Starting with a thorough evaluation process, certified providers of the McKenzie Method® of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy® (MDT) execute an active clinical examination and diagnostic management system of care based on sound principles and backed by extensive research.

Key MDT principles include:

* Patient education
* Extensive evaluation
* Accurate predictability
* Centralization and directional preference
* Progression of forces
* Symptomatic and mechanical responses
* Classification-guided treatment
* Active care management

Most low back pain is "mechanical" in nature, meaning that it relates to the musculoskeletal system and is influenced by positions and movements. A basic philosophy of the McKenzie Method of MDT is the clinician gaining an understanding of how these positions and movements influence the patient's pain and function and then teaching the patient how to use his or her own positions and movements to reverse pain and restore function.

McKenzie patients learn these proven principles, providing reliable intervention and self-relief for a lifetime.

The McKenzie Method promotes the body's potential to heal itself without medication, heat, cold, ultrasound, needles, surgery or a force dependent on the provider.

It also addresses a growing demand from patients and third-party payers for professional rehabilitation services that develop the patient's self-treatment skills in a cost- and time-effective manner.

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