Mobilization/Manipulation for back pain.

April1

Has anyone had Mobilization/Manipulation therapy for back or any kind of pain? I have been recommended someone to go to but don't know what to expect. Thank you.

Lumps Bumps n Blues

I only just read your post, hopefully it's not too late to reply.

It depends on what kind of mobilization/manipulation we're talking about. This below is my own personal experience, I can't guarantee that anyone else will have the same outcome.

I've been to chiropractors, osteopaths, and Bowen technique experts for various reasons, and I found them all excellent in their own field of expertise. I used to have terrible pains in my back, legs, and feet, while growing up, I also had scoliosis. Both the chiropractor and the osteopath were very effective and even managed to straighten my back simply by 'manipulating' and 'mobilizing' my back and limbs - it's a cross between passive exercise and a sort of a massage - for maybe 3-4 sessions and I was left feeling better that ever.

I went to a Bowen technique expert after I put my back out, I couldn't even breathe it was so painful, let alone move. She resolved most of my problem in three sessions, by -and this is a rough, non technical explanation, I just don't have a better description- 'drawing commas and circles' with her thumbs on specific points on my back and limbs. Excellent too.

As for passive exercise, i.e. mobilisation, it's also used on people with much reduced mobility or even severely disabled; the physiotherapist basically evaluates the patient and decides what's the best approach. Usually it's a matter of making the patient's limbs passively move pretty much in every direction, to ensure that his/her joints don't seize, and to counteract the effect of immobility, cramps and spasms.

Hope whatever it is you're getting done works for you.