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If you would have said all but the last were ways of treating stubborn conditions like fibromyalgia, neck and back pain, and accident-related pain, you wouldn’t be alone.

While it may not be part of our vocabulary, Dr. George Roth, chiropractor and naturopathic physician, has been using matrix repatterning to help his patients relieve pain for over twenty-five years. Developed by Roth, matrix repatterning addresses pain at the molecular level by resolving strains and tension throughout the body.

To understand the body from this new perspective, you have to begin by challenging some of what you learned in high-school biology. Most of us were taught that the cell is simply a bag filled with fluid, yet researchers have shown that within each cell there is a molecular framework made up of protein filaments. In addition, binding proteins on the cell membrane connect each cell to every other cell, forming a continuous fabric throughout the body—what Roth calls the tensegrity matrix or simply the matrix. When we experience an injury the affected area of the matrix may become stuck in a rigid state, which pulls on the rest of the fabric of the matrix, causing strain and pain. Along with injury, scar tissue can also be a culprit. Because the matrix has specific electrical and chemical properties, it can also be affected by factors that alter its electrical and chemical composition. Matrix repatterning releases the strain or pull in the matrix and restores its inherent flexibility, thereby relieving pain.

In his book The Matrix Repatterning Program for Pain Relief (January 2005), Dr. Roth gives readers the skills they need to self-administer matrix repatterning techniques. Step-by-step, he shows them how to use matrix repatterning to discover the true source of their pain and to relieve it, often permanently. He also provides them with a primer on the revolutionary concepts and discoveries upon which this program is based. Here’s just some of what he has to say.

Pain is not the problem. Symptoms such as pain are not the enemy. They provide valuable information that something is wrong and needs your attention. Honor the aches and pains as opportunities to receive important messages designed to direct your attention to conditions or areas that require some form of action.
The primary source of your pain, called the “primary restriction,” is probably not in the same location as your pain. The matrix is generally very flexible and strong. When significant force is applied to it by injuries such as severe strain or impact, it can absorb some of this force or energy. This in turn alters the arrangement of molecules within the protein fibers and the fibers become relatively rigid. This creates the primary restriction from which patterns of tension and pain radiate. Primary restriction may be found in bone, muscle, or organ tissue.
Many therapies directed at the site of the pain are useless. Because the primary restriction is the real source of pain, treatments that address the site of pain are generally not effective.

For more information e-mail Lorna Garano or call 510-652-0215, x107.

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