What is Intermolecular Therapy
The Architecture of Life
In the Architecture of Life, research has found that all life from viruses to vertebrates have the same underlying structure at the molecular level. This new model is referred to as the Tensegrity Matrix, which is an interconnected crystalline structure. Based on this model, the body responds as one continuous piece of fabric.
The Tensegrity Matrix
and the Nature of Injury
When the body suffers a strain or an impact it is absorbed into the body and produces a molecular reaction, which locks the crystalline, the Tensegrity Matrix into a rigid pattern.
Internal organs and bones are frequently the site of primary restrictions, since they absorb most of the energy of injuries due to their density. Joints, muscles and ligaments are designed to give way with excessive force, and often become strained and painful as a compensatory reaction to a restriction in a more dense structure. The resulting strain patterns distort the bio-mechanical distribution of forces throughout the body. This leads to a complex, interconnecting network of abnormal tension, which forms the basis of many painful and imbalanced conditions of the body.
Intermolecular Therapy addresses the structure of the body at its most fundamental level literally restoring normal tone to the molecular elements. It is a process of detecting and releasing the deep, underlying restrictions which may be associated with injuries or scars due to surgery or inflammation. These restricted areas may be painless, but are usually extremely tender to the touch. They result in a complex, interconnecting network of abnormal tensions or strain patterns that may lead to many painful and imbalanced conditions of the body.
What is Intermolecular Therapy
Intermolecular Therapy addresses the structure of the body at its most fundamental level literally restoring normal tone to the molecular elements. It is a process of detecting and releasing the deep, underlying restrictions which may be associated with injuries or scars due to surgery or inflammation. These restricted areas may be painless, but are usually extremely tender to the touch. They result in a complex, interconnecting network of abnormal tensions or strain patterns that may lead to many painful and imbalanced conditions of the body.
Assessment involves a very detailed analysis of the tension patterns by testing one area of restriction against another. In this way the primary areas of restriction can be differentiated from the secondary compensations.
Treatments are very gentle and may involve the use of precise localized pressure, recoil which is a gentle springing type motion. Special treatments to release scar tissue and other forms of therapy may be utilized to support the healing process.
Intermolecular Therapy is generally painless however, since long-term imbalances are often corrected, the body may react for a period of several days after each treatment, as it recognizes itself to a new state of balance. Areas of tension tend to relax, while joints which are unstable tend to regain their normal tone. The assessment is repeated at each subsequent visit. Layers of strain patterns are usually revealed, as restrictions are released in each session. In this way, all of the structural imbalances, which have developed over a lifetime, can be released permanently, through a series of treatments.
Intermolecular Therapy represents a significant breakthrough in the rehabilitation of structural disorders. It addresses the body at a fundamental, molecular level of dysfunction, which is often the source of persisting health problems. This revolutionary approach can relieve many conditions and help restore optimal, pain-free function.
Intermolecular Therapy was developed by Dr. G.B. Roth, a chiropractor, naturopathic doctor, lecturer and author. His frustration with the results of conventional therapies led him on a quest to understand the biological properties of the body tissues. Intermolecular Therapy represents the culmination of his studies and his independent discoveries about the nature of bio-mechanical dysfunction and how to restore normal healthy function of the entire structure of the body.
Key Concepts
- Tensegrity (ten-se-grit-ee), a term coined by Buckminster Fuller, which refers to a structure composed of interconnected, semi-flexible triangles which is known to be the underlying structure of all life forms.
- This explains how tensions or restriction in one part affects all other parts of the body, the inherent stability and resiliency of organic tissue and how we respond to injury.
- Injury is absorbed by the densest substances in the body (water & bone). The tightly packed molecules react and cause chemical and structural changes in the supporting tissues.
- Water-filled organs (kidney, liver, spleen, heart and brain) and bones often become the primary sources of tension that result from injuries such as falls, strains and impacts (such as motor vehicle collisions).
- Joints, muscles and ligaments are designed to give with force. They are often the focus of pain because they become overstretched and strained to compensate for the primary sources of tension.
- Humans are subject to a unique set of injuries. The upright posture makes it easier for us to be toppled over, and we tend to land on certain parts of our anatomy. The force of an injury, such as a fall or automobile collision, is absorbed by the fibrous tissues surrounding the water-filled organs. The bones, pelvis, knees and shoulders are subjected to tremendous forces when the weight of the body drops on them.
- Tensegrity explains how the body responds to injury and stores this information as strain patterns, which cause the body to become subject to abnormal bio-mechanics, pain and degeneration.
