Alternative manual therapy

Manual therapy is not just the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae when it comes to its importance in physical therapy treatment. Rather it is more like the spoon you need to eat your ice cream. You could try other ways to eat a sundae from a dish, but none of them would be as easy, smooth, enjoyable, or as effective as using a spoon. Structural integration, an alternative method of manual therapy and sensorimotor education J Altern Complement Med. Oct;17(10) doi: /acm Epub Oct Author Eric Jacobson 1 Affiliation 1 Department of Global Health and Social Cited by:  · Simply put, manual therapy is any therapy applied by hand. The word “manual” comes from the Latin word for hand. Even though Manual Therapy is defined by the therapist/physician using their hand as the contact for the therapy being done, the term Manual Therapy is usually expanded to include other contacts, such as the forearm, elbow, foot, or .

Parents consult complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers for a wide variety of pediatric conditions [1, 2].In addition to botanical medicines and supplements, some seek manual therapy including soft tissue therapy, mobilization and high velocity low amplitude manipulations directed to the spine and peripheral joints. Manual therapy is a general term that refers to treatment approaches involving the hands (such as massage or chiropractic). Treatments done with the hands may also be instrument-assisted. Although manual therapies are most commonly used for the treatment of somatic pain or other musculoskeletal maladies, other indications may include lymphedema. Some therapies, such as acupuncture, homeopathy, and manual therapy, were studied mainly as alternative therapies (ie, as substitutes or alternatives for conventional care). Other therapies, such as guided imagery, were studied as complementary therapies (ie, used in addition to conventional care).

Manual therapy, or manipulative therapy, is a physical treatment primarily used by physical therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists to treat musculoskeletal pain and disability; it mostly includes kneading and manipulation of muscles, joint mobilization and joint manipulation. It is also used by Rolfers, massage therapists. Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine, but which lacks biological plausibility and is untested, untestable or proven ineffective. Complementary medicine (CM), complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), integrated medicine or integrative medicine (IM), and holistic medicine are among. However, massage therapy as a profession often involves other forms of manual therapy such as stretching, hydrotherapy, and (Grade IV) joint mobilization. It may also involve strengthening exercise and dry needling (dry needling is essentially musculoskeletal acupuncture, that is, acupuncture performed for neuromuscular purposes, not energy meridian flow).