Muscle Energy Techniques (MET)

Available as Online (Distance-learning) and In-house Training.

Tutor: Jane Rose

In-house Location: Dorset

Distance-Learning Moderator: Jane Rose

Summary: For both acute and chronic presentation of muscular spasms, Muscle Energy Techniques offer reliable, effective and lasting release. We also learn how to address soft tissue dysfunction, including an introduction to scar work, for areas that require this preparation prior to MET release.

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Overview

This 1-day MET Course is for Bodywork and/or Massage therapists who wish to add to their skillset by training in Muscle-Energy Techniques and soft tissue dysfunction.

Muscle-Energy Techniques offer reliably effective applications where the client is directed by the therapist to actively use muscles from a controlled position in a specific direction against a distinct counterforce. Both PIR (Post Isometric Contraction) and RI (Reciprocal Inhibition) methods are taught enabling the therapist to adjust this modality for acute and chronic clinical presentations.

Muscle-energy technique (or MET) is based on the principle of reciprocal inhibition, a theory that explains that muscles on one side of a joint will always relax to accommodate the contraction of muscles on the other side of that joint when indirect pressure is applied. MET is often applied to clients who suffer from muscular spasms.

Also included in this Course is an introduction to Scar Tissue work which must be addressed prior to applying MET techniques.

This Course is also one of the days of our five-day Advanced Massage Techniques Qualification Course (AMT). When all five days have been completed we will award you with an Advanced Massage Qualification Certificate.

For Qualified Bodywork and Massage Therapists

Course Content

Studies commence at 9.00 a.m. and finish at 5.30 p.m.

In Muscle-Energy Techniques, the client, guided by the therapist, actively uses muscles from a controlled position in a specific direction against a distinct counterforce (provided by the therapist) thereby creating an isometric contraction.

Simply, this uses the muscle's own energy to relax and lengthen it.

Topics addressed include:

• Cautions & Contra-indications
• Palpatory Assessment - Home Study
• Soft Tissue Manipulation - Home Study
• Muscle Energy Technique Demonstrations
• Muscle Energy Technique Practice
• Scar Tissue & Treating Scars - Introduction
• Stretching Exercises - Home Study
• Main Muscles of the Body - Home Study

Please note: This Course is a post-graduate qualification course, during which the student is assessed for competence.

Certificate of Qualification awarded to successfully completing Therapists

Many Associations accept our courses for CPD including the IFPA (6 Category A Points).

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