NEURO-EMOTIONAL TECHNIQUE (NET) – MIND BODY HEALTHCARE

Can dealing with emotional stress affect our health and pain?
 
The overlying objective of the mind-body approach undertaken by NET was to normalize a physiological (body system/s) imbalance caused by an emotional trauma that could not be resolved because of a neurological or meridian deficit. This concept has been updated to specifically indicate that recollection of the past stress-related event has been deemed sufficient to recreate the same type of chemical conditions in the body, which could then be addressed by a combination of manual muscle testing and offering graded techniques to encourage the patient to access those emotions (1).
 
A review of case study, cohort, and randomized clinical trial research included two larger studies. One was the striking demonstration by Monti of parallel changes of fMRI images of the parahippocampus with the reduction of cancer patient distress after NET applications, thereby revealing a possible neurological signature of NET (1). This study demonstrated significant brain changes pre and post sessions of NET.
 
The second was the report by Bablis and coworkers that, compared to a placebo treatment, an NET regimen produced clinical and statistical significance with declines of Inflammatory and Immune blood markes also declines of virtually all physiological pain and disability markers by gains in quality-of-life indicators at baseline, 1, 3, and 6 months in patients with chronic back pain. (2) This study demonstrated that NET helps with improvements in life in pain and organ function.
 
These beneficial effects in all outcome measures were sustained, as additional interventions at 3 and 6 months produced no further improvement while at the same time there was no deterioration of these measures during that period. The authors suggested that these results were consistent with the principle of resilience!
 
 
NET is a powerful technique we use at Sprouting Health. If you are interested, contact our practice for an appointment and have a talk to one of our Doctors of Chiropractic.
 
 
 
References

1. Bablis, Peter. Day, Ryan. Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) Research Synopsis #46: Neuro-Emotional Technique: 35 Years of Mind-Body Health Care: A Commentary. 2023/10/01
2. ER  - Bablis P, Pollard H, Rosner AL. Stress reduction via neuro-emotional technique to achieve the simultaneous resolution of chronic low back pain with multiple inflammatory and biobehavioural indicators: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. Journal of Integrative Medicine. 2022 Mar 1;20(2):135-44.