Muscle Energy Technique
Muscle Energy Technique loosens stiff joints and stretches tight muscle. These special techniques use the bodies natural muscle power to achieve this.
These tecchniques are gentle to apply and therefore suit the older client where manipulation maybe contraindicated.
Muscle Energy Technique is one of the most effective and gentle manual techniques for the correction of somatic dysfunction. MET uses accurate assessment techniques to discover if a joint is stuck out of alignment. Then the practitioner positions the patient and asks for gentle resistance in such a way that the joint is brought back into alignment, and the tight muscle relaxed. Muscle energy is a direct, noninvasive manual therapy used to normalize joint dysfunction and increase range of motion. The use of body positioning and isometric contraction of specific muscles increase strength, flexibility and re-educate joints and muscles. These directed movements help correct neuromuscular and joint difficulties.
These tecchniques are gentle to apply and therefore suit the older client where manipulation maybe contraindicated.
Muscle Energy Technique is one of the most effective and gentle manual techniques for the correction of somatic dysfunction. MET uses accurate assessment techniques to discover if a joint is stuck out of alignment. Then the practitioner positions the patient and asks for gentle resistance in such a way that the joint is brought back into alignment, and the tight muscle relaxed. Muscle energy is a direct, noninvasive manual therapy used to normalize joint dysfunction and increase range of motion. The use of body positioning and isometric contraction of specific muscles increase strength, flexibility and re-educate joints and muscles. These directed movements help correct neuromuscular and joint difficulties.