Our practitioners are lifelong learners and have a strong love for their craft and those that need their help - so this is a never ending list. Your appointment can include Muscle Activation technique (MAT), Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration (MNRI), vagus nerve work, lymphatic/viscal (organ) tissue work, and blood flow work.

The people that seek out our work are those that have a variety of issues. We believe that the body does everything it does for a reason - many times the reason is to protect you. Each “symptom” you feel is your body trying to tell you that something is wrong. Often client’s will compensate (sometimes unknowingly) to keep an issue from coming to mind. Our practitioners will look for these signs/signals and use them to direct the treatment session. Looking at the signals from the full body allows us to get towards the root cause of the symptom which will hopefully result in long-term resolution. By using many different techniques during the session, the practitioner may be able to get you on your way quicker than you thought! Integrate and Thrive can address the following issues... it's a long list!

Signing up for the assessment is far and away the best way to learn about how we can work together on your issue and decide if it would be a good fit for you. This is also the best time for you to ask questions. It is also much easier to describe what the techniques will look like when the practitioner has learned a bit about you. Every body is so individualized that no one's treatment will look the same - this assessment should give you the answers to your questions.

These are some of the typical questions we get about Integrate and Thrive.

The vagus nerve is one of your 12 cranial nerves. Its job is to balance you between your fight/flight response and rest/digest state. We all know that we live in a crazy, fast and stressful world. If you are caught up in a stressful cycle, then overtime your body does not know how to relax again. You are stuck in fight/flight.

Blood flow is a pivotal aspect of how your body functions. In order for a cell to be healthy, it must be able to do two things: get nutrients in and waste out. For the cell to get waste out, you need a well performing lymphatic system (see “lymph work” for more information). Getting the nutrients to the cell is where blood flow comes in. Your heart pumps in order to move nutrients and oxygen throughout your body so the cells can get the materials needed.

Every cell of your body (except for cartilage, hair, and nails) bathes in lymph all day long. Your lymphatic system is in charge of clearing out all the bad/unwanted cells in your body and moving large particles too big for your bloodstream to the location they need to be. Remember, even when you are putting good things into/on your body, it still eventually becomes waste that needs to be removed.

We each have primary movement and reflex patterns that are key to development. These reflexes are the fundamental building blocks for all learned movement and skills from first lifting your head to crawling, walking, talking, writing, calculating, etc.