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January 31, 2005

Integrative Manual Therapy

Bodywork therapists are finding new and innovative techniques in the treatment of chronic pain. Using the interconnectedness of multiple body systems, therapists assist the body's own innate intelligence to take corrective action. By checking the function of the lymphatic system, the vascular system, nerve entrapment sites and the craniosacral membranes, therapists are going beyond mechanical dysfunction to solve the problem.

Called integrated manual therapy, also referred to as integrative manual therapy, it's a subspecialty of physical therapy based on holistic, osteopathic principles. It uses the body's own corrective mechanisms to release tension and restrictions that cause pain.

Nationally, numerous group practices and individuals are using the techniques, developed first by Sharon Giammatteo, founder of the Center of Integrative Manual Therapy and Diagnostics in Connecticut.

Posted by linda at January 31, 2005 2:05 PM