SERVICES / Physical TherapyManual Therapy: Manual Therapy releases restriction in connective tissue, to uncover protective mechanisms and heal the underlying issues. Connective tissue is found everywhere in the body – the ECM, the walls of arteries, through tendons, ligaments and fascia to bone. Restrictions are caused by trauma, but also by the body trying to protect an organ or body part. Any symptom tells us that the body has tried to adjust and protect itself as best it can,. Pain happens where pressures and forces and tensions collide - often from those same accommodations. We help the body release those restrictions, uncover the protective mechanisms, and heal whatever the body is protecting. Total Motion Release: The principle of Total Motion Release is like the way manual therapy techniques work – releasing restriction in connective tissue, so that the body physiology can work better and the body heal itself. Total Motion Release follows a basic principle of trusting what the body wants to do – trying not to stir up resistance. The body knows what it's doing, even in producing symptoms. So wherever possible, we want to follow along with the body's wisdom. If there's an ache, soreness, stiffness or tightness in the body, or if you can find a movement that is easier, less painful, or has more range on one side than the other, the TMR exercises – done on the good side – can help. There are problems that need manual therapy, of course, and the exercises are such a great complement to that. They empower the client to get as much relief and benefit as possible between sessions, and make it easier for me, as the manual therapist, to do my job. Orthotics: Malcolm went on a course with Dr Ed Glaser of Sole Supports. He treated us to a 4 hour lecture on 3 joints of the foot, and it was one of the best lectures I've heard in recent memory. He started his career as a mechanical engineer before becoming a podiatrist. Then he could see that the surgeries he was performing, as well as the orthotics he was fitting, weren't helping. With that obsessive quality for which engineers are renowned, he went back to the drawing board. He went over all the research, and realized that to be effective, orthotics had to do more than be comfortable or support the arches of the foot. They have to correct the biomechanics of the foot. They have to allow the many joints of the foot to operate in the correct timing and the correct sequence, so that the weight can come around the arch and then onto the inside of the foot, so that the foot can become a rigid lever again in tim to propel you forwards. If that doesn't happen, the arch sags, the weight stays on the inside of the foot, and there's not much propulsion. |
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