OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT: MUSCLE ENERGY PROCEDURE WITH POST-ISOMETRIC RELAXATION - THORACIC VERTEBRAE

Course overview

POST-ISOMETRIC RELAXATION IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUE (MET) IN OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE FOR IMPROVING THORACIC SPINE RESTRICTION. MET IS USED BY OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS AS A CONSERVATIVE, NONPHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT METHOD FOR SOMATIC DYSFUNCTIONS OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM. MET IS A FORM OF MANUAL THERAPY AND STRETCHING. THE PATIENT ACTIVELY CONTRACTS MUSCLES IN A PRECISE DIRECTION WHILE THE THERAPIST PROVIDES COUNTERFORCE RESISTANCE. ISOMETRIC CONTRACTIONS RELAX AND LENGTHEN MUSCLES. THIS ACTIVITY DISCUSSES THE PROCEDURAL METHOD FOR USING MET WITH POST-ISOMETRIC RELAXATION TO TREAT THE THORACIC SPINE'S SOMATIC DYSFUNCTION, THE RELEVANT ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, AND ITS INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS.