Superfast (for the leg that slipped)

Overview

What is Superfast?

When a leg suddenly slips — on a wet floor, a stair or uneven ground — the muscles of one side can be wrenched over towards the other side. The result is a sharp pain in the groin, where the thigh meets the body, or in the waist. Superfast was found to give quick relief in exactly this situation.

The name is one of the therapy's 'action' names, like Rocket and Hammering: it describes how quickly the relief comes, not a body part. It is a physical point — it works on muscles, not on glands.

Its most surprising feature is the side. Whichever side the pain is on, Superfast is given on the other leg. This follows the therapy's Opposite Point rule: the place to treat is sometimes the partner of the place that hurts.

Where it is given

Where is Superfast given?

You lie down, and the treatment is given on the leg opposite the painful side. It covers the inner side of that leg from the thigh down to the ankle, and the outer side of the thigh and calf.

Partway through, the knee is turned over and two or three pillows are placed under it for support, so that the outer side of the leg can be reached. The pillows are part of the treatment and are never skipped.

How it is given

How is Superfast given?

Superfast is given with the soft middle part of both the therapist's soles, in close, overlapping steps that press and draw the leg muscles along their length. The therapist's weight is carried on his own arms, so only gentle, controlled pressure comes down on the leg.

It should feel like a firm, smooth pressure travelling along the leg, never a jab. The direction of each part and how many rounds are given are taught hands-on in the course, under a trained teacher.

The exact technique is taught hands-on in the Neurotherapy (LMNT) course. See the course →

What it does

What does Superfast do in the body?

Neurotherapy (LMNT) teaching explains a slip as the muscles of one side going over to the other side, and Superfast as the treatment that draws them back, giving considerable relief. Body science confirms that a slip commonly strains the inner-thigh muscles at the groin, and that the two legs are tightly linked through shared reflexes in the spinal cord; how a treatment on the other leg eases the pain is the therapy's own finding from practice.

• Eases sharp groin pain after a sudden slip of the leg.
• Eases sharp waist pain from the same kind of slip.
• Works on the leg muscles — inner and outer — of the opposite leg, so the painful side is not touched while it is fresh.

Organs it reaches

• Muscles — The leg muscles, inner and outer, that the soles press and draw.
• Joints — The hip joint at the groin, where a slip wrenches the muscles.
• Spinal cord — Reflex circuits in the spinal cord link the two legs, so that one side responds to the other.

Its family

Which treatments are close to Superfast?

Superfast belongs to the treatments found one at a time, for one problem each.

• Opposite Point — The rule behind it: right hand pairs with left leg, left leg with right hand — and Superfast applies the cross-over idea to a fresh leg strain.
• Paralysis Clockwise — Also travels down the inside of the limb and back up the outside — but for a limb weakened by stroke.
• Rocket Point — A sister treatment for a blow to the shoulder or arm, when the arm cannot be raised.
• Sciatica Setting — Another leg treatment, for pain that runs down the leg from the back.

What it is used for

What is Superfast used for?

Superfast has one clear use: the fresh, sharp pain after a leg has slipped — once a fracture, hernia or emergency has been ruled out.

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