Effective techniques of manual therapy for scoliosis

Manual therapy for scoliosis has become widely used with the advent of the professional rehabilitation centres for the treatment of patients with vertebrogenic syndromes. An additional element for its development was the emergence of a magnetic resonance method of the study of the vertebral column. MRI have enabled chiropractors to work exactly on the pathological lesions.

However, the method for lateral curvature of the spine is used only for correction of stereotype movements and the relief of muscle "clips".

Indications and contraindications to manual therapy

Contraindications to manual therapy for scoliosis are classified into:

• Clinical
• Technical.

Include all Clinical condition in which any physical impacts will exacerbate diseases. For example, manual therapy cannot be prescribed for heart and lung failure, sudden rise in blood pressure.

Technical also associated with the presence of the following syndromes:

• Vertebral
• Root.

Vertebral syndrome occurs due to the presence of intervertebral hernia. Under him, the physical impact on your back can lead to an increase in the size of the loss and compression of the spinal cord.

Radicular syndrome caused by infringement of spinal nerves in vertebral cracks or spastic muscles.

nevertheless, there are clinical experiments that demonstrate the high efficiency of the method to ease pain when intervertebral hernia. Consequently, the issue of contraindications to its use should be determined individually in each case.

Similarly, you can talk about the readings. It is considered that the impact of manipulation on my back for inflammation of the spinal column will necessarily be accompanied by a sharp deterioration of the human condition.

In practice the correct application of the method is accompanied by a decrease of the pathological changes in damaged segments of the spine and lower pain intensity. Because of this, we can assume that for scoliosis manual therapy is appropriate but should be a true professional in his field.

What is osteopathy

Osteopathy is a branch of manual therapy, dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system through manual action on the pathological area.

In the conduct of osteopathy at lateral curvature of the spine is the main task of the specialist is to eliminate dislocations, subluxation and rotation of the vertebrae.

Rotation appears as a consequence of twisting of the vertebrae in the form of stairs along the vertical axis. In this situation, there is abnormal tone of the skeletal muscles, which leads to displacement of the vertebral segments. Osteopathy addresses the level of the pathological process and relax the muscles of the back in a short time.

The Method also allows to eliminate pain and correct inappropriate impulses from strangulated nerve fibers. However, to date effective osteopathic techniques for relief of hypermobility syndrome has not been developed.

The Essence of osteopathy is the careful study of disorders of motor function and sequential address them. Performing the diagnostics, the doctor-osteopath by feeling each of the muscles of the back of the hands.

About technique post isometric relaxation of muscles

For the correction of vascular and neurological complications of lateral curvature of the spine used a technique post isometric muscle relaxation (PIR). It involves the correction of movement patterns and inhibition of secondary disorders on the background of lateral curvature of the vertebral 1 or 2 degrees (to 25 degrees).

Indications for postisometric relaxation of muscles:

• Complicated myopically – spazmirovannah muscles due to the asymmetry of tone between agonists and antagonists;
• Reflex tension of skeletal muscle at the expense of dermatology, osteomatrix and visceromotor reactions (stimulation of nerve receptors in skin, internal organs and bones);
• relative weakness of the skeletal muscles;
• Strong overload of the muscles with the formation of the "clamps".

Complicated myopically for scoliosis 2 and 3 degrees there is always. With shortened muscles lead to a further increase arcs scoliotic. The cause of this condition is compression of the nerve due to violation of anatomical vertebral-motor segment.

Without addressing displacement in the affected part of the spine is quite difficult to remove spasmodic muscle tension. The effect of the use of muscle relaxants remains only on the use of drugs.

The Reflex tension of skeletal muscles fast enough is eliminated postisometric relaxationwhen exposed to the main source of enhanced neural impulses in the spine.

Manual therapy with the weakness of skeletal muscles, even when combined with PIR osteopathy does not lead to a permanent strengthening of the muscles. In this case, it applies only to stimulate the muscles before physical therapy.

Muscle "clips" effectively eliminated the feast with stimulation of both opposing muscle groups (agonists and antagonists).

Indications for post isometric relaxation at lateral curvature of the spine:

• Local hypertonicity;
• the Presence of muscle "clips";
• the Presence of neurodystrophy – changes of the muscles on the background of nerve damage.

Since the feast is a relatively new method of manual therapy, its use in other situations have not been conducted. The theory predicts active development in several years, since in practice it well itself.

Its essence is that the relaxation of the muscle occurs by passive relaxation of muscle fibers after running post-work (7-10 seconds). If this static load is gradually reduced and within 3 to 5 repetitions in the muscles remains residual energy. As a result, she is completely relaxed.