Manual Therapy
What is Manual Physical Therapy?
This is a specialized form of physical therapy.
Therapists generally use their hands as opposed to a device or machine to offer relief. In manual therapy, practitioners will put pressure on muscle tissue, or manipulate joints to help decrease pain caused by muscle spasms, tension in the muscles, or joint problems.
This therapy involves a hands-on assessment and treatment techniques by a highly trained and skilled clinician. Manual therapy helps to reduce pain, improve movement and overall function using evidence-based techniques. Physiotherapists who have successfully completed a series of post-graduate manual courses are awarded the designation of becoming Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Therapy (FCAMPT). Our very own, Andrew Hoermann was fortunate to receive this designation in 2008 and therefore became an FCAMPT certified physiotherapist.
How does it work?
Manual therapy techniques can help aid in relaxing tense back muscles, restricted joints, and help regain mobility for patients. Our techniques help to restore mobility, decrease back pain, increase flexibility and help restore the natural movement in our bodies.
We provide many types of manual therapy such as...
Soft tissue mobilization
Strain and counter strain
Joint mobilization
Muscle Energy Techniques
Maintaining long term back pain relief
Manual Therapy can offer pain relief for chronic back pain...
This therapy can aid in the treatment of joints that lack adequate mobility or range of motion in certain musculoskeletal conditions. Joint pain and limited mobility can cause discomfort, pain and overcompensation in other joints which can also add to overall pain. With Manual Physical Therapy, it can help restore mobility, stiffness in joints or help reduce muscle tension to help return our patients to a more natural movement with less pain.
Conditions that can be treated with Manual Therapy
Neck pain (Muscle spasms, disc herniation)
Lower back pain (joint restrictions, spinal stenosis, disc herniation)
Spine pain and discomfort (Disc Herniation, spinal stenosis)
Migraines and chronic headaches
Shoulder pain (Rotator Cuff injury)
Hip pain (post-surgical hip replacement, myofascial hip pain)
Knee pain (post-surgical knee replacement, knee injuries, sports injuries, etc.)
Ankle pain (sprains, strains, arthritis, etc.)
Fibromyalgia