Spinal manipulation is a non-surgical "hands-on" technique in which professional chiropractic specialists use leverage and exercises to adjust spinal structures and restore mobility of the back. During pain, the nerve that is interconnected with the muscles, joints, bone becomes weak and loses its ability to function. With this therapy, the nerve will be made to work normally and the blood circulation in these areas also increases.
There are two types of osteopathic manipulation — direct- and indirect- methods. The indirect method, the problematic or tight tissue is moved towards the area of tightness. In the indirect procedure, the doctor pushes the tight tissues away, in the opposite direction of the muscle resistance.
Osteopathic manipulation is not recommended for people having broken bone, dislocation, bone cancer, infection of the bone, damaged ligament, and also for people who have recently undergone surgery and are on medicines such as aspirin and warfarin. Untoward effects of this therapy include an increase in pain, headache, and fatigue. However, these are of mild severity and may disappear within a day. Severe complications are very rare.
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Surgical Techniques
- Surgical Treatment for Spine Conditions
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery
- Microscopic Spine Surgery
- Outpatient Spine Surgery
- Revision Spinal Surgery
- Robotic Spine Surgery
- Computer-Assisted Spine Surgery
- Image-Guided Spine Surgery
- Spinal Instrumentation
- Neck Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Surgery
- Complex Spinal Reconstruction
- Spine Surgery in Athletes
- Thoracic Spine Revision Surgery
- Complications of Spinal Surgery
Non-Surgical Options
Activity and Diet
Medications, Therapy, and Bracing
- Spine Medications
- Physical therapy for the Spine
- Spinal Manipulation
- Cervical Bracing
- Lumbar Spinal Bracing
Injections and blocks
- Spine Injections
- Spinal Nerve Blocks
- Epidural Steroid Injections
- Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection
- Facet Injections
- Cervical Injections
- Cervical Facet Blocks
- Cervical Epidurals
- Medial Branch Block Injections
- Lumbar Injections
- Lumbar Epidurals
- Lumbar Facet Block
- Lumbar Sympathetic Block
- Thoracic Facet Joint Injection
- Costo-vertebral Joint Injection
- Piriformis Muscle Injection
- Caudal Epidural Injection
Spinal Cord Stimulator
Radiofrequency Ablation
Nerve Release/Decompression
- Spinal Decompression
- Laminectomy
- Cervical/Lumbar Traction
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Foraminotomy
- Posterior Cervical Microforaminotomy/Discectomy
- Posterior Cervical Decompression
- Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy
- Cervical Laminoplasty
- Lumbar Decompression
- Lumbar Microdecompression
- Lumbar Laminectomy
- Lumbar Facetectomy and Foraminotomy
- Thoracic Spine Decompression
- Thoracic Laminectomy
- Thoracic Facetectomy
Discectomy
- Microdiscectomy
- Disc Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Discectomy and Decompression
- Minimally Invasive Cervical Discectomy
- Cervical Microdiscectomy
- Cervical Disc Replacement
- Lumbar Endoscopic Discectomy
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy
- Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement
- Thoracic Discectomy
Fusion Procedures
Cervical
- Cervical Spine Fusion
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Fusion
- Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion
- Posterior Cervical Fusion
- Multilevel Posterior Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion
- Occipital Cervical Fusion
Thoracic
Lumbar
- Lumbar Fusion Procedures
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion
- Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion
- Lumbar Corpectomy and Fusion
- Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Minimally Invasive TLIF
- Anterior Lumbar Corpectomy and Fusion
SI Joint
Deformity Correction
- Scoliosis Treatment
- Spine Deformity Surgery
- Posterior Scoliosis Surgery
- Adult Scoliosis Correction
- Scoliosis Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery
- Anterior and Posterior Scoliosis Correction
- Spine Osteotomy
Trauma/Fractures/Instability
- Vertebroplasty
- Kyphoplasty
- Fracture Stabilization
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery for Spondylolisthesis
- Thoracic Spine Trauma Surgery
- Sacroplasty
Tumor
- Spinal Biopsy
- Spinal Tumor Surgery
- Thoracic Tumor Surgery (Intradural and Extradural)
- Thoracic Vertebrectomy
