Mohamed Yossef Taha Abu Zahra
Faculty of physical Therapy Cairo University, Egypt
Abstract Title:
Effects of manual therapy on the management of Neck dysfunction
Biography:
Mohamed Yousef has completed his B.Sc. at the age of 24 years from Cairo University, received post graduate diploma in Neurology at the age of 27 years and completed his DPT from Cairo University at the age of 37 years. Mohamed received certificates in manual therapy from Sheffield Uk, manual therapy diploma from Winston-Salem US, he is certified Mulligan practitioner from Mulligan institute in New Zealand, Maitland practitioner from IMTA institute in Switzerland and Schroth practitioner from SBP Germany, Member IFOMT, Member APTA, `` Lecture of ergonomics science. Mohamed is the owner of Abu Zahra physical Therapy centers with its 3 branches in Cairo Egypt.
Research Interests:
Neck pain is one of the most common problems in the daily life activities and it is one of the important signs of the musculoskeletal disorders. Manual Therapy schools are used markedly in the management of these disorders either in assessment or treatment. In this study we used combination of different schools of manual therapy on a large sample of patients about 300 patients to detect the real cause of dysfunctions and how to treat the deep cause of the problems not only the signs of the problems. We used passive physiological intervertebral movements and passive accessory intervertebral movements as a tool of assessment and reassessment and treatment in addition to neurodynamic to assess nerve mobility and improve nerve flexibility in addition to opening foramen techniques. In our program of treatment, we use combination of manual Therapy and active exercises and life style modifications using ergonomics rules. We found great progress in pain scale, pain behavior, radicular pain, active range of motion, passive range of motion, quality of movements, radicular pain. In addition to functional improvement there is great improvement in radiological results which means structural changes not only symptomatic changes.
