The muscle energy technique for a superiorly subluxed rib, introduced by Fred Mitchell Sr., DO, and later adapted by Philip Greenman, DO, is an effective treatment for a superior rib one somatic dysfunction. Although muscle energy techniques involve various reflexes, Mitchell and Greenman emphasized the postisometric relaxation variation.
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