Muscle Energy Techniques

Leon Chaitow ND DO is an internationally known and respected osteopathic and naturopathic practitioner and teacher of soft tissue manipulation methods of treatment. He is author of over 60 books, including a series on Advanced Soft Tissue Manipulation (Muscle Energy Techniques, Positional Release Techniques, Modern Neuromuscular Techniques) and also Palpation Skills; Cranial Manipulation: Theory and Practice; Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Practitioner's Guide to Treatment, and many more. He is editor of the peer reviewed Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, that offers a multidisciplinary perspective on physical methods of patient care. Leon Chaitow was for many years senior lecturer on the Therapeutic Bodywork degree courses which he helped to design at the School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, London, where is he now an Honorary Fellow. He continues to teach and practice part-time in London, when not in Corfu, Greece where he focuses on his writing.

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