Hands-on treatments that act on muscle, fascia and joints, including massage, spinal manipulation, joint manipulation and mobilization, manual lymphatic drainage, Rolfing, myofascial release, ischemic compression, dry needling, manual therapy in general and Watsu water bodywork. An entry belongs here when its own source describes treatment applied by the hands or a needle to soft tissue or joints. Each member is a complementary and manual therapy entry that the atlas covers as a subject in its own right, placed here on what its cited article says it is and how it is used, never on its name alone.
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Massage (Wikipedia)
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Massage is the rubbing or kneading of the body's soft tissues.
Spinal manipulation (Wikipedia)
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Spinal manipulation is an intervention performed on synovial joints of the spine, including the z-joints, the atlanto-occipital, atlanto-axial, lumbosacral, sacroiliac, costotransverse and costovertebral joints.
Manual lymphatic drainage (Wikipedia)
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Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) is a type of manual manipulation of the skin, not to be confused with massage, based on the hypothesis that it will encourage the natural drainage of the lymph, which carries waste products away from the tissues back toward the heart.
Rolfing (Wikipedia)
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Rolfing () is a form of alternative medicine originally developed by Ida Rolf (1896-1979) as Structural Integration.
Myofascial release (Wikipedia)
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Myofascial release (MFR, self-myofascial release) is an alternative medicine therapy that proponents claim to be useful for treating skeletal muscle immobility and pain by relaxing contracted muscles, improving blood and lymphatic circulation, and stimulating the stretch reflex in muscles.
Manual therapy (Wikipedia)
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Manual therapy, or manipulative therapy, is a treatment primarily used by physical therapists, occupational therapists, and massage therapists to treat musculoskeletal pain and disability.
Joint manipulation (Wikipedia)
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Joint manipulation is a type of passive movement of a skeletal joint.
Joint mobilization (Wikipedia)
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Joint mobilization is a manual therapy intervention, a type of straight-lined, passive movement of a skeletal joint that addresses arthrokinematic joint motion (joint gliding) rather than osteokinematic joint motion.
Spinal mobilization (Wikipedia)
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Spinal mobilization is a type of passive movement of a spinal segment or region.
Watsu (Wikipedia)
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Watsu is a form of aquatic bodywork used for deep relaxation and passive aquatic therapy.
Ischemic compression (Wikipedia)
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Ischemic compression is a therapy technique used in manual therapy, where blockage of blood in an area of the body is deliberately made, so that a resurgence of local blood flow will occur upon release.
Dry needling (Wikipedia)
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Dry needling, also known as trigger point dry needling and intramuscular stimulation, is a treatment technique used by various healthcare practitioners, including physical therapists, physicians, and chiropractors, among others.
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