Manual Therapy - Styles of Manual Therapy

Styles of Manual Therapy

There are many different styles of manual therapy. It is a fundamental feature of ayurvedic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and some forms of New Age alternative medicine as well as being used by mainstream medical practitioners. In one form or another it is probably as old as human culture itself and is a feature to some degree of therapeutic interactions in traditional cultures around the world.

  • Acupressure
  • Anma
  • Body work (alternative medicine)
  • Bone setting
  • Bowen Technique
  • Chiropractic
  • Cranio-sacral therapy
  • Dorn method
  • Joint manipulation
  • Joint mobilization
  • Spinal manipulation
  • Spinal mobilization
  • Massage therapy
  • Manual lymphatic drainage
  • Medical acupuncture
  • Muscle energy technique
  • Myofascial release (MFR)
  • Myotherapy
  • Naprapathy
  • Osteopathic manipulative medicine
  • Osteopathy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Polarity therapy
  • Rolfing Structural Integration
  • Seitai
  • Sotai
  • Shiatsu
  • Traction
  • Tui na
  • Zero Balancing

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