Strain Counterstrain

Positional release technique variation

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Note

Some opinions state that this was historically important, but positional release, and notable Chaitow’s books on positional release are more relevant now¹

To read

• Positional Release Techniques¹
• Strain-Counterstrain²
• Compendium Edition: Clinical Application of Counterstrain^{myersCompendiumEditionClinical2012?}
• ch15 Strain-Counterstrain in Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy³

Indications

Fascial Counterstrain

Convergence & Neurogenic Inflammation

Complete Body

References

1.

Chaitow L. Positional Release Techniques. 4th ed. Elsevier; 2016.

2.

Jones LH. Strain-Counterstrain. Jones Strain-CounterStrain; 1995.

3.

Wise CH, ed. Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy: From Art to Evidence. F.A. Davis Company; 2015.