Muscle Energy Techniques: with access to www.chaitowmuscleenergytechniques.com (The Leon Chaitow Library of Bodywork and Movement Therapies) 4th Edition

I graduate from massage school next week. I've studied at a 'chain school' that 'teaches to the license' and prepares MTs to work in spas. That means there is very little focus on therapeutic techniques - yet most clients seek massage because they are in pain. A classmate told me about Positional Release, which led me to the works of Dr Leon Chaitow, including Muscle Energy Techniques, Fascial Dysfunction, and Breathing Pattern Disorders. My classmate had been so successful alleviating student clinic clients' pain using Positional Release that I bought all of Chaitow's books, and then,one week before the end of school, I was able to attend a weekend workshop in NYC where he taught all of these techniques. That was yesterday; today I used what I learned in my final Massage exam on a student who had spent the weekend moving, and came to class in extreme pain. When I was done using Dr Chaitow's techniques, she was pain free - and based on what I've seen of PR during the year, I believe that (as long as she doesn't repeat the patterns that created the pain in the first place) she will remain pain free. Every LMT who wants to do therapeutic massage could be more effective using these techniques.

While this book can be a bit dry at times, it is such a phenomenal resource for explaining a tremendous amount about MET, as well as demonstrating and explaining numerous applications. I have used MET to treat a number of my clients with great results. Thank you Dr. Chaitow

Using this book for a home study course to renew my physical therapy license. I really like that videos are linked to the techniques which is quite helpful since I was unable to attend a hands on course this time around!

A very detailed and well researched guide to the holistic treatment of the muscles, joints and tissues of the human body via the chiropractic and massage therapy arts. A must have reference tool for diagnosis and therapy and a much appreciated addition to my reference library. It was delivered on time and sold at a reasonable price.

Dr. Chaitow is a brillient physician, and a fine educator. I have had many instructors in manual therapeutics. This gentleman has spent years learning from many other people, people who have molded manual therapy principles over the last 50 years. and he includes their ideas in his books. Highly recommended.

Wow! Great book, jam packed with really useful clinical info. As clinician for 15 years and striving to constantly evolve, I'm loving this book. Haven't accessed the videos yet, plan to do so...

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Great book, very helpful for practicing clinicians. However i’m not happy that I paid for a new book, and it came bent on pages, and color stains and smudges as if it was used quality. Will use different seller in future