Discover Functional Pain Relief with Functional Manual Therapy
Functional manual therapy is a type of manual therapy that we have found gets amazing results and can treat a wide variety of conditions. In fact, as stated by the Institute of Physical Art, “Functional Manual Therapy® Clinics are… committed to providing specialized care for individuals suffering from chronic and acute pain, complex sports-related injuries, post-surgical rehabilitation, and neurological disorders.”
The foundations of this treatment approach were created by a pioneer in the field of PT named Alan Weismantel, P.T., OMT, FAAOMPT.
Functional manual therapy is just like what it sounds like. Our Lake Charles physical therapists provide manual or hands-on therapy to the soft tissue, joints, and muscles while incorporating active functional movement patterns – so when the patient moves into those movement patterns through the day, the body can handle those motions without pain.
If you have been living with pain and it is impacting your daily movements, functional manual therapy will likely benefit you. Contact Partners in Physical Therapy to learn more!
What can I gain from functional manual therapy treatments?
People don’t live life lying flat on a table, and at Partners in Physical Therapy, we learned very early on in our careers that if we wanted to have lasting results with manual therapy interventions, we had to incorporate movement into the manual therapy.
Functional manual therapy treatments are based on a systematic evaluation, and followed by an active treatment manual therapy activity, performed with the patient providing functional control and simultaneously treating joint, muscle, fascia, and viscera pain.
Not only does functional manual therapy incorporate functional movement into the manual therapy treatment, but our Lake Charles physical therapists also deeply understand the movement system of the body. This means they know how the joints, muscles, and body systems work together to produce movement.
When there is a problem, these systems have to be restored, and that background knowledge of how they move is important in treating the root of the issue. Once the therapist restores those movement systems needed for functional movement patterns, pain often subsides.
Get started with functional manual therapy treatments today
Do you think you could benefit from functional manual therapy treatments? If so, don’t hesitate to contact our Lake Charles physical therapy office today.
