CMT Method
Israeli has been the owner of a rehabilitative health center in Herzlia Pituach since 1995, where he treats diverse orthopedic problems, using the Corrective Movement Therapy (CMT), which offers a non-invasive rehabilitative solution for numerous movement restrictions. The system works on the activation of controlled neural stimulation of the muscles and joints around the painful area. This stimulation enables the lengthening and strengthening of muscles, increases the range of movement, improves posture, and restores natural movement, free of pain and restrictions.
According to this method, rehabilitation is carried out solely through body weight, as close as possible to our natural body movement
How does the method work
Corrective Movement Therapy generates positive stimulation of the muscles and joints around the injured area. In response to stimulation, the body changes its posture and loads; as a result, pain and restriction lessen significantly or totally disappear
The physical process that is created is totally natural, but the body does not know how to create it independently
CMT teaches the body to disassemble mistaken patterns of movement which it has adopted over years
The body develops these patterns as compensation for pain, accidents, muscular weakness or even a life style, such as sitting in front of the computer for long stretches of time
Rehabilitation with the CMT Method
Advantages of the CMT Rehabilitative Method
- A permanent solution
The method teaches the body to stabilize itself in a way that offers a non-intrusive and permanent solution for numerous joint problems, such as back pain that derives from a herniated disc, a disc bulge, or degenerative changes of the spine, inflammation of the shoulder and knee and hip cartilage wear-and-tear
A quick and effective process
CMT rehabilitative training is carried out with the sole help of body weight, which means, gravitational training. Such training creates the best rehabilitative results over the shortest period.
Our body knows how to identify direct operation of muscles without any additional mechanical transmission, and when it understands that there is no other artificial “help,” it uses a maximal number of motoric units
A motoric unit is the most important muscle unit, and constitutes one nerve fiber and several muscle fibers which it activates
In all our movements, the more motoric units we activate, the quicker and more effective rehabilitation and muscle strengthening will be
Shortening the rehabilitation process is advantageous, but in numerous sports injuries (such as runner’s knees or ITB in long distance running, tennis elbow, and tears in shoulder tendons as a result of racket games or training in a gym). The time element in rehabilitation has critical implications on the training program
Incorporation of passive therapeutic elements
The CMT method incorporates active training with passive stretches, mobilization and massages in a wide variety of therapeutic methods as one integral part
The unique mixture facilitates swift recovery during and after training. The element of immediate recovery has a tremendous impact on performance ability, particularly in long-term posture rehabilitation, for example: posture rehabilitation in spinal scoliosis (kyphosis, lordosis and scoliosis), or rehabilitation following orthopedic surgery