Muscle Energy Therapy (MET) is a non-invasive technique which can be used to lengthen a shortened contracted or spastic muscle; to strengthen a physiologically weakened muscle or group of muscles; to reduce localized edema to relieve passive congestion and to mobilize an articulation with restricted mobility.

Muscle Energy Technique is a direct hands-on therapy originally developed by Dr. Fred Mitchell, Sr., Osteopathic Physician, and continued by Dr. Fred Mitchell, Jr.  It utilizes the patient's own gentle muscle contractions and body positioning to normalize joint motion.

When a joint doesn't have full structural potential, its function will never reach full potential no matter how many muscles are massaged!

Muscle Energy Technique can be used to treat most joints in the body, including the intervertebral joints, in a gentle, soft, safe, and effective manner. It may be an alternative to high velocity thrust techniques, which many practitioners are not licensed to perform or that may be contraindicated.

Who Benefits from Muscle Energy Technique?

• People who are restricted in their movements. Conditions include back pain, headache, scoliosis, sciatica, "one leg longer than the other", "one hip higher than the other", and "one shoulder higher than the other".
•  People who have experienced trauma lately or in the past may also benefit.
•  In general, most everyone can benefit from this method.

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Jim DeWine, LMT, is licensed by The State of Ohio Medical Board and a graduate of S.H.I.
He has completed certifications in: Sports Massage Training Institute (SMTI) — Dr. Myk Hungerford
Myofascial Release — Earle Timberlake
Sports Massage & Golf Medical Massage — William Mitchell
British Sports Therapy — Stuart Taws

Jim DeWine, LMT, is National Certified in
Sports Massage Physical Medicine by:
SPORTS MASSAGE TRAINING INSTITUTE
(S.M.T.I.)
AMTA Member

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