A technique in alternative medicine that attempts to prevent unnecessary levels of muscular and mental tension during everyday activities.

A surgical procedure to treat the mechanical instability of the lateral ankle ligaments. The peroneus brevis muscle is separated from its musculotendinous compound and its proximal end is sutured to the peroneus longus; an aperture is created from the postero-superior side of the fibula to the lateral malleolar tip; and the tendon is passed from the anterior side towards the posterior side through this aperture and sutured on itself.

A chiropractic method focusing on hands-on adjustment and the use of various machines.

A modern dance movement style and pedagogy based on the opposition between contraction and release and on the spiraling of the torso around the axis of the spine.

A means of collecting larvae from a fecal sample suspended in water, in which they sink to the bottom.

A form of therapy for diagnosing and treating disorders of the skeletal muscles and related connective tissue, employing a number of shaped instruments used to rub the muscles.

Synonym of Czochralski process

Synonym of Kyropoulos method

A system of musical composition devised by Arnold Schoenberg, as a method of composing with twelve notes which are related solely to each other.

(psychology) A compliance tactic that involves getting a person to agree to a lesser request by first having them reject a larger one.