PRIMAL REFLEX
RELEASE TECHNIQUE™

Quick and Effective Manual Therapy

The Primal Reflex Release Technique (PRRT) is a new and revolutionary manual-therapy approach for quick and effective treatment of musculoskeletal pain. PRRT is often able to accomplish what joint mobilization and manipulation, trigger point therapy, and soft tissue and myofascial release can in a much shorter time.

PRRT simply and easily identifies and releases the protective reflex influences that virtually all patients have. When active, these reflexes result in restricted motion, pain with motion, and reduced spontaneity of motion. PRRT is designed as a first-session treatment that lays the foundation for success for the rest of your physical therapy. When combined with physical therapy, PRRT results in quick relief of most musculoskeletal and even chronic pain.

The PRRT treatment system offers an innovative combination and application of techniques that facilitate rapid “neural reboot.” This neural reboot resets the neural control of joints, muscles, and fascia to release joint restrictions, trigger points, and fascial restrictions not unlike when you reboot your computer.

Image of a woman getting PRRT manipulation on her leg.

How does it work?

PRRT is based on the premise that over-stimulation of the body’s primal reflexes creates pain and keeps painful patterns occurring again and again. These reflexes — startle, withdrawal, and the protective joint reflexes–are hardwired into the nervous system of the body for the purpose of survival. When a person experiences a painful or startling event, these reflexes are triggered in an attempt to protect the body.

Unfortunately, these reflexes often persist in a state of hyper-readiness long after the triggering event has passed. When sustained over time, activated reflex responses lead to patterns of pain that are reproduced, repeated, and maintained, interfering with healing and resisting therapeutic efforts to restore natural function.

PRRT addresses muscle and joint receptors along with their spinal modulation. These often overlooked and seldom-treated areas of the body are the cause and solution for many types of pain, including:

  • Restricted motion
  • Pain with or without motion
  • Reduced spontaneity of motion
  • Muscle tightness, stiffness, and/or tension

Interested in trying PRRT?

PRRT is a gentle technique that is easy on both practitioner and patient. It saves energy and rarely results in flare-ups or exacerbations in patients after treatment. To schedule an appointment: