Extremity Counterstrain Flashcards
Tensor fasciae latae
Location?
Positioning?
Inferior to iliac crest
Flexed, abducted
Ilitibial tract
Location
Position
IT band below greater trochanter
Flexion, abduction.
Lateral hamstring
Location x2
Positioning
Posterolateral knee by fib head
And
Lateral, mid hamstring
Knee flexed, tibia ext rot, abducted. Plantar flex foot.
Medical hamstring
Location x2
Position
Medial tibial condyle
Medial belly of hamstring
Knee flex, int rot, adduction. Planter flex foot.
Lateral meniscus/lateral collateral ligament
Location
Position
Lateral knee joint line
Flex knee, abduct tibia, rotate as needed.(ankle dorsiexion/eversion)
Medial meniscus/medial collateral
Location
Position
Medial knee joint
Flex knee, adduct tibia, int rotation. (Plantar flex foot)
Anterior cruciate ligament
Location
Position
Superior aspect of posterior knee
Upper leg on towel=Translate tibia posteriorly
(like posterior drawer test)
Posterior cruciate ligament
Location
Position
Below center of posterior knee
Force femur posteriorly(lower leg on towel)
Popliteus
Location
Position
Muscle inferior to popliteal space(slightly lateral)
Flex knee, int rot
Gastrocnemius
Location, position
Medial, and lateral body of calf (2 points)
Knee flex, pressure on calcaneus for plantar flexion(foot resting on your thigh)
Tibialis anterior
Location
Position
Lateral ant shin and
Anterior/inferior to medial malleolus
Inversion(plantar,int rot,supinate)
Fibularis longus,Brevis,teritias
Location
Position
Anterior/inferior to lateral malleolus
Eversion(ext rot, dorsiflexion, probation)
Calcaneus/quadratics plantar
Location
Position
Anterior calcaneus, midline
Plantarflexion with pushing calcaneus forward(complete foot flexion)
Navicular
Location
Position
Medial side, plantar foot
Plantar flexion and supination of foot
Supraspinatus
Location
Position
Mid muscle, superior to scapular spine
Supine: Arm flexed 45, abducted 45, ext rot
Infraspinatus
Locationx2
Position
Posterior aspect GLenohumera joint
Below scapular spine
Flex arm 90-120, abduction, ext rot
Levatlor scapular
Between neck and superior/medial scapula
Rotate head away, int rotate shoulder, slight traction arm
Rhomboids
Between shoulder and spinous process
Arm extension, adducted (elbow posterior and medially)
Subscapularis
Anterior, deep in axilla
Extend, int rot, traction
Long head biceps
Bicipital Groove
Flex arm, arm abducted, int rot.
Short head biceps
Inferior/lateral to coracoid process
Arm flexed, arm abducted, int rot
Pec minor
Inferior/medial coracoid process
Adduct arm across chest, pull scapula “forward, down, medial”
Supinator
Anterolateral elbow(“radial head”
Elbow extension, SUPiNATED, valgus
Pronator teres
Medial elbow,
Elbow flexed, PRONATN, slight adduction
