How a Neurotherapy (LMNT) treatment room is set up

Overview

Treatment is given on a firm, flat mat on the floor, not on a raised couch, because the therapist works from two chairs at floor level. The mat and sheet should be neither too soft nor too hard.

Before the patient lies down, the sheet is smoothed with an open palm, corner to corner, every time. A fold can dig into the back. The reason is easy to picture: a bone on a flat surface can bear great weight, but with a pen underneath it, even a small knock can break it. A small object under one bony ridge sends the body's weight through a spot the size of a grain of rice.

Two ordinary, sound, straight-backed chairs are turned over beside the patient. The therapist rests most of his weight on them, so only as much reaches the patient as he chooses, and he can take it back at once. The chairs are moved as the treatment moves, rather than the therapist reaching.

Also within reach: firm, even pillows and a folded sheet, a clock with a clear second hand, the patient's card and a pen, water, a little jaggery, a cloth for covering, and a chair for a relative where they can see the patient's face. The therapist's phone stays across the room, on silent.

Key points

• Treatment is given on a firm, flat mat at floor level.
• The sheet is smoothed by hand every time; nothing may lie under it.
• Two sturdy chairs carry the therapist's weight and control the pressure.
• Water, jaggery, the card and a relative's chair are kept close by.
• The phone stays across the room, on silent.

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This topic is part of: Before You Touch Anyone: Room, Conduct and Consent