Physical therapists and other sports medicine therapists work under the discretion of physicians, so their intake of patients depends on how many referrals they get.
Naprapathic treatment does not require a referral from a physician.
How Naprapathy is Different from other Physical Therapies They evaluate people with connective tissue disorders through palpation (using one’s hands to examine the body). Naprapaths treat patients by gently manipulating vertebrae to stretch the attached connective tissue, which may be irritating the nerves as they exit they spinal column, causing pain. Naprapathic Doctors are connective tissue specialists. Naprapathy is manually applied movements, passive and active, designed to bring motion with consequent release of tension into abnormally tensed and rigid ligaments, muscles and articulations of the human body. Hightower discovered there was some holes in his education as a chiropractor and that naprapathic practioners were experts in the field of fascia and connective tissue therapy. It was through their meeting and sharing of knowledge that Dr. Patrick Nuzzo, president and founder of SUNM. Hightower was looking to expand his knowledge on connective tissue therapy and, through his research, found Dr. Beau Hightower speaks about how Naprapathy has helped him in his own practice to “step up his game” in treating patients using naprapathic manual medicine. Becoming an Expert in Connective Tissue and Fascia TherapyĪs an instructor at Southwest University of Naprapathic Medicine, Dr.