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It rarely takes more than
eight treatments to
rehabilitate a patient.
Since our treatment is
noninvasive, and it is
highly efficient, patients
are relieved of pain and
medical insurances are
relieved of high costs.
People who have rapidly
recovered with AMC
therapy are from such
diverse disciplines as
professional baseball
player to high-tech
computer designer.

When a muscle suffers trauma from an injury or repetitive
stress, it becomes functionally weak, even if it has not been
physically damaged. Other muscles are then recruited to comp-
ensate for the weak muscle. These compensating muscles
eventually exhibit persistent tension which is why they can only
relax temporarily when treated with standard manual therapies
such as massage. The Motor Control Center (MCC) is the part
of the brain that governs the learning and recalling of movement.
When you learn to ride a bicycle, the MCC composes the
complex movement of riding and balancing on two wheels out of
simpler muscle functions, such as the hamstring (knee flexors).
Once you have successfully ridden the bike, that series of
movement patterns are stored as motor programs in your Motor
Memory (located in the cerebellum). The next time you get on a
bike, you recall how to ride, whether it is tomorrow or ten years
from now, because the coordination pattern has been stored in
Motor Memory. cont.>