What is manipulation? / Dr. Seyed Morteza Tabatabai ============================================ What is manipulation? or manual therapy" is a method of correcting and adjusting the spine and joints with high speed and low range by the therapist (physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist). This method is based on the scientific basis that: minor disorders in the spine and small intervertebral joints can cause pain in the peripheral organs and the body. He applies force to the target dog with his hand. By observing the anatomical points, he moves the affected joint to the end of the normal range of motion. And by correcting the direction of the joint movement. Corrects the disturbance. This method was invented for the first time by a French doctor named Professor Maine.. - Chronic neck pain - Cervical headache - Cervical migraine - Acute neck pain (sudden and severe) - Frequent neck pains - Shooting pains from the neck to the back of the shoulder, shoulders or arms and hands - Chronic pains behind the spine (back of the chest) - Acute pains (sudden and severe) between the shoulder blades - Sprained ribs - Chronic back pain - Back pain caused by lumbar intervertebral disc - Back pain caused by the back spine (back of the chest) - Acute back pain (sudden and severe) - Sciatica pain (back of thigh) - Femoral nerve pain (front of thigh) Numbness in the side and front of the thigh (meralgia) - Coccyx pain - Drowsiness of the upper limbs - Elbow pain (neck origin) - Knee pain caused by the spine - False visceral pain from the spine (such as pain in the front of the chest that is mistaken for heart pain or abdominal pain that is mistaken for pain in the intestines, gall bladder, etc.). ### In what cases is it forbidden to use the manipulation method? - Severe osteoporosis - Joint rheumatism - History of vertebral fracture - Spine infection or tumor - Severe joint laxity