Physical therapy is widely accepted by physicians and insurers, but using physical therapy to treat adhesions or decreased reproductive function is a relatively new concept. Your physician may have no direct knowledge or experience with this work, which only recently emerged as a therapeutic option. Most doctors are appropriately skeptical of new procedures which may show good clinical success, but have not yet undergone rigorous scientific testing. While we have very promising preliminary findings , it will be years until scientific evidence quantifies our results. Because of the low risk, physical therapy procedures are often used if they show indications of clinical success, with no scientific evidence of effectiveness.
Physicians refer patients for manual therapy for a wide variety of diagnoses.
Soft tissue therapy is often used for difficult, chronic cases, including those that fail to improve with other types of traditional treatment. More than 600 physicians referred patients to our rehabilitation clinics in our first seven years. Our present investigation of treatment for certain types of mechanical female infertility is due to several infertility reversals after treatment at our clinics. All of these women had a history of either endometriosis, infection, surgery or trauma,- conditions typically accompanied by adhesion formation. Some insurers require a physician's referral for treatment of pelvic adhesions.