The St. John Method of NMT, founded in 1978, is the modern developer of NMT and addresses structural distortion, biomechanical dysfunction, and the pain that accompanies it. It locates and releases spasms and hyper-contraction in the tissues. It eliminates trigger points that cause referred pain, restores postural alignment, proper biomechanics, and flexibility to the tissues, rebuilds strength of injured tissues and assists venous and lymphatic flow.