Intro to SD

Question 1

Who explored the Somatic Visceral component (ANS) of Somatic Dysfunction?

Answer 1

Ivan Korr, Ph D.

Question 2

What is acute somatic dysfunction?

Answer 2

Immediate short term impairment or altered function

Characterized by: vasodilation, edema, redness etc.

Question 3

What is chronic somatic dysfunction?

Answer 3

Impairment or altered function of body

Characterized by Itching, fibrosis, paresthesias

Question 4

What are the 7 tissue texture abnormalities?

Answer 4

Bogginess, Ropines, thickening, stringiness, Firmness (Hardening), Temperature Changes, Moisture Changes

Question 5

What is a contracture?

Answer 5

Abnormal shortening of the muscle due to fibrosis, often chronic condition

Question 6

What is the range between physiological and anatomical barriers called?

Answer 6

The Elastic Barrier

Question 7

What is the restrictive barrier?

Answer 7

A functional limit that abnormally diminishes the normal physiological range

Question 8

What do you call what should be felt when you hit the limit of a joint?

Answer 8

The Barrier “End Feel”

Question 9

Examples of Abnormal End Feel

Answer 9

Early Muscle Spasm “Emply” or “Gaurding”
Late Muscle Spasm
Hard Capsular- Frozen shoulder
Soft Capsular- Synovitis

Question 10

Somatic Dysfunctions are named for …

Answer 10

The position of ease

“Where they live”