The analgesia of movement: Ideomotor activity and manual care
Barrett L. Dorko, P.T. There is a certainty common to many of those who focus on manual means for pain relief: we are certain that the body naturally and perpetually moves in a way that promotes health and optimal function (called inherent movement). This motion is often easily observed, but at times is only palpable. We are certain that our methods of manipulation should take this movement into account, and thus we typically employ our hands, not in an effort to create shapes or impose forces, but as instruments of perception and communication. First and foremost, we look for and…