Muscle Energy Techniques
Muscle Energy Techniques
Muscle Energy technique (MET) is used by practitioners
from different professions and has been advocated for the treatment of shortened muscles,
weakened muscles, restricted joints, and lymphatic drainage. In addition to using muscle effort
to mobilise joints and tissues, MET is considered by some to be a biomechanics-based analytic
diagnostic system that uses precise physical diagnosis evaluation procedures to identify and
qualify articular range of motion restriction.
MET is an active technique in which the patient is also an active participant. MET is based on the concepts of Autogenic Inhibition and Reciprocal Inhibition.
Benefits of Muscle Energy Technique
- Relaxation and lengthening of the muscles
- Improve range of motion (ROM) in joints
- Applied safely to almost any joint in the body
- Preventative measure to guard against future injury of muscles and joints in Athletes
- It is mainly used by individuals who have a limited ROM due to facet joint dysfunction in the neck and back
- To treat chronic muscle pain, stiffness or injury
Indication of Muscle Energy Technique
- It can be applied safely to almost any joint in the body
- Many athletes use MET as a preventative measure to guard against future injury of muscles and joints
- It is mainly used by individuals who have a limited ROM due to facet joint dysfunction in the neck and back, and for broader areas such as shoulder pain, scoliosis, sciatica, asymmetrical legs, hips or arms, or to treat chronic muscle pain, stiffness or injury.
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