Environmental factors eliminate extraneous and distraction stimuli and, more importantly, specifically enhance each relearning process. Gains in strength, endurance, coordination and the elimination of pain are related to reactions of the nervous system rather than active resistive or repetitive exercise. There is no hypnosis, psychological counseling, meditation, medication, resistive exercise or practice involved in the treatment format. There are no special diet, nothing to be believed in, attended to or thought about. The treatment modes are passive and best carried out while you relax.
Range of motion is improved without practice.
Muscle tone and muscle bulk is frequently increased without resistive exercise. We have chosen, in general, to provide a very intense program in our clinic for a brief period of usually 2 weeks, then send the patient home with a program designed to continue the improvement begun and maintain any improvements made during the 2 week treatment period. Home programs are simple and do not require personnel who are technically trained or who have special abilities. Equipment required for home program activity is minimal and very inexpensive. In the field of rehabilitation Ed Snapp, P.T, primarily directs our efforts.