Neurological Integratin System
In your Naturopathic consultation, the Neurological Integration System is used to assist your body in attaining its optimum health.
The Neurological Integration System, devised and under constant research and development at Neurolink in New Zealand and at the Neurolog Akademie in Germany, fits perfectly into the principles of Naturopathic Medicine: seeking to promote health by stimulating and supporting the body’s inherent powers to regain harmony and balance.
The Neurological Integration System involves a set of prioritised treatment protocols that evaluate your neurological circuitry to determine and address which aspects of your body function that your brain is not fully controlling. It uses a muscle test and contact with various parts of the body. It is non-invasive, stress and pain free and is suitable for the new-born baby through to the very aged (and also for animals).
Looking at the big picture!
Your brain controls optimum function of your body through its neurological circuitry.
It is constantly receiving information from every facet of your body, and in turn sends back ‘fine tuning’ messages, many times per second. This means every cell, gland, organ, muscle, tendon and meridian is constantly monitored via these circuits to your brain.
For example, in the event of injury or infection an army of white blood cells and other factors are instantly sent to the site to seal it off and start the healing process.
Exceeding your tolerances!
But from time to time, stresses to your body (whether physical, pathological, neurological or emotional) exceed our individual tolerances.
This is when your body will start to show symptoms of pain and/or illness.
If too many of your tolerances have been exceeded, your body sometimes loses track of what is going on. This can be thought of as a broken circuit - your brain is no longer in full communication with certain aspects of your body function.
Neurological Integration System
The Neurological Integration System, or NIS, uses a set of prioritised tests and treatment protocols to determine and address those ‘broken circuits’.
This may include contacting acupuncture meridians, using the meridian pulse points, asking you to move parts of your body or touching different joints or muscles.
It helps your osteopath or chiropractor to identify underlying causes that may be producing your individual symptom pattern and relevant integration protocol will ‘reset’ your body circuitry and optimise your function. Your body will then set about healing itself.
Getting to the cause of the problem
NIS is a fantastic tool for delving deep into the root causes of conditions.
Health is more than the absence of obvious disease. It is dependent upon the individual and is a reflection of an harmonious interaction with our environment - both internally, within our body, and externally. Dysfunction in one area invariably leads to disruption elsewhere.
All functional areas of the body - the musculoskeletal system, organ function, hormonal balance, the immune system, emotions and behavioural patterns - are monitored and coordinated by the central nervous system.
The Neurological Integration System reveals disturbed communications between all the horse's systems and enables a "reset" of the normal connections. Comparable to an update for a troubled operating system of a computer, only many times more complex!
Treating your horse or pony with NIS
Treatment using NIS is extremely gentle and horses and ponies very readily accept it. The best place for treatment is loose in a large stable or small yard, so that the horse is free to move between protocols, but, if necessary, the horse can of course be tied or held by a helper.
The only strict requirement is that the horse does not have access to food or titbits during the treatment session.
Although NIS treatment is a complete assessment and treatment approach in its own right, on occasion I may recommend some classic osteopathic techniques in order to obtain the most efficient and effective results.
Julia Williams
Julia Williams is an osteopath and naturopath with over 27 years clinical practice, with a particular expertise in long-standing or difficult cases of back or joint pains.
She is passionate about helping people realise their optimum health potential. I use Tai Chi in my daily practice to assist clients in recovering from injury or who wish to improve their body-mind balance and awareness.
Julia sees patients in my clinics in London as well as visiting yards around the UK as an equine osteopath.
Registered Osteopath
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) regulates the practice of osteopathy in the United Kingdom. By law, osteopaths must be registered with the GOsC in order to practise in the UK.
Julia Williams is a member of the Institute of Osteopathy (iO). The iO is the largest membership body of osteopaths in the UK and works to support, unite, develop and promote the osteopathic profession for the benefit of patient health.
Julia Williams is registered with the health agency of the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, ADELI number: 170004428
An ADELI number is assigned to all salaried or self-employed practitioners and serves as their reference number.
