What is MUA?
Manipulation
Under Anesthesia is a procedure where the patient is lightly
anesthetized to achieve total relaxation, then adjustments and
stretching movements - which would normally be too painful to even
consider are easily, painlessly and quickly accomplished.
MUA,
combined with consistent, but simple post-procedure treatment and
exercise, can eliminate or greatly reduce pain and restore or greatly
improve range of motion. Plus, MUA procedures are
cost-effectiveÂ…thousands of dollars less than traditional surgery and
other more invasive treatments - and usually qualify for insurance
coverage. In addition, recovery is much faster, allowing MUA patients
to get back to work and the pleasure of living much sooner than
expected.
Indications for MUA:
- Bulging, protruded, prolapsed or herniated discs without free fragment and are not surgical candidates.
- Frozen or fixated articulations from adhesion formation. (i.e. frozen shoulder)
- Failed low back surgery.
- Compression
syndromes with or without radiculopathies caused from adhesion
formation, but not associated with osteophytic entrapment.
- Restricted motion which causes pain and apprehension from the patient, but manipulation is the therapy of choice.
- Unresponsive to manipulation and adjustment when they are the treatment of choice.
- Unresponsive
pain which interferes with the function of daily living and sleep
patterns, but which fall within the parameters for manipulative
treatment.
- Unresponsive muscle contracture which is preventing normal daily activities and function.
- Post
traumatic syndrome (i.e. Car accident) injuries from
acceleration/deceleration or acceleration/deceleration types of
injuries which result in painful exacerbations of chronic fixations.
- Chronic
recurrent neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction syndromes (i.e.
Fibromyaslgia) which result in a regular periodic treatment series that
are always exacerbations of the same condition.
- Neuromusculoskeletal conditions which are not surgical candidates, but have reached MMI, especially with occupational injuries
