What is manual therapy?

Manual therapy is an advanced level of physical therapy training that includes skilled, specific hands-on techniques to diagnose and treat soft tissues and joint structues. Expected outcomes may include managing pain, increasing range of motion, reducing muscle guarding/tension, eliminating joint inflammation, increasing joint mobility, improving joint stability, restoring normal movement patterns, improving general fitness and returning to work or sport.

Our practice of physical therapy concentrates on:

• Soft Tissue Mobilization — This is designed to improve mobility to muscles, tendons and fascia as it relates to pain, posture, and joint dysfunction. Specific techinques such as massage, myofascial release and strain-counterstrain are individualized to the patient’s dysfunction.
• Joint Mobilization - These are passive procedures where the therapist uses their hands to assess and treat altered mechanics of joint systems leading to dysfunction.
• Medical Exercise Techniques - Your therapist will design a dosed exercise program to match your tissue injury and movement dysfunction. Our specialized training and equipment allows for early rehabilitation of acute injuries and surgical procedures. Dosed exercise progessions will restore you to normal function and/or elite athletic performance.
• Patient Education - Your therapist will educate you on how to best manage your problem during and after physical therapy; including self care strategies, home exercises and work ergonomics. All programs will be re-evaluated on a routine basis to modify your plan and ensure adequate progression. Once goals are met, we can also advise you how to best reach your fitness goals or transition you into our clinical fitness program.