Integrative Manual Therapy
A holistic approach to a healthier life, greater mobility, less pain, better healing, through a combination of Physical therapy, Integrative manual therapy, Nutritional wellness, Chiropractic, Naturopathic and Osteopathic principles.
Welcome to Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT)
Are you searching for an end to your health issues? Less pain? More activity? Improved recovery? Or do you just want a generally healthier life style? The IMT Wellness Center has a team of highly skilled practitioners specializing in Physical Therapy, Integrative Manual Therapy, nutritional wellness and support, Chiropractic, Naturopathic and Osteopathic principles and theories and Biochemistry specialists. A comprehensive evaluation and a customized treatment program is developed exactly to each patient’s needs.
What is Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT) you may ask? Integrative Manual Therapy is a gentle, hands-on approach to health that looks for the underlying causes of a person’s problems. IMT was developed at the Institute of Integrative Manual Therapy in Connecticut by Dr. Sharon Giammatteo, Ph.D., IMT-C and Dr. Thomas Giammatteo, P.T., D.C., Ph.D.-IMT-C starting in the 1980’s. It incorporates both western and eastern medical practices in an effort to achieve better outcomes. To learn more we invite you to read our history below and to look at our
[Clinical Services] heading on the website.
Our Organization
Integrative Manual Therapy consists of three parts Clinical application, Education and Research. IMT Wellness Center is headquartered in West Hartford Connecticut. IMT seminars are presented through the Connecticut School of Integrative Manual Therapy (CSIMT).
The IMT School
Healthcare and non-healthcare professionals seeking to learn and become proficient in the field of diagnostics and treatment using IMT are invited to look into the Connecticut School of Integrative Manual Therapy (CSIMT)
For more information please look under [Education] in our website there you can learn more about our three year degree program, certification and more.
History of IMT
Developed by Sharon Giammatteo, Ph.D., I.M.T.,C. Over a period spanning 30 years, Integrated Manual Therapy (IMT) is a unique compilation of diagnostic and treatment methodologies that assess and treat pain, dysfunction, disease and disability. Offering a new approach to health care developed to address the needs of complex patients. IMT practitioners identify and address the underlying causes of dysfunction using a comprehensive and holistic approach. While IMT diagnostics and treatment modalities are predominately hands-on, IMT also integrates a wide range of diagnostic and treatment technologies, nutritional programs (i.e. natural supplements, diet, and herbs), and IMT body based psychotherapeutic approaches to develop a customized solution for an individual patient’s needs.
IMT treatment techniques are based on the premise that the body has the potential to self-correct or heal itself under the right circumstances. Tissue repair at the cellular level is a normal process that occurs within the body. The healing of a cut or wound on the skin, or a broken bone that heals itself once it has been immobilized, are two examples of this mechanism at work. Pain and dysfunction, on the other hand, are an indication that there is too much cell or tissue dysfunction for the body to restore health on its own. Under these circumstances, in order to improve the body’s self-correction mechanisms, intervention is required.
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Offering a new approach to health care developed to address the needs of complex patients.