All MELT
techniques and protocols were built upon key aspects of these major hands - on therapies and influencers: Neuromuscular Therapy (Chaitow), CranioSacral (Upledger),
Manual Muscle Testing (Kendall and McCreary),
Lymphatic Drainage (Chikly), Visceral Manipulation (Barral), Anatomy Trains (Meyers), Structural Integration (Rolf), the World Fascia Congress (Vleeming, Pollack, Hedley, Stecco et al.), and others.