Download or read book The Efficacy of Muscle Energy Technique in Patients with Acute Low Back Pain written by Eric Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acute low back pain is treated by a variety of health care providers utilizing an array or treatment approaches. In 1995, acute low back pain was the 5th most common reason for all physician visits in the United States over 13 billion dollars of medical expenses per year are attributed to low back pain affecting from 5 to 10% of the adult population annually with a prevelance from 60 to 90% over a ltfetime. Acute low back pain occurs in people with a wide variety of professions including those involving heavy labor, repetitive work activities and extended sedentary postures. Half of the population will have experienced a significant incidence of low back pain by age thirty. There is much controversy in the literature in regards to how to best manage patients with acute low back pain. Much of this controvery stems from two distinctly different philosophies: medical management and physical therapy management. Standard medical management most often emphasizes the need for the patient to remain as active as possible while prescribing nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and/or muscle relaxants to assist in symptom control/relief. Some advocates of medical management believe that physical therapy, especially exercise-based interventions, are contraindicated for patients with acute low back pain. Others feel that the "limited" benefits attained with exercise-based or manual therapy interventions are not worth the increased cost of care. Many proponents of medical management believe that 80 to 90% of all patients with acute low back pain will "spontaneously" improve within three months. However, recent reports in the literature demonstrate that 75% of the patients medically managed for acute low back pain will have recurrent episodes of low back pain within one year after intial onset of symptoms. Clearly, there must be a more efficient method of managing this patient population. Physical therapists attempt to manage patients with acute low back pain by utilizing a wide variety of interventions including exercise and manual therapy. One of the key exercise approaches that can counter the potentially long-term effects of acute low back pain is strength training. Deyol stated that failure to strength train could cause increased severity and frequency of low back pain. According to Twomey and Taylor properly implemented resistance-exercise regimes play a vital role in the treatment of acute low back pain and are crucial for a patient's successful return to function. The Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research advocated the use of a comprehensive, dynamic strengthening program to stabilize the trunk and spine. Unfortunately, the literature is incomplete on issues involving how to best strength train patients with acute low back pain and which specific populations will have the best outcomes with this intervention. Another common treatment for acute low back pain is the use of manual therapy. Manual therapy is a broad term that encompasses numerous techniques with many subcategories. Two of the more popular sub-categories of manual therapy are manipulation and mobilization. DiFabio defined spinal manipulation as a "high velocity thrust momentarily exceeding the available ROM". While under the broad umbrella of "manual therapy", muscle energy technique (MET) does not fall into either the manipulation or mobilization sub-categories. Muscle energy technique is an active technique in that the patient supplies the corrective force instead of the care provider. Greenman defined muscle energy technique as a "manual medicine treatment procedure that involves the voluntary contraction of patient muscle in a precisely controlled direction, at varying levels of intensity, against a distictly executed counterforce applied by the operator." It has been hypothesized that muscle energy technique can be used to lengthen and strengthen muscle(s), increase fluid mechanics and decrease local edema, and to mobilize a restricted articulation. Muscle energy technique has become more popular over the past several years. While originally considered an osteopathic treatement, muscle energy technique has found increased favor with physiatrists, physical therapists, and chiropractors in the treatment of acute and chronic spinal disorders. One of the reasons for this is that it requires active participation on the part of the patient, both in performing and maintaining the effects of the treatment - thus decreasing the risk of patient dependency. DeRosa and Porterfield advocated the use of muscle energy technique as one of the preferred methods to apply "nondestructive forces" in order to facilitate movement at the site of impairment. If the patient is able to tolerate forces into the impaired joint area and more normal motion is restored, the patient should be able to improve spinal mobility with greater ease. Enhanced spinal mobility should lead to improved activity levels, which is imperative for the successful long-term management of low back pain. While muscle energy technique has found an increased audience with clinicians, very little has been published in the peer-reviewed literature on this intervention. Its wide-spread use in the clinic makes it imperative that we determine if this technique is viable procedure for the treatment of acute low back pain. The purpose of this randomized, double-blind, sequential clinical trial was to determine whether patients with acute low back pain would demonstrate a more rapid return to function, as assessed by the Oswestry Disability Index, after being treated with muscle energy technique treatment coupled with supervised strengthening exercises as compared to patients treated with supervised strengthening exercises alone. The following research hypothesis was investigated: There will be a statistically significant difference (p

Download or read book Tension Type and Cervicogenic Headache written by César Fernández-de-las-Peñas and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first textbook covering physical therapy as well as physical medicine aspects of these two highly prevalent headache disorders from both a clinical and evidence-based perspective. Written and contributed by international experts, Tension-Type and Cervicogenic Headache: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management provides the best current evidence on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of patients with the highly prevalent tension type and cervicogenic headache, integrating the most recent clinical research data with basic science knowledge. It covers both physical therapy and phy

Download or read book The Relative Effectiveness of Muscle Energy Technique as Opposed to Specific Passive Mobilization in the Treatment of Acute and Sub acute Mechanical Low Back Pain written by Keshnee Pillay and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Muscle Energy Technique in Treating Postnatal Low Back Pain written by Botla Afaf and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of muscle energy technique on postnatal low back pain. Thirty females suffer from postnatal low back pain, their age ranged from 25-35 years and their BMI ranged from 30-35 Kg/m were participated in the study. They were divided randomly into two equal groups, group A included 15 women who had been treated with selected exercises program plus muscle energy technique, while group B included 15 women who had been treated with selected exercises program only. Assessment of all women in both groups were done before starting the study and after 8 treatment sessions ( 2 sessions per week for four weeks ) in form of pain pressure threshold, pain intensity, functional disability using Oswestry disability index and lumbar spine ROM. The results of this study showed a statistical significant improvement in both groups concerning pain pressure threshold, pain intensity, functional disability and lumbar spine ROM in favoring to (group A). Conclusion: These results indicate that muscle energy technique is valuable in management of postnatal low back pain."

Download or read book Jones Strain Counterstrain written by Lawrence H. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Positional Release Techniques written by Leon Chaitow and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the success of the 1st Edition and its accompanying video, this outstanding how-to manual features up-to-date chapters that cover the latest developments in the field. This osteopathic method focuses on allowing spontaneous physiological release of hypertonic muscles, including those in spasm. The gentleness of positional release techniques, the ease of application, and the potential for instant response are just a few of the benefits to patients, especially in cases of acute spasm and pain. It also allows chronically tense tissues to relax, making it a useful component of integrated therapeutic interventions that employ other soft tissue and joint normalization procedures. A new CD-ROM included FREE with the text offers high-quality video clips demonstrating specific techniques, as well as the entire text of the book in an on-screen, searchable format.

Download or read book Muscle Energy Techniques written by Leon Chaitow and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "DVD-ROM which includes the full text plus video clips of the author demonstrating many of the techniques.

Download or read book Muscle Energy Technique for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain written by Nicole Hanes and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evidence based Manual Medicine written by Michael A. Seffinger and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offer your patients expanded options for musculoskeletal relief with the help of this innovative new resource on manual medicine. Experienced teachers and physicians show you exactly how to apply patient-focused, basic palpatory diagnostic and manual treatment procedures to achieve optimal outcomes and enhance patient comfort. Effectively diagnose and treat a wide range of musculoskeletal problems using direct and indirect myofascial release, isometric muscle energy, and indirect articular techniques. Teach your patients rehabilitative and preventive exercises as well as ergonomic guidelines to facilitate recovery. Confidently determine whether manipulative treatments are indicated using visual and palpation tests. Choose the best procedure for each patient with the help of detailed coverage describing each technique's effects and desired outcomes. Review clinical trials that document the effectiveness of manual techniques. Master techniques confidently with assistance from two authorities whom the AAFP invited to educate its members about manual approaches. Know exactly when and how to perform manual medicine techniques using step-by-step visual guidance from more than 700 photographs and drawings plus 62 video clips on the bonus DVD-ROM.

Download or read book Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation written by Margaret Knott and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Modern Neuromuscular Techniques E Book written by Leon Chaitow and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2010-08-25 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated throughout, this popular book explains the history, rationale, and detailed descriptions of the class of soft tissue manipulation methods known collectively as NMT techniques. Complete with accompanying website - www.chaitowonline.com - which contains film sequences of the author demonstrating the techniques, this book will be ideal for bodyworkers and acupuncturists in Europe, the USA and beyond. Facilitates the rapid and accurate identification of local soft-tissue dysfunction Explains the origin of soft tissue distress Provides diverse maps and explanations for the patterns of tender and trigger points seen daily in clinical practice Includes guidance on the use of NMT for the treatment of the symptoms of fibromyalgia and abdominal dysfunction Gives important guidance on the treatment of trigger points in treating lymphatic dysfunction Discusses the use of NMT in the management of pain and hyperventilation Explains the diagnostic and therapeutic value of tender reflex points related to viscero-somatic and somatic-visceral reflexes Describes both European and North American versions of NMT Provides a clear set of treatment options for all bodywork therapists and acupuncture practitioners Authored by a highly respected, internationally known teacher, practitioner and author, with contributions from three leading practitioners from the U.S. and Europe Contains a new chapter on the value of Thai Yoga massage, associated with NMT methodology Contains source material and commentary on the contribution of Raymond Nimmo DC in the evolution of NMT Website - www.chaitowonline.com - containing updated video clips demonstrating the application of NMT

Download or read book Therapeutic Exercise for Lumbopelvic Stabilization written by Carolyn Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the latest information and research on the prevention and management of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. It introduces the reader to an approach to clinical management and prevention based on that research. This text's impressively thorough coverage makes it an indispensable text for both researchers and clinicians in the field of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.

Download or read book Muscle Energy Techniques Website E Book written by Leon Chaitow and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muscle Energy Techniques 4e sets out clear, practical and clinical guidelines for all students and practitioners wishing to use MET techniques as part of their patient management. Fully updated and now published in full colour throughout, this book has an accompanying website with video clips presenting the full array of modern METs in a variety of acute, chronic and rehabilitation settings. Introduces new methodology and instructs in the scientific basis and correct application of existing METs Explains the value of METs in the treatment of a variety of problems ranging from hypertonicity and muscle tightness to joint dysfunction and joint capsule adhesions Provides precise assessment and diagnosis guidelines from a variety of perspectives including osteopathy, chiropractic, physical therapy, athletic training and massage therapy Details the background to soft tissue dysfunction and explains the adaptive chain reactions that both produce and result from dysfunction Gives many variations on the safe use of MET in acute, chronic and rehabilitation settings Highly illustrated with full-colour line drawings and diagrams Supplemented by a website which includes video clips of experienced practitioners demonstrating the techniques Ideal for experienced practitioners as well as those taking undergraduate and postgraduate courses in manual therapy Now published in full colour throughout Presents the latest research findings underpinning the practice of MET methodology from differing areas of practice Presents the increasingly refined ways of using the variety of MET methods to allow the reader to safely apply them in a variety of settings Video clips on an associated website presents practical examples of the METs explored in the book Contains a new chapter on the history of MET to provide useful insights from pioneers of the method New chapters by orthopaedic surgeons discuss the relevance of MET in the rehabilitative setting Contains a completely new chapter on the relevance of MET to massage therapy as well as expanded sections on its value in chiropractic, sports injury and physiotherapy Contains an increased emphasis on pulsed MET and isotonic eccentric stretching

Download or read book Low Back Disorders written by Stuart McGill and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2007 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of 'Low Back Disorders' provides research information on low back problems and shows readers how to interpret the data for clinical applications.

Download or read book Spinal Control The Rehabilitation of Back Pain written by Paul W. Hodges and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, international scientific and clinical leaders have collaborated to present this exclusive book which integrates state-of-the art engineering concepts of spine control into clinically relevant approaches for the rehabilitation of low back pain. Spinal Control identifies the scope of the problem around motor control of the spine and pelvis while defining key terminology and methods as well as placing experimental findings into context. Spinal Control also includes contributions that put forward different sides of critical arguments (e.g. whether or not to focus on training the deep muscles of the trunk) and then bring these arguments together to help both scientists and clinicians better understand the convergences and divergences within this field. On the one hand, this book seeks to resolve many of the issues that are debated in existing literature, while on the other, its contributing opinion leaders present current best practice on how to study the questions facing the field of spine control, and then go on to outline the key directions for future research. Spinal Control – the only expert resource which provides a trusted, consensus approach to low back pain rehabilitation for both clinicians and scientists alike! Covers the most important issues in spine control research Illustrates the clinical relevance of research and how this is or can be applied in clinical practice Edited and written by world leading experts, contributing first class content on different aspects of spine control Chapters that bring together the expertise of these world leaders on topics such as neuromotor mechanisms of spine control, proprioception, subgrouping in back pain and modelling spine stability An extensive and illustrated clinical consensus chapter that brings together the philosophies of clinical opinion leaders for the first time

Download or read book Diagnosis and Treatment of Movement Impairment Syndromes written by Shirley Sahrmann and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2001-09-04 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authored by an acknowledged expert on muscle and movement imbalances, this well illustrated book presents a classification system of mechanical pain syndromes that is designed to direct the exercise prescription and the correction of faulty movement patterns. The diagnostic categories, associated muscle and movement imbalances, recommendations for treatment, examination, exercise principles, specific corrective exercises, and modification of functionalactivities for case management are described in detail. This book is designed to give practitioners an organized and structured method of analyzing the mechanical cause of movement impairment syndrome, the contributing factors and a strategy for management. * Provides the tools for the physical therapist to identify movement imbalances, establish the relevant diagnosis, develop the corrective exercise prescription and carefully instruct the patient about how to carry out the exercise program. * Authored by the acknowledged expert on movement system imbalances. * Covers both the evaluation process and therapeutic treatment. * Detailed descriptions of exercises for the student or practitioner. * Includes handouts to be photocopied and given to the patient for future reference.

Download or read book Physical Therapy of the Cervical and Thoracic Spine written by Ruth Grant and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the subject for physical therapists presented in three sections: anatomy, biomechanics, and innervation; examination and assessment; and clinical management. Covers treatment by passive movement, recognizing four mechanisms of neurogenic pain, and management of neural injury by manual therapy. Includes discussion linking science, art, and placebo in manual therapy. This second edition contains eight new chapters. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR