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The Reaset Approach offers a forward-thinking integration of autonomic regulation – not just the ANS – embedding it within the manual therapist’s biomechanical structure–function framework. It equips manual therapists (osteopaths, physiotherapists, massage therapists) to work more effectively with musculoskeletal disorders and complex, stress-related conditions such as dysautonomia – conditions they increasingly encounter, and where traditional approaches often fall short. |
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EXPERT KEYNOTE - WEBINAR
Autonomic Regulation: Redefining the Future of Manual Therapy
When musculoskeletal disorders don’t start in the body – but in the brain, autonomic regulation is key.
Summary (80 words)
More patients are presenting with musculoskeletal pain that appears without clear cause and resists conventional treatment – often alongside sleep issues, headaches, tinnitus, digestive problems, or anxiety-like symptoms. The link? Chronic stress disrupting the body’s extended autonomic regulatory system. In this keynote, Tom Meyers introduces a regulation-first approach that equips manual therapists to identify and address this dysregulation before treating symptoms – unlocking better outcomes, avoiding counterproductive care, and keeping your practice relevant in today’s stress-driven health landscape.
Extended Summary (160 Words)
More and more patients are arriving with neck, shoulder, or back pain that seems to appear out of nowhere – and resists conventional treatment. Often, these aches are accompanied by sleep disturbances, headaches, tinnitus, digestive discomfort, or anxiety-like symptoms.
The common thread? Chronic stress. It’s not only dysregulating the autonomic nervous system, but the body’s extended autonomic regulatory system. If manual therapists don’t address that dysregulation first, symptom-focused treatment is unlikely to deliver lasting relief – and may even be counterproductive.
In his Expert Keynote, Tom will explore:
25 minute keynote
The common thread? Chronic stress. It’s not only dysregulating the autonomic nervous system, but the body’s extended autonomic regulatory system. If manual therapists don’t address that dysregulation first, symptom-focused treatment is unlikely to deliver lasting relief – and may even be counterproductive.
In his Expert Keynote, Tom will explore:
25 minute keynote
- How health problems are evolving in a fast-changing world.
- Key signs of stress-related dysregulation in patients.
- What autonomic regulation really means – and how its failure drives far more than musculoskeletal disorders.
- Why effective treatment goes beyond the ANS or vagus stimulation alone (and how the latter can sometimes worsen symptoms).
- All the above plus
- Symptoms checklist of the Extended Autonomic Regulatory System
- An introduction to Autonomic Reasetting with The Reaset Approach.
References used to make Expert Keynote
- Cleveland Clinic. (2023, August 18). Musculoskeletal disease causes most disability, healthcare spending in U.S., but gets less than 2% of NIH research funds. Consult QD. https://consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/musculoskeletal-disease-causes-most-disability-healthcare-spending-in-u-s-but-gets-less-than-2-of-nih-research-funds
- GBD 2021 Musculoskeletal Disorders Collaborators. (2023). Global, regional, and national burden of other musculoskeletal disorders, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050: A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Rheumatology, 5(8), e483–e495. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913(23)00232-1
- GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators. (2020). Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396(10258), 1204–1222. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30925-9
- GBD 2021 Low Back Pain Collaborators. (2023). Global, regional, and national burden of low back pain, 1990–2020, its attributable risk factors, and projections to 2050: A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Rheumatology, 5(8), e508–e520. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913(23)00233-3
- GBD 2021 Neck Pain Collaborators. (2023). Global, regional, and national burden of neck pain, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050: A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Rheumatology, 5(8), e496–e507. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913(23)00231-X
- Goldstein D. S. (2021). Stress and the "extended" autonomic system. Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical, 236, 102889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102889
- Goldstein, D. S. (2024). Linking the Extended Autonomic System with the Homeostat Theory: New Perspectives about Dysautonomias. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 14(1), 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14010123
- Hallman, D., Lyskov, E. (2012a). Autonomic Regulation in Musculoskeletal Pain. Pain in Perspective, Dr. Subhamay Ghosh (Ed.). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/51086
- Hallman, D., Lyskov, E. (2012b). Autonomic regulation, physical activity and perceived stress in subjects with musculoskeletal pain: 24-hour ambulatory monitoring. International Journal of psychophysiology 86, 276-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.09.017
- World Health Organization. (2022). Musculoskeletal conditions. WHO Fact Sheets. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/musculoskeletal-conditions
- Wu, Y., Wang, L., Tao, M., Cao, H., Yuan, H., Ye, M., Chen, X., Wang, K., & Zhu, C. (2023). Changing trends in the global burden of mental disorders from 1990 to 2019 and predicted levels in 25 years. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 32, e63. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796023000756
- By 2050, one in three musculoskeletal disorders will be non-traumatic. (BLOG LINK)
- Rethinking Dysautonomia: Beyond the Autonomic Nervous System (BLOG LINK)
- Making Regulation Explicit in Osteopathic Thinking – and Beyond (BLOG LINK)
- Symptoms Checklist for Clinical Assessment of Dysautonomia: Framed through the lens of the extended autonomic (regulatory) system. (LINK)
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Bio
Tom Meyers, D.O., MSc. Ost. is a Brussels-based osteopath, international speaker, and wellbeing futurist with over two decades of clinical experience specialising in stress-related disorders and autonomic reasetting.
He is the founder of The Reaset Approach – a groundbreaking method that places autonomic regulation at the core of effective and sustainable therapeutic outcomes in manual therapy and beyond.
A sought-after educator and keynote speaker, Tom delivers workshops and lectures worldwide on the integration of body-centred autonomic regulation into healthcare, psychotherapy, and innovations in health, wellbeing, and life – and healthspan optimisation. A recognised pioneer in his field, he also serves as the Belgian Ambassador for Healthgevity Nation and is the author of Futurize Yourself and The Futures Effect.
He is the founder of The Reaset Approach – a groundbreaking method that places autonomic regulation at the core of effective and sustainable therapeutic outcomes in manual therapy and beyond.
A sought-after educator and keynote speaker, Tom delivers workshops and lectures worldwide on the integration of body-centred autonomic regulation into healthcare, psychotherapy, and innovations in health, wellbeing, and life – and healthspan optimisation. A recognised pioneer in his field, he also serves as the Belgian Ambassador for Healthgevity Nation and is the author of Futurize Yourself and The Futures Effect.
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