Diverse Skillset
Specialties include Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy (OMPT), Dry Needling, IASTM, Prevention, Lifestyle Wellness, Stress Management Strategies, and Dermo-myo-fascial Therapy.
Focus on Results
Don’t give up on living pain-free or getting back to your favorite activities. We’re going to focus on the root cause of your pain, even if it’s emotional stress.
What Makes MTN Unique?
Many of us have seen some sort of therapist such as a massage therapist, chiropractor, acupuncturist, personal trainer, or physical therapist for injuries, back pain, chronic pain and physical trauma. While these treatments can yield benefits, the results of one type of treatment does not often completely heal the injury or problem, particularly if it is chronic.
These singular treatments can help lessen the pain or symptoms, but often are not addressing all aspects of the problem or coming to a long-lasting solution. Particularly when a problem has become chronic, it often encompasses joint, muscle, fascial dysfunction, and often neuro-physiological or skin issues on top of that. Treating just one aspect of the problem will often not lead to a full or long term solution.
By using integrative techniques, we address all layers/systems, re-train function, and teach you how to help keep it that way. I also believe we allow our body to unlock the greatest possibility of healing when an even larger view is taken that includes the mind and spirit. When we promote a holistic approach, it allows the whole body to heal — not just the injury — so that our body stays well.
And, what is even more unique is that Rebecca and Catherine have decided to pair up to offer clients sessions with both of them treating together: two eyes, two brains, and four hands. You can still choose to see just Catherine, but, for those clients who have dealt with a long and complicated chronic history of pain, or multiple areas of pain, utilizing the two of them together will provide you the most that we have to offer. Yes, it is more expensive to pay for two practitioners at one time, but, there is nothing else like it.
The other service that is unique is wellness sessions with Rebecca. She has seen many, many clients and heard many, many stories combined with their body stories. She has a way of helping you understand what your body is trying to communicate to you. Your body is always on your side and is always telling the truth; it cannot lie. It will tell you whether you are in alignment, in your body, but also your life.
Don’t put this off. You are important. And, you are worth the money and time investment.
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How Can We Help?
Health & wellness is not magic. Much is known and can even be fairly simple, but it takes a holistic approach to bring it all together. Because it is all interconnected.
Manual Therapy
A specialty of Physical Therapy that treats the specific problem, while also looking at the whole person. To make an appointment to see Rebecca and Catherine, email CatMay.DPT@gmail.com
Lifestyle Wellness
Wellness is greatly influenced by our lifestyle choices and habits. But, it can be difficult to make changes, even when we want to. Here is support for what you want to do.
Finding a therapist that can truly understand the root of your pain can be difficult.
All of us here at Manual Therapy of Nashville share a core philosophy of providing Therapy With Heart. Because healing is more than purley physical.
Our focus is the physical aspect of helping to allow the joints, muscles, fascia, nerves and skin to heal, but during our work together you are allowed your emotions too, in a safe and understanding environment.
Sometimes being allowed to talk and express yourself in the context of having your physical issues addressed can aid in your healing.
About Rebecca
Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapist & Clinic Owner
Rebecca does not treat her work as a job. It’s who she is. It’s what she’s passionate about. She’s constantly seeking answers and connections when a lot of therapists would have given up or satisfied to treat only the symptoms.
– HH, Nashville, TN
I’m Rebecca Lowe
Who am I?
I’m an Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapist (OMPT), and partner in your wellness. I’m in a rather “special” category of health practitioners. I fit everywhere AND nowhere.
Here’s why…
Imagine a physical therapist who has taken the most academic and rigorously challenging training and study in differential diagnosis and mechanics of the body that a physical therapist can take and then add on to that a truly holistic view of the entire body, mind, heart, and soul and you will have me, Rebecca Lowe, PT, COMT, FAAOMPT, RYT.
When I evaluate and treat someone these are some of the questions that I am asking as I hear a client’s story of their injury, pain, illness, or dysfunction:
What are the main problems you are having? What system or systems are affected?
Muscles, bones, joints, nerves, tendons, vascular, fascial, skin, emotional, mental, subconscious… What is influencing your story?
What have you done to try to change your story? Did it help, even if temporary?
And then, I identify what, if anything, I can do to affect the systems that you are having trouble with. Using the tools that I have – joint mobilization, soft tissue techniques – deep and superficial, trigger point dry needling, motor patterning, prescriptive exercise, and coach you into what you can do for yourself so that hopefully, you don’t have to be dependent on someone else.
At the same time, or later, I may identify and recommend other practitioners who can help in the areas that I am not trained in, such as pelvic floor physical therapy, detailed nutritional counseling, trauma or grief counseling, medical consult and management for disease or surgery.
What I have found is that neither traditional medicine, nor alternative medicine has all of the answers. Both perspectives and toolboxes have value and a client may need one or the other, or both. Everything has value, it is about being able to choose what it is that someone needs and when.
What do you need to heal? And, in what order? What may be limiting your healing?
I am a bridge to be able to look at many viewpoints (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, energetic, traumatic, medical) with an analytical AND intuitive approach to selecting the primary systems in distress and some great tools to work on in my specialty area – skin, fascia, muscles, joints, nerves, movement, recreational, fitness, and daily activities.
The body, the mind, the heart, or the soul are not at ease (dis-ease), and there is almost always a solution to create alignment.
The mind, heart, and body are great communicators. We are not broken. That is why we feel the way we do. When something is off, we are alerted. And, I am so thankful.
Please pursue healing until you know what the problem is and what it is you need to be able to fix it.
Are you thinking big enough to see your whole picture? Have you been given the right tool(s) to address your issues?
Can I help you?
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Integrative Physical Therapist with an advanced specialty training in Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy and managing director of Manual Therapy of Nashville.
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What is IASTM?
IASTM stands for instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization. These are tools and techniques that are targeted to skin/fascia/connective tissue and scars. Graston is another brand that you may have heard of. And, Gua Sha is another term for stones or wood used in a...
Specialties
Manual Therapy of Nashville offers Boutique Physical Therapy Services. Don’t give up on living pain-free or getting back to your favorite activities!
Manual Therapy
Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (OMPT) is a highly-specialized area of physical therapy that treats the specific problem, while also looking at the whole person and their lifestyle. Tools used in OMPT are joint mobilization/ manipulation, soft tissue techniques, dry needling, exercise, stress management tools, breathing exercises, self-treatment techniques, education in posture, ergonomics, and activities.
Fascia/ Connective Tissue Therapy using IASTM
Functioning of the fascial system is part of what makes movement and a healthy body. If you have had continued pain and loss of movement and have not had work done to this system, it is worth coming in for an assessment. The precision of these tools allows for better attention to detail in the fascial system.
Mind Body Connection
Research and books, such as The Body Keeps Score, discuss the influence of the mind and body on one another. We are not counselors, but just by listening and sometimes asking the right questions, you can make connections between your life and what your body may be trying to communicate to you, such as, let me rest more, something is stressing me out, change something. The most important question is do you and your body feel safe? The second is, do you know where you are and where you're going?
Commonly Treated Conditions
- Musculoskeletal dysfunction and pain in any region / any joint
- Headaches related to TMJ Dysfunction or neck dysfunction and pain
- TMJ Dysfunction and Pain
- Shoulder Impingement
- Scoliosis
- Rotator Cuff Pathology (strains, tears, tendonitis)
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Tennis Elbow
- Golfer’s Elbow
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cubital Tunnel Syndromes
- Double Crush Syndrome or Multiple Crush Syndromes
- Sprains and Strains
- Hip Bursitis
- Shoulder Bursitis
- IT Band Syndrome
- Retropatellar Pain
- Pelvic Pain
- Sciatica
- Piriformis Syndrome
- Pain in Tailbone
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