Proprioceptive Deep Tendon Reflex (P-DTR)

Your nervous system sends information about your environment to your brain via sensory nerves. Different nerves are sensitive to different stimuli like stretch, pressure, heat, cold, vibration, etc. Your brain then interprets and uses this information to make decisions about how to function and move. 

Due to illness, injury, or other stresses, these sensory nerves can become hypersensitive, dysfunctional and create bad feedback loops.   Often, this is your brain’s way of avoiding something that it has learned to interpret as somehow “dangerous,” and keep you “safe” –  even if it is not!  Your brain and body then create an abnormal or hypersensitive “stress response”, changing how you move and function.

This can result in decreased mobility, chronic or recurring pain, muscle tension or weakness, and injuries.  A chronically overactive stress response can also lead to fatigue, reduced immune function, and digestive problems, among other things.

We use specific neurologic and movement testing to identify and “reset” these faulty reflexes. Many people notice quick and significant improvements in strength, mobility, and pain with both acute and chronic pain.   We can then guide you towards the proper exercises, stretches, and lifestyle improvements to help you heal. 

For more information about P-DTR at Frederick Chiropractic Wellness Center please go to www.PDTR-global.com or www.pdtrusa.com