Whats the MUA procedure like?
On the day of the MUA, the patient then confers with the anesthesiologist, is gowned and the sedative – usually Versed and Proferol (and sometimes Diprivan or Fentanyl) – is administered to achieve conscious sedation which makes treatment possible. If the full spinal procedure is performed, MUA begins with specialized techniques that first methodically start in the cervical spine with gentle axial traction, forward flexion and lateral flexion movements followed by low force joint manipulation. The doctor then moves on to the thoracic spine, using mild stretching techniques and adjustment and finally into the lumbar spinal regions using flexion and traction techniques, plus stretching, targeted massage and knee-to-chest rolls, as well as lumbar adjustment.
