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10% Off Leon Chaitow's "Muscle Energy Techniques with DVD-ROM, 3rd Edition" - bonus DVD! Describes the basis and practice of MET ie 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.. This is now a widely recognised approach to the treatment of musculoskeletal dysfunction. It combines methods used in physical therapy, osteopathy, chiropractic and manual medicine. The text provides a comprehensive and uptodate presentation of the techniques. The DVD-Rom includes video clips to demonstrate the application of the techniques and so supports and supplements the text.

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Muscle Energy Techniques with DVD-ROM, 3rd Edition 
Muscle Energy Techniques with DVD-ROM, 3rd Edition #16519

By Leon Chaitow, ND, DO, Churchill Livingstone

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Describes the basis and practice of MET ie 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.. This is now a widely recognised approach to the treatment of musculoskeletal dysfunction. It combines methods used in physical therapy, osteopathy, chiropractic and manual medicine. The text provides a comprehensive and uptodate presentation of the techniques. The DVD-Rom includes video clips to demonstrate the application of the techniques and so supports and supplements the text.

Key Features

* Details the background to soft tissue dysfunction and explains the chain reactions which occur as part of such dysfunctions.
* Provides precise assessment and diagnosis guidelines.
* Gives many variations on the safe use of MET in acute, chronic, and rehabilitation settings.
* Explains the use of MET for whole muscle problems, local dysfunction, and joint restrictions.
* Suggests patient self-application methods.
* Includes a companion DVD-ROM with video clips of the author demonstrating the techniques.

New to this Edition

* Additional techniques are added to both text and DVD-ROM videos.
* Information is expanded on some of the techniques included in previous edition.
* Content is updated throughout, with reference to the latest published research.
* Four new chapters cover efficacy and research, MET in a massage therapy setting, MET in treatment of athletic injuries, and MET in physical medicine settings.


Table of Contents

1. An introduction to muscle energy techniques
2. Patterns of function and dysfunction
3. How to use MET
4. NEW! 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. NEW! Muscle Energy Technique in the physical medicine settings
10. NEW! MET in a massage therapy setting
11. NEW! MET in treatment of athletic injuries

Author Information

By Leon Chaitow, ND, DO, Osteopathic Practitioner and Senior Lecturer, University of Westminister, London, UK

276 pages 231 ills
Trim size 189 X 246 mm
Copyright 2007
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ISBN 10:0-443-10114-0
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