Naturopathic Manipulation Technique (NMT) is, at its essence, the restoration of a normal positional and functional relationship of the bones and surrounding soft tissues. This bodywork technique uses the hands, ultrasound, cryotherapy, heat, hydrotherapy, and other physical medicine techniques to reduce pain and increase function. NMT is a therapeutic process imposed on a joint or other soft tissue, either directly or using indirect levers, such as bone. NMT has similar roots to massage therapy, osteopathic medicine, and chiropractic medicine. Many other professions do soft tissue and bony manipulation, but what sets apart NMT from other techniques are Naturopathic medicine’s first and foremost goal to first do no harm while facilitating the body’s own natural ability to heal (the Vis Medicatrix Nature) while taking into account the holism of the body. The goal is not simply to align one bone or tissue with another.