A SOURCED METHOD OVERVIEW
What is the McKenzie Method?
The McKenzie Method® of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy® (MDT) is an assessment and management approach. A trained clinician considers a person’s history and responses to movements to guide an individual plan and self-management.
Source: The McKenzie Institute International: What is the McKenzie Method?
ASSESSMENT COMES FIRST
A method overview
is not a movement prescription.
This page explains the term. It does not choose an exercise direction, prescribe repetitions or provide a personal treatment plan. A questionnaire does not replace assessment by an appropriately qualified clinician.
The Institute describes assessment, classification, treatment and prevention as parts of the approach. Its patient guidance explains the clinician’s assessment and the person’s participation in self-management.
THE ROLE OF THIS PREVIEW
Keep observations and decisions separate.
Back to Life is built to organize self-reported observations and selected records for a care conversation. It does not infer a diagnosis or assign a therapeutic movement direction from a symptom story.
Before an exercise session can open, the app requires current clinical content and protocol approvals, an individual clinician assignment, current permission and saved starting observations. Those software checks do not establish clinical suitability.
See the complete product workflow →Check a clinician’s qualifications directly.
Ask about current credentials, professional authorization for your location, assessment arrangements and availability. This preview does not independently verify licensure or certify a clinic.
McKenzie Method, Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy, and McKenzie Institute are registered trademarks associated with The McKenzie Institute International. This product overview does not claim Institute affiliation, certification, endorsement or permission to use its logo.
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