Manual Therapy encompasses the diagnosis and treatment of the ailments of various etiologies through hands-on intervention. Manual Therapy is practiced by people within various health care professions, including Physiotherapists, Physical Therapists, Massage Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Physiatrists and more. Manual Assessment uses a variety hands on tests to determine which structure may be responsible for the pain or dysfunction being assessed. Treatment includes all the means of hands on work and could include, but is not limited to, soft tissue mobilization, various connective tissue techniques, myofascial release, craniosacral mobilizations (developed by cranial osteopaths, including Harold I Magoun), mobilizations of the joints and spinal segments, mobilization of neural tissue, visceral mobilization, strain and counterstrain (developed by Lawrence Jones, DO), Advanced Strain and Counterstrain for the autonomic nervous system (developed by Sharon W. Giammatteo and Thomas Giammatteo) and Integrative Manual Therapy (developed by an American PhD Physical Therapist, Sharon W. Giammatteo). Advocates of the therapy claim that these techniques when correctly applied often result in dramatic improvement of the patient's signs and symptoms.

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Manuelle Therapie