Types of Manual Therapy Techniques
Soft Tissue Mobilization (STM)
- Description: This technique involves applying pressure to the soft tissues, including muscles, fascia, and ligaments. The purpose is to improve circulation, break down adhesions, and promote tissue healing.
- Methods: Includes techniques like deep tissue massage, trigger point therapy, and myofascial release.
- Benefits: Reduces muscle tension, improves flexibility, and alleviates pain.
Joint Mobilization
Description: This involves the passive movement of specific joints using the hands of the therapist. The aim is to restore the normal range of motion of the joint.
- Methods: Techniques vary from low-velocity, gentle oscillations to high-velocity thrusts, depending on the condition being treated.
- Benefits: Reduces pain, increases range of motion, and improves joint function.
Manipulation
- Description: A more forceful and quick movement aimed at joints. Often referred to as “high-velocity low-amplitude” (HVLA) thrusts, these are used to correct alignment and mobility issues.
- Methods: Rapid, controlled movements that might produce a popping sound due to the release of gas bubbles in the joint fluid.
- Benefits: Immediate relief of pain and improved mobility, particularly in cases of spinal or joint misalignment.
Strain-Counterstrain (SCS)
- Description: A technique that involves moving the body into a position of greatest comfort (or least pain) to release muscle tension and reduce spasms.
- Methods: Involves gentle positioning and holding of the body in a position that relaxes the involved muscle.
- Benefits: Reduces muscle tension, relieves pain, and improves blood flow to the area.
Muscle Energy Techniques (MET)
- Description: A form of manual therapy where the patient actively uses their muscles from a controlled position in a specific direction against a counterforce applied by the therapist.
- Methods: Includes techniques where the patient contracts the muscles while the therapist applies resistance.
- Benefits: Improves muscle strength, flexibility, and joint function.
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