CFPRC SERVICES

MANIPULATION UNDER ANESTHESIA

If all conventional treatments fail, Manipulation Under Anesthesia (MUA) can be an option. This revolutionary treatment offered by Central Florida Pain & Rehab Clinic consists of adjustments and stretching movements under sedation.


WHAT IS MUA?
Manipulation Under Anesthesia, otherwise known as MUA, is a non-invasive procedure increasingly offered for acute and chronic conditions, including: neck pain, back pain, joint pain, muscle spasm, shortened muscles, fibrous adhesions and long term pain syndromes. Manipulation Under Anesthesia is exactly what it sounds like. After medical clearance, the patient is lightly anesthetized to achive total relaxation, then adjustments and stretching movements which would normally be too painful to even consider are easily, painlessly and quickly accomplished.

IS MUA NEW OR EXPERIMENTAL?
MUA is neither new nor experimental. It has actually been practiced since the late 1930s and used by osteopathic physicians and orthopedic surgeons for many years as a proven form of treatment.
During the past eight years, interest in MUA has greatly increased thanks to tremendous advances in anesthesiology.
Today, MUA is a multi-disciplinary outpatient procedure that takes place in a controlled setting, usually over the course of one to three days.
Using specialized osteo manipulative techniques supported by the expertise of MDs, DCs, DOs, RNs and anesthesiologists, MUA achieves maximum results for qualified patients.

WHAT DOES MUA WORK?
MUA achieves results where other treatments fail because it allows your caregivers to adjust the bones and muscles - the therapy of choice - without the usual resistance.
"Twilight" sedation allows you to be responsive and relaxed, not apprehensive.
Manipulations are completed gently, and without the patient's usual pain-trained psychological resistance.
Fibrotic adhesions, which limit range of motion and contribute to pain, are altered; muscles are stretched; collagen fibers are remodeled to eliminate or reduce restriction. Pain and discomfort are decreased.