Cervical Spine SD Diagnosis

Question 1

What are the atypical vertebrae in the cervical spine?

Answer 1

C1, C2, C7

Question 2

Where do the nerves exit in the cervical spine?

Answer 2

ABOVE the vertebral body (unlike thoracic and lumbar where the nerves exit BELOW the vertebral bodies)

Question 3

How is the OA diagnosed?

Answer 3

Type-1-like
Rotation and sidebending are opposite
Can be Neutral, Flexed, or Extended (unlike typical Type 1)

Question 4

How is the AA diagnosed?

Answer 4

JUST ROTATION

AARr or AARl

Question 5

What muscles rotate the AA?

Answer 5

Obliquus Capitis Inferior Muscles

Question 6

How is the typical cervical vertebrae diagnosed?

Answer 6

Anything goes
"Type-2-like"
Rotation and SIdebending can be either different or the same
Can be Neutral, Flexed, or Extended
Can be just 1 or several vertebrae

Question 7

What are the contraindications for Cervical Soft Tissue technique?

Answer 7

Fractures, open wounds,surgical site, infection, deep vein thrombosis, coagulopathy, neoplasm

Question 8

What are the contraindications for Cervical HVLA/ART?

Answer 8

Advanced Rheumatoid arthritis, down’s syndrome, vertebral/carotid artery disease, inflammatory arthritidies, malignancy, acute radiculopathy, klippel-feil syndroe, chiari malformation, achondroplastic dwarfism

Question 9

What are the contraidications for Cervical MET/Still’s?

Answer 9

Undiagnosed joint swelling, severe osteoporosis, neoplas, infection, hematoma, rheumatoid arthritis, fracture, dislocation