Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) recently hosted Qatar’s first International Mulligan Concept examination on diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries.
Noora al-Madahka, head of the Physiotherapy Department at HMC, co-ordinated the hosting of the examination with the Mulligan Concept Association.
A total of 25 physiotherapists from HMC and other public health centres across the country successfully passed the examination and are now recognised as certified Mulligan practitioners. The hosting of the examination aligns with HMC’s “commitment to providing world-class healthcare services to each and every one of its patients”.
Brian Mulligan, an international expert in physiotherapy and founder of the Mulligan Concept, trained
the participants on the management of common musculoskeletal injuries and applying manual therapy techniques without the need for conventional physiotherapeutic equipment and
instruments.
Jamal Bilal, deputy head of the Physiotherapy Department, HMC, said many patients who underwent Mulligan Concept treatment worldwide improved considerably, especially patients with musculoskeletal pain associated with neck and lower back vertebral problems, arthritis, elbow tendon injury, shoulder stiffness and other related ailments that required no surgical intervention.
Mulligan said he discovered the concept, which combines natural glides and mobilisation with movement in the joints and extremities, by sheer coincidence. The journey of the Mulligan Concept started in 1985 when he tried it on fingers. Five years later, he applied it to all joints of the human body, from jaw to foot.
The concept serves as a means of diagnosis and therapy at the same time, and the techniques help restore the function of the affected joint. The difference between the Mulligan Concept and other therapies is that patients feel improvements within two minutes. “Eighty per cent of the cases treated with this concept show significant improvement,” said Mulligan.
Common ailments and injuries that can be treated with this therapy include tennis elbow or lateral elbow pain due to injury or tear in the elbow tendons, ankle sprains, headaches and dizziness associated with neck problems, and shoulder and spinal injuries.
The Physiotherapy team.
