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Welcome

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Present

NEUROFASCIAL

PROCESS

Dialogues in Contemporary

Rehabilitation

and

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BODY WISDOM is the field of

Integrative Manual Therapy

for

Self Healing

&

Self Help

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Integrative Manual Therapy

• IMT = Integrative Manual Therapy – A novel and unique approach for health care

– Used for 30 years with the neurologic population

– Used for 30 years with the pediatric population

– Developed by

Dr Sharon Weiselfish-Giammatteo, PhD, PT, IMP,C

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Self Healing & Self Help

• Integrative Manual Therapy provides

opportunities for Self Help techniques with

NeuroFascial Process

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NeuroFascial Process

• Treat you child at home

• Make a difference

• Include NeuroFascial Process as

adjunct therapy

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What is NeuroFascial Process

• NeuroFascial Process is NFP

• NFP was developed by 1980

• It was investigated during more than 20 years with

hundreds of practitioners, thousands of clients,

hundreds of parents

• It has been used with all patient populations

• Thousands of children have benefited from NFP

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NFP

• NFP can be practiced anywhere:

– in the home, at work, at school

• NFP is a Solution for Health

• ALL persons practicing NFP will benefit

• How much benefit?

– That is unique to the individual

• ALL children will benefit from NFP

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NFP is described in

Body Wisdom

• The book : Body Wisdom

– Dr Sharon Giammatteo

– North Atlantic Books

– describes the history and development of NFP.

– There is more in the book than presented at this

workshop.

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NFP: How to use it

• NFP is simple:

– Use two hands

– Place one hand on one location

– Place the second hand on another location

– Maintain the hand placements for at

least 20 minutes

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NFP: How to use it Know your NFP Anatomy:

A. Forehead is for the

Frontal Lobe

B. Top of head is for the

Parietal Lobe

C. Side of head is for the

Temporal Lobe

D. Back of head is for the

Occipital Lobe

E. The Bridge of the Nose is

for the Limbic System

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A. Forehead is for the Frontal Lobe:

• Intelligence, attention, concentration, judgment, perception

B. Top of head is for the Parietal Lobe:

• Motor function; sensory function, speech

C. Side of head is for the Temporal Lobe:

• Learning, hearing, listening, seizure disorder

D. Back of head is for the Occipital Lobe:

• Vision, visual motor, visual spatial

E. Bridge of nose is for the Limbic System:

• Rage response, behavior, autism

NFP: How to use it

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• When you child has

problems of intelligence

and cognition, attention,

concentration, judgment:

– Use the forehead for

the Process Center

• Forehead is for the

frontal lobe

NFP: How to use It

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• When your child has gross motor dysfunction, fine motor dysfunction, tactile sensitivity or other sensory dysfunction, balance – Use the top of the head

as the Process Center

• Top of head is for the parietal lobe

NFP: How to use It

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• When your child has

learning disabilities,

including dyslexia;

hearing disabilities,

seizure disorders

– Use the side of the head

as the Process Center

• Side of head is for the

temporal lobe

NFP: How to use It

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• When your child has

visual-spatial, visual-

motor disorders

– Use the back of head

as the Process Center

• Back of head is for

the occipital lobe

NFP: How to use It

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• When your child has

autistic-like behaviors of

autism

– Use the bridge of the nose

as the Process Center

• This is how to access the

limbic system!

NFP: How to use It

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• What are Process Centers?

– They are anatomic landmarks

– Every person has the same Process Centers

– They each have meanings

– They can affect behaviors, health, function!

– Learn how to use Process Centers with NFP!

NFP: How to use it

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Remember the Process Centers • Some Process Centers to use

with your child

– Heart

– Forehead

– Top of Head

– Back of Right Lung

– Kidneys

– Liver

– Bridge of Nose

– Spleen

– Pelvic Region

– There are more Process Centers…………

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How to use the Process Centers • Place one hand on the Process Center

• Place the second hand on:

– Forehead

• for ADD, intelligence, concentration, judgment

Use all of the Process Centers to the forehead:

Separately or together if there are enough hands!

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Heart Forehead Top of Head Liver Spleen

Kidneys Back of Right Lung Pelvic Region

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How to use the Process Centers • Place one hand on the Process Center

• Place the second hand on:

– Top of the head for

• Gross motor and fine motor problems; spasticity; speech impairment, tactile defensiveness and sensory disability

Use all of the Process Centers to the top of the head:

Separately or together if there are enough hands!

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How to use the Process Centers • Place one hand on the Process Center

• Place the second hand on:

– Side of the head

• For learning disabilities, hearing disorders, seizure disorders

Use all of the Process Centers to the side of the head:

Separately or together if there are enough hands!

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How to use the Process Centers • Place one hand on the Process Center

• Place the second hand on:

– Back of the head

• For visual-spatial and visual-

motor and other disorders related

to vision

Use all of the Process Centers to the

back of the head:

Separately or together if there are

enough hands!

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How to use the Process Centers • Place one hand on the Process Center

• Place the second hand on:

– Bridge of the nose

• For autistic-like behavior and

autism, rage responses,

behavioral disorders

Use all of the Process Centers to

the Bridge of the nose:

Separately or together if there are

enough hands!

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How long to do NFP

• An NFP session

Usually a 20 minute session is

adequate for one session. More

time is good. Less time may not

be enough.

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Where to perform NFP

on your Child • IF the child is sleeping, that is a great

time to perform NFP

• IF the child is awake:

– Anywhere: lying down, sitting up,

watching TV, reading to your child

–Just do it!

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Mom

Treating

Liver &

Bridge of

the Nose

Mom

Treating

Liver &

Heart

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How many people do you need

to perform NFP? • You need your child!

• You need at least one other person!

• The person uses both hands:

– On the Process Center

– Over the site:

• Forehead, top of head, side/s of head, back of head, bridge of nose

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You Can Use More People &

Get More Done! • You need your child

• You need at least one other person

• IF you have more than one person, you can

get more Process Centers covered!

• The Best: enough persons to cover the „site‟

(forehead, top of head, side/s of head, back

of head, bridge of nose)

– And all of the Process Centers

simultaneously

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When Is It O.K. To Do More?

• There are no precautions

or contraindications to

NFP!

• Do as much as you wish!

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How Much Time? • With a child who has problems from birth,

or from an accident:

– Total: at least 5 hours of NFP from the

„site‟ (forehead, top of head, side/s of

head, back of head, bridge of nose)

• To each of the Process Centers

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Can You Do Too Much? • You cannot over treat with NFP

• Try to get as much of the basic 5

hours performed ONCE.

• Try to get this performed as

quickly as possible:

– In one month

– Use weekends

– Use friends and family

– Use other children

– Just get it done!

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What should you expect? • Expect changes

• After the 5 hours of:

– ALL SITES (Process Centers) TO ALL

PROCESS CENTERS

– Expect to be surprised:

• Decreased agitation; improved

awareness; improved cognition;

decreased rage responses………..

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Learn more about NFP • Use the book:

– Body Wisdom

• By Sharon Giammatteo, PhD

• North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA

• (Barnes and Noble, Amazon……)

Learn more about how NFP can help you

and your child.

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Learn How To Help Your Child

More • Go to a local Integrative Manual Therapy

practitioner

• Have a consultation:

– How can IMT help MY CHILD!

• Get a unique, custom-made NFP program

for your child!

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Help you child • Go to an Integrative Manual Therapy

practitioner

• Find out how IMT can help you child

transform!

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Educational Arm of IMT • DCR Dialogues in Contemporary

Rehabilitation – present over 200 continuing education seminars

each year world-wide

• CSIMT Connecticut School of IMT – an authorized private occupational school

• University Degree Programs – undergraduate, graduate, doctoral in affiliation

with Westbrook University, for distance education

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Clinical Arm of IMT • There are

Centers of Integrative Manual Therapy

& Diagnostics

in the following cities:

Albuquerque, NM; Asheville, NC; Atlanta; Bloomfield &

Glastonbury, CT; Brewster & Great Neck, NY; Chicago;

Cherry Hill (Philadelphia) & Fair Lawn, NJ;

Jacksonville, FL; Los Angeles & San Francisco, CA

Toronto; Haifa & Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Results: Kylee 4½ y.o.

April 1999 June 1999

Feb 2000

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Contact Information

• Web Page: www.CenterIMT.com

• E-mail: [email protected] (General Information)

• Corporate Offices Address:

800 Cottage Grove Rd., Suite 211

Bloomfield, CT 06002

Telephone: (860) 243-5220 / 888-DCR-21st

Fax: (860) 243-5304

JULIE SHISHINO, PT

CenterIMT Los Angeles

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The End

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THE END

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CenterIMT 4 “R” Program

• R = Recovery of Health

• R = Restore Biomechanics

• R = Remodeling, Habilitation, Rehabilitation

• R = Return to Life

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CenterIMT 4 “C” Program

• C = Community - to develop a professional & public community to

improve health care

• C = Commonable - to be the resource of new standards in

healthcare

• C = Constellation - to be a light beam of hope for any distressed

individual

• C = Caring - client care first

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69 year old male, spinal pain and disability for 8 years

Received 12 hours of IMT between movie clips.

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