Integrated Functional Neurology
Your body moves the way your nervous system lets it.
Focused 30 minute sessions with Matt DeWild, RN, for pain, movement and mind body integration. The work starts with your nervous system, because that is where your body decides how safe it is to move, rest and let go of tension.
- 30 minute consultation
- 30 minute sessions
- With Matt DeWild, RN
- Over 30 years in healthcare
Does this sound familiar?
Your body is still guarding, long after the reason has passed.
You may have rested, stretched, strengthened and waited. Some of it helped for a while. And you may have noticed the same tightness and discomfort finding their way back.
- Pain or tension that keeps returning to the same places
- Movements you quietly avoid because you expect them to hurt
- Stiffness that eases, then comes back when life gets busy
- Stress that seems to settle in your neck, back or jaw
- A sense that your body and mind are not quite working together
That does not mean you are imagining it, or that nothing can change. Often it means your nervous system is still protecting you, and it has not yet had the chance to stand down.
Why Matt does this work
He has been where you are.
Matt’s path to this work started with a serious sports injury and a shoulder that would not heal, despite several surgeries. Facing yet another operation, he decided there had to be another way.
He studied many integrative approaches. No single one was the answer, but a combination finally brought relief, and it taught him what shapes every session today: pain, stress, the mind and the body are connected through the nervous system.
A different way to see it
Pain and movement are shaped by the nervous system
Every movement you make is organized by your brain and nervous system. When your system senses threat, from an old injury, long stress or pain itself, it tightens, guards and limits how you move. That protection is useful for a while. Over months or years it can become the way your body works.
It is difficult to make lasting change when your nervous system is in a threatened state.
Integrated Functional Neurology works with that system directly. Sessions are designed to help your body feel safe enough to soften its guard, move more freely and reconnect how you feel with how you move.
Regulate. Integrate. Optimize.
How a session helps your body stop guarding
Each session is 30 minutes, at our Bettendorf clinic or online. The work follows the three principles behind everything at Integrated Functional Health.
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Regulate
Begin by settling the stress response, so your body has less reason to brace and guard.
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Integrate
Help the different parts of your brain and body work together, so movement, sensation and emotion feel more connected and easier to manage.
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Optimize
Build on what changes with simple practices for home, so the progress you feel in a session has a better chance to last.
What becomes possible
What moving without guarding can feel like
More ease
A body that spends less of the day braced.
Freer movement
Confidence to move in ways you have been avoiding.
Calmer responses
A nervous system that settles more quickly after stress.
Better rest
Sleep that is less interrupted by discomfort.
Mind and body together
A clearer sense of how what you feel and how you move connect.
Tools you keep
Simple practices to use between sessions and after them.
Who it is for
Is Integrated Functional Neurology right for you?
A good fit
- You live with ongoing pain, tension or stiffness that keeps coming back
- You would like to move more freely and with more confidence
- You notice stress showing up in your body
- You can meet at our clinic in Bettendorf, Iowa, or online
Probably not the right fit if
- You have new, severe or quickly worsening pain, numbness or weakness. See your doctor first, or call 911 in an emergency.
- You need a diagnosis or a prescription. Your doctor is the right first step for those, and Matt is glad to work alongside them afterward.
Integrated Functional Neurology works alongside your doctor and any specialists you see. Keep following their advice, and tell them about the work you are doing here.
Your practitioner
Matt DeWild, RN
Matt is a registered nurse, massage therapist, internationally board certified hypnotist and hypnosis instructor, with over 30 years of experience in healthcare, from emergency rooms, trauma centers and flight nursing to mental health and addictions. His training spans traditional Western medicine and natural, holistic approaches, and he has studied with teachers from around the world. He has taught many classes and programs to people in many different professions, and he is a featured speaker at conferences and for groups and organizations on a variety of brain based topics. He founded the practice in 2010 and is an owner of Integrated Functional Health, which he runs with his wife, Molly Hinke-DeWild, LISW, in Bettendorf, Iowa.
Matt knows ongoing pain from the inside. A serious sports injury and several surgeries led him to study many integrative approaches, and a combination of them brought relief. That experience, and his focus on the nervous system, shape how he works with every client. He is glad to work alongside the doctors and specialists you already see.
What you get
Focused sessions, in person or online
Short, focused sessions, at our Bettendorf clinic or online.
- A 30 minute consultation, at the clinic or by telehealth
- 30 minute sessions, at our Bettendorf clinic or online by telehealth
- Work focused on pain, movement and mind body integration
- Simple practices to continue at home
How to start
Three simple steps
Book your consultation
Choose a time that suits you, in person in Bettendorf or online. It takes about a minute.
Talk with Matt
Spend 30 minutes on your body, your history and what you would like to change.
Begin your sessions
If Integrated Functional Neurology is the right fit, you book 30 minute sessions at a pace that works for you.
Questions
Questions about Integrated Functional Neurology
What is Integrated Functional Neurology?
It is nervous system focused work with Matt DeWild, RN, for pain, movement and mind body integration. Your nervous system shapes how your body moves, how it protects itself and how it experiences pain. Sessions are designed to help it settle and communicate better with the rest of your body, and they work well alongside the care you already have.
What is Matt's background?
Matt is a registered nurse with over 30 years in healthcare, and a massage therapist. The name Integrated Functional Neurology describes the focus of the work, which is your nervous system. Matt is glad to work alongside your doctor and any specialists you already see.
Who is it for?
Adults who live with ongoing pain or tension, who move less freely than they would like, or who notice that stress shows up in their body. Many clients come after trying other approaches. On your consultation, Matt talks through whether it suits your situation, or whether another kind of care should come first.
How long are sessions?
Sessions are 30 minutes, at our Bettendorf clinic or online. Your first conversation is a 30 minute consultation with Matt.
Are sessions in person or online?
Both. Sessions can be at our clinic in Bettendorf, Iowa, or online by telehealth, and so can your consultation.
What happens on the consultation?
It is a 30 minute conversation with Matt, at the clinic or by telehealth. You talk about your body, your history and what you would like to change, and together you decide whether Integrated Functional Neurology is the right next step. There is no cost and no obligation.
Your next step
Give your body a reason to stop guarding.
A 30 minute conversation with Matt is the simplest way to find out whether Integrated Functional Neurology is right for you.