Enertropic Therapy™

Home Office Hours and prices  Why Massage? Meet the Therapists Creative Healing Classes Enertropic Therapy is specifically for treating acute or chronic pain.  Relief may be possible in a few minutes.

Enertropic - a word coined by Gordon in 1997  means energy movement in response to a stimulus.   It is the combination of two words.  Energy and tropism.  Tropism means 'turning in response' and is many times used in relation to plants such as heliotropic which is a movement in response to the sun.  A heliotrope, like the  sunflower, changes its position throughout the day in relation to the sun's movement.

Enertropic Therapy (or ET) is a type of neuromuscular therapy that is a fast and effective way of releasing pain and stress in the body.   

One of the keys of using Enertropic therapy is the clients willingness to participate in the process.  This is generally not a passive massage technique and clients are asked to perform movements that are needed for changes to occur in the musculature.  You may be asked to lift, turn or extend your arm for example to relieve shoulder pain.

Enertropic therapy differs from some reflex systems that it requires the use of two or more specific points to be held at the same time while the client performs the stretching movements.  

One of the basic tenants of Enertropic therapy is that the system of points are locations in the musculature to increase the movement of electrical conduction through the connective tissue. A tight muscle or one in spasm has little

 The body is electrical as we know by the use of EEG's and EKG's.  Using the electrical potential in the connective tissue to create an electrical flow in the muscles as well as This creates an environment for a healthful circulation of life force which encourages homeostasis in the body.  Enertropic Therapy is exceptionally good for relieving pain, increasing range of motion and releases muscle spasm.

Gordon and Brenda began teaching workshops on Enertropic Therapy in 1998 and have introduced massage therapists, nurses, chiropractors and many of our clients to the work.  The foundation of Enertropic therapy is a system which helps a therapist access areas of connective tissue stress patterns.  Many times holding patterns are created when pain has been experienced for any length of time.  By releasing the whole pattern the pain may seem to just melt away.   

Knowledge of Enertropic therapy could give you a tool to help your family and friends in pain.

We feel that anyone with the interest of helping others can learn some of the simpler forms of Enertropic Therapy.  It is one of the classes that I teach to beginning massage students before they know a great deal about the body. 

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Normal stress patterns may easily be seen by linking the Enertropic points on the same pattern.  Once the shifting is apparent these areas can be brought back into alignment using various Enertropic or massage techniques.

Enertropic Therapy is specifically for treating acute or chronic pain.  Relief may be possible in a few minutes.