Anterior Points Flashcards
Order of What to do:
- Diagnose somatic dysfunction
- Find a significant tender point
- Establish pain scale
- Wrap around the TP while monitoring
- Reduce pain at least 70% (pt comfy)
- Maintain position for 90 seconds (120 for ribs)
- Slowly passively return to neutral
- Reassess tender point
AC 1
Location: posterior surface of ascending ramus of the mandible
Treatment: rotate head away (RA)
Ac 2-6
Location: anterior lateral aspect of the TP of affected vertebra
Treatment: flex head and neck, side bend away, rotate away (F SARA)
AC 7
Location: posterior superior surface of proximal clavicle where SCM inserts
Treatment: flex head, side bend toward, rotate away (F STRA)
AC 8
Location: anterior aspect of sternoclavicular joint where SCM inserts
Treatment: flex head, side bend away, rotate away (F SARA)
AT 1
Location: midline on suprasternal notch
AT 2
Location: body of manubrium
AT 3
Location: midline at the level of the costal cartilage related to the named vertebra
AT 4
Location: midline at the level of the costal cartilage related to the named vertebra
AT 5
Location: midline about 1 inch superior to xyphoid
AT 6
Location: midline at sternal-xyphoid junction
AT 7
Location: midline at the tip of the xyphoid
AT 8
Location: midline 1.5 inches inferior to xyphoid
AT 9
Location: midline 1-2 cm superior to umbilicus
Treatment for AT 1-8
Place knee under patients head or trunk to use as a wedge to flex trunk to involved vertebrae