Goodbye to pain
DR. K. BALA KUMARAN
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A non-invasive drugless treatment helps cope with neuro-orthopaedic problems and the attendant pain.
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Those suffering from knee pain, back ache, pain in the neck, shoulder or the joints and other such neuro-orthopaedic problems often have a difficult time coping with the pain that these diseases bring.
Medication in the long-term often brings with it unwanted side effects. Surgery does not always provide a permanent solution.
However, many of these problems can be addressed through Mulligan’ Ortho Therapy (MOT), named after Dr. Brian R.Mulligan, from New Zealand. It is a non-invasive, drugless treatment that involves physical, postural correction by an authenticated trained practitioner.
Realign structures
An injury or stress may force the patient to assume unnatural postures and movements that may alter the alignment of the bones and soft tissues. Overtime this leads to neuro-musculo-skeletal ailments. MOT aims to realign or reposition those structures to alleviate the stress and ease the pain.
The treatment duration depends on the severity of the problem. In most cases, 10-15 sittings are enough after which the patient has to do the prescribed exercises and follow the guidelines to avoid recurrence. Usually the pain is reduced considerably in the first sitting itself.
Mrs. Padmini, a headmistress in a Government school, complained of severe low back pain, difficulty in walking straight, bending or even sitting for more than 10 minutes. She also had severe pain radiating down the thigh to the calf muscles and was unable to sleep as a result of the pain. Tests showed that she suffered from bilateral sciatica and disc prolapse. Since her problem had been present since 2000, she required 60 sittings of MOT. She underwent the MOT, positional decompression and strengthening programme. Since then she has been following the necessary exercises and guidelines and has no recurrence of her problem.
Advantages
The advantages of this method are no hospitalisation and drugs, provided the patient attends the therapy sessions regularly and follows the prescribed exercises and guidelines. However it is important that people do not try this on their own. MOT should be carried out only by a registered and experienced practitioner.
The writer is a Chennai-based physiotherapist and a registered Mulligan Concept practitioner.
Where MOT is effective
Knee joint pain due to osteo-arthritis
Low back pain due to lumbar spondylitis, herniated disc, disc prolapse
Neck pain or vertigo due to cervical spondylitis
Shoulder pain
Cervicogenic headache
Ankle sprain
Tennis elbow
Heel pain due to calcaneal spur or plantar fascitis.
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