Manual Therapy

Manual therapy, also known as manipulative therapy, is a physical treatment that uses skilled hand movements and passive joint and soft tissue movements to treat pain and other conditions. It’s primarily used by physical therapists to treat musculoskeletal pain and disability.  

 Manual therapy can be used to treat a wide range of conditions, including:

• Back pain
• sports medicine physical therapy
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Golfer’s elbow
• Headaches
• Joint pain
• IT band syndrome
• Muscle tension/spasms
• Neck pain
• Patellar tendinitis (runner’s knee)
• Plantar fasciitis 

Manual therapy techniques include: oscillatory techniques, high velocity low amplitude thrust techniques, sustained stretching, and muscle energy techniques.