This is I.T. (Inconvenient Truth) – MLT Manual Ligament Therapy

This is I.T. (Inconvenient Truth) – MLT Manual Ligament Therapy

What is MLT?

Manual Ligament Therapy (MLT), was developed circa 2003 by Arik Warren Gohl, a medical manual therapist from Tacoma, WA USA. MLT is based on the fact that ligaments directly control all movements of the body by interacting closely with the nervous system.

Why Ligaments?

Ligaments, there are over 900 in the body, are very sensitive to all kinds of movement and stresses such as environmental (Gravity), physical, and emotional. In some research studies, ligaments have been shown to have many times more sensitivity than our skin!

With this sensitivity, ligaments are able to coordinate all the contractions and de-contractions necessary to provide us with the movements of our body and its systems. When they are stressed through injury at physical or even emotional levels, the ligaments direct our nervous system to contract areas of our bodies to protect the vital organs as well as the site of an injury.

This is a great thing in the first few days but unfortunately, because ligaments have very low blood supply, they do not heal well and often remain in a state of stress thereby continuing to tell the nervous system to protect the body. And this is where the not so good things start to compound and our bodies begin to suffer pain, spasm, and even systemic problems as it tries to find balance under stress.