Treat Pain with A Hands-On Technique
Are you nervous about receiving manual therapy treatments? Does it seem like manual therapy will be painful because you are already in pain?
Our caring and licensed Progressive Medical Fitness physical therapy team has an arsenal of tools at their disposal that are scientifically proven to improve your body’s function and relieve your pain.
We encounter many first-time physical therapy patients who are under the mistaken impression that their treatments will be agonizing due to the severity of their condition. However, that is not the case at all! You will be comfortable during your entire treatment.
Has an injury, illness, or surgical procedure left you in pain? If so, you will likely benefit from manual physical therapy. Contact Progressive Medical Fitness today to begin taking steps to a pain-free daily life.
Relief through manual therapy
Manual therapy plays an important role in your treatment plan. Manual therapy is able to reduce pain and swelling, minimize inflammation, and increase your range of motion.
Our Northport, NY physical therapy team is highly trained in diagnosing and treating movement disorders. We can guide you to find the relief you need. Typically, movement disorders occur post-surgery, particularly following a total joint replacement operation.
There are many circumstances and conditions where physical therapy treatments are prescribed, for example injuries, accidents, and ailments. Essentially, any set of circumstances that leaves you feeling that your physical activity level is limited or not where it used to be.
Different therapies will be incorporated into your treatment plan. Each aimed at improving a specific function of your body. The goal of some exercises may be to improve your balance and strength, yet other exercises are designed to increase your range of motion.
Manual therapy, defined
Our physical therapy team is extensively trained in a wide variety of manual therapy techniques from different schools and instructors.
Manual therapy is just one tool in a physical therapist’s toolbox that allows them to guide a patient through mobilizing stiff joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons.
Manual therapy is a specialized form of treatment that is able to reduce pain and swelling, minimize inflammation, decrease restrictions, mobilize stiff joints, and increase your range of motion.
Manual therapy treatment are safe
Our Northport physical therapists are a highly trained team of medical professionals who understand both the capabilities and limitations of your body. Their primary objective is your safety and comfort.
It is not unusual for patients to notice improvement after just one session of manual therapy!
The greatest advantage of manual therapy is that it is an effective, non-invasive treatment option. Also, potentially harmful medications are not required for manual therapy.
Instead, our physical therapists employ a variety of hands-on techniques that guide movement of your tendons, ligaments, and joints to promote healing and relieve pain. Additional benefits are the reduction of scar tissue and minimized swelling.
Types of manual therapy treatments
Manual therapy encompasses a variety of techniques, for example:
Soft Tissue Massage
Physical therapy massage treatments are different than a massage you would receive at a spa. These massages are practiced with a medical intention and are therapeutic in nature.
Our Progressive Medical Fitness physical therapy team uses massage treatments as a way to break up scar tissue or adhesions (caused by inflammation or injury) within the soft tissues. Deep pressure and rhythmic stretching allows your therapist to identify and mobilize areas of your body limited by restrictions. This manual technique also helps improve circulation of fluids in the affected muscles and soft tissues.
Mobilization
The severe pain you experience following an injury, is often the result of a restricted joint. Our physical therapy team has participated in specialized mobilization training to learn how to apply low velocity pressure to mobilize stiff joints safely and comfortably.
Your range of motion and restricted joint’s mobility are both increased through safe, effective, and painless mobilization techniques.
Manual traction
During manual traction treatment, your physical therapist perform will apply a gentle guiding force to target areas of the body, in order to stretch the soft tissues and promote normal, natural movement of the tissue
Typically, manual traction is performed on the area of the neck, but it may also be beneficial for other parts of the body, including the arms, legs, and back.
Contact us today to learn more about our hands-on therapy!
Our dedicated and licensed physical therapy team is eager to meet with you to guide you toward the freedom of movement.
Learn how manual therapy can benefit your condition by contacting our caring staff at Progressive Medical Fitness in Northport, NY today!