2.6 OMT for Pulm

Question 1

What are the benefits of performing the rib raising technique?

Answer 1

Inhibits soft tissue, massages and relaxes the sympathetic ganglia on the rib heads, returns normal tone for venous and lymphatic return

Question 2

Rib raising would fit into which kind of OMT model?

Answer 2

Neurologic-Autonomic model, affecting sympathetics

Question 3

Diaphragmatic function would relate to which functional OMT model and an example of how?

Answer 3

Respiratory-circulatory model; Diaphragm pushes/pulls the lungs/abd viscera which affects lymphatic drainage

Question 4

Chest cage mechanics are a part of what model and what is the goal when treating the chest cage mechanics?

Answer 4

Biomechanical model; Goal is to increase compliance in the chest cage and reduce the work and energy required for motion

Question 5

How does finding tightness in the shoulder girdle relate to decreased compliance in the chest cage?

Answer 5

Patient is needing to work harder to breath and is using their accessory muscles of respiration which is leading to tightness

Question 6

How does an obstruction when breathing influence the metabolic model?

Answer 6

Requirement for more work in order to breath; Need more energy

Question 7

You have a patient that has slight difficulty breathing. You do a screening and find somatic dysfunction at C4. You treat it and the patient felt like he could breath better. What did you do?

Answer 7

C3-5 is the root of the phrenic nerve which innervates the diaphragm.

Question 8

What is the sympathetic innervation for the lungs?

Answer 8

T2-T4

Question 9

Barrel shaped chest is indicative of what kind of problem?

Answer 9

COPD