Functional model · SBNFA™

Neurosensory reprogramming

In the functional model developed by Blue Portance from the work of Pierre Ivaldi, neurosensory reprogramming refers to a gradual new learning process that allows the nervous system to rebuild a better-calibrated response to the sensory information it receives.

Scientific basis

The model draws on neuroplasticity and on the capacities of the nervous system for learning and relearning, which are documented by research. Approaches that target cortical representations and sensorimotor learning are being studied in certain chronic pain conditions; their existence does not demonstrate the model itself.

Blue Portance / SBNFA™ reading

In the Blue Portance reading, reprogramming does not mean erasing previous learning: new learning is built alongside the old. Reprogramming is not the exact reverse of deprogramming, and it implies neither a demonstrated “rewiring” nor an anatomical restoration.

In the SBNFA™ reading, postural variability and exploration are considered conditions that may promote the relearning of diversified responses; this effect is not established as a specific consequence of a seating device.

Contribution to the analysis of sitting

Seating analysis describes the diversity of the points of support and of the adjustments available; it does not measure any relearning by the nervous system.

Not to be confused with

Neurosensory deprogramming, a gradual loss of calibration, of which reprogramming is not the mirror image; neuroplasticity, the documented biological mechanism on which the model draws; rehabilitation, therapeutic care, which is the domain of healthcare professionals.

Sources and scope

An interpretive functional model by Blue Portance, derived from the work of Pierre Ivaldi. It is neither a care protocol nor proof of a structural change in the nervous system.