The technique addresses internal layers rather than external and makes internal muscles react automatically. The child is a passive recipient.

The rehabilitation program is based on a series of exercises transferring kinetic energy via quasi-static movement into the membrane (tissue and cells). It is a pumping, piston-like hand movement which reaches the deepest involuntary muscle layers.

It imitates the way the movement of the lungs gently and rhythmically pushes air within the chest and abdomen against the internal muscles.  It steadily develops and maintains their electrical activity by developing and maintaining their blood supply.  It also accumulates normal volume in order to have proper head and neck control creating a similar cascade effect downwards throughout the entire body. 

Towels are used as “air cushions” to ensure that there is no compression of the superficial tissues (skin and superficial muscles) and allow the energy to go through the barrier of skeletal muscles to reach the deepest layers (smooth muscles). The methods’ softness is very relaxing for the patients as well as being extremely safe.

The muscles targeted are the involuntary intrinsic muscles of the neck and trunk (thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity, pelvic floor).  The excessive strong muscular groups, which are associated with the most pronounced effects of CP (spasticity, contractures) are never directly addressed by these exercises. Instead, recovery is achieved through strengthening the opposing muscular groups. 

Once the “quality” of the musculoskeletal elements have improved, the brain upgrades its “matrix” of the musculoskeletal system to incorporate these positive changes and the child then starts executing motor functions spontaneously.