Manual Medicine Techniques - MET - Sharing

What would you like to learn with us?

What follows below is from an outline for workshops provided by Leon Chaitow, D.O.

Which aspects of this material would you be most interested in learning?

• Soft tissue dysfunction : general and local adaptation syndromes
• Summary of main causes soft tissue dysfunction
Understanding facilitation (segmental and local i.e. trigger points)
• Palpation methods (and accuracy)
• MET variations
• MET for joints
• MET for specific muscles
• PRT (positional release) variations
• PRT for muscles and joints
• Trigger point management : Integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique (INIT) an integrated combination of ischemic compression, positional release and MET
Musculoskeletal stress response sequence
• Causes of soft tissue hypertonicity & dysfunction (pain/tone connection)
• Chain reactions & Crossed syndromes (including postural/phasic , mobiliser/stabiliser, muscle discussion)
• Functional assessment for altered movement patterns

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