Manual Therapy
What is manual therapy?
Manual therapy is a part of physical therapy that focuses on finding and treating joint problems and pain. Our manual therapists are experts in identifying and solving joint mobility problems.
Purpose of manual therapy
The primary goal of manual therapy is to improve joint movement and reduce pain. Treatment often produces immediate results. Common complaints treated with this therapy include neck pain, back pain, shoulder pain and headaches.
How does manual therapy work?
Our manual therapists use a variety of techniques to improve your movement and reduce pain. This often includes manual movement of joints, along with personalized exercises and advice on exercise. The effects of manual therapy are often immediate, giving you quick relief and improved function.
When manual therapy?
In daily life, pain can result from restrictions in the joints or spine. Treatment by a manual therapist can then produce a sharp reduction in pain and an improvement in mobility.
The manual therapist can treat the following complaints:
- Head and neck pain with poor movement of the spine
- Neck and shoulder complaints with radiation to the arms
- High back pain, including in combination with rib and chest pain
- Low back pain, also with radiation to the legs
- Headaches due to muscle tension and stiffness in the neck
- Certain forms of dizziness
- Hip complaints
- Pain and stiffness in the shoulder
Learn more here: Dutch manual therapy association.
More about Manual Theraie
More information can be found here: Dutch association for manual therapy.
Reimbursement
You can visit a manual therapist for treatment without a doctor’s referral. Health insurance reimburses treatment for certain chronic conditions from basic insurance starting from the 20th treatment. For non-chronic complaints, you need supplemental insurance to receive reimbursement.
Intake
At a screening or intake, our manual therapist will examine whether he can help you with this technique. Good to know: the result of treatment also depends on your own efforts.
Our Therapists
Our manual therapists are all Master of Science graduates, which enables them to properly interpret and apply the latest scientific information during their treatment. Their treatment average is lower than average within physical therapy.
Maarten Melief, MSc
Physical/manual therapist
Robert Vlek, MSc
Physical/manual therapist
Marten Elzinga, MSc
Physical/manual therapist