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Saturday 3 August 2013

Different Methods Of Manual Physical Therapy


By Cathy Mercer


There are a lot of persons who are too scared to enter the clinic of manual physical therapy mainly because they expect that they will be seeing tons of equipment. But in all actuality, it refers to hands on treatment to tendons, ligaments, and joints. In other words, this could also be a form of massage that is needed to treat a person who is experiencing a lot of pain in his or her body.

This method refers to hands on procedure of muscles. Human touch is known to be a very necessary component in treating a person. They respond positively when pressure is exerted on their muscles that will alleviate the pain felt. Because of that, the recovery is faster and at the same time, the cost is not too much of a burden to ones pocket.

All people who are knowledgeable in this field of expertise undergo training from the actual school which specializes in the field for about three to four years. They are the people who are called as manual therapists. They were trained and taught things about joint and soft tissue mechanics, physiology, medical training, human anatomy, and musculoskeletal system.

There are too many techniques that are used when a person goes through this medication. One is known to be as the strain counterstrain. It focuses on the correction of the abnormal neuromuscular reflexes. Painful tender points are usually caused by this abnormality.

Usually, muscle spasm is just treated with the aid of ice, rest and massage. However, this was proved to be not so effective at all especially when it keeps coming back. This is caused by the restricted point at the joint. Joint mobilization is proven to be the proper technique for this one.

Joint mobilization is effective to muscle spasm, however, there are certain conditions in which a person would need something extreme. Just like other massage, some is not anymore contented with soft that is why they resort to hard massage. This one is an active procedure for the muscle energy that is well tolerated by the patient and will not stress his joint.

There is also a more intense procedure for the restoration of the gliding actions of the joints that will be able to close and open in a very efficient way possible. This is to restore the action of the joint without moving any beyond that anatomical limit. No structural damage will also take place here. This is known as a high velocity and low amplitude thrusting.

There are times in which back pains will keep returning that is a real culprit in a persons life. Exercise programs will be recommended by the therapist to improve his condition. This includes stretching and strengthening exercises for the back.

Those are only some of the techniques that are utilized when undergoing manual physical therapy. There could be more that will be suitable to your condition. However, before going through therapy, you have to ask for the prescription of the experts first. They will prescribe you the procedure that will be needed that is based on the type of condition you have.




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