someon you can trust.
Once you are free of pain and your alignment has improved
we may begin a strength and fitness program designed specifically for you-based on your body and your time schedule. Sara is a licensed massage therapist, an ACE-certified personal trainer with a background in dance, and has been working with private clients for over 35 years.
As you improve, what you eat and what you feel become increasingly important
Poor nutrition can slow down the healing process, as can a weak immune system, too much stress, food intolerance, insulin imbalance, or an underactive or overactive hormonal system.
Corrective Exercise
Movement therapy is a targeted approach to retraining and re-educating the body.
It involves feeling and listening to cues that may have previously gone unnoticed, cues that are based on alignment with gravity and sensorimotor feedback. Under Sara's gentle guidance, you will learn to recognize what is right for your body in a real way that is anatomically correct and biomechanically sound.
Once you are out of pain, you need to build movement patterns that strengthen and support the new "you."
You will be guided to feel how the arm moves properly in the shoulder, or how the knee can bend without compression, or how you can turn your head without pain. Personalized exercises reinforce the new patterns and protect from further injury. When you are 100% better, actual fitness routines designed just for you build more strength and energy.
For those with Parkinson's
Multiple Sclerosis, post-stroke paralysis, polyneuropathy or even Bell's Palsy, we isolate the muscles, nerves, and thoughts that go into that area that is affected. It helps to re-experience the patterns underneath coordination that come from early reflexes and stages of development. We need to be able to bond and separate, push and pull, yield and stand firm.
For infants with motor delays or children with special needs, we pick up the thread where it was broken.
We repeat the developmental sequence of motor coordination, starting in utero, adding vestibular stimulation, vibration, cellular breathing, navel radiation, and eventually, oppositional movement. Schedule a time here.
Relieving Jaw Pain, TMJ Therapy
Many people suffer from pain in the jaw when chewing, yawning, or waking in the morning.
It is important to find out what is causing the pain, and then correct it. If you have pain, Sara will evaluate the opening, closing, and sideways movement of your mouth. She will look at how your teeth touch, if you hinge and then glide appropriately, and whether you overwork the muscles in your jaw. She will examine your occlusion, watch you swallow, and teach you how to place your tongue correctly. She relieves specific muscles of tension by pressing inside and outside the mouth on trigger points, and gives you suggestions to relax your jaw while you sleep to stop grinding.
Relief often occurs immediately, and the irritating clicking noise may be abated.
Correct placement of the tongue on the roof of the mouth takes longer to learn. Based on the principles of Myofunctional Therapy, you will practice exercises to retrain the swallow so that you put your tongue in the right spot, so that all the orofacial muscles work in synchrony. This may take a couple of months to learn, but it is worth it. Learning to swallow properly is essential to keeping your teeth in their right place, in reducing muscle pain, and ensuring the future functioning of your jaw.
If you nursed on a bottle your muscles developed around a spherical object.
When breastfeeding, your lips normally flatten and the tongue draws the nipple to the roof of the mouth. This has far-reaching implications in learning to speak and pronounce words properly, and in using the tongue correctly.
The course of treatment lasts from 6 months to a year
depending on how much you pain you have, and how often you practice your exercises. For those who are diligent, the re-learning can take place in 3 months.
Pre and Post-Natal Massage
Growing a baby inside you has to be one of the greatest miracles on earth!!!
Sara will guide you as your body changes, making sure that muscles are working properly to support you and that your bones are aligned, giving suggestions for nutrition, exercises, and stretches that will help you and your growing baby. She takes a picture, if you desire, of your body in the same standing position so you can see how you are changing week to week, or month to month.
Once your baby is born, Sara will show you gentle re-conditioning exercises to get you back in shape.
She can help you with breast-feeding tips, and perform gentle treatments of cranio-sacral therapy for the baby. Learning the stages of development enhances the pleasure you feel as your baby matures, so you can take Living Anatomy Classes after the birth.
Nutrition and Weight Loss
Eat what's right for you!
If you are active you need to eat enough protein to sustain you, adding green vegetables and fats in the right proportions. Sara will guide you based on your body type, level of activity, and goals. Vegetables are carbohydrates, so you don't need to eat starches like potatoes, rice, bread, pasta, and grains to get your carbs. Let your broccoli, green beans, asparagus, spinach, kale, and salad provide you with fiber and carbs.
Pay attention to the glycemic index of foods.
That's the rate at which food converts to sugar, triggering insulin to store your food as fat if you overload. Try to eat foods within a range of 25 to 75. Foods with a high glycemic index include bananas, papayas, mangoes, carrots, beets, potatoes, bread, pasta, rice, etc. Avoid them. Stay away from the cookies, cakes, and sugars, especially high fructose corn syrup. Some people should not eat fruits.
As for fats-you need them!
Every cell in your body has a membrane composed of a fat or lipid layer. You need saturated fat, preferably in the form of organic butter or virgin, organic coconut oil. Stay away from polyunsaturated fats like vegetable oils (look on the bottle) which have been linked to tumor formation.
For the athlete, you need at least 40 grams of protein for every 100 pounds you weigh
and that's a minimum. Serious athletes eat much more than that. If you are a vegetarian, you are risking blood sugar imbalances, weight gain, a less active pancreas, and high trigylcerides.
Exercise is a key to health.
You can develop strength and mobility at any age, so start lifting weights, working out, swimming, jogging, biking, or whatever right now. You can get your doctor's permission to start on an exercise program yourself, or join a gym. Sometimes it's easier to be with friends to get you going. Sara can teach you correct technique and keep you motivated. Sara will set up a structure or a schedule big enough to keep you on target with your goals.
Natural Hormone Balancing
Balancing your hormones naturally can increase your health and well-being, as well as protect you against breast
ovarian, endometrial, and prostate cancers. This takes time and effort, but with proper testing at a reputable lab, you can increase your chances of a long and healthy life.
Some professsionals think saliva is a more accurate measure than blood,
as free, unbound, fat-soluble hormones pass eventually into your saliva. Blood is water soluble, so that the hormones must be bound to a protein to be carried throughout the body, and therefore offers a less direct measurement. See this article by John Lee, MD., followed by NYS has now certified a lab. Other doctors disagree.
Your thyroid, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, insulin and cortisol levels affect your bones
your muscles, your energy, and your mental health. For more information, see Hormones and Health, Naturally by joining this Yahoo Group.
Consider using Thermograms as a viable alternative to mammograms
to reduce your exposure to radiation. Also urine testing for calcium loss for osteoporosis is easier and safer for your body than DEXA scans which expose you to excess radiation.
Proper dosing of Iodoral, an iodine supplement
can reduce fibrocystic breast disease, ovarian cysts, and perhaps other cysts in the body, according to Dr. Guy Abraham. Eliminate sugar which feeds cancer cells, and eat greens every day. Massage the breasts in a spiral towards the center movement to stimulate lymphatic flow. Eliminate chemicals from cleansers, cosmetics, from your environment and food. Sara will guide you through this, and connect with your doctor.
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Hours
Monday:
11:00am - 6:00pm
Tuesday:
11:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday:
11:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday:
11:00am - 6:00pm
Friday:
11:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday:
11:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday:
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About Us
For your total wellness experience at The Neuro-Muscular Center, a new service: genetic testing!
It's the new frontier in personalized medicine, and knowing what genes you have will give you an added dimension to your workouts, your nutrition, your health, and your future! You will benefit from the ultimate approach to wellness and longevity at The NeuroMuscular Center, combining genetic testing with intelligent massage, corrective exercise, fitness, natural hormone balancing, and eating for your type.