Muscle Energy Techniques – An Overview
Muscle energy techniques are a type of hands-on manipulative therapies.
Patients lay in controlled positions and are asked to flex or move specific areas, and when they complete the action, Dr. Josh or another team member will us that contraction to further move a muscle or joint.
This procedure is gentle and safe, and it can be practiced on almost everyone. By using the muscle’s own energy, this technique allows for a lighter and gentler form of articulation, using the body’s kinetic movements.
These movements help elongate muscles, increase the ability of motion, release joint pressure and improve range of motion and flexibility.
To accomplish this properly, Dr. Josh and his team are trained in the workings of the musculoskeletal system and how muscles function in pairs to achieve movement.
This paired function is at the basis of muscle energy techniques – it is this combination of extension and contraction that is taken advantage of when the manipulation is taking place.
When combined with other therapies, muscle energy techniques help alleviate pain, relieve inability of motion and increase flexibility.
Reciprocal Inhibition – A Natural Healing Aid
Muscle Energy Techniques (MET) is a type of manual therapy, which varies greatly in its administration depending on the injury, but the patient actively participates in the movements as opposed to passively being articulated to allow reciprocal inhibition.
Reciprocal inhibition means that muscles on one side of a joint will relax to allow for the muscle contraction on its other side.
This is accomplished by using the patient’s contracting muscles to guide the lengthening of muscles, and in this process, joints are mobilized, and movement is gently normalized.
When the patient moves muscles and joints upon request, Dr. Josh or a member of his team will provide a counterforce movement to correct motion inability and improve pain.
By repositioning dysfunctional muscles and joints, we are able to regain range of motion, and encourage proper posturing for healing.
Low-Risk, Non-Invasive Pain Relief
By implementing this gentle manual therapy into your recovery program, you can greatly improve muscle pain, joint tenderness and stiffness.
MET is a natural way to improve your range of motion and achieve pain relief without the potentially devastating side effects of medication or invasive procedures.
We combine MET with other treatments and therapies to ensure our patients have access to the most modern techniques and equipment.
Comprehensive, Specialized Regimen for Individualized Results
Our custom prescribed programs are specialized for our patients, so they’re not only seeing the benefits from one single treatment or therapy, but enjoy results enabled through a comprehensive regimen to help heal, strengthen and prevent injury.
If you want to start your own pain management system, schedule your appointment today and we can help get you started on the way to achieving your first goals!
Our team can show you how MET and other therapies may benefit you and your unique situation.
Starting pain management can seem overwhelming, but our team makes it easy by scheduling everything for you and communicating within the team to find the best course of care for every specific case.
This customized care is why Core 1 Chiropractic is the top rated chiropractor in Downers Grove, Illinois – you can’t beat the personalized attention Dr. Josh and his team provide anywhere else in the 60515 chiropractor business!
A Positive Environment for Growth
Muscle Energy Techniques are gentle and beneficial to anyone suffering from neck pain, leg pain, arm pain, back pain, muscle and postural related pain issues.
It is appropriate for seniors, pregnant persons, and those recovering from injury.
Our goal is to reduce pain, not create it, thus every aspect of your pain management program will focus on carefully challenging you while fostering an environment that is conductive to learning.
By passing on knowledge of how procedures are performed, and why we prescribe specific therapies, patients are equipped with the understanding of their specific cases, and how to improve their physical fitness, what goals are on the horizon, and how to prevent future injury.
Our philosophy is to treat the body as a whole, to encourage movement and healthy fitness routines, to improve physical abilities while preventing injury.
This philosophy is what makes Core 1 Chiropractic the best chiropractic office in Downers Grove, and we want to work with you to help get you moving without pain and without worry of future injury. Schedule your consultation with us today!