Physical Therapy Massage Techniques

Therapeutic massage techniques utilized by physical therapists are a vastly expanded variation of the historic therapeutic massage procedures of the Greeks, Egyptians and others.

A therapist can use various techniques including classic massage methods like petrissage (kneading manipulation of the muscle), effleurage (soft gliding over tissue) or more advanced methods like deep friction. 

Physical Therapy

With an intensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology, massage therapists use hands-on techniques to reduce your pain, scale back muscle spasm and increase overall mobility.

1. Myofascial Massage

• This is a manual massage technique used to stretch and release bonds between fascia and integument. 

• This process mainly focuses on eliminating pain, increasing the range of motion and balancing the body.

• The therapy releases fascial restrictions and allows the muscles to move more efficiently.

• It is mainly practiced by skin rolling or applying a pressure or compression in various directions or by applying shear force in the affected area. 

• It is commonly used by sports therapists and also by physical therapists.

2. Reflexology

• It is a type of “Foot massage”, commonly practiced by Chinese. 

• Reflexologists believe that certain spots on the sole of the foot corresponds to an internal organ so applying appropriate pressure to specific points will relax the specific organ or muscle and helps to reduce the pain.

• The theory of this type of foot massage believes that the ailment of an inside organ is related to the nerve ending on the foot.

• Though reflexology will not be used to diagnose or cure a disorder, therapists tend to use this as a complementary therapy to other treatments.

• It is used as a complementary treatment in conditions like diabetes, asthma, cancer, sinusitis, kidney and many more.

3. Soft tissue massages therapy

• The therapy involves direct massage on the muscle and other soft tissues of your body. Soft tissue technique targets your muscles, ligaments, tendons or other connective.

• Soft tissue massage therapy helps to reduce pain, aches, muscular overuse and injuries that are attributed to your body’s soft tissues.

• If this technique is employed after accidents involving trauma and harm, it greatly alleviates the development of painful muscular patterning.

Bodhizone- Pool of massage therapists

Therapeutic or specific clinical massage can offer potent and lasting remedies from pain and stress.

Our massage therapists are licensed and proficient in various massage tactics and work closely with our physical therapists to serve you and to help you to manage the pain.

Talk to us on 212-529-5700 or visit us on www.bodhizone.com to fix an appointment with us and begin a pain-free life.

Can Physical Therapy Help Lower Back Pain?

Lower back pain is the second most common disorder that occurs among the world’s population. The most common age group who suffer from lower back pain is between 30 and 50, yet some younger and older people can also suffer from this pain too.

Lower Back Pain

Why back pain occurs?

• There are various causes of lower back pain. If the muscles in our lower back are either worked heavily or not worked enough pain can occur.

• Heavy load lifting or too much strain on weak muscles will generate pain in the back.

• If the discs between the vertebrae are wearing out due to age this is a condition called “intervertebral disc degeneration” causing pain.

• Any fracture, herniated disc (slipped disc from the spine arrangement), tumors on the spine, osteoporosis, and osteoarthritis are also considered to be common causes of back pain.

Ways to eliminate back pain

People needlessly suffer from lower back pain. Sometimes the pain would be acute or recurrent or a prolonged sharp unbearable pain can occur.

With advancement in science and technology, there are numerous ways to get rid of this pain depending upon to the severity.

A few possible treatments for Lower back pain are

• Physical therapy
• Exercise and Yoga.
• Medications, steroid administration, and opioid analgesics.
• Advanced physical therapy
• Cold laser therapy
• Surgery

Importance of Physical Therapy

• Physical therapy mainly focuses on pain management and prevention. It is a non-invasive treatment with no side effects. It promotes a fast healing and restores function and movement.

• A physical therapist is a trained professional who reduces the body pain and repairs the mobility without an expensive surgery or side effects of medications.

• Physical therapists are trained to administer interventions. These interventions focus on pain management of patients who are completely diagnosed and observed by the physical therapist.

Therapeutic Exercises 

• These exercises are important for strengthening the back muscle and abdominal region by various stretching and firming techniques.

• It also promotes mobility and range of motion.

• This mobilisation technique is useful for reducing the back pain.

Manual Therapeutic Technique 

• Physical therapists prescribe this manual remedy technique when the examination findings indicate the use of these tactics to scale down ache, spasm, edema, or swelling.

• Manual therapy is practiced by massage therapists and they aim to reduce the pain by skilled hand massage and skilled passive movements of joints and smooth tissue.

• This therapy also toughens tissue; expands the variety of motion; modulate discomfort, and decrease delicate tissue swelling and infection. 

• Sometimes procedures could include manual traction, massage, mobilisation/manipulation, and passive range of movement.

Certified Physical Therapists for back pain at Bodhizone

If you are suffering from lower back pain and unhappy with your present treatment please don’t hesitate to call us on 212-529-5700 or visit us on www.bodhizone.com to find the best solution to manage your pain.

We enhance and maintain your physical well being; broaden the potential to move and make your body stronger.