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Orthopedics and Osteoporosis 2018

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Journal of Clinical & Experimental Orthopaedics

ISSN: 2471-8416

E u r o p e a n C o n f e r e n c e o n

Orthopedics and

Osteoporosis

dapted reflex therapy (AdRx) is a method of treatment used in acute

and chronic pain states in context of musculoskeletal pain as seen in

physiotherapy departments. AdRx has been developed by the author during

two decades of working as a physiotherapy clinician and clinical pain

specialist. The therapy is akin to orthodox reflexology but has a task specific

aim to maintain continuous pressure on selected areas on the feet (or hands)

which relate to spinal and neural components and compromise. AdRx offers a

clinical rationale based on changes within neural plasticity and the effect on

the autonomic nerve chain following injury. It is hypothesized that by touching

nerve endings at the end of a limb, an action potential arises which accesses

into the nervous system reaching higher centres affecting changes in quantity

and quality of peptides. There is no predictable therapy that will facilitate

changes in chronic pain, however, AdRx, has been shown to be transferable

and offers a novel approach to musculo-skeletal pain

Biography

Gunnel A L Berry has qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist

in 1974 and completed a MSc in Advanced Physiotherapy

in 1995. Adapted reflex therapy (AdRx) was developed from

reflexology but with high specificity of application. The

hypothesis is based on neurophysiological events after injury

and compromise of neural plasticity. It is used to treat patients

with variable musculo-skeletal pain and has been used in NHS

and private practice. It is a transferable treatment where over

800 students have attended courses. It has been particularly

useful in patients with whiplash injuries incurring hyperalgesia

and hyperirritability. There are identified contraindications. She

has presented papers and run courses in the UK and abroad in

China, Australia, Greece and USA. A self-published book in 2017

describes case studies and clinical reasoning to treat musculo-

skeletal pain including chronic pain. She has published part of

books with NOVA publishers including the effect of whiplash

injury.

Adapted reflex therapy in musculoskeletal pain states

Gunnel A L Berry

Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK

Gunnel A L Berry, J Clin Exp Orthop 2018, Volume: 4

DOI: 10.4172/2471-8416-C1-005