Manual Therapy is very important when it comes to physical therapy and your recovery process. Manual therapy is a hands-on physical therapy approach that involves specific movements to manipulate, mobilize, and massage joints and soft tissue to reduce pain, increase motion, and speed up recovery. This technique differs from others who use exercise only approach or machine based only physical therapy. While those can also help, manual therapy has been found to be more effective for targeted injuries, pain relief, and restoring tissues. This allows for more effective results.
Swelling is also a big thing that manual therapy helps relieve. Massaging swollen areas of the body can stimulate lymphatic flow and improve blood circulation to remove and loosen excess fluid from swollen tissues.
Here at Specialized Physical Therapy, we cover manual, exercise, and machine based physical therapy to give our patients the opportunity to recover in various ways. Call and schedule your appointment today!