Manual Therapy In Sarasota
Manual therapy is a safe, effective and natural treatment method that is used at Manual Physical Therapy.
What is Manual Therapy?
We specialize in 2 types of Manual Therapy: Myofascial Release and Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM). Through these specific manual therapy techniques, our highly-trained and experienced manual therapist can recalibrate your whole body, correcting the dysfunctional compensation patterns that result from years of living in pain. This body recalibration allows your body to become capable once again of what you are currently struggling with – walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. If you or a loved one is experiencing musculoskeletal pain, contact our offices today to learn more about the benefits of manual therapy.
Our physical therapists are highly trained in diagnosing and treating dysfunctional movement patterns that have resulted from living in pain. These compensations leave you lopsided so that your body is no longer capable of walking, sitting, standing, or sleeping comfortably. If your body is lopsided from years of living in pain and you strengthen it, it will continue to be dysfunctional. The key is recalibrating your body FIRST before you strengthen it.
Lasting Relief from Chronic Pain and Tight Muscles in Sarasota
If you’re one of the over 50 million US adults living with chronic musculoskeletal pain that medication can’t seem to solve, innovative manual therapy techniques like myofascial release and IASTM could provide the lasting relief you’ve been searching for.
Pain from years of compensating
Your body has adapted around pain for so long that it now sits lopsided. One shoulder rides higher, your hips have shifted, one knee sits higher when you cross your legs. Manual therapy corrects those compensations instead of only treating the spot that hurts.
Exercise that never sticks
You stretch and strengthen every day and the pain keeps coming back. If your body is lopsided, strengthening it keeps it lopsided. Myofascial release and IASTM restore symmetry first, so the movements your life asks for can feel easier again.
Surgery that did not solve the pain
Your surgeon fixed the joint, but you still hurt. The new joint expects the rest of your body to function well, and years of compensation are still there. Correcting that lopsidedness is often the missing piece after spine, hip, or knee surgery.
What to expect in a session.
Every session is 60 minutes, one-on-one, and hands-on the whole time. Changes are often visible within the hour.
Finding your asymmetries
We look at how your body sits and moves: a lower eyebrow, a higher shoulder, a hip shift, one foot turned out. Then we tie what we see to your symptoms, so you understand why it hurts where it hurts and not on the other side.
Untwist and realign
Myofascial release untwists the fascia that years of compensating have twisted. IASTM then works one muscle at a time to restore symmetry. It should feel firm but not painful, and we check in with you throughout. Many people can see the change in photos taken the same day.
Maintain and get back to living
Once you are recalibrated, a home routine of about 10 minutes a day holds the change in place. It is not for strength or flexibility. Then we work on getting you back to the activities you love, without fear of making things worse.
Wear comfortable clothing so we can see how your body sits and moves. Mild achiness after a session can happen as your body adjusts to a new position. If anything feels off after your visit, a quick call to the clinic can put your mind at ease.
After successful hip replacement by Dr. Edward Stolarski and traditional PT, he referred me to Manual Physical Therapy for further care.
Where to go next.
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