Your Physical Therapist will typically work in private practice treating sport’s injuries and painful conditions.

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Your physical therapist will typically focus on more hands-on techniques to restore range of motion and resolve painful conditions. Your physical therapist may use range of motion testing and orthopedic testing to get a more accurate picture of your dysfunctions.

• Physical Therapy Assessment #1: Range of Motion Testing:

If a joint is causing problems, your physical therapist may do a range of motion assessment on it. This involves you attempting to move the joint in all the directions that it moves. If you encounter some pain or restriction in trying to do this, it will help to identify the nature of your dysfunction and consequently it will form the basis of what treatment is required for your rehabilitation.

• Physical Therapy Assessment #2: Orthopedic Testing:

There are also a number of physical tests that can be undertaken to rule-in or rule-out specific conditions. For example, your physical therapist may use tests for cruciate ligament injuries in your knees and also for herniated discs in your lower back.

Once your treatment plan has been devised, techniques such as those listed below would be used to rehabilitate you.

• Physical Therapy Treatment #1: Deep Tissue Massage

If your physical therapist has identified a problem in your musculature, deep tissue massage may be done on the area to facilitate your rehabilitation. This will restore your correct muscle tone and also increase circulation in order to help removal of built up toxins in your muscles.

• Physical Therapy Treatment #2: Joint Mobilisations

If your physical therapist has identified a dysfunctional joint, a joint mobilisation may be performed on you. This typically involves your physical therapist moving your joint in a way that restores the full movement and also the quality of your joints movement.

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Your treatment approach can vary from one physical therapist to the next. As a general rule your physical therapists approach will consist of a variety of hands-on techniques designed to resolve your painful condition and restore full movement.

DD Palmer is first credited with starting the chiropractic profession in the nineteenth century. His son BJ Palmer also became a chiropractor and was responsible for much of the spread of the chiropractic profession in the 20th century.

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Assessment techniques can vary from chiropractor to chiropractor. Some of the more common chiropractic assessment techniques are listed below:

• Chiropractic Assessment Technique #1: Palpation

This is a core diagnostic model for almost all chiropractors. Your joints are felt during movement to determine their quality of movement and detect any dysfunctions.

• Chiropractic Assessment Technique #2: X-Ray

Your chiropractor may have analytical X-Rays taken to identify joint subluxations and other structural dysfunctions in your spine.

• Chiropractic Assessment Technique #3: Thermography

The surface temperature of your body is measured and displayed on a print-out. Your chiropractor may use this to help identify the location of any spinal dysfunctions that you may have.

• Chiropractic Assessment Technique #4: Leg Checking

Your chiropractor may check your leg length in various positions to help determine the root cause of pain originating from your spine or pelvis.

In addition to varying assessment approaches, chiropractors also use a number of different treatment approaches. These approaches can sometimes be very different from one another and between others the differences are very subtle.

• Chiropractic Treatment Technique #1: Diversified Technique

This is the most generic of all the chiropractic treatment systems. It is the basic form of chiropractic taught in almost all of the major chiropractic colleges.

• Chiropractic Treatment Technique #2: Activator Method

Your chiropractor may use a mechanical hand-held device called an activator to make adjustments.

• Chiropractic Treatment Technique #3: Thompson Technique

This technique was developed by a chiropractor called J Clay Thompson. Your chiropractor may use a custom treatment table called a drop table if this method is used.

• Chiropractic Treatment Technique #4: Gonstead Chiropractic Technique

This approach was developed by a chiropractor called Clarence Gonstead. Your chiropractor may use this method. It has its own unique diagnostic model and treatment approach.

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The approach your chiropractor will take largely depends on what college they studied at and what continuous education they have undertaken. Even though there are a lot of different chiropractic technique systems there is considerable overlap between most of them. The treatment that your chiropractor will administer will typically involve spinal adjustments with some chiropractors utilizing other modalities such as acupuncture and/or interferential/faradic electro-therapy.

There are numerous cultural references to Massage Therapy from all over the world dating back for thousands of years. Massage therapy as a profession has grown considerably in the western world in the last 40 years and is popular with athletes and individuals seeking relief from painful conditions and muscular tension and stiffness. Massage Therapy is typically performed on custom treatment tables and chairs and may be done through light clothing or directly on the skin. There are many different styles of Massage Therapy and I’ve listed some of the best modalities in the next section.

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• Massage Therapy #1: Sport’s Massage

Sport’s Massage can be done pre- or post-event. Typically the goal is increased performance levels, improved recovery after the event and reduction in sport’s injuries. Today almost all high level teams use the facility of a sport’s massage therapist.

• Massage Therapy #2: Connective Tissue Massage

Tissue integrity is the primary goal of Connective Tissue Massage. It requires very strong anatomical knowledge of the therapist and it works on the connective tissue around the muscles and joints.

• Massage Therapy #3: Deep Muscle Therapy

Deep Muscle Therapy works directly on muscle fibres. The goal is to restore correct tension levels to your muscles and as a result relieve muscular aches, tension and stiffness.

What can I expect during a Deep Tissue Massage in Limerick at the Pain Relief Clinic?

At the Pain Relief Clinic in Limerick, massage is performed through light clothing. Predominantly this is done on a custom treatment table but part of your work may be done on a chair if your neck and shoulders need to be addressed. During your treatment we work on your muscles and connective tissue around your joints to reduce and where possible eliminate your pain, aches, tension and stiffness. We will also work to restore full range of movement where this has become a problem.

Physiotherapists work in a diverse range of clinical settings from public sector (hospitals, hospices and medical charities) to private practice. In a hospital setting your physiotherapist may use the assistance of diagnostic imaging such as X-Rays and MRI scans. In addition to treating orthopedic conditions, your physiotherapist may also treat cardiopulmonary and neurological conditions.

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Your physio will initially start out taking a full case history. In a hospital setting your physiotherapist may use the assistance of diagnostic imaging.

• Physiotherapy Diagnostic Tool: X-Ray

  X-Rays typically show up problems of the skeleton. They will give your physiotherapist information about whether you have a fracture or not and also its precise location. An X-Ray may also yield other information, for example, you may have osteoarthritis (or “wear and tear”) in one or more of your joints.

• Physiotherapy Diagnostic Tool: MRI Scan

  MRI scans can show up a lot more detailed information than X-Rays. In addition to illustrating problems in the skeletal system, MRI scans can also highlight dysfunctions in other soft tissue systems in the body. Once this is completed your physical examination will commence. Your physiotherapist may use range of motion testing and a selection of orthopedic tests in order to determine the root cause of your dysfunction.

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The treatments used by physios can vary a lot from one physiotherapist to another. The main factors determining this are your physiotherapist’s clinical experience and also the type of continuous professional development that your physiotherapist has undertaken. The most common physiotherapy approach is electro-therapy and exercises although some physiotherapists do practice massage techniques, acupuncture, dry needling and other hands-on approaches.

Osteopathy was originated in the USA in the 19th century by Andrew Taylor Still in Kansas. He opened the first school of osteopathy in Missouri and it has subsequently spread to most parts of the developed western world. John Martin Littlejohn studied under Still in the USA to become an osteopath and returned to the UK to set up the first school of osteopathy there in 1917. Since that time, a number of osteopath schools have developed in the UK.

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• General Osteopathic Treatment

This forms the basis of most osteopaths’ treatment. Typically this involves applying what is called a high velocity thrust to a general region of the spine or to a specific spinal segment. Your osteopath will use this to address positional faults or motion faults in your spine or in a specific spinal segment.

• Positional Release Osteopathy

This form of osteopathy originally developed by a US osteopath called Lawrence Jones. It aims to relieve/resolve painful conditions caused by musculoskeletal dysfunctions by placing your body into various positions. A number of other osteopaths have since added to this body of work.

• Visceral Osteopathy

This branch of osteopathy aims to influence the organ systems in the torso region of the body. The founder of osteopathy originally began work in this area and it has subsequently been further developed by other osteopaths.

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Almost all osteopaths will use a form of general osteopathic treatment. In addition your osteopath may use other modalities such as ultrasound and/or interferential/faradic electro-therapy.  Not all osteopaths practice Visceral Osteopathy. This typically depends on which osteopath college they studied and the continuing education that your osteopath has undertaken.