AP thoracic (Dog)

Question 1

HVT set up

Answer 1

1. Cross patients arms and lift up leg away from you
2. Roll patient towards you, contacting the vertebral unit to be manipulated with a “pistol grip”
3. Ask Pt to drop leg then take a deep breath in, Engage barrier with crossed arms as a fulcrum
4. Roll patient back and then push through elbows to flex to segment put force down as they are flat
5. Perfrom a HVLAT in a AP direction
6. Retest

Question 2

Contact

Answer 2

Sp of segment below to move the one above posteriorly sits in gutter of hand

Question 3

Direction of trust

Answer 3

Straight down into couch

Question 4

Accumulation of bind

Answer 4

Rotation and flexion