Manual Manual Therapy

Brian Mulligan qualified as a physiotherapist in 1954 and gained his Diploma in Manipulative Therapy in 1974. His list of honours is extensive. In 1996 he was made an Honorary Fellow of The New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists for his contribution to physiotherapy. He was made a life member of the New Zealand Manipulative Physiotherapists Association in 1988 and in 1998 he was made a life member of the New Zealand College of Physiotherapy. In 2003 he was made an honorary teaching fellow of the School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago and a year later he was made a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy. In 2007 The World Confederation for Physical Therapy presented him with an International Service Award for his exceptional contribution to Physical Therapy. He also received the prestigious Maitland Award from I.F.O.M.P.T. in Glasgow in 2016, for his manual therapy contributions; in the field of manual therapy, he could not have received a higher international honour. Brian has been involved in the teaching of manual therapy in New Zealand since 1970 and internationally since 1972; his courses have always proved popular. To meet the huge demand from therapists wishing to learn his new concepts and to ensure high educational standards in perpetuity, he set up an international organisation in 1995 to accredit teachers, the Mulligan Concept Teachers Association (MCTA). Participants on courses conducted by those accredited are assured of a high quality of teaching standard. His teachers are listed on his web page www.bmulligan.com. Brian Mulligan has been the author of numerous articles that have appeared in issues of the New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy and overseas publications. Along with ‘Manual Therapy “NAGS”, “SNAGS”, “MWMS” etc.’ (which is now in its seventh edition), he published ‘Self Treatment for the Back, Neck and Limbs’ in 2003. This was written for the public and its fourth edition has since been published in 2022.

Part one

I.Spinal mobilisations
A.The cervical and upper thoracic spines
1.NAGS
2.Reverse NAGS
3.SNAGS
4.Self SNAGS
5.Spinal Mobilisations with Arm Movements
6.Transverse SNAGS
B.The upper cervical spine – special therapies
1.Headaches
2.Dizziness and nausea not due to the vertebral artery
C.The lumbar spine
1.SNAGSAGS
2.Self SNAGS
D.The sacroiliac (SIJ) joints
E.The thoracic spine SNAGS
F.The rib cage
G.Conclusion
II.Other spinal therapies

Part two
The extremities. Mobilisations with Movement (MWMS)
Part three
The extremities – A pot pourri
A.Pain release phenomenon techniques (PRPS)
B.Other extremity therapies
Index
References