physiotherapy Daniel Tews

T he Greek physician Hippocrates of Kos, who is regarded as the founder of medicine as a science, described various grasping and handling techniques to treat back problems, dislocations and vertebral displacements around 400 BC.

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2400 years later, when back pain has become a widespread disease, we benefit from the writings of Hippocrates, who laid the foundation for manual therapy.

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In modern manual therapy, therapists assess all joints, muscles and nerves involved in a disease. It initially includes a visual assessment of statics and posture.

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The goals of treatment are: ​

• to relieve pain

• to restore the physiological interplay between joints, muscles and neural structures

 

To this end, joints with restricted movement are mobilized and unstable joints are stabilized through targeted strengthening.