How Neuromotive Reset Came About
I’m Dr Chris Dobson, and for years I worked as a chiropractor, helping people find relief through hands-on treatment. But something kept bothering me.
People would leave my practice in balance, only to return days or weeks later out of balance again. It weighed on me. How long did the change actually last?
Most people felt better when the muscles controlling their spinal alignment could relax, when the spine could move freely again. My goal became: how do I make that last longer?
As science evolved, I shifted with it. I came to see that misalignment wasn’t a structural issue. It was the result of overactive muscles. So I began targeting the specific muscles that had the greatest influence on spinal alignment.
That led to a breakthrough.

I’d assess the spine, pelvis, ribs, and shoulders. Then I would release just one key muscle and observe everything that changed.
When I reset hip flexors, I saw immediate changes: sacroiliac joints aligned, lumbar rotation eased, ribs leveled out. And surprisingly, the neck improved too.
I repeated the process, mapping which muscles controlled which parts of the spine.
Eventually, I found how to reset all the deep spinal stabilizers.
The results were amazing, but one problem remained. The same muscles would tighten again. The same patterns kept coming back.
That’s when I asked: What if the same neurological change I saw from hands-on release could be triggered through a movement sequence?
I tested the idea. I created a movement that was simple to do but neurologically complex — and it worked. The same effect as a manual release, but done by the person themselves. And when they did it a couple of times a day, their problem areas improved hugely.
That was the turning point.
I began developing resets for each of the key muscles influencing the spine. Each was designed to trigger a release through movement. Then I put them into a routine.
And something unexpected happened.
When I ran my patients through the full reset routine, I didn’t need to do anything. The routine had already done it.
But the real magic wasn’t in the routine itself. It was in how often it could be done.
Because it’s quick and easy to do, people are able to use it regularly. That’s what retrains the brain habit that normally prevents healing.
The movements are precise but small, making them possible to do sitting, standing, even while walking.
And because it works at the neurological level, it resets the deep tension patterns that usually don’t budge.
That’s why I stepped away from traditional practice.
Neuromotive Reset was born. Not as a treatment, but as a powerful method for rewriting the brain’s habitual tension and pain habits — made possible by doing it yourself regularly.
Based on Leading-Edge Neuroscience
After 28 years working with spines, here are 5 neuroscience facts I wish everyone knew – in just 2 minutes.
Stretching and Strengthening Aren’t Enough
Each of those patterns is driven by the nervous system — and they don’t change on their own.
Stretching or strengthening won’t shift them if the brain still thinks they’re necessary.
That’s why I developed the nmreset.
These are simple movements that work on the brain’s habit of creating tension.
You can do them sitting or standing in just 2 minutes.
The resets give your system a new input — so it can finally let go of the tension it’s been holding.
