Muscle Activation Techniques involve a specific and unique process for evaluating an individual’s ability to produce efficient muscle contraction. Loss of muscle contraction results in a decreased range of motion, and therefore decreased physical performance. The use of muscle testing allows to treat and restore the “weak” muscles, helping the body regain optimal balance and strength, which leads to increased performance.

Osteopathy: A natural medicine, Osteopathy aims to restore function in the body by treating the causes of pain and imbalance. To achieve this goal, the Osteopathic Manual Practitioner relies on the quality and finesse of his/her palpation, and works with the position, mobility and quality of the tissues.

The ability to detect minute modifications in the quality of the tissues is the assessment skill that allows the Osteopathic Manual Practitioner to help prioritize a patient’s course of treatment. These tissue qualities include congestion, dehydration, scarring, stiffness, density or loss of resilience, as well as motility, defined as infinitesimal movement inherent to all living tissues. It is this sensing of the quality of the tissues, in combination with the position, mobility and vitality of the tissues, that allows the Osteopathic Manual Practitioner to determine the tissues or systems that need immediate attention.