How Manual Therapy Reduces Pain, Anxiety & Fear of Movement

In this study, there were significant improvements in fear, avoidance behavior, anxiety, and depression in the group treated in manual therapy. So totally around the horn. Significant improvements were also found in pain, quality of life, and pain catastrophizing in both groups, which is great. And these results revealed the positive effect of manual therapy on pain, psychological factors, and quality of life. So this is a really, really great study because they're laying it out in black and white. When somebody receives manual therapy, which includes mobilization and or manipulation, you're going to make impacts and changes. Let me make no bones about this. In their anxiety and their depression and their kinesiophobia, which is their fear of movement. So that is really, really impactful. It's really important.