Techniques
Muscle energy techniques can be applied to most areas of the body. Each technique requires 8 essential steps:
- Perform and obtain an accurate structural diagnosis.
- Engage the restrictive barrier in as many planes as possible.
- Physician and patient engage in an unyielding counterforce where the patient's force matches the physician's force.
- The patient's isometric contraction has the correct amount of force, the correct direction of effort (away from the restrictive barrier), and the correct duration (3–5 seconds).
- Complete relaxation occurs after the muscular effort.
- The patient is repositioned into the new restrictive barrier in as many planes as possible.
- Steps 3-6 are repeated approximately 3-5 times or until no further improvement in range of motion is observed.
- The structural diagnosis is repeated to evaluate if the dysfunction has resolved or improved.
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