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10 Manual Therapy Techniques to Enhance Your Practice
Hands-On Healing: 10 Techniques That Make a Difference After decades of working as a manual therapists, we've seen firsthand the incredible power of hands-on healing. We have a vast array...
Trigger Point Release for Sternocleidomastoid (SCM)
ActiveTrigger Points in the Sternocleidomastoid (SCM) Can Appear for a Host of Reasons - the Symptoms Can Often be Chronic Pain Trigger Point Anatomy - Sternocleidomastoid (SCM)...
Pectoralis Major Treatment with Muscle Energy Techniques
Pectoralis Major Muscle The Pectoralis Major, commonly referred to as the Pecks, is the largest of the chest muscles. It purpose is to adduct and medially rotate the humerus and has two starting...
Treating Common Sports Injuries - Tendinitis of the Adductor Muscles
Hip Adductor Muscles Hip Adductors - Trigger Point Anatomy Tendinitis of the Adductor Muscles - The pain is similar to a groin strain but onset...
Muscle Energy Technique - Gastrocnemius
Scroll down for step-by-step instructions for treating this muscle using the Muscle Energy Technique protocol Gastrocnemius - Common Trigger Point Sites Gastrocnemius The gastrocnemius is...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Trapezius for Head, Neck and Shoulder Pain
Stuart Hinds: Treating trapezius trigger points with a Muscle Energy Technique (MET). Just about everyone has trapezius trigger points. In most cases they can be treated simply...
Trigger Point Therapy - Muscle Energy Techniques (MET's)
Stuart Hinds - MET for Scalenes/SCM Muscle Energy Techniques (METs) are increasingly being used to help dissipate trigger points - especially in cases of chronic shortening of the muscles...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Latissimus Dorsi
A muscle this size, covering so much of the ribcage, will also have an influence on diaphragmatic function Treating Latissimus Dorsi Trigger Points - Dr....
Trigger Point Therapy - Postural and Phasic Muscles
Postural Muscles and Trigger Points - Dr. Jonathan Kuttner M.D. When your muscles are placed under faulty or repetitive loading, the postural muscles will shorten and the...
Muscle Energy Technique - Levator Scapulae
Levator Scapulae - Trigger Point Anatomy MET's are sometimes used by therapists in combination with trigger point therapy protocols Muscle Energy Techniques (MET's) emerged as a form of osteopathic...
Muscle Energy Techniques - Treating Subscapularis
Trigger Points in Subscapularis - it's important to include stretching as part of treatment. MET's may be effective (see below). Studies have shown that a combination of compression, stretching and...
How to Stretch for the IT Band
Stretching for the IT Band Post Play/Workout The soft tissue structure of the ITB has been shown through research not to change in length by even 1% using...
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