While reading the manual on Strain-Counterstrain technique by Lawrence Jones D.O., I was having a difficult time digesting all the medical terminology he was using when describing the type II afferent nerves going from the Golgi tendon organs or the muscle spindles to the brain via the spinal cord. But, soon enough, it started to make sense, merely out of happenstance.

At the time I had sustained some injuries and was attempting to get myself out of pain. My hamstrings were experiencing strain discomfort that I was unable to get rid of since the injury, despite the array of techniques I had used on myself. Sitting in a chair, as I was reading up on Dr. Jones’ technique, I had placed my hamstrings in a shortened position to attempt to reset them, but for some reason I decided to apply a massage gun to the muscle at the same time. Not pressing very hard, but merely allowing the vibration to set into the muscle and within 10 seconds, I felt the relief that I had been searching for. In talking to a doctor friend, he suggested that the vibrations may have confused the sensors enough to help reset them. After doing some research on vibration and sensor resetting, it cemented the concept that my friend had posited. 

During the trial and error phase of understanding what I had uncovered, the technique evolved to also make use of Fred Mitchell Sr. D.O.’s method Muscle Energy Technique (MET), where a muscle is placed in an isometric contraction.

Sensor Reset Technique became something I use on all my clients. Then, it made sense to share this with the world, so massageguntherapy.com was born, where I showcase videos of this technique involving body parts from the head to the toes and offer free consultations to anyone with a membership.

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