When someone has a stroke, parts of the brain are damaged and the ability to move or talk is often affected. You may feel like a different person because your brain has changed. Memories shift, self-image changes, even the parts that make up personality may change.
Science has shown us that the brain is capable producing new neurons as well as connections between existing neurons throughout our life in a process called “neuroplasticity”. Our understanding of the brain’s ability to change is pushing the boundaries of what we previously thought possible, especially in the fields of stroke recovery and brain injury, and there is great potential for healing.
NeuroMovement® takes advantage of this enormous potential for your brain to "re-organise" itself to help you recover after a stroke or brain injury. Through the use of subtle, gentle and innovative movement patterns, your brain is flooded with new information and is activated for new learning. With this technique, your brain will be able to reset its map of its “new” body, ultimately growing new connections among billions of neurons, and potentially recovering lost function.
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With NeuroMovement®, I do NOT ask you to do what you cannot do. I understand that the loss of function is due to loss of connections in the brain. Instead, I find ways to minimize demands placed on your brain by so it can explore and learn, just like a newborn baby. One way I do this is by working with you lying down to remove the demands that gravity and the need for balance place on your body and brain.
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PAIN AND INJURY

Do you have back pain or difficulty moving, or have you sustained an injury that has left you with constant pain or generalized discomfort?
When you have an injury, your brain acts to protect you from further injury by restricting movement. For example, when you have a shoulder injury, you may protect it by inhibiting movement in that area such that your shoulder blade, upper back and collarbone now move as one. Once your brain has mapped this “new” shoulder as one block, it becomes very difficult for the individual body parts to move separately again. Before long, your quality of movement may become less refined, your posture may worsen, and you may have referred pain unrelated to the original injury.
NeuroMovement® explores the relationship between the brain, the bones and the muscles, and helps the brain identify how it can use different parts of the body to create better movement. Through the use of subtle, gentle and innovative movement patterns, the neuroplasticity of the brain is activated for new learning. This technique helps your brain reset its map of your body, improve your body awareness, and relinquish habitual movement patterns that have caused or contributed to your chronic pain. You may also experience improvements in your balance, breathing, coordination and sense of well-being.
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RESOURCES
This video features Anat Baniel talking about how to find relief from tension and eliminate body aches and pains. (3 minutes 55 seconds)