Dr Leon Chaitow - Muscle Energy Technique

Course description

This Dr. Chaitow Online Courses package includes three different online courses taught by Dr. Leon Chaitow, ND, DO. With 46 hours of online content, this bundle includes Fascial Treatment and Assessments, Muscle Energy Technique and Breathing Pattern Disorder.

Muscle Energy Technique may have been discussed by several healthcare providers and teachers in manual therapy, but never like the way explained by Dr Leon Chaitow.   Dr Chaitow discusses the advances of this effective manual therapy technique and he provide your with his multiyear experience treating thousands of patients along with his treatment wisdom in a way that you can totally understand and put into practice immediately.

This is a valuable course for physiotherapists, manual therapists, physical therapists, osteopaths, osteopathic physicians and chiropractors, massage therapists, structural integration practitioners, Pilates and yoga teachers & therapists, Tai chi and Feldenkrais practitioners, athletic coaches and voice-coaches.

Course Description

In this practical, evidence-informed, course the participants will acquire and/or enhance use of Muscle Energy Techniques (MET) for application to articular, fascial and myofascial dysfunction.

The course will explore the rationale and methodology for use different models of MET, in their role in managing a variety of forms of somatic dysfunction.

• Isometric (standard) MET
• Slow eccentric MET as used in post-trauma rehabilitation
• Pulsed (rhythmic) MET – applied to spinal and pelvic articulations

Video demonstrations include functional assessment methods for associated soft tissue as well as spinal and pelvic articular dysfunction, together with demonstration and explanations of MET application to these tissues and structures.

Course Objectives

The course covers:

Theoretical overview regarding the evolution of soft issue dysfunction from an osteopathic/manual medicine perspective, including:

• Local adaptation syndromes
• Musculoskeletal stress response sequences
• Causes of soft tissue hypertonicity & dysfunction (pain/tone connection)
• Chain reactions & crossed syndromes
• Summary of main causes of fascial, myofascial and articular dysfunction – with special reference to the thoracolumbar fascia and pelvis
• Introduction to Muscle Energy Technique variations for treatment of joint restrictions, and soft tissue shortening/dysfunction (particularly related to the thorax & pelvis), including:
• MET: as applied in acute + chronic settings
• Pulsed MET – encouraging proprioceptive rehabilitation & value in spinal and pelvic mobilization
• Slow Eccentric Isotonic Stretching (SEIS) as an alternative to post-isometric stretching

The course covers identification, and MET treatment of, soft tissues involved in restrictions, of spinal and pelvic joints, using functional assessment methods – including: Upper trapezius, levator scapula, scalenes, SCM, pectoralis major & minor, psoas, QL, piriformis, hip adductors, TFL, quadriceps, hamstrings, erector spinae – and other muscles associated with thoracic & pelvic function

Cautions and contraindications are emphasized throughout the course. 

Purchase the book before taking the course. 

https://www.elsevier.com/books/muscle-energy-techniques/chaitow/978-0-7020-4653-7