Effectiveness of POLD method in the treatment of acute lumbar disc hernia: A new manual therapy approach

International Conference on Sports Medicine and Fitness

March 23-25, 2015 Chicago, USA

Juan Vicente López-Díaz

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Sports Med Doping Stud

Abstract :

The effectiveness of manual therapy in the conservative treatment of lumbar disc hernia (LDH) is known, the Pold method uses an innovative way of treatment based on resonant oscillations in the spine, carried out manually. Twenty years of experience treating acute and chronic disc herniation patients, have led to the realization of a comparative clinical study that we will show to you. In view of the results obtained in this trial we conclude that for LDH pathology it is evident that treatment with POLD technique, characterized by a maintained resonant oscillatory mobilization is more effective in increasing range of lumbar flexion, reducing the subjective severity of pain and causing a rapid centralization when compared with standard physiotherapy treatment recommended by current evidence. Our findings suggest that clinicians should consider the POLD method for the treatment of acute LDH in their clinical decision-making. In this presentation we will show you the results of the investigation as well as some images from the application of the technique in these cases.