Motion Palpation

Question 1

What is the goal of motion palpation?

Answer 1

We are examining the range of motion of a joint and feeling for end feel?
Does it feel healthy and springy or locked down and sticky.

Question 2

What are all the ways in which we must scan the Thoracolumbar region of the Horse?

Answer 2

Caudal to ventral in the direction of the facet joints

Question 3

How to scan the Dorsal ventral motion to look for posterior listings

Answer 3

Scan: Dorsal-Ventral Motion
• Contact Point (CP): fleshy pisiform or palm of the caudal hand.
• Segmental Contact Point (SCP): dorsal spinous process (DSP).
• Direction of Motion: from your elbow.
– L6-T16: dorsal to ventral.
– T15-T13: adapt the motion angel to match the transition zone anatomy.
– T12-T3: 45° from dorsal to ventral, in caudal to cranial direction.
• Gentlymotioneachmotionunit,evaluatingforrelative restriction.

Question 4

How do we scan lateral flexion in the thoracolumbar spine in the horse

Answer 4

We do the Hula!

and springing the withers