therapy. 2 months after the comment from massages and ended up spending a lot of money overall at austin peay him and me of course when you're in pain you try everything. in the end she couldn't do anything without pain killers she knew that wasn't a long term option so she decided to try manual sarah pay. her towel efficacious is this method of treatment which doesn't use any aids and the hands the latest study showed it can work well for chronic back pain manual manipulation of the affected area has been shown to be as potent as any painkiller and even tops other alternative methods like acupuncture. but what is it that makes manual sarah p. so effective. you can use your hands to manipulate the muscles so that you can relieve muscular tension and you can also influence joint mobility this so-called joint play. therapist access mobilizes specific muscles on joints in christina's back. i slide my hand under the vertebra and the edge of my hand forms a hypo. so like a pivot through which i can mobilize the area during the stretch then i turn the patient back over my hand off she breathes it a