Diagnosis Flashcards
What is diagnosis
Identification of specific quality movement asymmetry fulcrums
Assessment of overall state and full picture
Name the levels at which craniosacral diagnoses can take place
Unconscious patterns
Conscious patterns
Interpretations
Comprehensive full picture diagnosis
What is unconscious diagnosis
Hands respond to patterns but nothing is identified or verbalised
What is conscious diagnosis
Identifying the patterns that are occurring without relating them to specific causes of symptoms.
Specific identification influences the response of the body and is therapeutic
What are some patterns that can be looked for
Quality Asymmetry Fluid drive Vitality Facilitated segments Emotional states Membrane pulls Body restrictions Focal points
What is specific diagnosis
Relating patterns to symptoms and conditions and patient history
Eg vertebral restrictions and viceral disturbances
Name some different types of diagnosis
Physical injury
Emotional event
Traumatic event
Birth pattern
Why is it important to understand the whole picture of a client
To determine what level of treatment is required
What is a time fulcrum
The rough time that the event or injury or trauma occurred in a persons life
Name some different approaches to treatment post diagnosis
Release simple restriction Address simply injury Release emotional holding Talk Settling and grounding Physical body work Breathwork Deeper engagement Address profound trauma General integration
What factors would u look for if you’re working with initial impressions at the sacrum is
Motion mobility quality vitality csf rhythm symmetry
Side bending Rotation Side shift Flexion Extension
What do u do if the system feels agitated
Wait for calmness
What do u do if the system feels unbalanced
Follow into any imbalances to points of stillness and release
What would u look to identify when assessing the source of an imbalance
Local or remote or both Bony joint restriction or soft tissue Membranous or muscular Fascial pulls Chronic or acute
What are the signs of a chronic restriction
Resistant
Unresponsive
Solidified
Deep set
