Manual Therapy Choices: A General Approach to Parkinsons Disease
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In treating dysfunction, it is normal for most therapists to use a variety of modalities and methods including myofascial release, muscle-energy techniques, positional-release techniques and many more. The assumption must be that different tools achieve different effects, and the ones we choose reflect our perception as to the needs of the individual and/or of the tissues involved. Sledgehammers and walnuts are a reminder that there are appropriate and inappropriate tools for achievement of specific tasks.
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