• What is manual therapy?
• What does manual therapy look like (video)?
• What ailments does manual therapy treat?
• Who Should Use Manual Therapy?
• What is the difference between manual therapy and massage?
• Does manual therapy hurt?
• Is manual therapy safe?

Manual therapy is a natural, non-invasive treatment method. Our physiotherapists use it in patients with musculoskeletal dysfunctions and pain symptoms.

The affected area is palpated to precisely locate the places that require treatment.

An experienced physiotherapist is aware that chronic pains in a specific part of the body may result from disorders of the musculoskeletal system, dysfunction of muscles or joints, and even chronic stress.

When traditional treatment does not help, it is worth using holistic methods that help get to the heart of the problem in a natural way.

Do you suffer from pain from the spine and its surroundings? Sedentary lifestyle, injuries, bad posture and chronic stress may cause these ailments and make everyday functioning difficult.

• Effective manual therapies for pain

One of the most effective and at the same time very safe methods to eliminate the problem is manual therapy. Do you know what manual therapy is and who can perform it?

Manual therapy itself is relaxing for many people - it is based on various massage techniques, muscle stratching and joint manipulation. The physiotherapist compresses the soft tissues by applying pressure to selected parts of the body near the diseased area.

In the case of manual spine therapy, the specialist restores the vertebrae to their proper place by pressing the tissues around the spine.

Manual therapy can be performed on patients of all ages. Before implementing the therapy, our specialists conduct a thorough interview, based on which they recommend specific treatment options and select therapeutic techniques.

It is most often recommended to people who suffer from joint pain and whose range of motion is reduced or limited. We also recommend it for neuralgia, muscle tension, posture defects and sports injuries.

Manual therapy is especially recommended for patients experiencing pain. These treatments help reduce the need for pharmacological treatment and eliminate:

• knee and elbow pain, neck, headaches, back and spine, shoulder pain, hips, numbness in the fingers.

Manual therapy is also indicated in the treatment of:

• discopathy, sciaticashoulder pain posture defects, post-traumatic edema.

Although manual therapy involves the use of selected massage techniques, its operation and assumptions are significantly different from traditional massage.

Massage is used primarily to relieve muscle tension and does not have to be used for therapeutic purposes.

Manual therapy is a technique that allows you to get to the causes of discomfort and affects muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons and nerves.

An experienced physiotherapist can perform the therapy in such a way as to reduce pain during the procedure.

•  What can be the complications of manual therapy?

Since the practitioner's primary tool during manual therapy is the hands, the pressure can be individually adjusted to the patient by observing their reactions. Some patients find manual therapy a relaxing technique that eliminates nervous tension.

Contraindications to manual therapy exist and are determined after an individual interview with the patient. Some of them are:

• advanced osteoporosis, tremendous pain that makes testing impossible, local cancer-related pain, or pregnancy.

Remember that the final decision about the procedure is made by the therapist in consultation with the patient.