Hi All- Diane Jacobs, PT is coming to San Diego to teach her dermoneuromodulation (DNM) course in San Diego on Aug. 18 & 19, 2012 at the Marina Village - for more information about the course and about DNM, check out this link!
http://www.DNMseminar.info
You can also check out an article I wrote on my website by clicking this link- http://rajamroose.com/massage and scroll down until you see DNM. There is also a testimonial on this page- http://rajamroose.com/testimonials about a client's experience with DNM.
Here's an example of how I use it in my work (I cut and pasted from a post I made at somasimple.com in the DNM thread)- permission was given to share this story:
So, I wanted to share another success story that isn't very complicated. My client is a woman who is in her sixties and takes care of children for a living. She also has a large family and cares for many in her family. 30 years ago, a man she was dating slammed her into a wall and she hit the protruding corner almost exactly on her spine. Since then, she's been in pain that has worsened over the years. She did start a program on painkillers, but gave them up after having to deal with an addiction (to the med's) problem. She's since then been on a wholesome diet (fresh vegetables & fruit) and practices meditation. Those have helped her to cope with the pain over the years.
She came in several weeks ago as the pain in her shoulder & neck had become "unbearable". She has been to PT, chiropractor, massage, acupunture, etc which all seem to help for a day or so, but nothing lasting. She read about DNM on my website and felt like DNM made sense. She has come in to my office weekly for 30 minute sessions & tonight was her 5th session.
She's an African-American woman and the skin in the mid to low back area looked much darker than the surrounding skin on the back. Viewing her back while prone, her spine also looked short and the sides of her trunk looked compressed (meaning distance from auxillary to hip).
At first, she said her pain starting in the upper L shoulder and then went into the neck. The first session, I used DNM to the cervical area (both sides) and on top of the shoulder over the sup trap area. The next visit, she felt there was improvement, so we did the same but there wasn't anything tender in the neck, so we moved down and explored the L shoulder area. On the third visit, she said her neck & shoulder haven't bothered her, but now she feels pain in the thoracic area (where she was slammed into the corner). We worked along the spine from L1 up to T9. There was a lot of nerve talking, meaning referrals, spasming, etc.
The most painful and active points are actually on the R of the spine, although she'd been feeling the pain on the L.
When she came in last week, she looked very relaxed and said she had been sleeping well through the night. She has been able to lay flat on her back, which she couldn't do before for many years without feeling a pressure in mid-back. She said there's a "skip in her step" and she notices she doesn't get as irritable throughout the day. We kept up the same work as the previous.
I noticed the skin on the back that was previously darker has lightened and is now evenly toned with the rest of the back. Her spine doesn't seem as short, nor does the lateral trunk on both sides look compressed.
Today she told me that she finds it very easy to smile throughout the day and said that she makes a dimple now when she smiles that she forgot she had. We talked about exploring new movement and it seems she's already started that process. We bumped her next appointment out two weeks and will go from there.
Update: After two weeks, she is still pain free but now just feels a "pressure" in mid-back area.