Muscle Activation 

Muscle Activation is a revolutionary new system designed to assess, identify and treat muscular imbalances that are generally the cause of many diseases. It is an unique process in the treatment of pain and dysfunction, loss of mobility, functional rehabilitation, athletic injuries and their prevention, etc. 

We provide an unique level of service in health and sports performance.

Greg Roskopf (USA) was the pioneer of MAT, a technique that has been developed and applied with remarkable results in improving the quality of life of thousands of people. Ideal for everyday people suffering from several diseases such as: Shoulder, neck, back and knee pain, loss of mobility, pubalgias, tendonitis, arthritis, disc hernias, etc. . Has been applied to athletes of various sports contributing significantly to elevate their performance in rapid recovery from injury and increase longevity in their careers at a high level.

Scientific basis

It is a fact that some of the health problems affecting people in modern society stem from flaws in consequence of bad habits installed (food, poor posture, sedentary lifestyle, repetitive movements at work, ... ) neuromuscular system. These problems can appear due to inhibited muscles (loss of proprioception - communication between the central nervous system and muscle) by one of the following reasons: excess (overuse) or lack of use of some muscles/ fibres, trauma, dehydration and food deficit (chemical stress).

The muscular structures become strained and put pressure on the various surrounding structures such as joints, nerves, cartilage, ligaments and bones. This tension appears from an orchestrated response by the Central Nervous System to protect from that weakness, it is a symptom and not the cause or primary factor of the problems. Muscle inhibition is progressive if not tackled properly, is the result of a neurological response that manifests itself especially in extreme contractile ranges of motion (muscle shortening position).

Using Muscular Activation techniques we restore the connection between the central nervous system and the inhibited muscles, eliminating compensations that cause pain, illness and loss of mobility.?

Using traditional exercises for muscle strengthening (as the ones used in gyms) at this stage is counterproductive since they result in a strengthening of compensatory patterns, increasing tension and muscle imbalances as well as the symptoms connected to them (pain, illness, loss of mobility, ... )?

Evaluation

 In the first session we evaluated the ROM (range of joint motion ) through proprioceptive tests to determine where the body shows vulnerability or loss of amplitude.

Through specific tests we can identify neuromuscular weaknesses.

 Activation of weak muscles

 Through specific exercises we improve the connection between the brain and the muscle restoring its contractile capacity; resetting the machine and its proprioceptive program.

Using traditional exercises for muscle strengthening (as the ones used in gyms) at this stage is counterproductive since they result in a strengthening of compensatory patterns, increasing tension and muscle imbalances as well as the symptoms connected to them (pain, illness, loss of mobility, ... )

 Muscle Strengthening

After the correct adjustment of the Neuromuscular System, confirmed through a succession of tests, and if necessary, we move to the strengthening of muscles through specific exercises for the patient. The exercise program is built according to a logic that allows a proper progression, subject to regular reviews.
Restoring the connection between the Central Nervous System (CNS) and muscle, eliminating the compensation, pain, disease and promote recovery of muscle amplitude allowing the increase of mobility. Through this manual therapy (without pain) we readjust the system (your software) directly attacking the cause of its problems. MAT is a specific technique that does not use massage or stretching... because these traditional techniques operate primarily on symptoms attenuating them but do not go directly to the causes, which result in only temporary effects.