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Meet your neurologist

Dr. Robert Myers

UCNS Board Certified Headache Specialist

UCNS Certified

Dr. Robert Myers, D.O. is a board-certified neurologist and UCNS-certified headache specialist who combines modern neuroscience with hands-on care. As a third-generation osteopathic physician, OMT has always been central to his approach. Trained at top programs like Mount Sinai, he founded Navira Brain & Body to offer Therapeutic Neurostimulation, OMT, nerve blocks, and trigger point injections in personalized treatment plans for people with complex neurologic, psychiatric, and pain conditions.

Areas of expertise

Neurologist led protocols for TMS

Expertise in OMT for musculoskeletal care

Precision cranial and occipital nerve blocks and trigger point injections

Personalized plans based on goals and current research

Board Certified

Neurologist

“In my work as a neurologist, I have met so many people who were suffering—but let down by the conventional model. Too often, they were told that if medication or surgery didn’t work, there was nothing else we could do.I refused to accept that.”

Insights & Articles

Evidence-guided articles from a neurologist-led clinic in Rochester, NY. Learn what to expect, who it helps, and how to take the next step.

OMT Targets in Chronic Pain

Muscle Guarding

• Chronic pain often leads to reflexive muscle tightening (guarding), which limits motion and perpetuates pain.
• OMT techniques like muscle energy and counterstrain relieve hypertonicity, restore range of motion, and reduce nociceptive input.

Autonomic Nervous System Dysregulation

• Chronic stress/pain activates the sympathetic nervous system (fight-or-flight), worsening inflammation and reducing healing.
• OMT techniques (for example, craniosacral therapy, rib raising) help balance autonomic tone, decreasing sympathetic overactivity and enhancing parasympathetic function.

Somatic Dysfunction

• Chronic pain often localizes dysfunctions in joints, fascia, and viscera.
• Soft tissue, HVLA, and myofascial release techniques restore normal alignment and improve proprioception.