Muscle Energy Techniques & Website E-Book

Leon Chaitow

Description

Muscle Energy Techniques 4e sets out clear, practical and clinical guidelines for all students and practitioners wishing to use MET techniques as part of their patient management. Fully updated and now published in full colour throughout, this book has an accompanying website with video clips presenting the full array of modern METs in a variety of acute, chronic and rehabilitation settings.

• Introduces new methodology and instructs in the scientific basis and correct application of existing METs
• Explains the value of METs in the treatment of a variety of problems ranging from hypertonicity and muscle tightness to joint dysfunction and joint capsule adhesions
• Provides precise assessment and diagnosis guidelines from a variety of perspectives including osteopathy, chiropractic, physical therapy, athletic training and massage therapy
• Details the background to soft tissue dysfunction and explains the adaptive chain reactions that both produce and result from dysfunction
• Gives many variations on the safe use of MET in acute, chronic and rehabilitation settings
• Highly illustrated with full-colour line drawings and diagrams
• Supplemented by a website which includes video clips of experienced practitioners demonstrating the techniques
• Ideal for experienced practitioners as well as those taking undergraduate and postgraduate courses in manual therapy

• Now published in full colour throughout
• Presents the latest research findings underpinning the practice of MET methodology from differing areas of practice
• Presents the increasingly refined ways of using the variety of MET methods to allow the reader to safely apply them in a variety of settings
• Video clips on an associated website presents practical examples of the METs explored in the book
• Contains a new chapter on the history of MET to provide useful insights from pioneers of the method
• New chapters by orthopaedic surgeons discuss the relevance of MET in the rehabilitative setting
• Contains a completely new chapter on the relevance of MET to massage therapy as well as expanded sections on its value in chiropractic, sports injury and physiotherapy
• Contains an increased emphasis on pulsed MET and isotonic eccentric stretching  

Sujets

• Complementary Medicine
• Alternative Medicine
• Medical

Informations

• Publié par: Churchill Livingstone
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9780702059629
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Muscle Energy Techniques
Fourth Edition

Leon Chaitow, ND DO
Registered Osteopathic Practitioner and Honorary Fellow, University of Westminster, London, UK
Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
The Website
Chapter 1: Muscle Energy Techniques
What is MET?
MET – an evolving approach
Adaptation leading to somatic dysfunction
Definitions of PNF and MET
Muscle Energy Technique (MET) & Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF): similarities and differences
Muscle types and MET
Summary
Chapter 2: The history of Muscle Energy Technique
Fred L. Mitchell Sr.’s approach to osteopathy
Further development of MET
The meaning and recognition of MET
The model of MET and research findings in recent years
Chapter 3: MET: efficacy and research
Efficacy and effectiveness
Research into the mechanisms of therapeutic effect
Chapter 4: How to use MET
Palpation skills
MET – some common errors and contraindications
More on MET variations
5 Isotonic eccentric contraction (isolytic, for reduction of fibrotic change, to introduce controlled microtrauma)
Muscle maps
Chapter 5: Sequential assessment and MET treatment of main postural muscles
Clinical research evidence
Objectives of manual treatment
Evaluating muscle shortness and strength
Important notes on assessments and use of MET
Sequential assessment and MET treatment of postural muscles
Chapter 6: MET and the treatment of joints
Joints and MET
Evidence for MET
Preparing joints for HVLA manipulation using MET
Basic criteria for treating joint restriction with MET (Fig. 6.1A–F)
MET for thoracic spinal dysfunction
Cervical application of MET
MET in joint treatment
Chapter 7: Muscle Energy Techniques in cases of spinal injury or pathology
Introduction
Patient preference
Conclusion
Chapter 8A: Manual resistance techniques in rehabilitation
Clinical progression of care
Postisometric relaxation (PIR) techniques
Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (see also Ch. 1)
The environmental basis for muscle imbalance
Conclusion
Chapter 8B: MET in post-surgical rehabilitation
Introduction
Clinical post-surgical situations
Muscle physiology relevant to the post-surgical environment
Need for functional muscle re-education after surgery in the immediate and late post-surgical period
Why MET in the post-surgical condition/rehabilitation?
Slow Eccentric Isotonic Stretching (SEIS)/Isolytic Contraction (ILC) as a form of Active Stretching technique in the post-operative phase
Clinical evidence and clinical case settings
Further scope
Conclusion
Chapter 9: MET in the physical therapy setting
Appendix A: Reviews of studies
Appendix B: Segmental strengthening programme
Chapter 10: MET in a massage therapy setting
Marrying assessment and treatment
Integrating muscle energy methods into the massage session
MET in a typical massage setting
Summary
Chapter 11: MET in treatment of athletic injuries
Adaptation of athletes
Dysfunction in sports
Screening for dysfunction
Corrective/preventative strategies
Muscle Energy Techniques (MET) and integrated neuromuscular inhibition techniques (INIT) in sports injuries
MET using isotonic, isometric and isokinetic contractions for strengthening weak postural muscles
Summary
Chapter 12: Integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique (INIT) and myofascial pain
Local facilitation
Locating trigger points
Trigger point treatment methods
The stretching effect of isometric contractions
Hypothesis
Selye’s concepts
Ischaemic compression validation
Ischaemic compression in trigger point deactivation
An alternative methodology
Associated methods
Summary
Index
Copyright

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First edition 1996
Second edition 1999
Third edition 2006
Reprinted 2007, 2008
Fourth edition 2013
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Contributors

Helge Franke, DO MRO MSc AT , Director, Practice for Osteopathy and Naturopathy Siegen, Germany

Gary Fryer, PhD BSc(Osteo) ND , Associate Professor College of Health & Biomedicine, and Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, Research Associate Professor A T Still Research Institute Kirksville, MO, USA

Donald Murphy, DC DACAN , Rhode Island Spine Center RI, USA

Craig Liebenson, DC , LA Sports and Spine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Eric Wilson, PT DPT DSc OCS SCS CSCS FAAOMPT , Director of Human Performance 93 rd Air Ground Operations Wing, Moody Air Force Base, GA, USA

Sandy Fritz, BS MS , Director, Health Enrichment Center School of Therapeutic Massage Lapeer, MI, USA

Ken Crenshaw, BS ATC CSCS , Head Athletic Trainer Arizona Diamondbacks Phoenix, AZ, USA

PJ Mainville, ATC CSCS , Head Athletic Trainer Chicago Cubs Chicago, IL, USA

Neil Rampe, ATC CSCS , Manual and Performance Therapist Arizona Diamondbacks Phoenix, AZ, USA

Nathan Shaw, ATC CSCS , Strength and Conditioning Coordinator Arizona Diamondbacks Phoenix, AZ, USA

Shraddha Parmar, MPT , Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy Pune, Maharashtra, India

Ashok Shyam, MS(Orth) , Sancheti Institute for Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Pune, Maharashtra, India
Foreword
Over the course of a career in the chiropractic profession spanning more than 35 years, I have had a chance to meet or work with some of the seminal clinicians in the field of spinal manipulation. Among them are Robert Mennell, who took me under his wing in the years before his death; Phil Greenman, who came from my undergraduate alma mater Michigan State University; James Cox, the practitioner of flexion-distraction therapy; Karel Lewit, Vladimir Janda, Arlan Fuhr, Robin McKenzie, and Leon Chaitow. These are individuals whose work expanded on and significantly added to our understanding of manipulative art and science, and who have made significant impact upon the treatment of individuals with musculoskeletal dysfunction and pain.
Evidence has shown how effective manipulation is for treating neuromusculoskeletal pain. What is interesting is that in such studies, the specific forms of manipulation used are often not described well, and this is a form of technology assessment that will drive our research moving forward. What is equally interesting is that skill in manipulation can be learned and contributes to successful patient management. I recall making a presentation to a conference held at a hospital in the state of Illinois. On the agenda for the conference were a series of presentations from a variety of disciplines and approaches to managing back pain: injection therapy, surgery, chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation, physic