Aims and Objectives of IFOMT Educational Standards

Abstract

The interacting systems of the entire spine make the diagnosis and treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis a difficult and challenging condition for the manual therapist. Not only is the aged population of patients with symptomatic spinal stenosis increasing, so is the number of younger males 30–40 years with a history of untreated sports trauma in their formative teenage years. With advanced knowledge of the condition, sophisticated investigations and skilled manual therapy techniques conservative treatment will often afford the patient great relief from symptoms.