About Muscle Energy Technique
Muscle Energy Technique is a direct hands-on therapy originally developed by Dr. Fred Mitchell, Sr., Osteopathic Physician, and continued by Dr. Fred Mitchell, Jr. It utilizes the patient's own gentle muscle contractions and body positioning to normalize joint motion.
When a joint doesn't have full structural potential, its function will never reach full potential no matter how many muscles are massaged!
Muscle Energy Technique can be used to treat most joints in the body, including the intervertebral joints, in a gentle, soft, safe, and effective manner. It may be an alternative to high velocity thrust techniques, which many practitioners are not licensed to perform or that may be contraindicated.
Who Benefits from Muscle Energy Technique
People who are restricted in their movements. Conditions include back pain, headache, scoliosis, sciatica, "one leg longer than the other", "one hip higher than the other", and "one shoulder higher than the other".
People who have experienced trauma lately or in the past may also benefit.
In general, most everyone can benefit from this method.
1 Comments:
I can personally attest to the effectiveness of this approach. I have one leg shorter than the other (and, consequently, one hip higher than the other). I suffered for more than 20 years with chronic lower back pain. Initial chiropractic adjustments only made the matter worse. Muscle relaxers didnt work. Standard PT sessions were totally ineffective. Out of desperation, I returned to chiropractic care approximately 10 years ago. The first session of treatments lasted about 6 years. I was adjusted once a week -- every week. The adjustment would bring relief, but symptoms would return within 2 days time. I finally stumbled upon a doctor who recommended MET. That approach, coupled with customized exercises, has resolved about 85% of my problem and pain.
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