Structural Techniques
MET — Muscle Energy Technique
Gentle osteopathic technique using the patient's voluntary muscle contraction against controlled resistance to correct joint and muscle dysfunctions.
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Posture & Muscle Chains
Articles tagged "Posture & Muscle Chains"
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Functional Rehabilitation
Functional Rehabilitation: Foundations and Assessment
The foundations of functional rehabilitation in physiotherapy: initial assessment, standardized functional evaluations, individualized therapeutic planning and objective monitoring of patient progress at each stage of the care pathway.
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Functional Rehabilitation
Gait and Balance Rehabilitation
Gait and balance rehabilitation in physiotherapy: management of locomotion disorders in geriatrics, post-stroke, neurological and traumatological contexts. Gait analysis, postural reprogramming, fall prevention and functional retraining.
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Functional Rehabilitation
Lumbar Spine Rehabilitation and Spinal Stabilization
Lumbar spine rehabilitation: chronic low back pain management, active spinal stabilization, core strengthening, functional restoration programs and therapeutic education for low back pain patients.
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Structural & Somatic Approaches
Feldenkrais Method
Somatic educational approach developed by Moshé Feldenkrais aimed at improving body awareness and movement efficiency by reprogramming motor habits through the nervous system.
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Structural & Somatic Approaches
Rolfing — Structural Integration
Fascial manipulation system developed by Ida Rolf aimed at realigning the body in the gravitational field by working on connective tissue restrictions over 10 progressive sessions.
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Specific Systems
Pettibon System — Chiropractic Spinal Remodeling
Complete chiropractic system developed by Burl Pettibon integrating precise adjustments, specific postural exercises, cervical and lumbar traction devices, and weighted helmets or vests to correct vertebral deviations and restore normal physiological curves.
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Specific Systems
SOT — Sacro-Occipital Technique
Chiropractic approach developed by DeJarnette based on the relationship between the sacrum and occiput, using positioning blocks and dysfunction categories to treat the whole body.
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Postural Rehabilitation
Muscle Chains — Busquet Method
Therapeutic approach founded by Léopold Busquet analyzing the human body as a set of interdependent muscle chains (static and dynamic) organized in spirals that run through the entire body, allowing understanding of postural compensations and chronic pain holistically.
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Postural Rehabilitation
Mézières Method & RPG (Global Postural Reeducation)
Global postural approaches treating the body as an indivisible whole through global stretching postures and correction of hypertonic posterior muscle chains.
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Specific Systems
CBP — Chiropractic BioPhysics
Chiropractic system founded on principles of biomechanics and mathematical physics, developed by Donald Harrison, integrating precise radiographic postural analysis, mirror of ideal health based on geometric norms of the spine, and vertebral remodeling protocols using traction, exercises and specific adjustments.
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