Muscle Energy Technique (MET)

MET is a direct Osteopathic manipulative technique that was created by Fred L. Mitchell, Sr., D.O. in the ‘50’s.  Dr. Kavieff was fortunate to have been mentored by Phillip Greenman, D.O. who was a student of Dr. Mitchell and a member of his teaching faculty, and by his son, Fred Mitchell, Jr., D.O.  In MET the practitioner moves the patient’s body part toward the restrictive barrier and resists the patient’s movement with an equal counterforce usually away from the restrictive barrier.  It can be useful for almost anywhere in the body and can even be used with eye muscles for some neck issues.