is a specialized form of physical therapy delivered with the hands as opposed to a device or machine. In manual therapy, practitioners use their hands to put pressure on muscle tissue and manipulate joints in an attempt to decrease back pain caused by muscle spasm, muscle tension, and joint dysfunction. This specialized form of treatment helps to reduce swelling, pain, soft tissue restrictions, mobilize joints, and restore motion and function. Consists of manual techniques such as manual traction, massage, mobilization/manipulation and lymphatic drainage.

is a specialized form of physical therapy delivered with the hands as opposed to a device or machine. In manual therapy, practitioners use their hands to put pressure on muscle tissue and manipulate joints in an attempt to decrease back pain caused by muscle spasm, muscle tension, and joint dysfunction. This specialized form of treatment helps to reduce swelling, pain, soft tissue restrictions, mobilize joints, and restore motion and function. Consists of manual techniques such as manual traction, massage, mobilization/manipulation and lymphatic drainage.

Joints depend on a combination of both stability and mobility in order to help you function efficiently and comfortably. They are supported by a wide variety of physiological structures including capsules, ligaments, tendons, cartilage, and muscle fibers. They all can become injured and are often the hidden underlying factors driving other types of injuries and ailments including muscle strains, ligament damage, and bursitis. Joint dysfunctions can benefit from physical therapy services, with joint mobilization. It involves the passive movement of specific joints using the skilled application of force, direction, and technique. The primary effects of joint mobilizations include pain reduction, improved range of motion, and improved quality of joint movement itself (known as arthrokinematics).

Physical therapy goes beyond post-surgical care by restoring strength, endurance, flexibility, and stability to people who have been injured, are in pain, or have experienced illness. Through therapeutic exercise, it is possible to have your function restored and live a life that is pain-free. Physical therapists are trained to create a customized treatment plan, including therapeutic exercise, that can strengthen your muscles, restore function to healing or surgically repaired joints, and reduce your overall pain levels. Increasing power, endurance, and muscle strength are vital to reducing imbalances, correcting posture, promotes stability as well as bone and joint health, and injury prevention.

Dry needling is a physical therapy technique that uses thin, sterile needles to target specific muscles, trigger points, and irritated tissues to help reduce pain and improve movement. The needle can stimulate a local response in the muscle, helping decrease excessive muscle tension and sensitivity while improving blood flow and neuromuscular function. This can be especially helpful for areas that feel tight, painful, restricted, or difficult to activate properly. Dry needling may help improve range of motion, decrease pain, reduce muscle tension, and make it easier to perform exercises and movement patterns correctly. It’s most effective when combined with an individualized rehab program, strength training, and mobility work to address the underlying cause of the problem—not simply the symptoms.

is the acronym for Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization. It is a type of manual therapy that utilizes stainless steel instruments to help heal soft tissue injuries through mobilization of the connective tissues, muscles, neurological tissues and skin. It is effective for soft tissue injuries like repetitive stress injury, strains, sprains, and subluxations. This soft tissue mobilization technique treats a wide number of conditions, including quadricep pain, rotator cuff pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, lower back pain, plantar fasciitis, tennis elbow, and even headaches. Its increased rate of volume and blood flow to affected areas enhances healing, boosts cellular activity, reduces pain and inflammation, and increases mobility.