SONAR Method

What is the SONAR — Verbal Sensorimotor Method?

The SONAR Method is a way to reduce knee pain by changing how the nervous system responds to movement.

It does not treat the knee joint itself.

It works with how the brain perceives pain signals from the knee and amplifies them.

With chronic knee pain, a stable pattern forms:

movement → expectation of pain → protective response → increased pain

Over time, this pattern becomes automatic.

The body begins to react before the movement even starts.

The SONAR Method interrupts this pattern.

It uses structured internal wording together with sensorimotor engagement.

This changes the expectation of pain and reduces protective tension.

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