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Counterstrain

Known as: Counterstrain Method, Counterstrain Technique, Counterstrain Treatment 
1. A system of diagnosis and treatment that considers the dysfunction to be a continuing, inappropriate strain reflex, which is inhibited by applying… 
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2017
2017
Osteopathic approach to treating a patient with new onset low back pain following injury reveals unusual presentation of bilateral and symmetric symptoms: A case report
2013
2013
Electromyographic responses of deep thoracic transversospinalis muscles to osteopathic manipulative interventions
Review
2011
Review
2011
Rethinking the Model of Osteoarthritis: A Clinical Viewpoint
Abstract The prevailing model of joint degeneration based on age-related, genetic, and familial factors implies inevitable… 
2000
2000
The efficacy of strain counterstrain mobilization in patients with painful hallux abducto valgus bunions
The purpose of this prospective, randomised, placebo controlled study was to determine the efficacy of strain counterstrain… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Nociceptive considerations in treating with counterstrain.
The proprioceptive mechanistic model of somatic dysfunction proposed by Korr is accepted as the neurophysiologic basis of… 
1991
1991
Low back pain: treatment of forward and backward sacral torsions using counterstrain technique.
The sacral foramen tender points are newly identified, specific indicators of somatic dysfunction. The use of counterstrain to… 
1991
1991
An alternative method of teaching strain/counterstrain manipulation
The range-of-motion box enables the operator to visualize how to carry a joint through extremes of motion range for range-of… 
1991
1991
An alternative method of teaching strain/counterstrain manipulation.
: The range-of-motion box enables the operator to visualize how to carry a joint through extremes of motion range for range-of… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Low back pain: diagnosis by six newly discovered sacral tender points and treatment with counterstrain.
Although counterstrain and exercises reestablished relative lumbar stability in a patient with chronic low back pain and lumbar… 
1989
1989
Shoulder pain and repetition strain injury to the supraspinatus muscle: etiology and manipulative treatment.
Chronic inflammation and degenerative tendonitis of the supraspinatus muscle is an important cause of intrinsic shoulder pain… 
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