1.8.15 - Cranial Lab - Kania Flashcards
midline bones
flex and extend
sphenoid, occiput, ethmoid (medial), vomer, sacrum
ethmoid
medial and lateral
-midline and paired
flexion
SBS superior surface - greater convexity
external rotation of paired bones
bregma
coronal and sagittal join
extension
bregman ascends
paired - internal rotation
5 tenets
1 - fluctuation of CSF and tide
2 - mobility of intracranial and intraspinal membranes and function of RTM
3 - inherent motility of nervous system
4 - inherent mobility of cranial bones
5 - inherent mobility of sacrum between ilium
torsion
AP axis
sphenoid and occiput rotate opposite
naming of torsion
greater wing of sphenoid superior
sidebending rotation
AP axis and 2 parallel vertical axis - body of sphenoid and foramen magnum
AP axis - same direction
naming of SBR
side of convexity of SBS
ex/ SBS moves to right in right SBR
and greater wing of sphenoid lower on side of convexity of SBS
SBR
- inferiorly and spread apart
- superiorly and approximate
named by side that is inferior and spread apart
SBS compression
motion loss
can be from induced labor
basisphenoid and basiocciput approximate
vertical strain
inferior and superior
named by position of basisphenoid
parallel transverse axes in same direction
sphenoid in flexion and occiput in extension
superior vertical strain
lateral strain
parallel vertical axes in same direction
named by position of basisphenoid
-right or left
vault hold
thumb touch along sagittal suture
- index finger - greater wing of sphenoid
- middle finger front of ear
- fourth finger mastoid
- 5th finger occiput
finger pad contact skull
entire finger and palm in contact
venous sinus technique
release occipital sinus and confluence of sinuses by resting head at external occipital protuberance on fingertips of middle fingers
hold until feel softening of bone
move fingers down midline of occiput
continue toward foramen magnum
increase PRM
exercise, fever, cranial OMT
decrease PRM
stress, fatigue, infection, depression, poisoning
jugular sinus
fingertip along condylar ascpect of occiput
transverse sinus
occipital ridge on fingertips
straight sinus
fingertips on occipital ridge and cross thumbs over eachover
sagittal sinus
thumbs at external occipital protuberance
venous sinus technique summary
1 - external occipital protuberance - confluens of sinus
2 - down occipital sinus to condylar parts
3 - decompression of condylar parts - opens jugular foramen
4 - external occipital protuberance, transverse sinus, straight sinus
5 - sagittal sinus - sagittal suture and metopic suture
