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Manual Therapy

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Manual therapy is an effective treatment modality that allows our team to manipulate the body’s soft-tissues to promote healing and recovery. Using hands-on techniques, manual therapy can decrease pain and improve range-of-motion and flexibility to stiff joints and muscles throughout the body.

Manual physical therapy is based on careful examination of the patient’s movement patterns, including range of motion issues and the subsequent overcompensation that can prevent healing. In our experience, the most effective physical therapy treatments involve a combination of customized manual therapy interventions combined with targeted exercise.

You might benefit from manual therapy if you suffer from:

  • Arthritis
  • Muscle weakness and imbalance
  • Spinal and other joint alignment dysfunction
  • Post-operative or inflammatory swelling
  • Post-fractures
  • Joint and muscle pain
  • Tendonitis and bursitis

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes, we regularly communicate with your doctor. This includes initial evaluations and occasional progress notes. This is to:

    1. Ensure that the treatment you receive is consistent with what your doctor is recommending.
    2. Maintain a continuity of care between the professionals who are helping you.
  • If we are asking you to do something that is hurting too much, let us know! Physical therapy should not be severely painful. It is not common to be so sore that patients are in pain or it affects their daily life. If this ever happens during or after an appointment, let us know and we will adapt your program.

  • We recommend budgeting 40-60 minutes for a typical therapy session. The only exception to this will be your first visit, which can take about 20 minutes longer due to the physical therapy evaluation your therapist will provide. We also recommend showing up about 10-15 minutes early to your first visit. This way, you can complete the paperwork before your visit time and streamline the process.

  • A typical order for physical therapy will ask for 2-3 visits per week for 4-6 weeks. Sometimes the order will specify something different. What generally happens is for the first 2-3 weeks, we recommend 3x per week. This is because it will be the most intensive portion of your treatment. After that, it is common to taper to 2x weekly, based on your level of function and progress.

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