Hands-On Therapy at Back 2 Normal Physical Therapy in St. Petersburg
Our Hands-On Therapy approach is rooted in personalized care that addresses the root cause of your discomfort, restoring mobility and overall function to your body. Through advanced manual techniques and integrative methods, we deliver faster results, helping you feel like yourself again.
Our therapists are highly trained manual therapy specialists with advanced certifications and extensive training in a variety of manual medicine techniques. Their expertise ensures you receive the highest standard of care tailored to your individual needs.
What to Expect:
What to Expect from Hands-On Therapy
With a hands-on approach, our skilled therapists use clinical applications of manual techniques to assess and treat soft tissues, joints, nerves and systems within your body. These techniques are tailored to:
Improve mobility and range of motion.
Reduce pain and inflammation.
Release tension and restrictions in soft tissues.
Promote relaxation and balance.
Hands-on therapy encompasses a variety of techniques that require specialized training and expertise to deliver effective, lasting results.
Core Techniques in Hands-On Therapy
Expert hands-on therapy can help you feel like yourself again. Manual Therapy uses hands to manipulate soft tissues and joints, improving body function, range of motion, and reducing pain and swelling. Techniques include lymphatic drainage, craniosacral, myofascial, massage, and manipulation.
Osteopathic Functional Manual Therapy (FMM)
We assess your body’s mobility limitations in joints, soft tissues, and neurovascular systems. Limited mobility can affect function and well-being. Our integrated osteopathic evaluation and treatment combine skilled hand movements and manual neuromuscular facilitation to optimize movement and body function.
Visceral Manipulation (VM)
This therapy addresses functional and structural imbalances in the body, including musculoskeletal, vascular, and nervous systems. We evaluate and treat the dynamics of motion related to organs and tissues, enhancing communication within the body to relieve pain and improve posture.
CranioSacral Therapy (CST)
We use gentle touch to evaluate and improve your craniosacral system—the membranes and fluid surrounding your brain and spinal cord. By releasing restrictions with light touch (no more than 5 grams), we enhance your central nervous system and overall body function.
Total Body Balance (TBB)
This holistic therapy reduces pain and tension by addressing the “Total Body Lesion”—the combined imbalances of mind, body, and spirit caused by injuries, stress, and other factors. Using gentle mobilization, it relaxes muscles, joints, and other tissues, calming the nervous system and improving energy, recovery, and overall well-being. It benefits musculoskeletal, visceral, lymphatic, nervous, and craniosacral systems.
Core Techniques in Hands-On Therapy
Manual Therapy
Manual therapy involves using hands to mobilize or manipulate soft tissues (muscles, tendons, fascia, nerves, viscera, and lymphatics) and joints. This therapy is designed to:
- Increase range of motion.
- Relieve pain and swelling.
- Reduce soft tissue restrictions.
- Restore overall function.
- Promote overall relaxation and recovery.
Techniques may include:
Manual Lymphatic Drainage
Lymphatic massage involves gently manipulating specific areas of your body to move excess fluid buildup away from your tissues and toward working lymph vessels and lymph nodes to enhances circulation and reduce swelling.
Myofascial Release
A soft tissue technique that focuses on the fascia, a tissue that surrounds muscles, nerves, blood vessels, and bones. The goal is to release restrictions in the fascia, such as trigger points, that can cause pain and limit movement.
Manual Traction, Mobilization, and Passive Range of Motion
Enhances joint mobility and reduces discomfort.
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Explore how this skilled hands-on treatment works and what it can do for you.
The following advanced manual techniques require specialized training and certifications and require highly skilled methods to assess and treat the body’s complex systems, ensuring safe and effective outcomes for each patient.
Core Techniques in Hands-On Therapy
Osteopathic Functional Manual Therapy (FMM)
Osteopathic Functional Manual Therapy targets the mobility limitations in your joints, soft tissues, viscera, and neurovascular tissues that impair overall function. These techniques aim to restore proper alignment and function within the body and promote self-healing.
This integrative approach combines:
- Skilled osteopathic evaluations and treatments.
- Manual neuromuscular facilitation.
- Movement re-education techniques.
The result? Improved movement, enhanced body function, pain reduction and optimal performance.
Core Techniques in Hands-On Therapy
Visceral Manipulation (VM)
Visceral Manipulation addresses functional and structural imbalances throughout the body by improving the dynamics of motion and suspension in organs, membranes, fascia, and ligaments.
This therapy is ideal for treating:
- Musculoskeletal, vascular, nervous, urogenital, respiratory, digestive, and lymphatic dysfunction
- Poor posture and chronic pain.
- Revitalizing internal communication, restoring balance and relieving symptoms.
Learn More About Visceral Manipulation
Explore how this skilled hands-on treatment works and what it can do for you.
Core Techniques in Hands-On Therapy
CranioSacral Therapy (CST)
CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle, hands-on method that enhances the functioning of the craniosacral system, which includes the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Using a light touch of no more than 5 grams, CST helps:
- Release restrictions in the craniosacral system.
- Improve the central nervous system.
- Enhance overall body function and relaxation.
- Helps with a variety of conditions, including headaches, back & neck pain, migraines and more.
Core Techniques in Hands-On Therapy
Total Body Balance (TBB)
Total Body Balance (TBB) is a full-body evaluation and treatment approach designed to reduce pain, release tension, and restore overall well-being. By addressing the Total Body Lesion—the accumulation of imbalances caused by injuries, stress, repetitive motions, and emotional or environmental factors—TBB promotes healing and balance across the mind, body, and spirit.
Using gentle, rhythmic mobilization techniques, this therapy relaxes muscles, fascia, joints, and ligaments, while improving circulation, nerve flow, and energy balance.
How It Works:
- Gentle rhythmic mobilization relaxes muscles, fascia, joints, and ligaments.
- Promotes circulation, nerve flow, and energy balance.
- Calms the nervous system for improved recovery and well-being.
Benefits of Total Body Balance:
- Increased energy levels.
- Reduced pain and faster recovery.
- Decreased mental stress.
- Restored health and functionality.
Why Choose Hands-On Therapy at Back 2 Normal?
Personalized Care
Treatments are tailored to your unique needs.
Advanced Expertise
Delivered by therapists with specialized training in manual medicine.
Whole-Body Focus
Our methods address not just symptoms but the interconnected systems of your body.
Proven Results
Faster recovery, pain relief, and improved overall health.
Start Your Journey to Relief Today
Discover the benefits of our hands-on approach to therapy and experience the difference at Back 2 Normal Physical Therapy.
Contact us today to schedule your personalized evaluation and start feeling your best.
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Have you been told to just live with your pain?
Have you lost hope of finding a solution to relieve your pain?
If you answered “Yes” to either of these questions, it’s time to schedule an appointment with one of our experienced Physical Therapists. We’ll provide a thorough whole-body evaluation, diagnose the issue, develop a personalized treatment plan, and work with you one-on-one to help you get Back 2 Normal!
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