Manual therapy techniques include :
– Traction.
– Massage.
– Trigger point therapy.
– Muscle spasms.
– Active Release Techniques: A practitioner determines where the adhesions are via palpation, then couples a patient’s active movement with his induced force vector.
– Passive capsule-ligament gain for improvement of joint amplitude (ROM, range of motion).
– Movement active gain.
– Lymphatic drainage.
– Tissue stretching (muscle, neural tissue, joints, fascia).
– Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization.
– Joint manipulation: Induction of passive, high-velocity, low-amplitude motion applied to a joint complex within its anatomical limit, with the aim of restoring optimal motion and function and/or reducing pain by jostling/shaking the joint complex.
– Joint Mobilization: A manual therapy technique comprising a continuum of skillful passive movements to the joint complex that are applied at varying speeds and amplitudes, which may include low amplitude/high speed therapeutic movement (manipulation) with the intention of restore optimal movement, function and/or to reduce pain.