Become A Specialist in Reducing … C.E.M.&.N.T.
Nov 24, 2025YOU Will Become A Specialist in Reducing … C.E.M.&.N.T.
(Chronic, Excess Muscle & Nerve Tension & Stress. As David Scott Lynn puts it, we have found many of the seemingly unresolvable problems people face to be the result of C.E.M.&.N.T. or Chronic, Excess Muscle & Nerve Tension & Stress — its less precise medical term is hypertonicity. Or, Just “Tight Muscles.”
This is an almost unrecognized source of trouble for large numbers of people, and few healthcare professionals or therapists, nor even many physicians, have mastered the techniques, strategies, and subtleties needed to recognize, manage or resolve this widely pervasive cause of many common problems.
Because the ability to contract muscles is, obviously, necessary to almost ALL our bodily functions on a daily basis, few recognize contracted muscles as a problem. The problem with that is that while everyone is pretty good at contracting their muscles, very few know how to truly DE-Contract, or fully Relax their muscles.
Chronically Contracted & Over-Shortened Muscles become our Primary focus for resolving many of the clinical, soft tissue issues therapists encounter in their practices.
Many muscles are excessively contracted; yet they are at the same time, paradoxically, overly lengthened. Too many therapists think the over-lengthened muscles are “Too Weak.” While this often FEELS or APPEARS correct, this is rarely the case. Allegedly “weak” muscles are not that common and lead to great misunderstandings on how to do therapy. Understanding the strategy & tactics necessary to evaluate and treat such “weak / strong” muscles versus “short / long” muscle paradoxes is central to the Medical Massage Therapy & Myo-Structural Balancing Process you’ll learn at NCSAB.
Along those lines, a well-functioning human body wanting Precise, Effective & Efficient Action must be able to RELAX or DE-Contract its muscles just as easily as we contract them. The balance between musculo-fascial contraction & relaxation must be VERY close to equally balanced.
Massage & Bodywork, along with Conscious Stretching, and other related modalities, are excellent ways to support your Clients in achieving far deeper levels of relaxation — of Muscular De-Contraction — than they’ve ever experienced.
I am a therapist and I own my own practice in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. I get to help change and improve people’s lives on a daily basis. It’s the most satisfying and rewarding way I could ever hope to make a living. Graduating from one of Kyle’s former schools made all these opportunities possible. It really did change my life.
~ Chad Jasmine, LMT, NCTMB
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Here Are Some Problems Causing, Or Are Closely Related To, Chronic, Excess Muscle Tension:
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- Imbalances between muscle groups
- Poor posture & stooping
- Faulty movement patterns
- Pressure on and irritation of nerves
- Trigger Points & referred pain
- Myofascial pain syndromes
- Disc-related problems
- Sports-related injuries
- Faulty ergonomics
- General & Specific chronic pain
- Many problems of aging
- Scoliosis and kyphosis