New Treatment And The Effects Are Truly Amazing!
In July Physical Therapy Specialties hosted a training workshop to learn a newly developed treatment technique for the relief of pain. Our patients are loving the immediate pain relief this method offers. The method is called the Whelton Myofascial Referral Technique. Ryan Whelton, a physical therapist, discovered a connection to pain pathways through the myofascial system (muscle connective tissue that attaches to the skin, ligaments, nerve sheaths, etc.) that can be treated in an area that one would normally not associate with the area in pain. For example, many pain conditions of the shoulder can be relieved by briefly treating an area at the lower leg. It may sound strange, but the effects are truly amazing.
Our therapists learned this technique for the treatment of lower back pain, knee pain and shoulder pain. We plan to learn additional treatment areas of the body in the future. We are finding it effective for over 80% of our patients who are experiencing pain in these areas. It is especially helpful for chronic pain conditions but also works on an acute injury which helps to reduce pain during the healing phase. If you want to learn more about it, do an internet search for the Whelton Myofascial Referral Technique, or ask one of our therapists more about it. On the internet, one can view video clips of this treatment technique being utilized on real patients.
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