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Manual Therapy Seattle, WA
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Manual Therapy

Manual Therapy Can Give You Long Lasting Pain Relief

There’s A Natural & Safe Treatment Method For Your Pain!

Manual therapy is a safe, natural and effective mode of treatment that many people suffering with chronic pain can benefit from. If you’ve recently had an operation, are recovering from an illness or injury, there’s a great possibility that you could benefit from a physical therapist’s touch at MoveMend.

Here at our clinic in Seattle, WA, we treat many first-time patients who arrive thinking that their treatments will be uncomfortable and painful because of their condition. However, this isn’t the case! Our physical therapists here at MoveMend have a library of knowledge, tools, and resources in their arsenal meant to relieve your pain, not add to it. Their treatment methods are meant to improve your body’s overall function and help you get back to living a normal life without pain.

Contact us today at MoveMend to learn more about our services.

Manual Therapy: A Safe Alternative To Harmful Medication

Manual therapy is one of the safest methods of treatment for acute and chronic pain. It’s non-invasive, natural, and effective. It doesn’t require the use of any harmful, addictive medications either! Instead, our Seattle, WA physical therapists use a variety of techniques that help mobilize your tendons, ligaments, and joints in ways that relieve pain and promote healing. They also help in reducing scar tissue and minimizing inflammation.

Our physical therapists at MoveMend are highly trained and attentive professionals who understand your body’s restrictions, as well as its capabilities. Many patients notice improvement after just one session of manual therapy!

So… what exactly is manual therapy?

Manual therapy is just one tool in a physical therapist’s kit that allows them to mobilize stiff joints and soft tissue. This specialized form of treatment helps in reducing swelling, decreasing restriction, mobilizing joints, and increasing your range of motion. Our physical therapists have received extensive training in specialized manual therapy techniques from a wide variety of schools and instructors.

Different Kinds of Manual Therapy

Manual physical therapy techniques may include, but are not limited to:

Manual traction

During manual traction, your physical therapist will apply gentle force to a certain area of your body, in order to gently stretch the soft tissues and restore normal, natural movement. Although the neck is the most common area for manual traction, it can also be performed on other parts of the body, including your arms, legs, and back.

Mobilization

After sustaining an injury, you may end up experiencing severe pain. This is usually the result of a restricted joint. Our Seattle, WA physical therapists are trained in mobilizations to restricted joints by applying pressure at a low velocity. Mobilization techniques are safe, effective, and painless, allowing for an increase in your range of motion, and the improvement of the restricted joint’s mobility.

Soft Tissue Massage

Physical therapy massage treatments are a little different than those you might receive at a spa. These are more therapeutic in nature, and with a medical intention. Our Seattle, WA physical therapists use massage therapy as a way to manipulate the soft tissues, working to break up scar tissue and adhesions caused by injury or inflammation.This is done through deep pressure and rhythmic stretching, allowing them to find and mobilize areas of your body that are heavily restricted. These techniques also help to improve blood flow and circulation of the affected muscles and soft tissues.

Manual Therapy In Your Treatment Plan

As mentioned before, our Seattle, WA physical therapists are highly trained in diagnosing and treating movement disorders. It’s common for these disorders to develop after surgery, especially if a patient has had a total joint replacement, for example, a hip replacement. Many physicians will recommend physical therapy as treatment for their patient’s recovery after injuries, illnesses, or accidents. Anything that makes you feel weak or unable to physically function in a normal manner is a cause for physical therapy.

Everyone’s treatment plan is different because no two people experience the same exact types of pain. Your treatment plan at MoveMend will consist of exercises, stretches, and different therapies aimed at relieving your specific pain condition.

Some exercises may focus on improving your balance and strength. Others may work on increasing your range of motion. Manual therapy is a very important part of a physical therapy treatment plan, because it helps to decrease pain, swelling, & inflammation, as well as increase overall mobility and range of motion.

If you want to learn more about the health benefits of manual therapy, contact MoveMend today at Seattle, WA to book an appointment! Our dedicated physical therapists will be happy to see you and start working on a plan of recovery for you.

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