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Manual Muscle Testing is an assessment of muscle strength done by physical therapists, occupational therapists, chiropractors, kinesiologists, physiologists or other researchers and professionals for evaluation of weakness that can differentiate true weakness from imbalance or poor endurance. This kind of assessment is referred to by a few different names, like muscle strength grading, motor testing, but most often is referred to as manual muscle testing.Methods for Manu …

Physiologist are scientists with extensive training that have earned a master's degree or a doctoral degree in the science of Physiology. Physiology is a broad area of science that studies the physical actions that happen in a living system. A physiologist can study anything from single celled life forms to a grove of trees. Often, a physiologist will specialize in a certain area of expertise and then work specifically within that area.Because physiology is such a broad area of science there are …

A chiropractor is a professional in the healthcare industry who cares for a patient's neuromusculoskeletal system (the bones, nerves, muscles, tendons, and ligaments). Specifically a chiropractor focuses on back and neck pain through the use of spinal adjustments to maintain good alignment.Self-healing is a major part of how chiropractics to treat patients. The treatment chiropractors offer also includes nutrition and exercise.By improving the neuromusculoskeletal system's ability …

Occupational Therapy (OT) is the type of treatment that helps if you have pain, injury, illness, or a disability that can make it hard for you to your job or schoolwork, care for yourself, complete household chores, more around, or take part in activities.The main purpose of OT is to teach adaptation to one's environment when considering their physical limitations. OT can help with performing any kind of tasks at school, work, or in the home. To aid in learning to perform tasks a patient may lea …

If your doctor says to you that you need physical therapy then you have most likely had and injury or illness that makes it hard to do day-to-day tasks.The purpose of physical therapy is to improve an individual's ability to function, move, and live better. To do this you may need to do the following:Improve movement.Relieve pain.Prevent or recover from sports injuries.Rehab after a stroke, accident, injury, or surgery.Work on balance to prevent a slip or a fall.Prevent disability.Prevent surger …