OMM Fall 2020 HVLA Flashcards
Describe the steps involved in the Lumbar roll (L1-L5):
- Where is the physician?
- Where is the patient?
- Where is the hand placement?
First, with Patient seated, perform screen and diagnosis of Lumbar area.
- Soft tissue
- Lie patient w/ good side down (If post. process on L, then patient lies on right side)
- Have patient grab your arm - pull them to flatten their back – ME
- Place index above dysfunctional segment and middle finger on the dysfunctional process
- Straighten patient’s lower leg and flex the upper leg until motion is felt at the restricted segment
- Rotate patient until you feel motion ABOVE the segment
- Apply traction; HVLA on exhalation
Describe the steps involved in the Lumbar Stroll:
*NOTE: don’t have to check in flexion or extension
- Patient supine with fingers interlaced at base of neck
- Stand at head of table, and grasp under the elbow firmly with hand.
- Sidebend the patient TOWARD the dysfunction
- Roll patient away from the dysfunction
- Support the ASIS during the stroll
ex: If L5 Rotated Right
SB - Right; Stroll Left
Describe the steps involved in Kirksville crunch
How is a flexed function different from an extended dysfunction?
- The patient lying on back
- Stand on OPPOSITE side of dysfunction (If SRL, stand on right side)
- Patient crosses arms with DYSFXN side on top
- Rotate patient towards you
- Place thumb on transverse process of dysfunctional segment
- Cradle head, sidebend and rotate
- HVLA on breath
Flexed: Stabilize the segment below, thrust above
Extended: Stabilize the segment, thrust below
Describe the steps involved in Texas twist:
Counterclockwise indicates ____ sidebending. Clockwise indicates _____ sidebending.
- Patient lies on stomach
- Place thenar eminence of one hand and hypothenar eminence of other on either side of spinous process. Both hands face in opposite directions
- Gently compress downward
- Position yourself directly over the restricted segment. Take up the slack (compression and twisting)
- HVLA on exhalation
Counterclockwise: Left sidebending (restriction = can’t sidebend left; SB right)
Clockwise: Rt. sidebending (restriction = can’t sidebent right; SB left)
Describe the steps involved in prone rib (1-2).
- Patient lies prone with head resting on chin, and arms hanging of the side of the table
- ID which is the posterior (elevated portion) - at head of table
- Sidebend patient’s head AWAY from the raised rib (If post. on the right, SB left)
- Rotate patients head TOWARD rib (same side as dysfunction)
- Your arms are crossed - 1 hand over rib medial to rib angle, the other hand stabilizes head
- HVLA towards rib angle
Describe the steps involved in HVLA of the OA
- If the OA does not want to translate to the right? It is Sidebent _____, Rotated _____.
The position of ease is ______.
The barrier is ____.
For OA, Sidebending and rotation are positioned _____ the barrier
Sidebent Right, rotated Left
*towards the barrier:
- Sidebend Left (ear to chest)
- Rotate Right
*flex, physician pivots to side, engage barriers
Describe the steps involved in HVLA of the OA
- If the OA does not want to translate to the left, it is Sidebent _____, Rotated _____.
Sidebending and rotation are positioned into the barrier. What is the barrier?
SB left, rotated right
- SB right
- Rotate Left
*flex head, physician pivots to side and engages barrier
Describe the steps involved in HVLA of the AA.
- Test rotation at 45 degree angle
- Rotate patient’s head to restrictive barrier (thumbs on zygomatic arch)
- Fine tune to barrier - rotatory impulse
Describe the steps involved in HVLA of the cervicals with rotational emphasis
- For rotational emphasis, you take the SB to the position of _____ and the rotation to the _______
Sidebend to Ease and Rotation to Barrier
Ex: If FSRL
Tx: SB Left (ear towards chest), Rotate Right
- thumbs on zygomatic bone
- flex head, rotate and then sidebend ear to chest
Describe the steps involved in HVLA of the cervicals with translatory emphasis
For translatory emphasis, Sidebending is to the _______ and rotation is to the position of _____
Sidebend to barrier and Rotation to Ease
Ex: FSRr
Sidebend: Left
Rotate: Right
- thumbs on zygomatic bone, Index finger (MCP joint) against restricted segment
- flex head, rotate and then sidebend ear to chest
What is the direction of impulse for:
- OA and upper cervicals?
- Middle cervicals?
- Lower cervicals?
- thumb to eyes
- middle finger to nose
- pinky finger to chin
Describe HVLA for the radial head
- If the radial head is held in supination, how do you treat?
- If the radial head is pronated, how do you treat?
- Supinated – Restricted in pronation
–“Bird beak pose”
–Flex elbow and pronate wrist towards restrictive barrier
(thumb monitors radial head or hand blade in antecubital fossa) - Pronated – restricted in supination
- -put arm in supination – “extend arm” and apply force vector upward
Describe HVLA for anterior fibular head
- Stand on OPPOSITE side of dysfunction
- Place pillow under knee to avoid locking
- Grasp foot with caudad hand
- PIP - internal rotation, Plantarflex
- Place thumb on Fibular head
- HVLA
Describe the flow of lymph from the capillaries
- pre-collector vessels (superficial and deep)
- collecting vessels
- Lymph nodes and spleen
- Rt. lymphatic duct
- Thoracic duct into venous circulation
Lymphatics: True/False: Fluid is forced out of the arterial part of the capillary bed when the net hydrostatic pressure is greater than the net osmotic pressure.
It is forced into the venous end of the capillary bed when the net hydrostatic pressure is less than oncotic pressure.
True
- no tight jxns in capillaryies
- anchoring filaments attach capillaries to fascia (keep capillaries open when interstitial pressure inc.)
- valves ensure unidirectional flow
- lymph hearts between valves: cyclically contract - lumph pumps
Lymphatics: Which of the following is correct about lymph fluid?
a. lymph formation creates pressure gradients that drive lymph movement through lymphatic vessels
b. lymphatic vessels drain fluid from the tissue and and continuously provide information about the tissue to the immune system
c. lymph vessels transport microbial antigens, tissue antigens, toxins, cytokines, apoptotic cells from tissue to regional lymph nodes
all of the above
Lymphatics: Failure of the lymphatic system has been implicated in the pathogenesisof cardiovascular disease, infection, intestinal disease, autoimmunity, inflammation and edema.
True/False - Interventions that improve lymph flow may relieve edema and treat infection by enhancing the circulation of immune cells, inflammatory mediators and pharmaceuticals
True
Lymphatics: Physical therapy has been shown to increase lymph flow in humans and animals. Examples of PT include:
- Exercise
- Passive limb rotation
- Massage/Lymphatic drainage
- Pneumatic comparession
- OMT
What are examples of osteopathic techniques that were designed to enhance lymph circulation?
- Lymphatic pump techniques
- -enhance flow through vessels
* thoracic, abdominal, splenic, liver, pedal pumps
Lymphatics: Explain the results of the study involving the effects of manually applied intermittent pulsation pressure to rat ventral thorax(s) on lymph tract.
*LPT enhanced the uptake of the probe by lymphatic system and its transport from tissue to blood
Lymphatics: Dogs were surgically instrumented to measure thoracic duct lymph flow. Results showed increased lymphatic flow, however, which of the treatments provided the greatest increase in lymphatic flow?
The greatest increases were seen during abdominal pump and exercise
Lymphatics: The lymph nodes act as the site of antigen processing. They circulate up to 40x/day.
True/False - It is believed that OMT may redistribute lymph pools, thereby enhancing lymph flow and immune surveillance. LPT helps to mobilize lymph-borne factors and pharmaceuticals (that protect against infectious and inflammatory diseases) into circulation.
True
Lymphatics: Who helped quantify the amount of lymph that can be pumped?
Norman Gevitz
Lymphatic: In Dr. Hodge’s experiment, lymph flow was measured with their patients (dogs) under anesthesia. They collected the lymph and measured the flow during baseline, during 4 min abdominal LPT and post-LPT. The concentration of protein, leukocytes, cytokines, chemokines, and ROS were measured and comparisons were made between the timepoints.
What was found?
- 1st 4 minutes: baseline steady
- Within 1 minute LPT: inc. leukocytes, remains elevated through LPT
- At 8 minutes: LPT was stopped leukocyte concentration returned to baseline
**significant, transient increase in lymph articulation; not significant change in MAP
Lymphatic: During administration of LPT, leukocyte flux was increased in the lymph.
True/False - All cells were increased including B cells with different isotypes (IgA and IgG). After 4 minutes of LPT 10 fold cells were found in the circulation. Furthermore, memory and effector cells were present
True