What is Manual Therapy?
Manual therapy is utilizing skilled, hands-on techniques, including but not limited to manipulation/mobilization, used by the physiotherapist to diagnose and treat soft tissue and joints to reduce pain, increase range of motion, decrease myofascial restrictions to improve muscle length, decrease swelling or inflammation, assist the body in muscle or soft tissue repair, extensibility and/or stability, and facilitate movement to improve function.
- Soft tissue techniques
- Massage
- Soft tissue mobilization
- Functional mobilization
- Myofascial release
- Joint techniques
- Joint mobilization
- Muscle energy techniques
- Mulligan, Maitland, Kalternborn techniques
