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PT Wins High Court Ruling: On Jan. 20, 2012, the Supreme Court of Alabama became the second state supreme court to consider a state chiropractic board's attempt to prohibit a licensed physical therapist from performing spinal manipulations.
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Read Tom's MET article in Australia's leading body work magazine: Terra Rosa - page 28.
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Health Tip
Certain nutritional supplements have been found to help reduce blood-glucose levels in conjunction with a proper diet and regular exercise. There are a variety of supplements on the market that can help with lowering your glucose levels but the most commons ones are: vanadyl sulfate (100 mg), chromium (200 mcg), alpha lipoic acid (400 to 800 mg), and cinnamon (500 to 1,000 mg). You can purchase these supplements at any health food store or in most pharmacy vitamin aisles.
Source: naturalhealthweb.com
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What Are Students Saying about the MET Courses?
"I have had multiple opportunities to use what I have learned from the M1 course already. Thanks again for the very helpful and informative course. I am putting M2 on my calendar for April 2013. I am looking forward to it."
Barak P., PTA
M1 Mill Creek 2012
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PT tip of the month
Sitting Down on the Job
Closed-chain Hamstring Exercises for Home
So often we prescribe home closed chain quadriceps exercises for our knee patients but have you ever thought of home closed chain exercises for hamstrings??? This is easily done with any office chair or stool that has casters on the bottom.
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Q: Hi Tom, I attended your M1 class over the weekend and I had a couple of questions. Are there any precautions treating a post surgical lumbar fusion above and below the level fused? Also, are there any precautions for treating post surgical spinal laminectomy? Thanks for all of your help! I really enjoyed your class. I began using the technique monday morning! It has been great!
Megan H., PTA
A: Great question! No worries for either issue with the understanding that you use the patient's pain as your barrier. In other words, if the patient states that he / she has pain then don't proceed until you hit the actual articular barrier. Just back off slightly and do the technique. As long as the fusions are solid and the patient can walk and support their own weight then 1 lb of muscle contraction will not hurt.
Tom Ockler, PT
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and Tom's Book, The Case For Alternative Health Care is also available as an e-book.
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"I received your dvd today and am thoroughly enjoying it! The quality is excellent with great animations. The sign of a great teacher is the ability to take info that can be confusing at times and make it seem simple and readily useable in the clinic. You have definitely achieved that goal."
Rob S., PT
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Our Seminars
For those of you who have taken Muscle Energy courses before and are still struggling... Or if you have never taken a Muscle Energy course because you heard it was too hard... These are the courses for you.
Muscle Energy Technique is one of the most effective and valuable manual techniques for the identification and correction of somatic asymmetry and hypomobility. These techniques can be used immediately to find and correct the causes of all types of pain. These are not cover up procedures, but rather techniques that cure the problem with dramatic results.
Unlike manipulative therapies, which presume joints are stuck out of place by some physiologic glue, the beauty of Muscle Energy is that it works through an evidence-based neuro physiologic principle. And that is the joints are held out of place by muscles that have too much tone.
In his 33 years of clinical practice, Tom Ockler P.T. has had extensive teaching experience throughout the United States, Canada, England and Australia.
As a teacher, Tom has earned the nickname "The Patch Adams of Physical Therapy" due to his unique style of injecting humor into complicated subjects. He has developed teaching methods that explain very complicated subjects in easily understandable formats. His five teaching manuals have been hailed by students as the "most user-friendly and useful Muscle Energy manuals ever."
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