Exercise Prescription
Exercise Prescription Steven J. Keteyian OVERVIEW Exercise is now touted as a treatment for many types of disease; in fact, lack of exercise and physical activity leads to disease and…
ORTHOPEDIC
Exercise Principles
Exercise Principles Shawn Kerger OVERVIEW Osteopathic philosophy and practice is truly at its pinnacle when dealing with exercise principles in the athlete. The mechanism at work (or play) as envisioned…
Massage and Soft Tissue Manipulation
Massage and Soft Tissue Manipulation Richard Radnovich OVERVIEW Massage as a therapeutic modality has been written about and used for hundreds of years (1). In the athletic community, massage has…
Physical Medicine Modalities
Physical Medicine Modalities Lawrence L. Prokop OVERVIEW In the practice of sports medicine, the majority of injuries are musculoskeletal in nature. Acute traumas such as sprains, strains, and contusions are…
Myofascial Release
Myofascial Release Cliff Stark Wayne English OVERVIEW Myofascial release refers to a class of manual techniques that are used to relieve the abnormal constriction of tense fascia. Myofascial treatments are…
Joint Play
Joint Play Matthew S. Reeves OVERVIEW John Mennell introduced the theory of joint play as a therapeutic manual medicine technique through his book Joint Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment Using Manipulative…
Muscle Energy Techniques
Muscle Energy Techniques Todd J. May OVERVIEW The first description of the muscle energy technique is attributed to Fred Mitchell Sr., who first published his work in 1958. This publication…
Counterstrain Technique
Counterstrain Technique Rance McClain DEFINITION Counterstrain (CS) is defined as “a system of diagnosis and treatment that considers the dysfunction to be a continuing, inappropriate strain reflex, which is inhibited…
High-Velocity, Low-Amplitude Technique
High-Velocity, Low-Amplitude Technique Jonathan D. Tait Steven J. Karageanes OVERVIEW The thrust technique [also called the high-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) technique, or mobilization with impulse] is one of the oldest and…
Functional Technique
Functional Technique Richard G. Schuster OVERVIEW Functional techniques are among the oldest but least understood techniques in the osteopathic armamentarium. There is no single functional technique, but rather they are…
