Manual Therapy is a special form of physical therapy delivered with hands. It is a method by which we can assess and treat our patients with skilled hand movements.
The basic aim is to improve tissue extensibility, increase range of motion, induce relaxation, mobilize or manipulate soft tissue and joints, modulate pain, change muscle function, improve movement patterns, and reduce soft tissue swelling, inflammation, or restriction.
Techniques Under Manual Therapy
Manual Therapy is actually a large Umbrella under which many specific hand-on techniques reside and some of them are:
Soft Tissue Techniques:
- Soft Tissue Mobilization
- Massage
- Scar Mobilization
- Myofascial Release ( MRT)
- Strain Counterstrain or (PRT)
- Active Release Technique (ART)
- Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD)
Joint Techniques:
- Joint Mobilization
- Joint Manipulation/Thrust/Mobilization
- Muscle Energy Techniques
- Traction
Conditions Treated.
There are various types of injuries or problems that can be treated with manual therapy. Some of them are:
- Joint Mobilization
- Joint Manipulation/Thrust/Mobilization
- Muscle Energy Techniques
- Traction
Frozen Shoulder, Impingement Syndrome, Post-Surgical Shoulder, Rotator cuff syndrome
- Trigger points In Muscles.
- Ankle pain: Ankle sprain, Fused joints.
- Wrist pain: Wrist pathologies.
- Elbow pain: Tennis elbow, Golfers elbow.
- Temporomandibular joint Dysfunction
- Fibromyalgia
