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The
History
and
Present
of
Manual
Therapy
in
Circumstances
the
World'
Ian
E.
Searle'*
I would
like
to mention that the Terms"MANUAL THERAPY"
and "MANIPULATIVE
THERAPY" are Interchangeable
from
Country
toCountry,
andI
wouldlike
tointroduce
theHISTO-RY of MANUAL THERAPY under the following TOPICS.
1.
AncientHistory.B.C.
2, Medieval History.3.
Middle Ages,l5th
Century.
4, FolkMedicine. 5. Bone
Setters
6.
The 19thCentury,
which includes theimpact of OSTEOPATHY and TIC.
7. The Present Day, 2bth Century.
I
.
History
ofManual
Therapy
1.
ANCIENTHISTORY
The
first
in
Recorded
History
todescribe
andil-lustrate
JOINT
MANIPULATION wasHIPPOCRA-TES 460-355 B.C. He wrote Cofpus IIippocrzzteum
in
whichhe
described
Peri
Arthron
`'qboutJoints"
and MOCHLIKON "the Lever". He had a teachinghospital
on theIsland
of Kosin
theMediterranean,
theruins, present tothis
day.
He
mustbe
theFather
ofManipulative
Therapy'and advocated strong TRACTION :the procedures of sitting on the back,standing on the back, lever-age with a
board,
all safely performed solong
asthe TRACTION was imparted. He also advocated
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Sect.ITreasurerof the International Federatienof
Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapists (IFOMT)
methods of Tractional reduction of
dislocated
Hipand Shoulder,
ANCIENT
MEDICAL HISTORY starts with agreat name and ends with an equally famous name,
CLAUDIUS GALENOS or GALEN, 131-202 A,D.
who in 97
Commentaries
described much ofthe
work of HIPPOCRATES utilising TRACTION and
SUSTAINED PRESSURE. 2,
MEDIEVALHISTORY
")
ABU
ALI IBNSINA
980-1037
A.D,
alsoknown as AVICENNA. Textbook "CANON"
Arabi-an Textbook.
(2)
ABU
LQUASIM
1013-II06A.D.
Textbook
ALTASRIF Spanish Arabian.
(3)
CHARAF ED DIN1465
A.
D.
Described
hang-ing
from
the patient whilst suspendedin
TRAC-TION.3.
THEMIDDLEAGES
15th
Century
A.D.
A
decline
inrnedical knowl-edge throughout the WESTERNWORLD,
The
Es-tablishedChurch was for most
healing,
anddissec-tionwas not permitted.
VIDIUS VIDIO, 1500-1569 A.D.gives us the
first
illustration
of``HANGING"
the patientin
TRAC-TION
using theboard
also for pressure on thelumbar
spine.AMBROSE PARE, 1510-1590
A.
D. Famoussur-geon toFRENCH KINGS
did
muchto
raise the sta-ndards of ORTHOPAEDICS in Europe.He
ad-vocated the manipulative techniques ofHIPPOC-RATES.
4. FOLKMEDICINE
The method6 handed down
GENERATION
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GENERATION through
different
racesfrom
BUD-DHIST
practisesof EXTENSION manipulation toMOMI-ryoji
ofJAPAN,
to
OMI-OMI
in
the
PacificIslands.
STAMPING
orTRAMPLING
was popularLy carri-ed outby
womanfolk, as were proceduresknown
asthe"FARMERS
PUSH"
or the "SHEPHERDS
HUG".
WEIGHTING
SALT
was practisedinEurope.
5.THEBONESETTERS
Were NON
MEDICAL
practitionerswhose skills at replacing smallBONES
out ofPLACE
wererec-ognised by the
PUBLICi
Mrs.SARAH
MAPP,
through to the
British
Royalty,
Sir
HERBERT
BARKER.
The
British
medical men, slowly moved awayfrom the conservative methods of treating
TUBER-CULAR
SPINE
to absorbing and utilising BONESETTERS methods.
1867 Dr.WHARTON
HOOD
described
RICHARD
HUTTONS
methods, 1868Sir
JAMES
PAGET.1878
HUGH
OWEN
THOMAS, 1900 SirROBERTJONES.
6.
19th CENTURY, OSTEOPATHY ANDCHIRO-PRACTIC
The influenceof ANDREW T,
STILL
1828-1917,
the
'Founder
of Osteopathy whoseDivine
revelationJune
1874 proclaimed the'`RULE
of theARTERY."
In 1917 an English physician
LITTLEJOHN
tookAndrew Still'steaching toENGLAND, founding
Os-teopathy
in
Great
Britain.Osteopathy
isrecognisedin
theUnited
StatesofAmerica,
but
thedefinition
of
Osteopathic
LESION has aLtered since "STILL'S"first
description.
In 1895 DANIEL DAVID PALMER founded CHI-ROPRACTIC, that a displacement inthe spine
im-pinges structures and will influence the body. DANIEL DAVID PALMER manipulated the
EX-TREMITY
JOINTS
also, and founded theMIXERS
colleges. The son of Daniel David Palmer manipul-ated only the
SPINE
and founded theSTRAIGHTS.
Both methods are practisedthroughout theworld
today.7.
THE20thCENTURY
The
influence
ofMEDICAL
PHYSICAL
MEDI-CINE
practitionersand more importantly the roleplayed
by
PHYSICAL THERAPISTS has advancedthe
science of manipulative practise remarkedly.ca
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Many
contributions eanbe
listgd,1) MEDICALINFLUENCE
Firstly
by Dr. EDGAR F.CYRIAX
wroteex-tensively,especially describing the effect of
FRIC-TIONS.
DR.
JAME
MENNELL
wrotethe
"SCIENCEand
ART
of theJOINT
MANIPULATION". Herecogni-sed theACCESSORY RANGE of MOTION ina
joint
andbelieved
the
FACET
joint
played a great partin
SPINAL
DERANGEMENT.
DR.
JAMES
CYRIAXITo
whomIamindebted
for
the use of theillustrations
usedin
thispresenta-tion,
is
theMODERN
FATHER
of manipulative medicine. DR.CYRIAX
textbooks "TEXTBOOKSof
ORTHOPAEDIC
MEDICINE"
remainthe
ciassic ref-erence ferPhysicians
and Physical Therapists.He
believed
PHYSICALTHERAPISTS
were the mostqualifiedto perform
Manipulative
procedures andtaught many at
SL
ThomasHospital,
London,
Eng-land,
advocating safe strong traction whichin-fluenced
thespinaldisc
in
particular.DR.
ALAN
STODDARD
:Taught Osteopathictec-hnique$
to Phy$ical Therapists and his twotext-books,
O)
OSTEOPATHICPRACTICE.
(2)
OSTEOPATHICTECHNIQUEare
important
contributions toManual
Therapists.
2) PHYSICALTHERAPYCONTRIBUTIONS
FREDDY KALTENBORN,
(NORWAY):
Trainedin
Osteopathy
andChiropractic
has
written"EX-TREMITY
JOINT
MANIPULATION",
strongsup-porter
of High Standards of Physical Therapy andManual Therapy throughout the world. His texts are the firstto relate manipulation to the new
knowledge of
Arthrekinematics.
Heis
a founderConsultant
for
I.
F.
O.
M.
T.
GEOFFREY
MAITLAND
(AUSTRALIA)
:Publi-shed 1964 VERTEBRAL MANIPULATION in
which he refined theart of oscillatory manipulation and used itto, almost exclusively, totreat
"repro-ducible signs".
By
thismeanshe
combines `Cgatecontrol mechanisms" with mechanical mobilisation.
His
two
texts
"PERIPHERAL MANIPULATION"and "VERTEBRAL MANIPULATION"
explain his method.
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LAND)IFirst
Iecturer
in
Manual
Therapy at theN.
Z.
School
ofPhysiotherapy.
His
teaching movedfrom
diagnosis
to whathe
then called the"LESION"
and
later
to `'DYSFUNCTION".He
coined the term i`component
motion" to
denote
those movements in a
joint,
that when combined make up an active motion. Converselythen
all active movements can be broken down into their components forthepurpose of evaluation and
ttt/
ment. He isa Past Presidentand Founder Chairpe-rson of I.
F.
O.
M.T.Inthe 1960-70 up until thepresent day New
Zea-lander ROBIN McKENZIE has
published
andad-vocated the concept of SPINAL EXTENSION for
treatment of selected Low Back Pain. He feltthat
the centralization of pain which often
follows
repet-itivemotion was
due
to the reduction of the discand not to the
GATE
CONTROL
mechanism.
ll
Present
Day
Schools
ofThought
CLASSIFICATION
by
PRINCIPLE PURPOSEThere
is
not now, noris
there
everIikely
to
be,
totalagreement on
how
joint
manipulation or other manual physical therapy procedures shouldbe
prac-ticed.
The
mostirnportant
factor
differentiating
be-tween the groups that practice
joint
manipulationis
theintended
purpose ofthe
treatment.
In
nearlyalr cases manipulations are performed with goalsof
relieving nerve root pressure, directly relieving
pain,or
for
restoring motionto
ajoint,
Some
ofthe groups practicespecific techniques, where the treatment i$applied toonly a single articulation at
a time, and some practice nonspecific techniques,
where several articulations may
be
involved inthe manipulation. The following categories separatethe groups according
to
the
purpose of thetreat-ment:
1. MANIPULATION PHILOSOPHIES BASED ON RELIEVING NERVE ROOT PRESSURE.
BONE
SETTERS:
The
purpose ofthistechniquesis
to clickbones
back
into
place.These
techniquesare specific.
CHIROPRACTIC
(traditioRal):
The purpose istomove yertebra to relieve nerve root pressure.
These techniques are specific,
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CYRIAX:
The
spinal techniques aredesigned
to
move the
disc,
and thus relieve nerve root pressure,Cyriax techniques are nonspecific.
2. MANIPULATION PHILOSOPHIES
BASED
ON RELIEVING PAIN,
MAITLAND: Oscillationsare used toeliminate
reproducjble signs.
The
techniques
are specific,MAIGNE: The manipulations performed must
produce "no
pain",and the directionof
manipula-tion
is"contrary"to
the
direction
of greatesthypo-mobility
(least
directionof restriction). Maignetec-hniques are derived from osteopathic
joint
tech-niques, and
they
are specific,McKENZIE: Repetitive motion isused
for
cen-tralization of pain.3.
MANIPULATION
PHILOSOPHIES
BASED
ON
NORMALIZING
JOINT
MOBILITY.
OSTEOPATHY:
Joints
andbody
are mobilizedfor
increased
motion.The
techniques
are specific.MENNELL:
Emphasis
is
on restoration of normal "jointplay". The techniques are specific
for
the
extremities,Less
so on spine.KALTENBORN:
Emphasis
is
onarthrokine-rnatics, particularly convex-concave. relationships.
Techniques
are very specific and somewhateclec-tic.
PARIS:
Emphasis
is
on restoration of normalar-throkinematics, especially component and
joint
play motions.
Pain
is
de-emphasized.
Techniques
are specific and eclectic.
M.
The
Formation
ofthe
International
Federation
ofOrthopaedic
Manipulative
Therapists
We
have
seen thatasManual
Therapy hasdevet-oped as a "SPECIALITY"
in
theprofession
of `iPhy-siotherapy" thatdifferent
LEADERS
andTEACH-ERS emerged indifferentcountries, using Different methods. DifferentSTANDARDS applied, and
dif-ferent medical and politicalrecognition applied
in
each country.
Dr.
Cyriax
feltthat the discussionsthat Geoffrey Maitland, Freddy Kaltenborn,Stanley
Paris,
Greog-Qry Grieve
had
heldin
England, shou}dbe
thebasis,in regard tothe setting up of a world
i`Con-federation of Manual Therapy" and should be
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malized.
A
meetingin
Amsterdam
in
1970
decided
toCONSTITUTIONALLY achieve this,at a future meeting planned
for
1974 inMontreaLHowever matters moved
detrimentally
toManual
Therapy politically,inEurope. Freddy Kaltenborn feltthat STANDARDS needed tobe proved tothe
World Medical Fraternity,resulting ima call
for
anInternationalmeeting at Sun Wing, San Augustin,
Gran
Canaryin
1973,
ofInternationally
invited
Manual Therapists. An interchange and demon-stration of Manual Therapy applications took place over a month and examinations by Professor
Harold Brodin, Sweden, Dr.James
Cyriax,
United Kingdom, Dr.Aran Stoddard, United Kingdom, Dr. H.Frisch,Germany, took placewhere the Standards of Manual Therapy were assessedby
Medical
ex-perts.
Thereby arose a basis of STANDARDS. These
STANDARDS were accepted at the
CONSTITU-TIONAL MEETING chaired by Dr.S.Parisin
Mon-trealin 1974 and thereby the INTERNATIONAL
FEDERATION of ORTHOPAEDIC
MANIPULA-TIVE THERAPY was founded. Dr.Richard Erhard
founding President.
The Federation has moved from strength to strength,
STANDARDS
have
been
cempiled andap-proved, and Fourteen
Counties
have achievedrec-ognition and are FULL
MEMBERS.
Ten
IFOMTMeetings have been
held
subsequently, whichin-clude teaching courses, and General Meetings. Pre
and
Post
WCPT
technical
courses, as well as halfday
contributions to each of theWCPT
Confer-ences held since 1974 have been held,and inIsrael
in
1978
WCPT
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY acceptedIFOMT as the firstrecognised "SUB GROUP"
of the
World Cenfederation of Physical Therapists,
IFOMT will remain a potent force in Physical Therapy, especially, inthe interestshown by
coun-eg21geg2e
trtes,who show an
interest
in
Manual
Therapy
training and
have
registered asREGISTERED
IN-TEREST
COUNTRY,
hoping
toset up recognisedSPECIAL
INTEREST
GROUPS
within thePhysio-therapy profession of theircountry, and
AIM
totheSTANDARDS required
for
FULL
MEMBERSHIP
ofthis
FEDERATION.
We would cordially
invite
JAPAN
to considerthisoption.
CONCLUSION
For hundreds, even thousands, of years
Manipu-lativetreatment of Spinal pain,has been common
practiceby very differentmeans and with entirery
differenttheoreticalaims.
Hippocrates straightened a Kyphos,
Galen
repla-ced outward dislocated vertebrae and AmbroisePare wrote about Luxations of the spine. Patients
have been TRAMPLED ON,
been
given BLOWSto
the BACK, with differentTOOLS, THEY HAVE
BEEN LIFTED BACK to BACK and have been
SHAKEN. Bone Settershave replaced small
bones.
Osteopaths have treated the Osteopathic Lesion. Chiropractors have replaced subluxated vertebrae,
Orthopaedic
Surgeons
have manipulated theSacro-11iac
joint,
Neurelogists have stretched theSciatic
Nerve. AllMETHODS have met with some success.
History
has shownthat
with adequateEXAMINA-TION, TRIAL TREATMENT, REASSESSMENT
using TRACTIONAL HIPPOCRATIC method,
Re-assessment, that"Manual Therapy"
purely a
physi-cal therapy refinement, previously thought ef as an
ART, now isproven to be scientifically efficatious
in
the
hands of a TRAINEDPHYSIOTHERAPIST,
AND incorporates patientINFORMED CONSENT. We look fQrward tothe Future and invite
JAPA-NESE PHYSICAL THERAPISTS to