Counterstrain UE/LE OSCE Flashcards
Anterior AC (AAC) TP location
-slightly medial to the tip of the clavicle and over anterior aspect of AC
AAC treatment
- patient supine, doc at side of table opposite TP
- doc monitors TP and pulls patient’s arm into flexion and adduction with slight internal rotation and traction across body
Posterior AC (PAC) TP location
-over posterior aspect of the AC joint
PAC treatment
- patient prone, doc at side of table opposite TP
- doc monitors TP and pulls patient’s arm into extension and slight horizontal adduction, then applies traction at wrist
Subscapularis TP location
anterior/lateral border of scapula, deep in axilla
Subscapularis TP treatment
- patient supine, doc at side of table next to TP
- Doc monitors TP and holds patient’s arm posteriorly over the side of the table and toward their feet. Patient arm extended, internally rotated and slightly abducted. No traction is applied
Latissimus Dorsi TP location
-deep in axilla on medial side of humerus; slightly posterior to subscapularis TP
Latissimus Dorsi TP treatment
- patient supine, doc at side of table next to the TP
- Doc monitors TP and holds patient’s arm posteriorly over the side of the table and toward their feet. Patient arm extended and internally rotated and slightly abducted
- Doc applies traction to the arm (subscapularis TP treatment + traction)
Long Head Biceps TP location
-over long head of biceps tendon in bicipital groove
LH Biceps Treatment
- Patient supine, doc at side of table, next to TP and facing head of table
- Patient’s arm flexed and internally rotated, with disarm of hand/forearm lying on forehead
- Doc applies downward pressure along the humerus to the monitoring finger
Short Head Biceps TP Location
-Inferolateral to the coracoid process
SH Biceps Treatment
patient supine, doc at side of table next to TP and facing head of table
-Same position as long head except more fine-tuning of adduction is added, with arm more across chest
Supraspinatus TP location
-in the belly of the supraspinatus muscle, in the supraspinatus fossa above the spine of the scapula
Supraspinatus TP Treatment
- patient supine, doc at side of table next to TP
- Doc monitors TP and patient’s arm is abducted to 45 degrees, flexed to 45 degrees, and externally rotated 45 degrees
Extension Elbow TP location
-side of olecranon process of ulna near triceps tendon
Extension Elbow treatment
- patient supine, doc on side of dysfunction
- Doc monitors TP and grasps patient’s elbow with ciudad hand so that thumb is on TP an hand around forearm.
- Supine wrist, hyperextend elbow over monitoring hand, fine-tuning with abduction or adduction
Flexion Elbow TP location
-coronoid process of ulna
Flexion Elbow TP treatment
- patient supine, doc seated at side of dysfunction
- Doc monitors TP and flexes patient’s elbow, pronates and abducts arm, then pulls forearm out laterally
Radial Head TP location
-anterior/lateral border of radial head
Radial Head TP treatment
- patient supine, doc seated at side of dysfunction
- Doc monitors TP with one hand while taking elbow into supination and fully extending elbow over their knee with other hand (do NOT hyperextend the elbow)