MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUE APPROACHES IN A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL CONTEXT

Location - BCOM, 6 Netherhall Gardens, London NW3 5RR

Date - 2nd November 2024

This workshop will deepen your understanding of muscle energy technique (MET) and provide opportunity to develop your practical skills in its application.
In addition, you will explore how modern evidence of therapeutic physiological mechanisms and principles of a biopsychosocial approach can inform the selection of appropriate techniques, management strategies and variations to the application of MET for delivering optimal care to your patients.

There will be an emphasis on hands-on practical skills for MET application to the spine, pelvis, and myofascial tissues, including a review of basic techniques and an exploration of variations for particular patient conditions.

LEARNING OUTCOME:

Appraise the most recent evidence and conceptualization of the therapeutic physiological mechanisms underpinning muscle energy
Apply MET to the spine and pelvis to reduce pain and improve range of motion
Apply MET to myofascial structures to reduce pain sensitivity
Adapt and refine applications of MET to promote specific therapeutic actions for different patient conditions
Contextualise patient communication and consent for the application of MET within a biopsychosocial approach to the patient

Gary Fryer is an Associate Professor and Course Chair in Osteopathic Medicine at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Gary completed his osteopathic training in 1991 and practiced osteopathy in Melbourne, Brisbane, and currently in rural Victoria. Gary has been extensively involved in osteopathic education and research, having taught osteopathic principles, technique, and research methods at Victoria University since 1997. His research interests have been diverse and include the reliability of palpation, the use of osteopathic techniques by the international profession, the biomechanical effects of spinal manipulation, and the neurophysiological mechanisms of manipulative treatment. Gary has been an advocate of an evidence-informed approach to teaching and practicing osteopathy. After completing his PhD in 2007, Gary moved to Kirksville, Missouri, for a two-year period where he conducted research with the A.T. Still Research Institute and taught osteopathic manipulative medicine at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has authored over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals, several book chapters, and has been an invited speaker at osteopathic conferences in Australia, the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and Brazil.

The course will provide for OSTEOPATHIC PRACTICE STANDARDS CPD requirements in the following areas:

7 hours Learning with Others

OPS CPD Requirements
Learning include
Communication and patient partnership
Listening, respecting patient's concerns and preferences, dignity and modesty, effective communication, providing information, consent, patient partnership.
Knowledge, skills and performance
Having sufficient knowledge and skills, working within training and competence, keeping up to date, analysing and reflecting on information to enhance patient care.
Safety and quality in practice
Patient evaluation, management, safeguarding, wider role in enhancing patients' health and wellbeing.

Selected publications by the presenter relevant to the course

Fryer G. Integrating osteopathic approaches based on biopsychosocial therapeutic mechanisms. Part 1: The mechanisms (Masterclass). International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 2017;25:30-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2017.05.002
Fryer G. Integrating osteopathic approaches based on biopsychosocial therapeutic mechanisms. Part 2: Clinical Approach (Masterclass). International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 2017; 26: 36-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2017.05.001
Fryer G. Somatic dysfunction: An osteopathic conundrum. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. 2016;22:52-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2016.02.002
Fryer G. Muscle Energy Approaches. In: Fernández de las Peñas C, et al, ed. Manual Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes of the Upper and Lower Quadrants: An Evidence and Clinical-Informed Approach. 1 ed. London: Elsevier; 2016:710-728.
Fryer G. Muscle Energy Technique: Research and Efficacy (Chapter 3). In: Chaitow L. Muscle Energy Techniques. 4th Ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; ISBN 978-0-7020-4653-7, 2013: 42-64.
Franke H, Franke J-D, Fryer G. Osteopathic manipulative treatment for chronic nonspecific neck pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. 2015; 18, 255-267 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2015.05.003
Franke H, Franke JD, Fryer G. Osteopathic manipulative treatment for nonspecific low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2014;15(1):286. 10.1186/1471-2474-15-286.
Fryer G. Muscle energy technique: an evidence-informed approach (Masterclass). International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. 2011, 14(1): 3-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2010.04.004
Fryer G. Chapter 35: Muscle energy approaches. In: Fernández de las Peñas C, et al. (ed). Neck and Arm Pain Syndromes: Evidence-Informed Screening, Diagnosis, and Management in Manual Therapy. Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. 2011:439-454