This comprehensive text describes the basis and practice of Muscle Energy Techniques (MET), a widely recognised approach to treating musculoskeletal dysfunction. It describes those manipulative techniques in which a patient, on request, actively uses his or her muscles from a controlled position in a specific direction against a distinct counterforce applied by the practitioner. These techniques are combined from methods used in physical therapy, osteopathy, chiropractic and manual medicine. A companion CD-ROM includes video clips demonstrating the application of techniques.

Contents: >1. An introduction to muscle energy techniques
>2. Patterns of function and dysfunction
>3. How to use MET
>4. Muscle energy technique: efficacy and research
>5. Sequential assessment and MET treatment of main postural muscles
>6. MET and the treatment of joints
>7. Integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique (INIT)
>8. Manual resistance techniques in rehabilitation
>9. Muscle Energy Technique in the physical medicine settings
>10. MET in a massage therapy setting
>11. MET in treatment of athletic injuries

250 illustrations.

319pp

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Western massage