• A Brief History of manual therapy.

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  September 22

  Manual therapy - one of the types of physical therapy - Hands on spine, joints and muscles in the treatment of diseases associated with them, and neurological disorders.

  Manual therapy techniques were known in ancient time. Already in V century BC Hippocrates, the pioneer of European medical therapy with spinal surgery and medical treatment, the corner stone of Medicine. In our work, for the treatment of joint, he uses the term "paratremata, which is used almost identical to the chiropractic" deployment "or" subliuksacijos "concepts. He writes: "The vertebrae stationing a lot, but just barely .. it is necessary to examine the spine, because many diseases associated with the spine, and the knowledge necessary for the treatment of many diseases." Of spinal therapies, he says: "This is an old art. I have great respect for those who were the first discoverers, but also those who like and I will continue to contribute their discoveries by developing the natural methods of treatment. No one should slip through the doctor's experienced eyes and hands, as it could be used by the reconstruction of displaced vertebrae, harm to the patient. "Treat kyphotic curves Hippocrates suggested as follows: steam heat, stretching and pressure (ie, applied relaxation, and decompression trakciją). This treatment method is called rachiterapija.
  Galen, Hippocrates kinietiškasis Chan-Čyn-kin, homeopathy Hahnemann a German father, Abu-Ali-Sina, Ambruazas Pare (as well as pain and pressure case, we recommend stretching techniques) were most prominent followers of Hippocrates.

  In the Middle Ages wildly expanded surgical methods of treatment and pharmacotherapy, and folk healing methods prigeso.

  Closer to our time only in some countries (over the U.S., less in England) was a group of people kaulataisiai who treat spinal disorders.
  From the time we are aware of "the shepherd's arms," ​​"tramp" technique, where the children stamp on the parents, tired after hard physical labor, back, pushing farmers and others.

  Manual therapy has started to develop only from the nineteenth century the middle. She was represented by osteopaths school, led by English physician Andrew style (Kirksvilo city, in 1874, researchers duration - 2 years) and chiropractic school, led by American Daniel Palmero (1895).

  Chiropractic education was initially comparable to the
  osteopaths education. The training course lasted 14 days and cost $ 500. In 1911, training course will last for one year. Later, osteopaths and chiropractic education has gained a higher education institution concerned. Currently, the U.S. education lasts four years, the curriculum included theoretical foundations and the main clinical departments.

  At a certain point of view, and today, between chiropractic and osteopaths are working style differences. Osteopaths more attention to failure, working mostly with long levers, using a gentle technique, while chiropractic important - Structural changes in the spine, and they enjoy working for short levers, often overstepping manipulations.

  Both schools were constantly improving their skills. Palmero, the son of a corset made and proposed to his application, under the effect of reduced temperature chiropraktinį places neurokalorimetrą developed, which measured the body temperature along the spine.

  Osteopaths have always sought to achieve the level of general medicine. Osteopaths in the U.S. in 1983 was 20000, chiropractic - 25000 in 2004 For about the 60000th Special osteopaths log (Am.J. of Ostheopathy) content substantially more in line with general medical journal profile. Magazine intended to bring together physicians and osteopaths professional organizations. Recently, Michigan State University is located even Osteopatinės College of Medicine, along with the same faculty.

  How does this process has evolved in Europe? Famous physician father, a Swiss doctor shallow, regardless of American osteopaths have introduced methods of spinal manual therapy, which successfully treated thanks to headaches and other disorders. In 1903, he published the book as guides. His name is known in other states.

  Twentieth-century in European scientific manual therapy schools thrived brightest stars: Menelaus, and Saireksas Stodartas in England, the menu - in France, Buchman - in Germany, Karl and the Levite Janda - Czechoslovakia.

  English physician physiotherapist professor. Menelaus made no secret of that learned from osteopaths. Many of his publications (including books) are still considered to be exemplary, especially in the diagnostic field. His successor Saireksas was also an advocate of manual therapy, a great clinician and diagnostic (his orthopedic medical textbook "to this day is the best tool to support the clinic). It describes the technical methods such as equal Menelaus and osteopaths methods. The development of this area has done a lot Stodartas. Initially conceived as osteopaths, he studied medicine and became the latest research and treatment techniques the author in Europe.

  More and more doctors have developed international cooperation in the field of manual therapy. First International Congress of manual therapy occurred in 1958 Switzerland, the second - 1960 FRG, and the third - in 1962 Nice. Matured in different countries need to coordinate activities manualistų therapists, and in 1965 September was the creation of the International Federation of manual medicine (TMMF). Significance of this process is obvious: Manual medicine has become one of the international medical scientific disciplines.

  From CIS countries, manual therapy have emerged in Ukraine. For many years, doctors in training Zaporizhia Institute of neuropathology department (headed by prof. Dobrinskis A. and Assoc. KIimenko A), Zaporozhye area hospital database is spinal osteochondrosis syndromes and neurological rehabilitation department, using a manual therapy treated over 4000 patients.

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