For NECK & SHOULDER PAIN & JAW DYSFUNCTION
- Determine which muscles need support, which need elongating and which need strengthening
- Alleviate nerve impingement with nerve “flossing”
- Therapist’s manual techniques to prepare the tissue for change, i.e. myofascial release techniques, straincounterstrain techniques, Travell’s spray and stretch approach and joint mobilization
For BACK PAIN
- Determine postural attitudes and gait patterns that increase strain
- Test for muscle imbalances that cause overuse of muscle groups
- Devise an individualized program of exercise to correct strain
For HAND PAIN
- Reduce the swelling with therapist’s manual techniques and elongate shortened muscles
- Correct postural habits and teach good body mechanics
- Perform stretching of the tight pectoralis minor and scalenes and strengthen dorsal extensors
For SACROILIAC DYSFUNCTION
- Identify the strained movement patterns
- Determine the muscles that need retraining, often requiring neuromuscular re-education of the pelvic floor muscles
- Restore alignment of the sacrum and pelvis with therapist’s manual techniques, the patient also learns how to self-align the pelvis
For PELVIC FLOOR PAIN
- Re-educate the pelvic floor muscles
- Reduce postural maladjustment secondary to the pelvic pain
- Provide EMG or pressure biofeedback
For KNEE & FEET PAIN
- Determine structural problems and walking habits that contribute to pain, tendinitis and bunion formation
- Teach corrective stretching and strengthening to alleviate pain with activity
- Incorporate neuromuscular re-education, taping and manual treatment techniques to improve joint alignment and movement patterns
- Determine sport-specific needs and in-shoe custom orthotics if required
For OSTEOPOROSIS
- Determine the postural defects and recording the spinal kyphosis with a flexi curve, a flexible rod that can be bent to reproduce the patient’s spinal curve
- Teach deep breathing exercises to mobilize the thoracic spine
- Teach weight bearing exercises with graduated free weights
- Teach basic Tai Chi movements to encourage graceful movement in weight bearing which also has been shown by research to improve balance
For INCONTINENCE
- Identify postural faults that interfere with normal pelvic function
- Take manual muscle test of pelvic floor
- Design a program of exercise for improving muscle performance of the pelvis as well as the pelvic floor muscles
- Pressure biofeedback and EMG biofeedback for the pelvic floor muscles
- Vaginal or anal internal massage to reduce any scarring
- Educate as to the causes and rationale for treatment for incontinence
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